The plats you find in SC for this time period are going to be from the metes and bounds system. The numbers, ie. 63.46.20, are going to be chains (66 feet or 4 poles) / poles (16.5 feet or 25 links) / links (7.92 inches). Without some existing geographical marker (ie. a waterway or a big rock etc.) I don't know if you are going to have any success in knowing EXACTLY where the plat is. If the reference to Panther Creek is drawn precisely enough you should be able to get pretty close. The tree markers obviously won't be of much use since those are most likely long gone. What software are you using to plot the land? There are packages out there that plot metes and bounds. Regards Greg Matthews ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carolyn Brown" <cpink@flash.net> To: <sc-genealogy-l@rootsweb.com> Cc: <scedgefi-l@rootsweb.com>; <scbarnwe-l@rootsweb.com>; <scaiken-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2007 6:04 PM Subject: [SCEDGEFI] Reading plats > Can anyone out there help me a bit reading the old plats from the late > 1700's in Cheraw Dist, SC? I have similar ones in Edgefiedl and Barnwell. > > They are drawn with references such as NE 63.46.20 on one boundry line, > SE 47.23 on the next, SW 41.25 next, SE 49.40 next, SW 82.28, NW 80.12.34, > SW 85.30 and lastly SW 25.33. > > This is an odly shaped plat of 207 Acres. Below that is says 206 and > something I can't read at all. Corners are a black circle with Pine 3x0 or > Post Oak 3x0, etc. Other trees are marked, such at the edge of Panther > Creek. > > No where do I see a distance. I tried plotting that with the plotting > software, but didn't get the same form. Sort of but one line didn't go > right at all. Are the NE 63.46.20 type notations degrees and minutes? Or > is something else included there. > > All help appreciated. I have several plots I need to locate and the > landmarks aren't enough. Perhaps I will have to expand my number of plats. > Someone posted a link the other day to a site showing lots of Old Ninety 6 > plats. I accidentally deleated that. Could someone send it again. > > Thanks, > Carolyn Brown > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCEDGEFI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message