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From: Lee Hoffman <>
Subject: Re: [DMU] Map of Hamilton County and Herkimer County New York
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 11:36:20 -0400
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Symonds wrote:
>Thank you so much for your thoughts on this. The property conveyed in
>these deeds is large - the smallest is 12,500 acres and the largest is
>24,000 acres. And the original tract covers lots in both township 39
>(Hamilton County) and township 42 (Herkimer County). The area is still
>wilderness and the deed descriptions reference lot numbers. Only in the
>case of two of those lots do I have a metes and bounds description for a
>railroad right of way. The county has only tax maps with lot numbers, and
>using those would require knitting six large maps together. I have a
>photocopy of a plat map made in 1929 which shows everything I need, and
>this was done in connection with a survey but the plat is not a part of
>the deed record itself. The photocopy of this plat has been reduced a
>number of times and is no longer legible. Both townships were part of the
>Totten & Crossfield purchase. The original tract was purchased in 1851
>from the state of New York and is where our family has spent our summers
>ever since - so the record has emotional value! Grin.

As I said, are these plats of a (proposed at one time?) sub-division or
are the lot numbers taken from township maps? If from township maps then
the lot numbers are standard from one section to another and one township
to another and you could use a single township plat to make copies (for
annotation).


Lee Hoffman/KY
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