There is hereby established in the City of Prichard, Alabama, the Africatown, U.S.A. State Park to recognize the significance of Africatown, U.S.A. in American history and culture and to commemorate African heritage in the United States of America, with boundaries described as follows: All that portion of the southeast quarter and the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section 18, township 3 south, range 2 west, located south of Chickasawbogue Creek, excepting that part of the southeast quarter located east of the west line of the Basil Chastang claim.
Beginning at the southeast corner of section 18, township 3 south, range 2 west, thence run westerly a distance of 350 feet along the south line of said section 18 to a point; thence run north 12 deg 09′ east, a distance of 1,663
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There is hereby established in the City of Prichard, Alabama, the Africatown, U.S.A. State Park to recognize the significance of Africatown, U.S.A. in American history and culture and to commemorate African heritage in the United States of America, with boundaries described as follows: All that portion of the southeast quarter and the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section 18, township 3 south, range 2 west, located south of Chickasawbogue Creek, excepting that part of the southeast quarter located east of the west line of the Basil Chastang claim.
Beginning at the southeast corner of section 18, township 3 south, range 2 west, thence run westerly a distance of 350 feet along the south line of said section 18 to a point; thence run north 12 deg 09′ east, a distance of 1,663 feet to the point of beginning of the parcel of land herein conveyed; thence run south 45 deg 00′ east along the south line of lot 1 in the Basil Chastang claim a distance of approximately 1,050 feet to the point of intersection with the east line of the right of way of the Alabama Power Company; thence run northeasterly along the east line of this right of way to its intersection with the south edge of Chickasawbogue Creek; thence run westerly along the south edge of Chickasawbogue Creek to a point where the south edge of Chickasawbogue Creek intersects the east line of section 18, township 3 south, range 2 west; thence run south along the said east line of section 18 a distance of approximately 700 feet to a point; thence run north 12 deg 09′ east a distance of approximately 50 feet to the point of beginning. All of the aforesaid being a portion of lot 1 in the Basil Chastang claim as recorded in the office of the Judge of Probate of Mobile County, Alabama, in Deed Book 128 N.S., Page 3, and all of fractional southwest quarter of section 18, township 3 south, range 1 west. The aforesaid parcels of land contain 150 acres, more or less.