tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post1760618832026873375..comments2024-03-28T19:28:10.100-04:00Comments on <b>Rock Piles</b>: Tom Warrups' Rockpwaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16647940752050937588noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-41640155909193491482011-11-11T12:27:45.469-05:002011-11-11T12:27:45.469-05:00Joking: so the surveyor used pre-existing "he...Joking: so the surveyor used pre-existing "heaps of stones" thereby reducing them to mere boundary location markers. It is a relief that the heaps were not there for some other purpose:)pwaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647940752050937588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-54148290454648572912011-11-11T09:53:22.918-05:002011-11-11T09:53:22.918-05:00From a staddle to a heaps of stones: "Mr. Joh...From a staddle to a heaps of stones: "Mr. John Meredith, surveyor of land in the county of Fairfield, on the 8th day of April, 1709, did survey and lay out the said 200 acres of land, in one entire piece, adjoining onto or very near the northern bounds of the said town of Fairfield (Cross Highway).<br /><br />Described as follows: Beginning at a small staddle (Staddle being: a base or Tim MacSweeneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517237193572593390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-26941028456037765012011-11-11T09:44:15.591-05:002011-11-11T09:44:15.591-05:00It also mentions a deed in which hunting rights we...It also mentions a deed in which hunting rights were retained by Chickens and his ancestors. I'd exspect to find stone rows and stone piles related to hunting.Tim MacSweeneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517237193572593390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-70149579729175429752011-11-11T09:40:21.237-05:002011-11-11T09:40:21.237-05:00The pice linked to says: "Capt Thomas Chicken...The pice linked to says: "Capt Thomas Chicken Warrups, son of old Chicken passed away at Schagticoke in 1769. Thomas Warrups #2, (Chicken Warrups grandson) is noted as a (Gen. Putnam's favorite)scout in the Revolutionary War but his death and residence at the time of his death is not known."Tim MacSweeneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517237193572593390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-86553200810658176052011-11-11T08:04:47.190-05:002011-11-11T08:04:47.190-05:00At what date was this fellow alive?At what date was this fellow alive?pwaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647940752050937588noreply@blogger.com