For this purpose, it isn't necessary to transcribe the entire deed, but be sure to include the entire legal land description, as well as a citation to the original deed. To begin a land platting project it helps to have a transcription or copy of the deed that you can mark up as you identify the metes (corners or descriptive markers) and bounds (boundary lines) from the legal land description. Of 09 Transcribe the Deed (or Make a Photocopy) Pencil and paper will work too - just takes longer.
1/10th inch x 1/10th inch to use with a ruler marked in tenths of inches) to aid you in estimating whether the area shown on your plat matches that in the land description.
The book North Carolina Research: Genealogy and Local History recommends graph paper marked off the same way your ruler is (i.e. Patricia Law Hatcher, an expert in land platting, recommends "engineering paper," with four to five equally-weighted lines per inch. Graph Paper - Used primarily to keep your compass aligned perfectly north-south, the size and type of graph paper are really not that important.You only need to decide if you want to graph in millimeters or inches. Ruler - Again, easily found in office supply stores.If you plan to do a lot of land platting, then you may want to purchase a round surveyor's compass (also known as a land measure compass). Protractor or Surveyor's Compass - Remember that half-circle protractor that you used in high school trigonometry? This basic tool, found in most office and school supply stores, is an easy-to-obtain tool for land platting on the fly.To plat a tract of land in metes and bounds bearings - draw the land on paper the way the surveyor originally did - you only need a few simple tools:
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