North Tippah Creek Range NT-2
In N 1/2 SE 1/4, Sec. 5 and NE 1/4 SW 1/4 Sec. 4, T-4-S, R-3-E. Crosses North Tippah Creek ditch about 1400 feet N of S line of Sec. 5, and 50 feet S of mouth of Bowling Branch. Magnetic bearing N 86°38' E from right to left in 1969 (reported N 86° E in 1939).
Monument NT-2-R, bronze disk set in concrete at Sta. 0+00, on Beard land. Paced 30 feet W to N-S fence line, 237 feet S to an E-W P/L fence; about 1800 feet W to public highway. 51.6 feet N 50° W mag. to TBM nail in SW root of blazed 24 inch by 36 inch double trunk red oak on fence line. 3 feet S 10° W to dead 15 inch walnut stump; 2.5 feet N 27° W to 0.5 inch walnut sapling. Elevation of monument 447.475 (1939); TBM: 446.44 (1969).
Monument NT-2-L, bronze disk set in concrete at Sta. 17+42.6, on land of J. C. Street. TBM nail in root of 30 inch red oak 3.5 feet N 8° E mag. Blazed 24 inch beech 42.6 feet S 83° E; both beech and red oak are at top of old eroded scarp bordering flood plain. Blazed 14 inch sycamore 38.6 feet N 26° E, on flood plain. Elevation of monument 435.08 (1969); TBM 438.305 (1969).
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