D Green wrote: > I have a land plat dated June 1860 for Clarendon County. I am > interesting in determining where exactly this location is today. On it > are numbers such as S1 W34.80 and N27 W28.80. How would I go about this > and what are these numbers? <snip> Dear Damita, Undoubtedly the land is described in terms of "metes and bounds". The compass directions and distances will give you the shape and size of the land; not the placement. You'll need to look to references to landmarks such as waterways or the names of neighbors to determine the placement. You might be fortunate enough to find that someone has already mapped the land ownership of the area. Otherwise, determining the exact location of the land in question may be quite difficult. Best wishes, Bob -- Member: NGS, NCGS, PGN, Association of Professional Genealogists Address for professional research requests: [email protected] Web page: http://ncgen.mms.net/