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A county surveyor is a public official in the United Kingdom and the United States. County surveyors also existed in Ireland between 1834 and 1944. [1]
Edward surveyed land in many Georgia locations: in 1819, a district of Walton County, Georgia, in 1820 the county and district lines of Hall County, Georgia and Habersham County, Georgia, in 1821 Henry County, Georgia district lines, and in 1824, Dooly County, Georgia. He was chief surveyor of a commission appointed by the governor of Georgia ...
Also known as the Rectangular Survey System, it was created by the Land Ordinance of 1785 to survey land ceded to the United States by the Treaty of Paris in 1783, following the end of the American Revolution. Beginning with the Seven Ranges in present-day Ohio, the PLSS has been used as the primary survey method in the United States.
The Sangamon County surveyor, John Calhoun, then offered Lincoln a job as deputy surveyor due to the high volume of resurveying. As deputy surveyor, Lincoln surveyed five towns, four roads, and thirty properties. The first was the plat for Huron, a proposed town 30 miles (48 km) North of Springfield that never came to be.
Wilkinson County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,877. [1] [2] The county seat is Irwinton. [3] The county was created on May 11, 1803, and named for General James Wilkinson (1757–1825). [4]
A few counties in Georgia have changed their names. Jasper County was originally named "Randolph County". Later, the present-day Randolph County was founded. Webster County was once named "Kinchafoonee County", and Bartow County was originally named "Cass County".
Johnson County is a county located along the Oconee River in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census , the population was 9,189. [ 1 ] The county seat is Wrightsville . [ 2 ]
Sumter County is a county located in the west-central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, its population was 29,616. [1] The county seat is Americus. [2] The county was created on December 26, 1831. Sumter County is part of the Americus micropolitan statistical area.