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<DIV><STRONG>Hi Les</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>Thanks for the instructions on the meridian and base line. I am, however, quite up on that. Will really appreciate the images of where the land was located. I found all of this in Baker Co. for a gr gr grandmother's 160 acres and also for one of her sons in CO. Have gotten the records from the BLM.</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>The Willamette meridian line crosses the base line in Portland, not Salem. Sorry. I was raised, in the 1930's, on or near the old "Base Line Road" now named Stark St. My parents referred to it as Base Line Road long after the name change. </STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>Thanks especially for the link to Grant Co. and where to write for the land records. The link looks like it might be helpful as I try to find out when Andrew Clearkin died. He is not on the OR State death index.</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>Thanks again for your help and input.</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>Carroll (Cooper) Summers</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>Medford, OR</STRONG></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>Carroll;<BR><BR>Okay, we interupt the borning monologue below to bring you this Grant County<BR>genealogy link;<BR><BR>http://gesswhoto.com/grant.html<BR><BR>* * * *<BR><BR>The following information was provided by, Sammie Laurance of the Grant<BR>County, Or. Genealogical Society.<BR><BR>The land patents are found in the County Clerk's office at courthouse in<BR>Canyon City. They are recorded in the deed records, as this is when the<BR>Government gave title to land after the people homestead, lived on the land<BR>for period of 5 years and did improvements..then the land patent was give to<BR>them...clear title to the land..usually in amounts of 160 acres, some 320<BR>acres...etc..I think each person was granted 140 acres, but that meant<BR>husband..160...wife 160 and if they had grown children...each got that<BR>amount.<BR><BR>They are really neat documents, as it tells who was president when it was<BR>issued..a neat keepsake for genealogist.<BR><BR><BR>Grant County Courthouse<BR>201 South Humbold - Suite 290<BR>Canyon City, Oregon 97820<BR><BR>* * * * * * * * *<BR><BR>The reason for the peculiar format of the descriptions you list below is the<BR>result of the way property is surveyed; When Oregon became part of the US it<BR>was decided to set up what is known as the Willamette Meridian, which is a<BR>longitude line that goes through a point near Salem, and intersects the 45th<BR>Parallel (latitude line) and is marked by the Willamette Stone.<BR><BR>All of Oregon and Washington land can be legally described by the funny code<BR>you see below, Aliquoit parts ( should read Aliquot I believe??) is a fnacy<BR>way of saying "these are the legalese descriptions of 'what you got' portion<BR>of this or that section." I have some links to a clearer explanation of all<BR>this somewhere if you really want to know, but what you see is first of all<BR>you have to read these backwards to find them; Twnship 12-S tells you that<BR>you have to go 12 townships (a township ideally is a 6 mile by 6 mile block<BR>of land that is broken into 36 1 mile by 1 mile squares) Range 32 E. tells<BR>us to go 32 townships east so we are 72 miles south and 192 miles east of<BR>the Willamette stone (give or take) to look for that point, then we break it<BR>further down to Section ( one of those 1 mile by 1 mile squares) and then<BR>further to the " aliquot parts)<BR><BR>Well heck here's a good link that will explaine it clearer than me;<BR><BR>http://www.fairview-industries.com/gismodule/PartOneLegalDescr.html<BR><BR>All of the N 1/2 NW and so forth is breaking the section into quarters and<BR>"quarters of quarters" also known as "forties"<BR><BR>see; ideally a section is one square mile which is 640 acres, this is then<BR>broken into four 160 acre blocks(quarters) which are further broken into 40<BR>acre blocks (forties) so the way I would read #1 is the North one-half of<BR>the Northwest one-quarter of section 15, township 12 South, Range 32 East,<BR>Willamette Meridian so that would be about eighty acres and as described is<BR>readily identifiable and uniquely described. Part two is the South east<BR>quarter of the Northewest quarter and part three is the Northeast quarter of<BR>the southwes quarter. so you have an L shaped property 1/2 mile east west<BR>and 3/4 mile north south along the east boundary, but on the west boundary<BR>you come south 1/4 mile and then go east 1/4 mile and then south 1/2 mile,<BR>then you can go east 1/4 mile and meet the east boundary of the property.<BR><BR>According to the Lat and Long given to me by a web site this makes Andrew's<BR>place about 8.4 miles NE of John Day. I will send you an internet image of<BR>the property and a larger scale location image off list.<BR><BR>Les Chpamn<BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: or-roots-admin@sosinet.sos.state.or.us<BR>[mailto:or-roots-admin@sosinet.sos.state.or.us]On Behalf Of<BR>CARROLLOUC@aol.com<BR>Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 8:40 PM<BR>To: or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us<BR>Subject: [or-roots] Andrew L. Clearkin, Grant Co., OR 1906<BR><BR><BR>I am looking for any information on Andrew L(ewis) Clearkin, b Sept. 1861,<BR>Roanoke Co., VA, died ? probably in Grant Co., Oregon. He purchased a land<BR>patent of 160 acres, 11/19/1906 in Grant Co. He lived previously in Baker<BR>City from about 1898. Coordinates from the BLMGLO site are as follows:<BR><BR>1. ALIQUOIT PARTS, N1/2NW; SEC/BLOCK, 15/ ; TWNSHIP, 12-S ; RANGE, 32E;<BR>WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN, COUNTY, GRANT STATE, OREGON.<BR><BR>2. HEADINGS AS ABOVE: SENW; 15/ ; 12-S ; 32-E ; ETC.,<BR><BR>3. NESW; 15/ ; 12-S ; 32-E; ETC.<BR><BR>BLM SERIAL #: ORLGAA 086662<BR><BR>Why there are three seperate coordinates for one patent are a little<BR>confusing. Can anyone tell me just where this is in Grant, what town might<BR>be, or was, close by?<BR><BR>I am assuming Andrew died in Grant but can find no information re: date or<BR>burial site. His wife was named Mabel but I do not know if he had children<BR>as I haven't been able to locate him in the 1910 census. Perhaps if I knew<BR>where in Grant he lived I would have better luck.<BR><BR>Thanks for any help you can give me.<BR><BR>Carroll (Cooper) Summers<BR>---<BR>Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.<BR>Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).<BR>Version: 6.0.799 / Virus Database: 543 - Release Date: 11/19/04<BR><BR><BR>_________________</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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