Arlene asks: >Does anyone on the list know of a district known as the 'Grand Glaize >district of St. Louis'? Part of the family I'm researching bought >property. "640 arperts of land on the waters of Grand Glaize district >of St. Louis dated June 20, 1808." There is an arm of Lake of the Orazks known as Grand Glaize, and there is a Grand Glaize Bridge. Apparently, this is the watercourse of the Grand Glaize River prior to the building of the dam. In 1808, this would have been part of France, and governed by officials in St. Louis. Could your people have been this far west? Today this might be Camden County. Happy map-reading! Jean day@sedalia.k12.mo.us

----- Original Message ----- From: The Days <day@sedalia.k12.mo.us> To: <MOJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 6:26 AM Subject: [MOJEFFER] Grand Glaize > Arlene asks: > > >Does anyone on the list know of a district known as the 'Grand Glaize > >district of St. Louis'? Part of the family I'm researching bought > >property. "640 arperts of land on the waters of Grand Glaize district > >of St. Louis dated June 20, 1808." > > There is an arm of Lake of the Orazks known as Grand Glaize, and there is a > Grand Glaize Bridge. Apparently, this is the watercourse of the Grand > Glaize River prior to the building of the dam. In 1808, this would have > been part of France, and governed by officials in St. Louis. > > Could your people have been this far west? Today this might be Camden County. > > Happy map-reading! > > Jean day@sedalia.k12.mo.us > The St Louis County Library has a branch called Grand Glaize Branch1010 Meramec Station Rd. (north of Big Bend Blvd.) Manchester, MO 63021-6943 (636) 225-6454 Monday - Friday.... 8:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Saturday........... 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. I came across this, 39-00 ST. LOUIS COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION c/o St. Louis County Department of Planning, 41 South Central, St. Louis, Missouri 63105 - A proposal to amend the base flood elevations (BFEs) for Grand Glaize Creek within the unincorporated area of St. Louis County, from approximately 400 feet upstream of Dougherty Ferry Road to approximately 3,000 feet upstream of Dougherty Ferry Road as accepted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The proposed map revision relates to the floodway boundaries of Grand Glaize Creek as adopted by Chapter 1008 of the St. Louis County Revised Ordinances. The area you seek is probably near the Glaize Creek in St. Louis County. There is a Grand Glaize Wastewater Treatment Plant, Valley Park, MO 63088. So Valley Park may somehow be included in your search. Glaize Creek is close to Valley Park. Simpson Park: Address: Marshall & Grand Glaize 206 acres with 72-acre lake (electric motors only), fishing, athletic fields, trails, picnic sites and shelters and playground. In 1798, John Ball moved to what is now West St. Louis County. In 1800, he was given title to about 400 acres along Grand Glaize Creek, but since the land was under Spanish rule at the time, the Louisiana Purchase raised doubts about ownership. It took Ball 10 years of court appeals to clear his claim. The town was originally recorded as Ballshow in 1837, but two days later Ball amended the recorded plat to Ballwin because, it is said, he felt his new community would 'win out' over its older neighbors. Ballwin began as a handful of families, but it grew to a village of 750 when it was incorporated in 1950. Today, Ballwin is a thriving city of almost 30,000 residents. http://www.villageprofile.com/missouri/weststlouis/weststlouis1.html Desoto Joe/The Record Man