Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on Poplar Forest Survey, 12 December 1817
V. Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on Poplar Forest Survey
Dec. 12. 17.
| Begun at Clarke & Cobb’s red oak corner | |
| N. 62. E 72. po. along a full marked line to his & my corner chesnut in Cobb’s side line | |
| from this Chesnut the f. & a. post oak bears S. 52. E. 23. po. | |
| which makes that line 148. po. in all from the pointers to the chesnut |
| then sa. co. contind viz. N. 62. E. | 32. | po. to Callaway’s road. |
| 24 | ½ po. more to my fork | |
| 6. | po. more to supposed corner | |
| 62. | ½ po. in all. |
N. 40. W. 86. po. to the old poplar where the spring was formerly, noted before
N. 78. E. 14½ po. to pile of stones made on the 9th
Note. we this day saw a plain marked forked oak on the S. side of1 Callaway’s road 35. po. above the 2. stones.
MS (ViU: TJP, TB [Thurlow-Berkeley] no. 1136 [532m–2]); written entirely in TJ’s hand on a small scrap; with document no. IX below, TJ’s Notes on Poplar Forest Survey, 17 Dec. 1817, on verso.
1. Preceding four words interlined.
Index Entries
- Callaway, Richard; and survey of Poplar Forest search
- Clarke, Mr. (Bedford Co. landowner); and survey of Poplar Forest search
- Cobbs, William; and survey of Poplar Forest boundaries search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Writings; Notes on Poplar Forest Survey search
- Poplar Forest (TJ’s Bedford Co. estate); roads search
- Poplar Forest (TJ’s Bedford Co. estate); surveys of search
- roads; at Poplar Forest search
- surveying; and Poplar Forest boundaries search