Survey Notebook (Jersey County, Ill.)
Scope and Contents
The volume is approximately four inches wide by ten inches tall, and its binding has been repaired using black electrical tape. It bears no page numbers, no date, no title, nor an inscription with the name of its owner. Each page has a heading with the township number and range description with subheadings for the township sections being described. There are no diagrams or narrative notes, only five columns of information identified on the first line of each page: corners, witness trees, [tree] diameter, course, and links [chain]. Only two pages mention a location: the page headed “Part of T.9.N.R.11.West (in Jersey County)” and the last line of the following page for the same area, “not noted being in Greene County Ills.” Therefore, it is deduced that the surveyor worked in Jersey County, Illinois.
Dates
- ca. 1840
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
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Historical Sketch
A surveyor’s field notebook forms the main record of the data gathered in the field. It often contains notes on where data was collected and all pertinent information, measurements, calculations, sketches, and observations made by the surveyor. The owner of this notebook is unknown; however, Jersey County, Illinois, was created in February 1839 from part of Greene County. Two brief statements in the volume also lead to its presumed creation in Jersey County, Illinois.
Extent
0.09 Cubic Feet ( (1 item))
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
One item comprises the collection.
Physical and Technical Requirements
There are no physical or technical restrictions.
Donor Information
The collection was donated by George West in 1955 (accession number 1955-087). The volume was transferred to the Archives in 2015.
Sources Consulted During Processing
Processing Information
Processed with funding from The Stuart Foundation, Inc. by Kristina Perez, 2023.
- Title
- Survey Notebook (Jersey County, Ill.)
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- EAD by Kristina Perez using ArchivesSpace
- Date
- 2023
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center Repository