LAND SURVEY: John Pope (land survey), notes of Sally Pope, 1860, Bullitt Co., KY 

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Notes of Sally Pope 
(Shepherdsville, KY), photocopy sent from The Filson Club, top of paper says 
From Sally Pope’s Notes, mss/A/m1388b v 4 page 43 

Surveyed for James POPE a tract of land in Bullitt County, Kentucky on the 
south side of Salt River and being the same land on which he now lives and 
part of a 450 acre tract formerly conveyed by Patrick MCGEE to POPE said 450 
acres is presented on Plat (yellow) and the land now owned by James POPE lying 
between the county road and Salt River and bounded as follows: Beginning at a 
large Spanish oak on the bank of Salt River 4 ˝ poles above low water mark 
corner to a 450 acre tract formerly conveyed by Patrick MCGEE to TROUTMAN 
now P. SIMMONS corner thence with said line S23E 175 ˝ poles to a stone 
between two hickories, one fallen, corner to Peyton SIMMONS and Charles 
LEE, thence with LEE’s line S21025’E for 23o 78 poles to a dead Beech corner 
to LEE in a line of 300 acres formerly conveyed by Patrick MCGEE to Richard 
SIMMONS, thence which SIMMONS or LEE’s line S67W 14 poles to a stone, corner 
agreed on between James POPE and Charles LEE, thence S23E45 poles 6 links to 
a stake at the end of LEE’s plank fence and same course continued 30 links to 
a stake in the middle of the Shepherdsville road corner agreed on between said 
LEE and POPE thence with the middle of the road S63 1/4W 40 poles 22 links 
S72o5W 20 poles N83 ˝ W 26 poles N87o8’W 43 poles 24 links to a stone in the 
middle of the road in a line of 50 acres conveyed by Patrick MCGEE to Jacob 
AMBROSE thence with said line N22 for 23oW 220 poles to a stake on the bank 
of Salt River a small distance above a dead beech and sugartree corner to the 
above named 50 acres also corner to 100 acres conveyed by FRY to Nathan MILES 
now Robert SIMMONS’ corner thence same course continued 6 poles to a stake at 
low water mark thence up the river at low water mark N53 ˝E 70 poles N44 ˝E (?) 
74 poles to a stake thence S23E 4 ˝ poles to the beginning containing 228 acres 
and 14 poles. March 8 & 9, 1860. Casper HERPS SBC