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Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 20:18:51 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Cynthia M. Van Ness" <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Humor needed -Reply (fwd)
 
 
Here's a delightful one from land records...
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Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 17:30:29 -0500
From: Chuck Sherrill <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Humor needed -Reply
 
Cynthia:
 
This isn't exactly a map story, but perhaps you can
use it.  In a deed written in Grundy Co. Tenn. ca.
1850, John Layne described the boundaries of the
tract he was selling by "beginning at the point where I
now sit on my horse....."  Tennessee is a metes and
bounds state, so our land descriptions often leave a
lot to be desired.  Layne, however, hit rock bottom!
 
Chuck Sherrill
Tenn. State Library & Archives