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<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">I am assuming that you
have deeds to the land but no metes and bounds descriptions. You
track the land forward or backward or both until you get the
description that allows you to create a plat of the land. In order
to locate the land you will probably have to do the same with a
number of the neighbors mentioned in the deeds until you can find
an anchor that allows you to locate the land. Anchors are
typically mouths or forks of creeks or possibly a crossroad. It
sounds easy; it isn't. I've spent literally over a hundred hours
(and sometimes more) in some cases before I was able to
successfully locate a tract.</font><br>
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<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">The plat books might help
you; they may be available on microfilm.</font><br>
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<p><font face="times new roman">Barbara Vines Little, CG, FVGS</font></p>
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On 12/3/2010 9:58 PM, MFP wrote:
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Five men were listed on the Duplin County, NC tax lists of 1811
but no location was found for the lands on which they were
taxed. I am hoping to<br>
find the location of those lands. Following the advice of
listmembers, during these past ten months I did the following:<br>
1. purchased a NC Research book by Helen LEARY;<br>
2. purchased a study of land records by LINN;<br>
3. purchased a book on genealogical research in general by
VALWOOD. <br>
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I have read every word the authors wrote in those three books on
use of land records, several times.<br>
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In neither of those books did I find any directions and/or
research strategy for locating the<br>
lands on which those five men were taxed.<br>
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So, I went to Kenansville, Duplin Co., NC courthouse, and,
using the census as my guide to neighbors, platted all the<br>
neighbors' lands surrounding those of the four men remaining in
Duplin County by 1820. I went ten persons before the person of
interest and ten persons after that person----don't know where I
found that idea-----and I used land records as closely dated to
the 1811 tax listings as I could find. <br>
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Back home, I put all my little plats together, again using the
census as my guide, and lo and behold, there are a couple of
"holes" in the plats. <br>
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I also looked up and copied, deeds of land that belonged to
witnesses to the deeds I platted. <br>
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Is there anyone on this list who has the time and knowledge to
tell me what next? How do I find the deeds to lands that are
"holes" in my plats?<br>
BTW: the entire time I was in Kenansville, a law firm was using
something called plat books, so I did not get to become familiar
with them. The assistant at the desk informed me the law firms'
researchers take priority when it comes to use of courthouse
materials. I was in Kenansville ten days, but only eight at the
courthouse.<br>
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TIA<br>
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Mag Parker<br>
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