Abstracts from surveyor's field notes of land contained in Quincy District, transcribed 1850.

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Abstracts from surveyor's field notes of land contained in Quincy District, transcribed 1850.

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Abstracts were made by Surveyor General's office from Federal land surveyor's field notes, RS 953.005, for use in Quincy Land District Office. Method of marking each corner of exterior section or quarter section or interior section or quarter section is specified. Method most frequently used was either post in mound or witness tree described by species, diameter, directional bearing and distance from actual corner. Rough plats also are included showing bodies of water as well as descriptions of soil and tiber found along exterior and interior lines.

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United States. General Land Office. Quincy District.

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The Quincy Land District Office was created by an act of Congress of February 19, 1831. It originally contained all land north of Illinois River which formerly had been part of Springfield District. By act of Congress of March 2, 1833, it received additional area west of Illinois River, which had been contained in Edwardsville District. When Northwestern Land Office was created in 1834 portion of Quincy District lying north of line separating townships twelve and thirteen north of baseline for f...

United States. Surveyor General

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Federal land surveys in Illinois were authorized by Congressional act (March 26, 1804), when the U. S. Surveyor General was given jurisdiction over all public land north of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi Rivers. Surveys began in the western Vincennes Tract (1804) and southern Illinois (1806), then proceeded northward; covering all but most northern Illinois by 1831. When the Illinois surveys began, the Surveyor General was an independent officer under the President's direct su...