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Church Trustees, [[right bracketed]] S. Waters. D. Dorsey J.P.Cox J. Thomas. E. Lewis [[/right bracketed]] [[image to the right of the trustee's names: oval labeled "stone." Two lines project downward to the right for some distance at a small angle to each other, ending as two sides of two quadrilaterals, one larger than the other. The top line of the quadrilateral (No. 1) nearest the stone is labeled "4." The second quadrilateral (No. 2) is the smaller. There are circles around the points where the lines intersect. The quadrilateral sides (right side; bottom; left side) are labeled "1" "2" & "3." (see Notes)]] [[notation to the right of the image]] No. 1 is the church Lot. 1 South 54° E. 6 1/2 Perches. 2 S. 68° W. 10 1/2 " [[ditto for Perches.]] 3 N. [[29°?]] W. 4 " [[ditto for Perches.]] 4 N. 56° E - 7 6/10 "[[ditto for Perches.]] [[/notation to the right of the image]] [underlined]] School Trustees. [[/underlined]] [[right bracketed]] Jas. Jackson G. Stanton. A. Cox. [[/right bracketed]] [[notation to the right of the School Trustees]] No. 2 is the School House Lot, 1 S. 54° E 4 Perches - 2 S. 70° W. 12.4/10 DO [[ditto for Perches]] 3 N. 29° W. 3 / DO [[ditto for Perches]] 4 Straight line to beginning A.D. 1868.
Transcription Notes:
The "1, 2, 3, 4 notation are metes and bounds of the property lines. Metes and bounds. ... A principal legal type of land description in the United States, metes-and-bounds descriptions are commonly used wherever survey areas are irregular in size and shape. The land boundaries are run out by courses and distances, and monuments, natural or artificial, are fixed at the corners, or angles. Compass bearings are used to describe the direction of the boundary lines. "Perch" is archaic for "rod" (16 1/2 feet). In plain English the metes for Lot No.1: side 1 is a line 54 degrees south of east, 6 1/2 rods long; side 2 is a line 68 degrees west from south 10 1/2 rods long; side 3 a line 29 degrees north of west 7 1/2 rods long; side 4 is a line north of east 7 6/10 rods long.