Map or Atlas
Plan of Fifty Thousand Acres of Land Situated in Lincoln County in the State of Virginia
![Map showing fifty thousand acres of land in what will later become Kentucky, broken up into parcels labeled 1 through 50. No features are labeled, but the map is decorated with illustrations of trees and rivers in water color and ink. The text at the bottom reads "Surveyed for Philip & James Moore, & John Donaldson 50000 acres of land on twelve Treasury warrants no. 16237, 16191, 16239, 16[??]9, 20001, 16488, 16238, 16135, 16240, 16235, 15800 & 15737. Entered 5th June, 1784. Beginning one mile from the mouth of Sextons Creek the waters of Kentucke River in the county aforesaid at A at which Beginning there are three poplars & two sugar trees & running thence S 20 E. & 3 S 40 Poles to B., crossing the creek at 20 poles and one at 900 poles to a white oak and two beaches thence S 70 W. 20 S 3 poles to three white oaks at C thence N 20 W. 3 S 40 Poles to two poplars & a white oat at D. and thence N 70 E. 20 S 3 poles to the beginning."](http://images.wisconsinhistory.org/700011250255/1125004711-l.jpg "Plan of Fifty Thousand Acres of Land Situated in Lincoln County in the State of Virginia")
| Map showing fifty thousand acres of land in what will later become Kentucky, broken up into parcels labeled 1 through 50. No features are labeled, but the map is decorated with illustrations of trees and rivers in water color and ink. The text at the bottom reads "Surveyed for Philip & James Moore, & John Donaldson 50000 acres of land on twelve Treasury warrants no. 16237, 16191, 16239, 16[??]9, 20001, 16488, 16238, 16135, 16240, 16235, 15800 & 15737. Entered 5th June, 1784. Beginning one mile from the mouth of Sextons Creek the waters of Kentucke River in the county aforesaid at A at which Beginning there are three poplars & two sugar trees & running thence S 20 E. & 3 S 40 Poles to B., crossing the creek at 20 poles and one at 900 poles to a white oak and two beaches thence S 70 W. 20 S 3 poles to three white oaks at C thence N 20 W. 3 S 40 Poles to two poplars & a white oat at D. and thence N 70 E. 20 S 3 poles to the beginning." |
| Image ID: | 123479 |
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| Creation Date: | 1784 |
| Creator Name: | Boone, Daniel |
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| State: | Kentucky |
| Collection Name: | Map Collection |
| Genre: | Map or Atlas |
| Original Format Type: | prints, fine-art |
| Original Format Number: | D GX8838 L63 1784 |
| Original Dimensions: | 54 x 71 cm, on sheet 60 x 77 cm |
| Trees |
| Maps |
| Land |
| Surveying |
| Rivers |
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