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Butts Burial Ground in Amber

kathleenhilliard  (View posts) Posted: 17 Jun 2009 4:46AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Butts
Am looking for the location of the Butts family cemetery in Amber. I thought Amber Lake and Amber were in Spokane county, but have found this cemetery listed in Whitman county cemeteries. I would appreciate any help in finding the property it is on. Thank you.

Re: Butts Burial Ground in Amber

RBestrom7380  (View posts) Posted: 23 Jun 2009 3:49AM GMT
Classification: Query
This site identifies its location.
http://www.mrail.net/data/cemete/wash/whitman/butts/index.ht...

First, go to:
http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/
Click on "Search Land Patents"
Enter you Zip Code
Enter State of Washington, Last Name "Butts", First Name "George" hit search.
Click on George W. Butts' name. You'll see he had 160 Acres.
Go to the tab for Legal Land Description.
His land was in (write this down or keep available):
Range 41 East, Township 20 North, Section 10, SW part.

Now go to: http://www.esg.montana.edu/gl/trs-data.html
Change the State to Washington and enter in the above information and submit. The next window shows information about that location.
Now in the middle of the window, click on "Switch to Terra Server".

In this next window, click on the largest blue box for size, and change Aerial Photo to Topo Map.

In this topographic map you'll see small red squares. These are sections. Each section contains 640 acres of land.

Looking at the map, you'll see Rock Lake on the right side. There is a dark dotted line across about the lower third of the map, that is the county line. You'll see in black the words "Hole in the Ground". Above that are three "Spring" in Green. In the middle of the red block where it says "Spring", one block up and one to the left, left click in that block with your cursor. Now slide the map over and left click again in the same block. You will now see this red block with four red "10". You'll see the word gravel pit in the center. This is Section 10 where the Butts land was located. Now, divide this red block in half both vertically and horizontally. Now, put your attention to the bottom left of that divided block. That is the SW Corner. His 160 acres of land was in that area. There is nothing on the map to indicate a location of a cemetery; but that is where the land was located.

Re: Butts Burial Ground in Amber

kathleenhilliard  (View posts) Posted: 23 Jun 2009 8:18PM GMT
Classification: Query
Thank you, Mr. Bestrom, for summarizing the steps here for me. I have done this before, but it would have taken me awhile to find the websites to locate the property. I appreciate your help.

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