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From: zonker@ihlpf.UUCP (Tom Harris)
Newsgroups: net.roots
Subject: Re: Indian Research - O'Jibway (mail failed)
Message-ID: <353@ihlpf.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 3-Mar-86 12:07:36 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar  3 12:07:36 1986
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(I tried to mail this but it came back so I'm posting it to news
instead - apologies for inappropriateness etc.).

> My most exciting find was in locating
> the original land grant signed by Ulysses S. Grant given to my Great
> Great Grandfather.  Now I'd like to know where that land is, can
> anyone help me out?   (The SE quarter of the SW quarter of section
> six and the NE quarter of the SW of section, Oh forget it!)

Basically circa 1820 the country not already inhabited (mainly the
old north west Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois etc.  I'm not
sure how far west they went) was partitioned into townships.  Each
township was divided into 20? sections.  After that sections were
broken down recursively in quarters i.e. the NW corner of...  (at
least I think it went that way maybe it was sections divided into
townships??!?).  These lines don't meant much anymore in the urban
areas, but are still important rurally.  They also show up on
United States Geological Survey (USGS) topo maps and are
frequently used by surveyors and mapmakers as reference points.

For example the lot marked x would be the NW corner of the NE
corner of the NE corner of section # of township Name (or
township name of section # ??!?).
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|		|	|  x |   |
|		|	|----|---|
|		|	|    |   |
|		|-------|--------|
|		|	|        |
|		|	|        |
|		|	|        |
|---------------|----------------|
|		|		 |
|		|		 |
|		|		 |
|		|		 |
|		|		 |
|		|		 |
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						Hi Ho,
						Tom H.