Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-04-07
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
tion under the laws Of the State of Ohio, in the
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 ca, town
ship four (4), 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 Q3); thence north with the west boundary
Of said section l3 to the northwest corner of the
lands of 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.. Wldman; thence
with the south and east boundary lines of said j.
L. Widman's land to the northwest corner of the
Of the said thence east with The
east boundary line OF said section 13; thence there
with north and on line between the lands OF the
a 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 |. W. Ramsey north
27o 13 east S4 feet; thence north 3O' Is east 957
feet; thence north 23o 3O east ASS feet; thence
north 47o "a east 663 feet thence north 170 So east
501 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 1887 feet TO the
northeast corner Of said Ramsey's lands on the
north side of Captina creek; thence south 7io As
east $50 feet; thence south 5Se 45 east 1915 feet
thence south 2S 40 east 3S3 feet thence south 400
80 east 437 feet thence south 53o As east 5l8 feet
thence south 510 80 east 33 feet thence north 77o
45' east s2S feet thence north So east 317 feet;
thence north 3 45 east 5SS feet; thence north 4So
45 east 6997 feet thence north 25o 80 east 1882
feet to the line between the lands of Allen Ramsey
and \. j. and c. A. Duval and at 10JO.5 station;
thence through lands OF Duval north 80 45 east S1
tween lands OF n. j. and A. c. Duval and Michael
Dorsey; thence north 33o 15 west ass feet; thence
north 4So l5' west sol feet; thence north 52o 40
west 4S6.5 feet thence north 46o 80 west g7 feet;
50 IS west 27 feet to the southwest corner of the
lands of |. 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 3, east to
low water mark on the west bank OF the said Ohio
River; thence herewith on the line of said state
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 POwhatan 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 he 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,
3-176t Agent for Petitioners.