[or-roots] Aliquot Parts
Beatrice C Emerson
beaemerson at juno.com
Thu Mar 23 20:45:36 PST 2006
To Pat (in Tucson) - and Les,
Thank you so very much for the Plat map, and the Natualization
information for James Casey. I don't quite know where to get the
petition or application - perhaps the County Court, but that's the
next step in my research.
And, Les, after reading your description - more than once - I think
that I understand it pretty well - but I am confused about the crops
between the fairways,
I hesitate to ask for anything else, but putting this on
a regular map or an aerial view would be fantastic! If that is too
big a request, please forget I even mentioned it. Living in
San Jose, CA, it's hard to for me to picture Tukwila Drive!
Now I'm sure that I am geospatially challenged!
Thank you so very much for what you have done for me!
Bea
On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 19:02:41 -0700 "Kith-n-Kin" <Kith-n-Kin at cox.net>
writes:
> I have platted this on a PDF for Bea.
>
> Bea, I'll send it separately.
>
> Here's what the DLC book says about your Caseys.
> No. 2470 CASEY, James, Marion Co; b abt 1830, Ireland; Arr. Ore. 1
> Sept
> 1854; S[ettled] C[laim] 11 Mar 1854; m Ellen (not in time to claim
> land for
> wife). Nat. Cit. 9 Jun 1855, Marion co, Ore. T. Geo. H. Williams,
> Judge, E.
> J. Harding, Clk, Jno. McCracken, Marshall. Aff: Randles Hurley,
> Thomas
> Fitszerald, Mathew McCormick.
>
> I think you're going to want to get a copy of the application.
> Sounds a bit
> more interesting than the average bear.
>
> Pat (in Tucson)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
> [mailto:or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Leslie
> Chapman
> Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 5:35 PM
> To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
> Subject: RE: [or-roots] Aliquot Parts
>
> Bea, I am going to try and use an answer I gave another lister to
> give you a
> short answer to your question, so If something doesn't make sense,
> it is
> because this was originally an answer to another question;
>
> You asked for it;
>
> Aliquot
> Parts Sec./ Block Township Range Fract. Section Meridian
> State
> Counties Survey Nr.
> 3 5/ 5-S 1-W No Willamette
> OR
> Marion
> Remarks: LOT 3 OF S HALF OF SW
> 1 6/ 5-S 1-W No Willamette OR
> Marion
> Remarks: LOT 1 OR SESE QUARTER
> 2 6/ 5-S 1-W No Willamette OR
> Marion
> Remarks: LOT 2 OR SWSE QUARTER
>
> Now I am sure the next thing you are going to ask is what the heck
> is that?
>
> If you really want to know go to;
> http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/Visitors/PLSS.asp
>
> but I will explain where this is, first what it is; it
> is found in township 5 south Range 1 West, Williamette Meridian,
> what that
> means is it is in the block of 36 sections, each of which are
> approximately
> one mile
> square that is found about between 24 miles and 30 mile south of and
> and
> between 0 and 6 miles west of the "Willamette Stone" which is
> located
> somewhere around Salem,[correction, I just looked it up, it is in
> Portland,
> my
> apologies to anyone who got mislead by that statement, I don't know
> why I
> can't
> remember where it is i know somebody in here gave me the exact
> location
> once, but it is
> in a park in the "Y" where Skyline drive branches off of Burnside in
> SW
> portland.
> just remember your high school algebra and we are talking X and Y
> axis
> stuff, Y being the Townships and X the Ranges. anyway in that
> block[township
> being 6 miles by 6 miles] section 5 and 6 are found in the
> top row of the block and are four to six miles from the east side
> of the block; kinda like this;
>
> _ _ _
> 6|5|_| _|_|_
> 9|10|_|_
> 15
>
> Okay, this is not making a whole lot of sense, I have mentioned in
> here
> before that the Donation Land Claim act made a mess of the section,
> township
> and range allotment of the state of Oregon, I had never looked that
> close at
> the salem area before, I just saw section 80 in the course of
> looking for
> Bea's ancestors. there are whole townships in the Salem area that
> are
> impossible to recognize as such because none of the section lines
> are where
> they are supposed to be, not even the range lines, which is what we
> call the
> lines between townships.
