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Subject: Re: Re: [MDGARRET] Military Lots and the evolution of boundaries
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 8:40:46 -0400

When I retire....me too.... I have about 4 more yr.... and lots of gen/history work on my list of activities... moving back to western MD/WV.

I try to publish/print my notes every 10th year. A major task putting it together...takes months... and many pesos for copy. There are now book/binder companies on-line and I am sure there will be better and less expensive capabilities in the next few years.

-dan
>
> From: Walt Warnick <>
> Date: 2003/10/05 Sun PM 11:15:51 EDT
> To:
> Subject: Re: [MDGARRET] Military Lots and the evolution of boundaries
>
> Shelly,
>
> Someday, I hope to issue new editions of my books about the Warnicks,
> Lees, Wilts, and Fazenbakers. I have lots of new information. When I
> retire, I will be able to make serious progress with the new editions.
>
> Walt Warnick
> ----------------------.
>
> Johnson, Shelly wrote:
>
> >Are you doing any more books?
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Walt Warnick [mailto:]
> >Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 8:09 AM
> >To:
> >Subject: [MDGARRET] Military Lots and the evolution of boundaries
> >
> >
> >Perhaps we can get a discussion going on this list about the evolution
> >of property surveys and susbsequent land ownership in Garrett County.
> >
> >The 1787 Deakins survey laid out several thousand 50-acre lots,
> >including land across much of what is now Garrett County. Deakins
> >surveyed those lands westward of Fort Cumberland that had been owned at
> >the time of the Revolution by the Maryland government loyal to King
> >George III and by Loyalists. This land was seized by the new
> >revolutionary government of Maryland, and Deakins was charged with
> >surveying it into Lots so that it could be awarded as bounty to American
> >veterans of trhe Revolutionary War. While this land included much of
> >today's Garrett County, it did not include all of it. My guess is that
> >the land that the Deakins survey did not cover was owned by citizens who
> >had sided with the Americans in the War, and thus their titles were
> >retained and were recognized.
> >
> >Deakins found over 300 settlers already living on the lands he was
> >charged to survey. Most of these folks lived in what is today Allegany
> >County, rather than what is today Garrett County. A very informative
> >list of the heads of households found by the Deakins survey is presented
> >on the following web site:
> > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdgarret/land/deakin_list.html These
> >settlers were given a chance to buy the land on which they lived. I am
> >writing today, however, about the other Lots--those which were not
> >already occupied.
> >
> >Deakins laid out most, but not all, of these other Lots as perfect
> >rectangles with two edges running due north and south, and two edges
> >running due east and west. This suggests to me that for the bulk of the
> >land, Deakins paid no regard to natural boundaries. My guess is that
> >his survey party never actually set foot on a large number of the Lots.
> > Really, the task of surveying all these Lots by a small team in the
> >wilderness over just one year or so was an impossibility from outset.
> > Rather, my guess is that the survey of the rectangualr Lots amounted to
> >nothing more than grid lines drawn on a map. My question is, what
> >became of these rectangular Lots? Did subsequent settlement of this
> >land honor the boundaries defined by Deakins?
> >
> >Walt Warnick
> >
> >
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