Have been told by an elderly land surveyor as we walked an old boundary line in Rutherford County. Two slash marks on a tree = line marks; three slash marks = a corner. You may wish to try that with your deed description and see what happens. Gene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Claire Schmidt" <cschmidt4@earthlink.net> To: <DEED-MAPPER-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 1:04 AM Subject: Re: [DMU] Help MBL 1778 GA Deed > Leo > > I am pretty heavy into nearby Wilkes County deeds from that period to 1830. Send me > the language you need (copy may not be needed), and I will do what I can. Deedmapper > website has links to wonderful helps. > > For others reading this: while in Salt Lake City this summer I ran into 3x or 2x at > some or all of the points. Several archivists were stumped, but one called somebody > "outside" who had a suggestion I heartily endorse: These indicate something perhaps > as simple as two or three x(s) cut on a tree, stump, post, two or three trees or > some pointers (spelled pinters in some places) in some form. Appreciate any input > from others. > > Claire > > > Leo Leonard wrote: > > > DeedMapper Users: > > > > I recently purchased DeedMapper software. However, I have encountered some > > metes and bounds language in the description of a tract in a 1778 Columbia > > Co., GA deed that I have not been able to reduce to a format which I can > > enter into DeedMapper. I would like to send a picture of the description in > > this deed to someone who would be willing to help. Any assistance would be > > greatly appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > Leo Leonard > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >