I had an ancestor who bought a Land Patent and lived here: SESE 8 22-N 22-W No 5th PM The headings are as follows: Aliquot Part: SESE Section: 8 Township: 22-N Range: 22-W Fractional Section: No Meridian Name: 5th PM (PM=Principal Meridian) I grew up (and still live) in a city, so this Township and Range stuff is a little confusing. Someone tell me if I have this right. I am looking at a map that is a copy of the same one that is in the back of the "History of Stone County, Volume 1." I see in the Southeast Southeast corner (I was a Girl Scout, so I know a little something), I see T 22 N. Then at the bottom I see R22W. So if I follow the R22W line up to where it says T22N, I'm in an area that is covered by Table Rock Lake. I can see an 8 squeezed in at one section where the lake makes a V. There looks like a road that is shaped like scissor handles. (Does my description make any sense? I don't have a scanner :( Since my ancestor didn't own the land long before he died, he must have been buried near there (in 1873 or 1875). If so, then the nearest cemetary is Goodall. Or really, it is probably one of the graves that is now in Philabert. Am I reading the map right? Is my cemetery assumption correct? Cheri Mello Torrance, CA

Cheri - I don't know about the area cemeteries, but it appears you are reading the map right. find the appropriate span for the Ranges & Townships, there will be 36 sections in each - and if you have found your # 8 in the cross hairs of R & T, you gotta presume the cemetery was covered by the Lake in the 1950s. I don't think they found them all & moved them. Kinklector@aol.com wrote: > I had an ancestor who bought a Land Patent and lived here: > SESE 8 22-N 22-W No 5th PM > > The headings are as follows: > > Aliquot Part: SESE > Section: 8 > Township: 22-N > Range: 22-W > Fractional Section: No > Meridian Name: 5th PM (PM=Principal Meridian) > > I grew up (and still live) in a city, so this Township and Range stuff is a > little confusing. Someone tell me if I have this right. > > I am looking at a map that is a copy of the same one that is in the back of > the "History of Stone County, Volume 1." > > I see in the Southeast Southeast corner (I was a Girl Scout, so I know a > little something), I see T 22 N. Then at the bottom I see R22W. So if I > follow the R22W line up to where it says T22N, I'm in an area that is covered > by Table Rock Lake. I can see an 8 squeezed in at one section where the lake > makes a V. There looks like a road that is shaped like scissor handles. > (Does my description make any sense? I don't have a scanner :( > > Since my ancestor didn't own the land long before he died, he must have been > buried near there (in 1873 or 1875). If so, then the nearest cemetary is > Goodall. Or really, it is probably one of the graves that is now in > Philabert. > > Am I reading the map right? Is my cemetery assumption correct? > > Cheri Mello > Torrance, CA > > ==== MOSTONE Mailing List ====