Where is the 8575 Acre "Green & Walkers" Land
Last September Phil (last name withheld) asked me about a colonial map he owned, thought to be part of Colrain, Massachusetts. It is dated 1741, and is a survey plan of 8575 acres for Green and Walker, signed by Richard Hazzen & Nathaniel Kellogg, two prominent land surveyors of the time. Of special note is the fact that surveyor Hazzen had established the Massachusetts state line just a few months earlier. North is at the right side of this image. and along that edge are the words "This line is the Northern Boundary of the Province" (below) This survey plan was signed in October 1741. Hazzen's survey of the Province Boundary was signed in May of 1741. However, there is another 1741 plan of the 8575 acres filed at the Massachusetts Archives. It is a little bit different than Phil's 1741 plan. The Mass Archives plan has the same land boundary math as Phil's and the same written text, but has more details of rivers and streams . It is has the same...