- Born
- 1849-06-23
- Died
- 1849-07-09
- Work
- Deputy Surveyor
- Eras
- Early American era
- Concepts
- land-surveyheritage
- Within
- Beaver Island archipelago
Summary
William Ives is the Deputy Surveyor named in the retained BLM record for the 1849 federal survey of Little Beaver (High) and Trout islands. His signed certifications on the checked Trout Island and Hat Island field-note pages independently identify the same name and office in separate 1849 island-survey records.
Evidence and limits
The available records establish an official survey role on the dated 1849 work, not a complete biography. They do not establish Ives’s birth or death, residence, employer beyond the stated office, other assignments, professional career, or identity with any other historical person named William Ives. The date range in this profile covers the currently reviewed Beaver Island-area records only; it is not a claim about his entire term as a surveyor.
See also
Sources
- Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records, Field Note Volume 168138, p. 0175, certification of Trout Island survey, 28 June 1849.Described in this archive: GLO field-note pages: Trout Island survey, 1849.The visually checked certification identifies William Ives as Deputy Surveyor and dates his regular survey and subdivision of T39N R11W to 28 June 1849. It does not state his age, residence, employer beyond the survey role, or later career. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.federal · glo_field_notes · page_evidence · field-note-volume-168138-page-0175-trout-island-general-description
- Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records, Field Note Volume 168138, p. 0006, Hat Island survey certification, 9 July 1849.Described in this archive: GLO field-note pages: Hat Island survey, 1849.The visually checked Hat Island certification also identifies William Ives as Deputy Surveyor. It confirms the same named surveyor in a distinct 1849 island-survey record, but does not resolve whether other historical men of that name were the same person. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.federal · glo_field_notes · page_evidence · field-note-volume-168138-page-0006-hat-island-general-description
- Held sanitized BLM detail metadata names William Ives as Deputy Surveyor and dates the paired Little Beaver/Trout Islands survey from 23 through 28 June 1849. It does not provide biographical information or make the later Hat Island survey part of that same operation. The holder's public portal is searchable but does not link this record directly; the archive holds a copy of the file and can provide it on request.federal · glo_surveys · beaver_island_surveys
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “William Ives, Deputy Surveyor”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/people/william-ives-deputy-surveyor/, accessed [date], citing Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records, Field Note Volume 168138, p. 0175, certification of Trout Island survey, 28 June 1849. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).
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