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Information taken from land and will records
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NAMES:
Abram --- Abraham
Mary ----- Polly
Mary ----- Sarah
Elizabeth - Betsy - Betty - Eliza
Winefred - Winny
Margaret - Peggy
Abram --- Abraham
Mary ----- Polly
Mary ----- Sarah
Elizabeth - Betsy - Betty - Eliza
Winefred - Winny
Margaret - Peggy
Descriptions used in land records
to identify and measure land:
poles -- a unit of measure
equal to one rod in linear measure
chains -- The chain in general
use is Gunter's chain, which has
100 links, each 7.92 inches in
length, making the total length of
the chain 66 feet or 4 rods
perches -- a measure of length,
equal to 5 1/2 yards - one rod
metes & bounds --
to identify and measure land:
poles -- a unit of measure
equal to one rod in linear measure
chains -- The chain in general
use is Gunter's chain, which has
100 links, each 7.92 inches in
length, making the total length of
the chain 66 feet or 4 rods
perches -- a measure of length,
equal to 5 1/2 yards - one rod
metes & bounds --
TREES USED IN IDENTIFYING LAND
BOUNDARIES:
Maple
Hackberry
Dogwood
Cherry
Lynn
Sugartree
Ironwood
Hornbeam
Ash
Oak
Bettywood
BOUNDARIES:
Maple
Hackberry
Dogwood
Cherry
Lynn
Sugartree
Ironwood
Hornbeam
Ash
Oak
Bettywood
WORDS USED IN LAND RECORDS:
appurtenances - in law, such
buildings, rights, and improvements
as belong to a house or to land
behoof - that which is advantageous;
profit; benefit; interest; behalf
enfeoff - in law, to invest with an
estate held in fee.
2. to surrender or give up
hereditaments - in law, any kind of
property that can be inherited
appurtenances
indenture - in law, a deed or written
agreement between two parties: a
contract binding one person to work
for another for a given length of time
reversions - in law, the right of
succession, future possession, or
enjoyment
the return of an estate to a
grantor and his heirs after the period
of grant is over
appurtenances - in law, such
buildings, rights, and improvements
as belong to a house or to land
behoof - that which is advantageous;
profit; benefit; interest; behalf
enfeoff - in law, to invest with an
estate held in fee.
2. to surrender or give up
hereditaments - in law, any kind of
property that can be inherited
appurtenances
indenture - in law, a deed or written
agreement between two parties: a
contract binding one person to work
for another for a given length of time
reversions - in law, the right of
succession, future possession, or
enjoyment
the return of an estate to a
grantor and his heirs after the period
of grant is over