--0-1278553663-1123162160=:1539 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Id: Content-Disposition: inline Note: forwarded message attached. --0-1278553663-1123162160=:1539 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Received: from [70.249.34.48] by web81910.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 03 Aug 2005 10:02:41 PDT Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 10:02:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Kathe Richards <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [VALOUDOU-L] Fw: Fouch/Mountzion Watts To: Rena <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Length: 1287 Hi, Rena! There is a detailed description of this subject in Patricia Law Hatcher's book "Locating Your Roots: Discover Your Ancestors Using Land Records". Public land states (where most of the land was transferred from the federal government to individuals) were surveyed using the "township-range" system. This system defines six mile square townships comprised of 36 one-mile-square sections. "Townships" is defined as a "Six-mile-wide strips counted north and south from a baseline." There is also a "named Township which often approximately coincides with a township, but named townships are political boundaries." Virginia, one of the original colonies, used the metes and bounds system of land description. Hope this helps! Kathe --- Rena <[email protected]> wrote: > Another Question fron Ron & Cathy > [email protected] . This realy don't pertain > to VALoudou, or Virginia for that matter, But I > don't Know about the "TOWNSHIP" question, and it may > help all of us. I know Pennsylvania has Townships > and Va doesn't. At any rate maybe we can all learn.. > > Rena > List Adm. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ron & Cathy Ellis > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 1:06 AM > Subject: Fouch/Mountzion Watts > > > Rena, > > Thanks for this info. It coincides somewhat with > info I have. Mountzion received two farms in > Muskingum Co, OH as a result of serving in the War > of 1812...one in Zanesville and one in Monroe > Township. I know he moved out to Muskingum Co. but > I wasn't sure just where. I will look into this > Adams Township. I do have another question. What > does "township" actually indicate? I was looking > for Monroe, OH in a current road atlas, thinking > Township meant "the beginning of a town or city. I > found a Monroe in Butler Co, OH a county other than > Muskingum. Do you think it was likely that > Mountzion was granted two farms in two different > counties which weren't even adjacent to one another? > Or did "township" imply something else? > > Thanks for any further help you can find for me. > > Catherine > > > ==== VALOUDOU Mailing List ==== > Join the Rootsweb Genealogical Data Cooperative. > Rootsweb members & sponsors are who make this list > possible. > http://www.rootsweb.com > > --0-1278553663-1123162160=:1539--