All,
Back in 2006 Bob was exploring along the Webb's Mill Branch and found this stone that had been hit by a FFS vehicle while cutting firebreaks.
The stone was broken into pieces but the base was still in the ground at the exact location. Fast forward to less than two weeks ago when I acquired a survey of that area that was pretty specific where the stones were located. I plotted all of the locations using my iPad and discovered that the stone Bob found was not for some reason along that survey line. I was perplexed by this because it was obvious to me that Bob had found a stone for the Webbs Mill Cedar Swamp.
So last weekend Jessica and I spent about 4 hours traveling along the Webbs Mill Branch looking for the corners of that property. We came up empty, and I found that to be pretty much unbelievable. So I went home and decided to use Bob's stone as a starting point, and calculated all of the corners using the survey I acquired. If Bob's stone was a part of that survey, I should find another stone. This morning we again visited the area and in 5 minutes we had found another stone. This proves to me that the information on the starting point in the survey is completely inaccurate. And even more troubling is that I have found another survey that is wrong. And even more troubling is that I noticed the Lacey Township tax maps used that information to display that tract of land. Now it is not a big deal since it is only off by a few hundred feet, but it shows how mistakes such as this can be concerning.
Anyway, here is the stone I found today. It is the one covered in moss. There were pieces of it apparently broken off buried under the vegetation which I have brought to the surface. This stone most likely dates back to the early years of this tract of land. Maybe Henry Webb?????
I will continue to look.
Guy
Back in 2006 Bob was exploring along the Webb's Mill Branch and found this stone that had been hit by a FFS vehicle while cutting firebreaks.
The stone was broken into pieces but the base was still in the ground at the exact location. Fast forward to less than two weeks ago when I acquired a survey of that area that was pretty specific where the stones were located. I plotted all of the locations using my iPad and discovered that the stone Bob found was not for some reason along that survey line. I was perplexed by this because it was obvious to me that Bob had found a stone for the Webbs Mill Cedar Swamp.
So last weekend Jessica and I spent about 4 hours traveling along the Webbs Mill Branch looking for the corners of that property. We came up empty, and I found that to be pretty much unbelievable. So I went home and decided to use Bob's stone as a starting point, and calculated all of the corners using the survey I acquired. If Bob's stone was a part of that survey, I should find another stone. This morning we again visited the area and in 5 minutes we had found another stone. This proves to me that the information on the starting point in the survey is completely inaccurate. And even more troubling is that I have found another survey that is wrong. And even more troubling is that I noticed the Lacey Township tax maps used that information to display that tract of land. Now it is not a big deal since it is only off by a few hundred feet, but it shows how mistakes such as this can be concerning.
Anyway, here is the stone I found today. It is the one covered in moss. There were pieces of it apparently broken off buried under the vegetation which I have brought to the surface. This stone most likely dates back to the early years of this tract of land. Maybe Henry Webb?????
I will continue to look.
Guy
I wonder what her current total is.
