Brief description: This document refers to a survey made in 1792 for a land grant to Pedro Luis de Laronde near Delacroix.
Geographical location: Sections 3, 4, and 9 in Township 15 South, Range 14 East and Section 33 in Township 14 South, Range 14 East of the Public Land Survey of the Southeastern District (East of River) of Louisiana.
American State Papers, Public Lands: vol. 2, p. 276, no. 282.
Louisiana Office of State Lands, Claim Papers: None.
Louisiana Office of State Lands, Official Plats: 1850 Original plat of T 15S, R 14E, SED-E.
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.) For a rough translation into English, try Google Translator.
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Luisiana [Louisiana] 1792
Establecimiento San Bernardo
[current direction arrow]
Bayou Chantilly
Vacante
400 Oeste
400 Perchas
Pradería
400 Perchas [scale bar]
Don Pedro Luis Delaronde [de Laronde]
4800 arpanes
S. 1200 perchas
Terreno vacante y del Dominio de Sagrado Magestad
Sud 1200 perchas
Luis Miguel Ficher
Monte
Bayou Bueyes
Pradería
Monte
Var. 8° E. [north arrow]
[current direction arrow]
Lago Lery
Decreto 31 marzo de 1795
No. 669
[signature]
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En culpmiento del decreto del dia viente del mes de diciembre del ano passado de mil setecientos ochenta y ocho: Certifico haber medido y lindado a favor y con preferencia a Don Pedro Luis Delaronde [de Laronde], un terreno de quarante arpanes de frente con cien y viente de profundidad, en conformidad del plano que antecede. Marzo viente de mil setecientos noventa y dos. Carlos Trudeau, agrimensor Real.
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Establishment of St. Bernard -- 1792
Paper No. 5