To get all this into GPS coordinates, you'll need to know at least one point's lat/long and work out the rest, or plot the description and unproject it to a geographic coordinate system.
From there it's an orienteering exercise. In some cases there are commencement calls that get you to a true point of beginning, and then the shape starts. Once you find that point, from your example the description starts immediately. And since you'll be starting at a quarter-quarter corner, you're unlikely to find a monument right there (they're usually sections or quarters at best). If all you have is the description, you're on your own.
You'd have to locate the nearest benchmark and work your way to it - the plat survey should have note on it somewhere of such a benchmark.
This would have actual surveyed corners and locations of benchmark monuments, possibly with lat/long coordinates already provided. You could also check with the county to see if they make their survey control network available. For some states you can locate a GIS version of the PLSS grid - see PLSS shapefiles - alternative to ? But do note those aren't surveyed - some points are (control network) and the rest are calculated to fit. To locate a section corner you'll need to either estimate it from data or find a benchmark. Such descriptions usually, and in the case of the example you give, refer to the Public Land Survey System (PLSS) in the US. What you have is a metes and bounds description which locates a point, gives bearing and distance to the next point, and so on all the way around and back to the point of beginning (known as a traverse). No, those are not lat/longs in the description.
METES AND BOUNDS VS LOT AND BLOCK PROFESSIONAL
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