Stone And Property Corner Searching...Fall/Winter 2020-2021
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Not a fan of walking sticks myself but I think I"d appreciate one in that situation.
Back on 12/24 in post 26 we found the beginning corner to three surveys mentioned here.
Beginning at a large stone on the west edge of the Little Sykes Branch, being also the beginning corner of Anthony Sykes "Mine Survey" made A.D. 1762 for 650 acres, of which this tract is a part, and the same point being the beginning corner of William Griffith's survey of 4085 acres A.D. 1819; also the beginning corner of Thomas Newbold's 73.34 acres, A.D. 1819.
Today, we went looking at the second location.
West 6042 feet to an old stone
That location led us to this ATV disturbed stream off of Stevenson Road at the location the pointer is showing. Unfortunately we did not find a stone, only a more recent monument that my walking stick damaged when hitting it.
A view of the area.
Along Stephenson Road someone has been shooting clay pigeons and Jessica noticed this in a tree.
Beginning at a large stone on the west edge of the Little Sykes Branch, being also the beginning corner of Anthony Sykes "Mine Survey" made A.D. 1762 for 650 acres, of which this tract is a part, and the same point being the beginning corner of William Griffith's survey of 4085 acres A.D. 1819; also the beginning corner of Thomas Newbold's 73.34 acres, A.D. 1819.
Today, we went looking at the second location.
West 6042 feet to an old stone
That location led us to this ATV disturbed stream off of Stevenson Road at the location the pointer is showing. Unfortunately we did not find a stone, only a more recent monument that my walking stick damaged when hitting it.
A view of the area.
Along Stephenson Road someone has been shooting clay pigeons and Jessica noticed this in a tree.
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That's Terry's stream. To drive down that stream is a moronic thing to do. No sense at all. Those people doing that are ignorant and care nothing about the environment.
I've been in that area a good number of times in the past 5 years; and I'm planning to go back this year. During the years I visited, there were remnants of ATV tracks, but nothing new had appeared during that time.
All,
Back in 2011 Jessica and I spent a full day exploring an area deep in the woods off of Bards Bridge Road, and along the Wharton property line, looking for property stones. I have been wanting to get back there and since Jessica was not feeling well I decided today was the day. As I was about to walk out the door she changed her mind and came along.
Much of the property in this area is Shamong Township and state land but there were private pieces along our way. I had many of the corners in my GPS and delicately maneuvered us through the woods to stay as much as we could off of private land. After walking forever we made our way to the property corner on this circa 1900 map of the Sorden family. That stone is a property corner for Wharton today, and the Sorden property is now owned by the state.
From there we traveled an ATV trail that drove right along the Wharton line to another stone that is right in the middle of an ATV trail. Watch the video below and turn up your sound.
https://youtu.be/0rsMbdrczhU
I have pretty good evidence now that the old map above is inaccurate, or the Wharton survey team made some mistakes in the 1950s. We went looking for another corner where I felt the true corner of the magenta arrow shown above was located, and look what we found at that location, telling me that a previous surveyor in the past 5 years or so felt the same.
If Jessica looks cold in all of the photos is because she was. She had a fever and is feeling really bad even now.
Anyway, walking along the Wharton line.
We then traveled to the corner with the orange line.
That corner is along a dike telling me that most likely the Sordens were trying to make a bog out of their property. They were a cranberry bog family and owned a few right along 206 above Atsion.
Jessica took this of me taking the above photo.
Some nice cedars in the area.
By this point she had about had it so we traveled the long walk back to our car on Bards Bridge Road.
Guy
Back in 2011 Jessica and I spent a full day exploring an area deep in the woods off of Bards Bridge Road, and along the Wharton property line, looking for property stones. I have been wanting to get back there and since Jessica was not feeling well I decided today was the day. As I was about to walk out the door she changed her mind and came along.
Much of the property in this area is Shamong Township and state land but there were private pieces along our way. I had many of the corners in my GPS and delicately maneuvered us through the woods to stay as much as we could off of private land. After walking forever we made our way to the property corner on this circa 1900 map of the Sorden family. That stone is a property corner for Wharton today, and the Sorden property is now owned by the state.
From there we traveled an ATV trail that drove right along the Wharton line to another stone that is right in the middle of an ATV trail. Watch the video below and turn up your sound.
https://youtu.be/0rsMbdrczhU
I have pretty good evidence now that the old map above is inaccurate, or the Wharton survey team made some mistakes in the 1950s. We went looking for another corner where I felt the true corner of the magenta arrow shown above was located, and look what we found at that location, telling me that a previous surveyor in the past 5 years or so felt the same.
If Jessica looks cold in all of the photos is because she was. She had a fever and is feeling really bad even now.
Anyway, walking along the Wharton line.
We then traveled to the corner with the orange line.
That corner is along a dike telling me that most likely the Sordens were trying to make a bog out of their property. They were a cranberry bog family and owned a few right along 206 above Atsion.
Jessica took this of me taking the above photo.
Some nice cedars in the area.
By this point she had about had it so we traveled the long walk back to our car on Bards Bridge Road.
Guy
Hmmmm. Very strange. It seems like everywhere you found a stone, there was a State monument about 10.00' or 8.00' away.
What COULD that mean ???
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What COULD that mean ???
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We know what that means, but obviously those that should don't know.Hmmmm. Very strange. It seems like everywhere you found a stone, there was a State monument about 10.00' or 8.00' away.
What COULD that mean ???
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