I always liked the property corner description, "The bound Oak Tree"I did land surveying for 20 years. Many in the field. My skill set included reading old monument descriptions for recovery. It was a blast trying to match the old directions to modern topology. Would read like:
From the Post Office in Poolsvile go north along md rt 28 2.3 miles to dim tract road on right. Hence along dim track road 0.73 miles to top of hill. Station located 300' n nw.
ha ha - Good luck.
Once you see them you will see them everywhere!
Now that is really cool!