Can someone explain the translation from Twp 21 N.A. 15C to "Township 21 North , Range 15 East", specifically how "A becomes "range" and how "C" becomes "East." I have never seen anything comparable. Thanks. art brown -----Original Message----- From: Jerri Chasteen <jerri@cherokee.net> To: Indian-Territory-Roots-L@rootsweb.com <Indian-Territory-Roots-L@rootsweb.com> Date: 31 December, 1998 11:00 PM Subject: Re: Cherokee Nation >Cnfb@aol.com wrote: > >> According to the I900 I.T. Soundex my family was in the Cherokee Nation >> Twp 21 N.A. 15C. Could someone explain where that is or what that is? >> >> Thanks >> Faye Blacklock >> cnfb@aol.com > >That is a legal land description. "Township 21 North , Range 15 East". That > >would be a six-mile square area, located between Claremore on the east and >Owasso on the west and being mostly in Rogers County, OK > >jc > >______________________________