The chronicle=news., 1913-12-12
ANCIENT SURVEY
FOUND To Be
CORRECT

Government surveyors. who have
just been checking up some al the
lines reported To have been run hy
George Washington In his days of
chain ana compass work. hay" fonni
them good.
About l1.l. according io iradi-
Iion. Geore" Washington. then 10
years oil. ran out for Lord Thomas
then Ia b. Augusta aud Frederick
counties. Virginia. this being only
part OF u great deal u surV.yin.
which h. l. said To hn," b.sn en-
| Gagged upon nj that time. Th.s"
! what WAS then Orange county. and
III" grant Ia Lard Fairfax Was sup
posed Ia sNi.rh westward to the IA.
sifir Gr-an. Subsequently these large
iu-is ~-r" further snhiiNid~i. 20
that the Fairfax line. "a IL il gen
"iaiiy known. runs noN t-s ~s~n
Rockingham AMI Shenandoah conn
,i"s. with III" original Augusta aud
fT-d"Fisk .onrii"s io the .Su'h and
north T~.p--iir"iy-
In the arsaI:E asI far the f,rms-
lion Of ihr ~" '"anil-s. Sr 'par-
'.hss' rs they ~"f- then called. il
~ns f~'sniE-a that ih- linz shaaid b.
a straight an. from The head .pFins
Of ii.isntan riser. nn. al the snrgr.s
nf N" TIA ,pahansosks tn the head
/, sprinS ss .s'- r.somar.
sin.. /, ~as required ,ta, sh~ iia-
snaaia i-' s,TaisLI !, sas first n-sx.
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by Iriiiiins iarf- t-,ntis.s 90 ih~ la
ssrs.hias A.sh iaaials, Then start
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s-rh Ln,sa ,sias ss shS s'sissss
ston. IL !. ts- mansm-n. ~hifs
marks tho southeast sesh.s ss Gas.
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