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Benton County Records Inventory
Corner Survey Records
1885-[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.
Corner restoration documents include references to surveys dating to the early 1850s.
Benton County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:
Public Works [Corner Restoration Files], ca.1910-1996 (3 inches of microfilm
jackets).
Avery Land Services Building, Self Help Area:
Corner Restorations [Forms], ca.1910-present (8 inches of microfiche);
Corner Rest. [Restoration-Map Index], ca.1910-present (1 volume);
Old
Corner Restoration Book [F. Marion Wilkes], vol. 1, ca.1910-ca.1954 (1 binder).
Avery Land Services Building, Vault:
Corner Reestablishement [Cards], 1885-ca.1978 (1.50
cu.ft.);
Corner Restoration Area Index [Visual], n.d. (1 volume);
Corner Rest. [Restoration-title varies], no. 1-4154,
1885-1993 (9 volumes);
Field Books [Corner Restoration], vol. 1-23, 1987-present
(23 volumes);
Field Books [Original Corners by F. Marion Wilkes], vol.
3, 1908 (1 volume);
F. Marion Wilkes Corner Rest. [Restoration Record],
1910-1954 (1 volume);
Index Marion Wilkes [Visual Index to Corner Surveys], ca.1910-ca.1954 (1 volume).
Avery Land Services Building, Engineering Office Area:
New Corner Restoration Files, ca.1985-present (4 cu.ft.).
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