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Surveyors Historical Society2016 RendezvousLake George, N.Y.September 29, 2016
James M. Vianna, PLS,
James M. Vianna, PLS170 Lohnes RoadStillwater, N.Y. 12170(518)[email protected]
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Baldwin (north) 1798
Green (south) remains of a 20” Hemlock tree as marked
by James Green in 1800
Fort George
Suspected original M. Mitchell 1796line tree (photo circa 1930 ish)
A 12” hemlock boxed in 1924 by A.H. King showing markings from 1874, 15’± NELY from 20” hemlock stump remains of “Green’s corner”
2007 photos
Clinton County
Washington County
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Original Description For the Division Line Between Warren and Essex Counties (chap. 63 laws of 1788)
2017
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Essex County
Warren County
THE SURVEYORS:
1. Lt. Col. Robert Cochran, 1796 & Robert Moxam 17972. Joseph L. Harris, Deputy State Surveyor 18443. D. M. Arnold, local surveyor working for Verplanck Colvin 18784. Marcus Mitchell, local surveyor working for Colvin in 1896 (not the
same M. Mitchell who ran the East bound of Tryon Co. in 1796.5. Verplanck Colvin, 1890’s6. W. G. Watts, local surveyor 1930’s
Marker along Co. Rt. 153 in Salem, N.Y.On the state line between Vermont & N.Y.
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By the 1840s a dispute arose as to the location and correctness of the original survey which had been performed by Lt. Col. Cochran in 1796. The Counties of Warren and Essex petitioned State Surveyor General Nathaniel Jones to settle the matter. On July 19, 1844, Jones issued a commission to Deputy State Surveyor Joseph L. Harris to re-survey the line. Harris completed his work on September 24, 1844.
By order of the Surveyor General dated January 29, 1845, Harris’s line was decreed as the official boundary line between the counties of Warren and Essex.
Joseph L. HarrisDeputy State SurveyorField BookWarren Co. Clerk’s Office
Harris Map
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7,031’±
Harris sketch of the Yellow (aka Norway) pine tree marking the NWC of Washington County on the East side of Lake George. Arnold while working for Colvin in 1878 removed a block from this tree and counted 80± annual rings of growth dating the markings to 1798 (1796). This probably hastened the demise of the tree which was gone in 1935 when Watts performed a limited survey.
489.06’
5,947.26’8,104.8’
180.18’
7,471.3’Arnold
6,581.4’Arnold
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So what was held for the direction of the county line????
Answer: the bearing of the line located between Lake George and Lake Champlain
Unknown when and by whom it was established.
Lake George on community dock belonging to the Rodgers Rock Homeowners Assoc.
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Climbing Rodgers Rock, Colvin’s triangulation station
View from Colvin’s signal station of Rodgers RockAnd southerly down Lake George
Panoramic photo from the top of Rodgers Rock
Watts pin
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Watts monumentAnd NYS DOT
PKF
County Line along NYS Rt. 9N
Schroon Lake
East side of Moxham Mtn. range
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County line between Moxham Mtn. and the Hudson River
Crossing the Hudson RiverHarris 1844 View looking southerly or downstream
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Field notes of the “civil service assistant”
Traverse station 26
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County line in North River as per Colvin
Bolt26
Bolt28
Bolt27
SignalSta. 132
180° 00’ 10”
179° 59’ 30”
(1,777.78’ )1,777.18’
County line near Cleveland Road3,700± westerly from Colvin station 28
Westerly terminus of the North bounds ofWarren Co. at the former Tryon (HamiltonCo. line)
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