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THURSDAY. OCTOBER 7 2010 PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS PAGE 11A
Surveyor says no accurate line recorded
for Pickens/Dawson county border
But clearing up boundary matter no simple act
Surveyor Brian Jankovich with a survey of the six-mile-long
Pickens and Dawson county line. While complete, there are several
reasons the current vague description of the line may continue to
be used instead of his later work.
Reinhardt Wind Ensemble to
perform this Sunday afternoon
The Reinhardt University Wind Ensemble will present a concert
on Sunday, Oct. 10, at 3 p.m. at the University’s Falany Performing
Arts Center.
By Dan Pool
Brian Jankovich, a surveryor
with the firm of Bill Busby, has
completed a map of the six -mile
county line between Pickens and
Dawson counties.
According to Jankovich this
is the first attempt to precisely
mark the county boundary.
However, Jankovich said
there has been little interest in his
survey from Pickens govern
ment, leaving the line more a
vague approximation than recog
nized survey.
Pickens County’s Attorney
Phil Landrum said there is an ac
knowledged boundary between
Pickens and Dawson, though not
detailed, that is based on old
records and legal descriptions
when Pickens County was cre
ated. He said both counties are
satisfied with the boundary
agreement in place and there has
been no pressing need for any
thing more detailed.
Landrum said ideally it might
be good to have a new survey
recorded, but there are several
contingencies that would make it
both expensive and with the po
tential to create more problems
than it solves.
Among the contingencies
Landrum cited were the exten
sive statutory process both Pick
ens and Dawson counties would
have to follow including the cre
ation of legislation to be adopted
by the state government. Lan-
drum said the legal requirements
would be time-consuming and
expensive. Modifying a county
line is far more complicated than
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a regular agreement between
neighboring landowners, he said.
Secondly, Landrum said if a
newly drawn line conflicts with
the boundaries of existing prop
erties, it could create a ripple ef
fect of inconsistent lines for
property owners throughout that
area.
Jankovich also acknowledged
this potential peril of suddenly
recording a new survey. He said
if a property that has been iden
tified as in Pickens County sud
denly becomes a Dawson
property, it would make owner
ship searches much more com
plicated and might require a
researcher to go back and forth
between two different county
courthouses.
Jankovich, who has worked in
Pickens and North Georgia for
years, said they began the survey
on the boundary after an owner
there needed a recognized line to
sell his property. According to
the surveyor, the legally recog
nized boundary was required
after one piece of property was
divided along the county line by
a judge in a civil settlement.
When it came time to sell, how
ever, it was determined there was
no official county line to divide
the property by and the real es
tate deal collapsed.
Going back to the creation of
Pickens County, Jankovich says
Pickens was split from parts of
Cherokee and Gilmer counties -
becoming Georgia's 100th
county in 1853. The line between
this county and Dawson County
was described as a diagonal line
from the north west comer of
land lot 117 to the south east cor
ner of land lot 314 during the
mid 1800s. The line was never
given specific points that could
located independently on the
ground.
He said other county bound
aries follow land lot lines directly
so there is no trouble identifying
the borders.
But the one between Pickens
and Dawson, which spans for six
miles and runs near Monument
Road and into Big Canoe, has
never been surveyed as far as
Jankovich could ascertain.
Pickens and Dawson counties
have developed a workable sys
tem where properties on the line
are taxed entirely by one county
or the other without quibbling
over what parts are in one county
or the other.
All properties are served there
under cooperative agreements
between the two governments.
Landrum said there is a strong
cooperative agreement between
Pickens and Dawson counties on
this issue and no controversy re
lating to the line between the two
governments.
Jankovich said in practical
terms there is little that impact
with a more accurate county
lines.
“In any given year, it’s not
likely to matter a hill of beans,”
he said of the vague border.
Jankovich, however, said
while it’s hard to cite a pressing
need, there is a general need for
a county to know what property
is in their boundaries and having
a well defined border is “what a
responsible property owner
should do.”
He said future developments
or possibly voting issues, (not to
mention the one piece of prop
erty his first client owned) could
all force the counties to conduct
the survey.
The 75-member ensemble,
under the direction of Dr. David
Gregory, is one of the premier
concert organizations on the
Reinhardt College campus and
presents two formal concerts
during fall semester, in addition
to four consistently “sold out”
Christmas programs at the
Falany Performing Arts Center.
On Oct. 10, the ensemble will
present its first of two fall con
certs. this concert will feature
Beautiful Music of the World;
from American folksongs to pa
triotic marches; from beautiful
and moving ballads to displays
of technical brilliance; from a
tribute to the heroes of the Battle
of Midway to the mastery of
clarinet soloist Allison Black
burn. An afternoon of enjoyable
music is guaranteed for all in at
tendance.
The concert will begin at 3
p.m. in the Concert Hall of the
Falany Performing Arts Center.
Seating is by reserved seats and
there is an admission charge of
$5. For information and tickets,
call the Falany Performing Arts
Center box office at 770-720-
9167 or go on-line at http://
www.reinhardt.edu/fpac
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