asajosh t1_j7fbs5n wrote
Reply to comment by duncan345 in Lead Plates and Land Claims in North America and Europe: When did the practice begin of burying lead plates to establish ownership of land, and why did it die out, and was it ever used successfully in a court of law to establish ownership? by whyenn
Adding on to this I used to live in northern Virginia and had the library archivist look up my neighborhood as far back as he could.
Oh some of the land plots!
"Starting from the blasted oak travel north by north west 300 paces to a burried pipe near the road...."
In my neighborhood today if you look at the sidewalks you can see survey pins embedded in there.
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