Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-04-14
NOTICE BY AGENT.

Notice is hereby given, that on the 10th day of
March, A. ID. 1892, at application was made to the
Commissioners OF Belmont county, Ohio, asking
I Ior PERMISSION ion 70 organize Municipal Corpora
following described territory, tO-wit: Situate in
the township of York, county of Belmont and state
of Ohio, bounded as follows
Beginning at low water mark on the west bank
of the Ohio River where intersected by the south
boundary line Of fractional section seven (, town
ship four a., of range three (3); thence west and
with the south boundary line of said section seven
(7) and section thirteen 49, same township and
range, to the southwest corner of said section
thirteen 13); thence north with the west boundary
of said section 13 to the northwest corner of the
lands Sf Fred RamSer; thence east with the north
boundary line OF the said Fred Ramser TO the west
boundary line OF the lands of Samuel Aberegg;
thence north on the line between the lands of
Samuel Aberegg and Nicholas Arman to the south
west corner of the lands OF J. L. Widman; thence
with the south and east boundary lines of said j.
l.. Widman's land to the northwest corner OF the
lands of the said Aberegg; thence east with the
north boundary line of said Aberegg,s land to the
east boundary line of said section 13 thence there
with north and on line between the lands OF the
heirs of G. W. Wood, deceased, and /. w. Ramsay
d distance of 1872 feet to stone at the northwest
corner of the lands of the heirs of the said g. W.
Wood, deceased thence down McVey or Porter's
run and through the lands OF I. w. Ramsey north
20 13 east S14 feet; thence north 30' IS east 957
feet; thence north 23o 80 east 45S feet; thence
north 470 q east 663 feet thence north 170 So east
5Ol feet to bridge on pike at Porters run; thence
leaving said run and with north side of said pike
south 76o east 800 feet to the eastern boundary line
of the land the said l. w. Ramsey; thence there
with In northeast direction 1857 feet TO the
northeast corner of said Ramsey's lands ON the
north side Of Captina creek; thence south 71e 45
east $50 feet; thence south $50 45 east 1915 feet
thence south 2So 40 east 343 feet thence south 4Oo
80 east 47 feet thence south So Is east SIS feet
thence south 51o 80 east 30S feet thence north 7o
45 east S2S feet; thence north 60 east 3l7 feet;
thence north 730 45 east 5SS feet thence north 4e
45 east 500 feet; thence north 25o so east 10325
feet to the line betweenthe lands of Allen Ramsey
and N. j. and c. A. Duval and at 1O5O.5 station;
thence through lands of Duval north 80 As east 81
tween lands of n. j. and A. c. Duval and Michael
Dorsey; thence north $50 i5 west 55S feet thence
north 49, IS west 5j1 feet; thence north 52e 4O'
west 1865 feet thence north 40 80 west 977 feet;
thence north 81 As west S45.5 feet; thence north
80 10 west ~ feet to the southwest corner of the
lands of 1. w. Ramsey and in the north boundary
line of section 8, township 4, range 8; thence
Herewith and with the south boundary line Of
fractional section 3, township 4, range 8 east to
low water mark on the west bank of the said Ohio
of Ohio and said county OF Belmont in a southwest
direction to the place OF beginning = including
therein the platS OF the unincOrpOrated hamletS
known as P0whatan Point and Industry, and the
proposed hamlet lately laid out by n. j. and A. c.
Duval, the latter not being yet perfected
Said petition further sets forth that the supposed
number of inhabitants in the proposed corpora
ton is about five hundred; that it Is desired that
said corporation shall be village; that its name
shall be Village of Powhatan Point, and that Fer
dinand Dorsey shall act agent of the petitioners
Said petition and map OF the territory proposed
to lie Incorporated is now on file in the Office of the
Auditor Of said Belmont county, and will be for
hearing before said Commissioners on Tuesday,
at the Woods House, in Powhatan Point Belmont
county, Ohio.
FERDINAND DORSEY,
3-17-6t Agent for Petitioners.