After the Revolution, he served as an official surveyor in what is now West Virginia.
The initial population of the town was "about 700" as detailed in the official surveyors description.
The Surveyor General is a government's official surveyor.
Several months after being sworn in as Albany's first official surveyor in 1766, he was elected alderman a post he served for several years.
The official surveyor found the road "generally sound" but noted a few problems that would need correction in the spring at a "probable cost" of only $125.
Howard started surveying work in 1836, become Toronto's official surveyor in 1843, a position he held until 1855.
In 1882, following from his work with the Geological Survey, Dawkins was appointed as the official surveyor by the Channel Tunnel Committee.
In the 1830s Ferris traveled to Texas where he became the official surveyor for Nacogdoches County.
He became the official surveyor of the province and conducted an expedition down the Salado River into Chaco.
Nevertheless the official surveyors who came to map the Trepke boundaries remained too afraid to go into the fields of the estate.