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Brief description: This document refers to a survey made in 1796 for land grants to William Weeks, Gideon Hopkins, and Rachel Bell on Weeks Island.
Geographical location: Sections 38-40 and 42 in Township 14 South, Range 6 East and Section 48 in Township 14 South, Range 7 East of the Public Land Survey of the Southwestern District of Louisiana.
American State Papers, Public Lands: vol. 3, pp. 113-14, no. 34.
Louisiana Office of State Lands, Claim Papers: Claim papers S.W.D. T.14S. R.6-8E. & T.14S. R.9E. Vol. 58, images 4-73.
Louisiana Office of State Lands, Official Plats: Original township plat for T 14S, R 7E, SWD; and Supplemental plat for T 14S, R 6E, SWD.
Transcription (Translations, alternate orthographies, and other additions appear in brackets; common abbreviations are completed; and the order of map transcriptions proceeds left to right, top to bottom.)
No. 1231, 1232-1233
Difundo 1 junio 1799
Decreto Weeks
Hopkins
R. Bell
Difundo 13 junio 1799
[Map begins]
Vacant Marsh
2 Gums IIIX GH & WW
Vacant March
No. 1251
North 32 East 264 perches
No. 1252
Mr. William Weeks 800 arpents
Hickory
Mr. Gideon Hopkins 400 arpents
White Oak IIIX GH RB & WW
Black Oak IIIX GH & RB & WW
North 82 East 335
Laurel
South 72 East 34
Hickory
No. 1253
Lake
Bay
Marsh
Live Oak IIIX RB WW
Hickory
Mrs. Rachel Bell 400 arpents
Lind
South 72 East 240 = 274
Mr. Joshua Garret
North 45 East 278
Red Oak IIIX GH & JG
Laurel
Variation 8° East [north arrow]
2 Live Oaks IIIX JG & RB
Laurel
0 100 200 300 Perches [scale bar]
[Map ends]
Atakapas [Attakapas] December 15th, 1796. I certify that I measured, surveyed, and laid out three tracts of land: one in the name of Mrs. Rachel Bell surveyed December 10th, 1796, one in the name of Mr. William Weeks surveyed December 11th, 1796, and one in the name of Gideon Hopkins surveyed December 12th, 1796. Said lands is on the Grande Cote [Weeks Island] on the Northwest of Chafflia [Atchafalaya] Bay, and the above platts are true representation thereof. William Atchinson, Deputy Surveyor.
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No. 87 G
Papers 13 + 14
Attakapas
[upside down]
Mrs. Rachel Bell
Mr. William Weeks and
Mr. Gideon Hopkins
Platts of Certificate
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800
400
400
1600
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