Yes that is a newer metes and bounds description. The principle still applies.
Regardless of where the land is located or how antiquated the description is, it is usually possible to locate a found monument and work from there.
The farthest I have had to go to locate a monument is about 3 miles.
In parts of TX I still run across deeds that give the distance in varas. A vara was a spanish unit of measurement and it varies in length depending upon the year the survey was made and the county in which the land lays.
Fortunately, the use of trees as corner marks or witness posts hasn't been done in years.
As to the old hedge post, I would put up at least 1 witness post nearby and record it via an affidavit in the deed records.
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