Oregon State Archives

Oregon Historical County Records Guide

Gilliam County Records Inventory

Corner Survey Records

1928-[ongoing]

Series documents the establishment and/or restoration of survey corners or monuments by the county surveyor or registered land surveyors. Records include maps, field survey restoration notes, historical notes, and indexes. Information includes description of corners; existing markers; descriptions of new markers and any changes made to the locations; property owners; township, range, and section numbers; donation land claim information; date the new markers were set; and surveyor's signatures.

The Surveyor Field Notes and Plats record series contains additional information related to corner surveys.

Records at the Gilliam County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:
Restored Government Corners, vol. 1, 1928-1933, 1997-present (1 volume).

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