folks, not too sure what is expected from new member, I am from the moutains of West by God Virginia, been in since 76. Do eastern hunter/surveyor personna. always looking for new info and doucmentation. bucktale :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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:thumbsup: I don't have alot of info on surveyor, there is a repro book, the praticular surveyor, 1725, that has helped me, my granddad was a country surveyor and i got most of my stuff from him. depending on where you are and the time period, will have alot to do with info, whatever i can do to help just ask, bucktale
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I have a book written by a surveyor in Ohio. He was marking off land before the Indians had given it up by Treay. He took a party out in the middle of Winter for several years when the Tribes were holed up. He had two groups with him. Each group was a Spy out front. Two chainmen, the surveyor and a Spy/hunter out back. They had one horse for each group. The horse carried flour and some preserved meat and salt and large pots. They carried everything else on themselves.
At night they all huddled together under shared blankets. The earliest surveyors mostly used the chain, a compass orjacobs staff and left blazes on trees from what I can tell.
They made their money by going back East and buying up Rev War veterans land grants for pennies an acre and then proving them up on Indian land and selling them to settlers.
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At night they all huddled together under shared blankets. The earliest surveyors mostly used the chain, a compass orjacobs staff and left blazes on trees from what I can tell.
They made their money by going back East and buying up Rev War veterans land grants for pennies an acre and then proving them up on Indian land and selling them to settlers.
Many Klatch
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I read an account years ago about surveying the Mason/Dixon line. I was impressed with the amount of people in the survey party. The surveyor himself, instrument man, chainmen, peg men, notekeeper, draftsman, a party of wood cutters to fell the trees along the line, rifle men to guard the party from hostile Indians, hunters, and of course all the supplies and cooks to feed this group. There were three of us on the survey party I was with.
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