Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1848-05-20
STATE OF MISSOURI. ! Scr.

County of Howard,
In the Ho,cdrd Circuit Court--December term 1S47.
Nathan II. Stephenson, complainant, Us. Lewis
Roy, the unknown heirs of Stephen Rector, the
unknown heirs of Alexander Stewart, Frederick
Heat, Grazel Turner, Jane Duncan, George Dun
can, Sarah Heat, William Heat, aud the other UNI
known heirs of Joseph Heat, decd. and William
Hume, Thomas H. Benton Hume, Amanda Shep- |
herd, Beverly Shepherd, Louisa Brooks, Ira s.
Brooks, John B. Heat, Marlh ]. Heat, and Mar
garet Ann eatt--defendants, Chancery.
10 Lewis Roy and the unknown heirs of Ste
phen Rector, decd. and the unknown heirs OF Al
| exander Stewart, decd. and the unknown heirs of
Joseph Heat, decd.
You are hereby notified, that on the 30th day Of
October, A. ID. 1S47, the complainant, Nathan III.
Stephenson, filed his bill of complaint, against you
and the other defendants above named, stating
among other things that the said defendant, Lewis
Roy, was the claimant of $50 arpens of land, sit.
uate in the district of New Madrid, at place
called the Portage" of which tract, $40 acres
were confirmed to said Roy; that the said Roy, in
pursuance of the act of Congress for the relief OF
the inhabitants who suffered by earthquakes, OBJ
tanned certificate for the location of GAO acres of
} land, in lieu of said tract so confirmed to him,
) which had been injured by earthquakes. which
certificate was issued the 2Sth Nov, 1915, and
is of class No. l. and certificate No. &c. that said
Roy afterwards sold and conveyed said certificate,
by deed to Stephen Rector; and the sad Rector af-
forwards sold and conveyed said certificate to one
Alexander Stewart; that the said Stewart after
wards barganed and sold said certificate to one
Joseph Heat; that on the 22d of Oct, 1876 said
Joseph Heat, caused said certificate to be loca-
ted on a tract of land, situate in Howard County,
Mo-, which tract is bounded Us follows. to wit:
: Beginning at stake which stands 2lO poles north
. of the township coruer, to townships No. 49, and
40 and 50 north of the base line, and for ranges
j. Is and l6 w. of the 9Th principal MERIDIAN, run.
!, ding thence North, 800 poles, thence East, 800
poles, 10 the beginning containing 64O acres;
n that on the I'd of Oct, 1877, the said Joseph HE
att, assigned and transferred TO his son Moses
J. Heat. and his son-lnaw Philip Owens, the said
+ deed of said Stewart; that the said Moses HEAT
= on the 9th of May, 1881, in consideration Of
n S66s,00, bargained and sold to the complainant
|. 1876 acres of said tracts and that said Moses He
d att on said 9th May, 1881, executed title bono
to the said complainant, setting forth the nature
., and terms of said sale; that on the 10Th Sept.
7, 1912, said complainant and the heirs of PHILIP
e Owens, decd, filed petition in the Howard Cir
Court for partition of said tract ofland between
D. the said complainant, and the heirs of Moses HE
1t att, decd and the heirs of Philip Owens, decd.
m that at the may term, 1872 of said court Judg
ment of partition was had in said cause, by which
IS said complainant was Judged to own the amour
J. of l26 acres Of said land; that commissioner
IS were appointed by said court, who proceeded b!
s direction of said court, to set apart to said com
painant out of said tract, 126 acres and half
n by metes and bounds as folows-to wit: Begin
d. ming at post the N. E. corner of the survey, at
white oak, inches in diameter, S. 10 deg. E. 6
links, and q white oak, Is inches in diameter,
deg E. 81 links, thence due w, IS chains, to
stone. and hickory. 10 inches in diameter, bear
ameter, bears N. II deg. w. 90 links, thence du
S. SO chains, 25 links, to post, an oak inches
diameter, bears s. 81 deg. E. II links, and an ash
o. Is inches in dia, bears due N. l9 links, theme