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.