Linda: Who is your gggggrandfather? In a message dated 9/13/2009 10:31:04 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, linda_trent@att.net writes: Thanks, that's precisely what I needed to know. So it was Symmes. :-) He was in Aid in 30 and Symmes in 40, so that works for me! Linda. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Lawcoloreman@aol.com> To: <ohlawren@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 9:33 PM Subject: Re: [OHLAWREN] Sect. Twp. Range Aid Twp? > Linda, > > In range 17, Partial Twp 1 and twp 2 are Fayette Twp, Twp 3 is Lawrence, > Twp 4 is Aid Twp, Twp 5 is Symmes Twp. > The two deeds would be for adjoining parcels of approx. 40 acres. A 1 > mile square section is 640 acres, but the farther south of the base line > you > get, there is more variation on the east west width of a range. At the > base > line each range is 6 miles wide. Each township, as surveyed, is 6 miles > by 6 miles, and is divided into 36 one mile square sections. When > reading > land descriptions start with the inner part, which in these two > descriptions > is the NW or NE quarter of the section. Then go to the first part of the > description. The Ohio Auditor has a great booklet on the Ohio Lands > availible as a download. > > Don Clark > > > SE quarter of the NW quarter of Section 20, township 5, Range 17 of the > Ohio > River Survey. > > SW quarter of the NE quarter of Section 20, township 5 Range 17 of the > ORS. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

My gggg grandfather was Samuel Clarkson. Linda. my new and improved Clarkson website. :-) http://lindatrent.homestead.com/ClarksonFamily.html > Linda: > > Who is your gggggrandfather? > > > > In a message dated 9/13/2009 10:31:04 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, > linda_trent@att.net writes: > > Thanks, that's precisely what I needed to know. So it was Symmes. :-) > He > > was in Aid in 30 and Symmes in 40, so that works for me! > > Linda. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Lawcoloreman@aol.com> > To: <ohlawren@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 9:33 PM > Subject: Re: [OHLAWREN] Sect. Twp. Range Aid Twp? > > >> Linda, >> >> In range 17, Partial Twp 1 and twp 2 are Fayette Twp, Twp 3 is Lawrence, >> Twp 4 is Aid Twp, Twp 5 is Symmes Twp. >> The two deeds would be for adjoining parcels of approx. 40 acres. A 1 >> mile square section is 640 acres, but the farther south of the base > line >> you >> get, there is more variation on the east west width of a range. At the >> base >> line each range is 6 miles wide. Each township, as surveyed, is 6 >> miles >> by 6 miles, and is divided into 36 one mile square sections. When >> reading >> land descriptions start with the inner part, which in these two >> descriptions >> is the NW or NE quarter of the section. Then go to the first part of > the >> description. The Ohio Auditor has a great booklet on the Ohio Lands >> availible as a download. >> >> Don Clark >> >> >> SE quarter of the NW quarter of Section 20, township 5, Range 17 of the >> Ohio >> River Survey. >> >> SW quarter of the NE quarter of Section 20, township 5 Range 17 of the >> ORS. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message