When I retire....me too.... I have about 4 more yr.... and lots of gen/history work on my list of activities... moving back to western MD/WV. I try to publish/print my notes every 10th year. A major task putting it together...takes months... and many pesos for copy. There are now book/binder companies on-line and I am sure there will be better and less expensive capabilities in the next few years. -dan > > From: Walt Warnick <ashlie@erols.com> > Date: 2003/10/05 Sun PM 11:15:51 EDT > To: MDGARRET-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [MDGARRET] Military Lots and the evolution of boundaries > > Shelly, > > Someday, I hope to issue new editions of my books about the Warnicks, > Lees, Wilts, and Fazenbakers. I have lots of new information. When I > retire, I will be able to make serious progress with the new editions. > > Walt Warnick > ----------------------. > > Johnson, Shelly wrote: > > >Are you doing any more books? > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Walt Warnick [mailto:ashlie@erols.com] > >Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 8:09 AM > >To: MDGARRET-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: [MDGARRET] Military Lots and the evolution of boundaries > > > > > >Perhaps we can get a discussion going on this list about the evolution > >of property surveys and susbsequent land ownership in Garrett County. > > > >The 1787 Deakins survey laid out several thousand 50-acre lots, > >including land across much of what is now Garrett County. Deakins > >surveyed those lands westward of Fort Cumberland that had been owned at > >the time of the Revolution by the Maryland government loyal to King > >George III and by Loyalists. This land was seized by the new > >revolutionary government of Maryland, and Deakins was charged with > >surveying it into Lots so that it could be awarded as bounty to American > >veterans of trhe Revolutionary War. While this land included much of > >today's Garrett County, it did not include all of it. My guess is that > >the land that the Deakins survey did not cover was owned by citizens who > >had sided with the Americans in the War, and thus their titles were > >retained and were recognized. > > > >Deakins found over 300 settlers already living on the lands he was > >charged to survey. Most of these folks lived in what is today Allegany > >County, rather than what is today Garrett County. A very informative > >list of the heads of households found by the Deakins survey is presented > >on the following web site: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdgarret/land/deakin_list.html These > >settlers were given a chance to buy the land on which they lived. I am > >writing today, however, about the other Lots--those which were not > >already occupied. > > > >Deakins laid out most, but not all, of these other Lots as perfect > >rectangles with two edges running due north and south, and two edges > >running due east and west. This suggests to me that for the bulk of the > >land, Deakins paid no regard to natural boundaries. My guess is that > >his survey party never actually set foot on a large number of the Lots. > > Really, the task of surveying all these Lots by a small team in the > >wilderness over just one year or so was an impossibility from outset. > > Rather, my guess is that the survey of the rectangualr Lots amounted to > >nothing more than grid lines drawn on a map. My question is, what > >became of these rectangular Lots? Did subsequent settlement of this > >land honor the boundaries defined by Deakins? > > > >Walt Warnick > > > > > >==== MDGARRET Mailing List ==== > >Looking for your Garrett County ancestors? Make sure to visit us on the web at: > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdgarret/index.html > > > > > > > >==== MDGARRET Mailing List ==== > >Looking for your Garrett County ancestors? Make sure to visit us on the web at: > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdgarret/index.html > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== MDGARRET Mailing List ==== > If you need help with this list, make sure to email the list administrator, Carol Hepburn, at chepburn@cox.net. > >