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Do you sometimes cringe when you see the little red or orange ribbons that denote a survey in progress on that nice property down the road from you? What do those little ribbons portend? To paraphrase the old Doris Day song, you might be excused for wondering what the future holds for that parcel (and perhaps for yours): “Will it be pretty, will it be rich...?” Well that all depends not so much on ‘Que Sera, Sera’ as on the intentions of the new owner(s). That new owner, in turn, may have various dreams or schemes, but fundamental to all of them is that he/she/they actually own that little piece of terra firma. The question of clear title is, even today, of paramount importance. In the not so distant past, it was likely to be not only a really big deal, but also equally likely to be absolutely contorted.
Fairfax survey
The mother of all surveys in our area, of course, occurred in the 1700’s when Thomas, Lord Fairfax, had the Northern Neck Proprietary mapped out. Rappahannock, Culpeper, parts of Madison, the northern Shenandoah Valley and points north to the
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