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1 Land Ordinance 1785 The Math
Townships: 6 miles by 6 miles 36 square miles Sections number 1-36 Sections: 1 mile by 1 mile 640 acres per section $1 per acre Surveyors were paid $2 per mile Sections could be broken into –half, –quarter, etc sections Land Ordinance 1785 The Math Township Section

2 Land Ordinance 1785 Land grants:
Major General – 1100 acres Brigadier Gen – 850 Colonel – 500 Lt. Colonel – 450 Major – 400 Captain – 300 Lieutenant – 200 Ensign – 150 100 acres to soldiers and non-commissioned officers Township Section

3 Land Ordinance of 1785 Township
36 30 24 18 12 6 35 29 23 17 11 5 34 28 22 16 10 4 33 27 21 15 9 3 32 26 20 14 8 2 31 25 19 13 7 1 Township Sections 8, 11, 26, 29 – Reserved to the U.S. Section 16 – Reserved for public school

4 Land Ordinance of 1785 Section Section – 640 acres Half-Section
Quarter Section 160 acres 80 acres 40 Township Section Section – 640 acres

5 Land Ordinance of 1785 – NW Ordinance of 1787
Name the states that grew out of the Northwest Territory.

6 Land Ordinance 1785 The surveying crew
The task of surveying the Northwest Territory was enormous. The work was carried out by hand, and the entire countryside, including swamps, cane breaks, and marshes, was crossed. A survey crew typically consisted of a deputy surveyor, responsible for directing the operation with the use of a magnetic compass; two chainmen, who stretched the traditional four-rod measuring chain on the survey line; at least one flagman to mark the spot toward which the chainmen worked; one or two axmen who cleared the line of vision and blazed corners; and perhaps a hunter and a cook. Although the task was physically arduous, many men competed for surveyors' jobs, since it offered them an opportunity to scout the best land in a given area. The surveying crew Linear Measurement 1 Chain = 100 links/66ft. 1 Mile = 80 chains/5,280ft.Area Measurement
1 Acre = 10 sq. chains/43,560ft.²
1 Square Mile = 640 acres


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