>
> what we should be looking at is something like this;
> when it says S half of the SW it means you take the square mile that
> is
> section 5 and you find the four points around the outside that are
> called
> quarter corners because they are used to break the section into four
> parts,
> these should be roughly half a mile from each corner, on a more or
> less
> straigh line between them and the corners, then you run a line from
> each one
> to the one directly opposite from it and you have broken the section
> into 4
> more or less equal portions roughly a half mile on a side, you do
> the same
> thing to each of those quarters and you get four "forties" which are
> roughly
> 1/4 mile on a side and called forties because on a flat earth they
> would be
> exactly forty acres in size.
>
> So back to Bea's ancestors homestead description, I should find in
> section 5
> and 6 in Township five south Range 1West, Willamette Meridian that
> the SW
> quarter [lower left if you are geospatially challenged] it should be
> at
> least broken into two halves, the lower or S half belong to them,
> moving
> west the Southeast of the Southeast and the Southwest of the
> Southeast,
> section 6 would be the two forties directly west of the above. What
> I am
> finding is a meandered lot in the southwest corner of section five
> that
> looks to be maybe fifty acres, labled 5 and a block in section six
> postion
> labled 6 that looks to me like it would add up to the rest of the
> acreage
> claimed in the above description, coming from where section 8
> roughly should
> be is a block of property labled 50 [remember in the perfect world
> each
> township has 36 sections] and what I am surmising is the record we
> find on
> line is what they filed on, but someone with a prior claim had
> already
> staked out the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section
> five
> after a fashion. I say after a fashion because the lines around
> most of
> that block have very little in common with the regular survey grid
> system is
> that they are both on the ground.
>
> As to where this is, go to Woodburn, get on Boones Ferry road and
> turn right
> on Tukwila Drive to the end and look north, you will be looking at
> approximately the middle of the homestead as I have interpreted it
> above,
> actually at that point, unless the brown strip at the end of the
> street on
> Google earth is new construction, yo will be just south of a ppoint
> on the
> south line of the property some f to 8 hundred feet west of the
> southeast
> corner of section six. If the Brown in new construction, you will
> be
> standing practically on that corner and should see some kind of
> reference to
> it around.
>
> Oh, by the way, I believe you will also be looking at a golf course.
> What
> has my curious up is whether the row crops growing between the
> fairways is
> still being harvested or not??
>
> Anyway if you would like a map or aerial photo of this it isn't
> that
> difficult to do.
>
> Les C
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
> [mailto:or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us]On Behalf Of Beatrice
> C
> Emerson
> Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 11:43 AM
> To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
> Subject: [or-roots] Aliquot Parts
>
>
> Hi Les,
> I am new to the list, and I must admit that I am a bit overwhelmed
> at the number of messages that come through - BUT - I have
> learned so much about Oregon in the past four days that it is now
> my #1 read.
>
> I am confused about aliquot parts, and would appreciate help to
> find just where this land actually is. The patentees were James
> and
> Ellen Casey. There were 3 aliquot parts, all in Township 5-S,
> Range
> 1-W, Willamette Meridian, Marion County.
>
> Aliquot 3 was in Sec./Block 5. The remark listed was Lot 3 of S
> Half of
> SW
> Aliquots 1 and 2 were in Sec./Block 6. The remarks for Aliquot l
> was
> Lot 1 or SESE Quarter. The remarks for Aliquot 2 was Lot 2 or
> SWSE Quarter.
>
> I also have a question. Is there a website that lists the names of
> the
> various
> townships? Example: What township is 5-S?
>
> Thanks, Les, for your generous offer of help. It is appreciated.
>
> Bea
>
>
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