Memoir Of Loudoun County Virginia

Author : Yardley Taylor
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780331693386
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book Memoir of Loudon County, Virginia written by Yardley Taylor and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-22 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Memoir of Loudon County, Virginia: To Accompany the Map of Loudon County IN presenting to the Citizens of Louden, the first map ever published of their County, it may not be deemed 1mproper to give somewhat in detail, the means employed in its compilation. There being no Map of the County, from which materials could be used in constructing a new one, it was obviously necessary to make a survey of the whole county, before a correct map could be drawn. With these facts before him, the compiler determined to make a personal survey of all the leading roads in the county. Accordingly a viameter was attached to' his buggy, and in this way with his surveyor's compass, he took the courses and dis tances of all the principal roads of the county, as well as of many of less note. This enabled him to plot and lay down these roads accurately, and thus to locate the different towns and other places, in their proper position. While thus engaged the posi tion of houses, courses of streams, &c., were noted, so as to secure a degree Of general correctness throughout the whole. It is not assumed that the map is free from error, as this would hardly be attainable, yet it is believed that no important ones exist. That there may be mistakes in inserting the names of persons, as pro prietors of land, as well as in locating the position of houses, is probable, as these facts in some instances were obtained from other persons, who may have failed to distinguish between the owners and the occupiers of the land. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.