Beginning at (A) Three Hickorys Corner Trees to Thomas Johnstones Land & Extending thence along his S 13 Wt One Hundred Seventy two Poles to (B) a Locust Johnstones Corner thence along another of his Lines S 34 Et 150 po. to (C) a White Oak another of his Corners thence So 75 Et 186 po & to (D) a large Hickory thence No 58 Et 160 po xing a Spring Run to (E) three Red Oak Fx on a Ridge thence No 30 Et 436 po to a Hickory an Red Oak Fx at (F) thence No 60 Wt 90 po to (G) a Large White Oak Fx thence No 7 Et 420 po xing Long Marsh to (H) two Red Oaks and a W: O: Fx in a Bottom in ye aforesd Thomas Johnstones line finally along his line So 80 Et one Hundred fourteen Poles to ye Beginning Containing Three Thousand & twenty three Acres.
pr James Genn
| Henry Ashby | } | Chain men |
| Richard Taylor | } | |
| Robert Ashby Marker. | ||
| Wm. Lindsey Pilot. | ||
N. B. The Distances in ye above Writing ought to be Written in Letters not in figures only I have done it now for Brevity sake[47]
[47] At this place in the journal three leaves, six pages, have been torn out. The edges left show that they had been written upon by Washington. The next record of a survey in the hand-writing of Washington is signed by him with the name of James Genn, as is also the incomplete plot of a survey here reproduced from the original by tracing; whether it is a study from field notes by James Genn or an actual survey by Washington himself does not appear. The paper upon which it is drawn and the style of the hand-writing, place it as of a date current with the added records of 1747-8.
The Courses & Distances of the Following Plat is as follows viz beginning at A and running thence No 30 Et 436 poles thence N 60 Wt 90 pole thence No 7 Et 365 pole to Long Marsh & 420 to the end of the Course thence N 65 Wt 134 pole thence So 20 Wt 126 poles crossing Long Marsh to a Branch thereof commonly calld Cates Marsh 218 pole to the end of the Course thence N 80 Wt 558 pole thence S 25 Wt 144 pole thence S 33½ Et 96 pole S 20 Et 316 pole thence S 80 Et 114 pole thence East 280 pole thence S 15 Et 262 to the Beginning Survey'd by
James Genn
The Courses of the Town of Alexandria[48]
[48] Alexandria, Virginia.—This seems to be a brief record of the course and distances of a survey by Washington of the shore-line of the town of Alexandria before the river bank was improved or altered by the building of wharves and the grading of streets. It is probable that these lines were run in the winter when the river was closed with ice.