Research

Scope and Content Note

These are maps of surveys made for landholders, for partitioning of land, and for disposition of as yet unappropriated lands. The Surveyor General produced these maps in keeping with his responsibilities for surveying and mapping state lands. Most maps depict areas of eastern upstate New York; some show lands bordering on or within Vermont.

The maps generally provide: name, location, or number of the town, tract, patent, or Indian reservation surveyed; lot boundaries and dimensions; lot numbers; names of landholders (sometimes); waterways; and the number of acres in area surveyed (sometimes).

A few maps of larger areas show the layout and boundaries of various towns in the region. Most of the maps are manuscript; a small number are printed. Some of the manuscript maps are very faded, and a few suffered burn damage in the 1911 State Capitol fire. Similar maps are found in series A0273, Survey Maps of Lands in New York State.