Ed & Sandi, You need to have to have a General Highway Map of Franklin County to understand how it is set out and to know specifically where each Section in each Township and Range is. I have one so its easy for me, but understandably difficult for anyone without it. Franklin County is layed out from the Adams County line to the East to West where it connects to Lincoln County with five equidistant Ranges plus a segment of a Range. Make believe that these are imaginary vertical lines drawn from north to the south. Thus, beginning from East to West they are called: Range 1 East (R1E), Range 2 East (R2E), Range 3 East (R3E), Range 4 East (R4E), Range 5 East (R5E), and lastly the very small segment of Range 6 East (R6E). Next we will slice Franklin County into three horizontal layers. The bottom layer we will call Township 5 North (T5N), the middle layer we be called Township 6 North (T6N), and the top layer will be called Township 7 North (T7N). This basically gives us a series of rectangles and within each rectangle there are a series of sections. To know where a parcel of land is located one must know the Township, Range and Section. (At this scale it is impossible for me to show the Sections, but at least the following map shows what I have been trying to expain.) R1E R2E R3E R4E R5E R6E 1------------1-------------1-------------1-------------1---------------1----1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 T7N 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 T7N 1------------1-------------1-------------1-------------1---------------1----1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 T6N 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 T6N 1------------1-------------1-------------1-------------1---------------1----1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 T5N 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 T5N 1------------1-------------1-------------1-------------1---------------1----1 Rough Map of Franklin County Showing Townships & Ranges If Sandi knows the Section and Townsip in R5E or R6E I could probably show you on a map exactly where it is located. Tony Miller EGODBOLD@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 4/16/2001 11:39:20 AM Central Daylight Time, sgcraig1 > writes: > > << Ed -- You've done a marvelous job by placing this data on the 'net. > Could you explain to me how I can determine the names of the places where a > person's land was located. For example, I am trying to determine where > Samuel Scott and Adam and Bryant Carraway's land was located -- were they in > Meadville, Knoxille, Hamburg, Veto ??? What area does Ranges 5-E and 6-E > represent? Do these two ranges cover the entirety of Franklin County? Do > you know if there is a plat map or some other document which showed where > "everybody" was living who owned their land in Franklin County? Whatever > assistance you offer on this will be greatly appreciated. > Hey Sandi- Range 5E and 6E are in the southeast corner of Franklin County. > In fact, 6E is mostly in Lincoln County. The only named area I am aware of is > McCall Creek. You can get a map of Mississippi townships and ranges at the > BLM site<www.glorecords.blm.gov>. Tony Miller<<A > HREF="mailto:amiller5@pacbell.net">amiller5@pacbell.net</A>>, knows more > about the actual locations of places in Franklin County than anyone I know > of. Regards. Ed P.S. to Tony. If you can answer her question Tony please > post it to the Franklin site. Thanks. Ed >