Hi Folks, I am not exactly looking for the surveyor of the property. Like Charles, I realize that just being a surveyor in 1800 doesn't necessarily equate to an understanding of square root, cube root, algebra & geometry, etc. Boone didn't have much of an education, but several of his nephews, including Squire Grant who was one-time surveyor in Campbell Co & elsewhere, did go to some sort of boarding school & received some higher education - Squire Grant went in NC & another nephew was sent to Kaskaskia. I am interested more in early education in Pendleton County, right around 1800 or just before, and who might have taught high math, as well as who would have had a broad education in "the classics". Who would have taught such mathematics to a girl? I am looking particularly for anyone who lived within "neighboring" distance of the elusive John Steele of Pendleton County. Thanks for trying, Kathryn