Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1848-04-01
STATE OF MISSOURI. } Ca
County of Howard, AVA

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In the Hcacard Circuit Court-DecemJer term l347.
Nathan II Stephenson, complainant, u.s. Lewis
Roy, the unknown heirs of Stephen Rector, the
unknown heirs Of Aexande. Stewart Frederick
1lieatt. Grnzoi Turner, Jane Dun can, George Dun
can, Sarah eatt William Heat, and the other I'M
known heirs of Joseph Heat, decd. and William
Hume, Thomas II. Benton Hume, Amanda Shep-
herd, Beverly Shepherd Louisa Brooks, Ira S.
Brooks, John B. Heat, Marth ]. Heat, and Mar
garet Ann ieatt--defendants,--I 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 Both day of
October, A. D. l547, the compu nant, 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
tained certificate for the location Of $40 acres of
land in lieu Of said tract so confirmed to him.
which had been injured by earthquakes. which
certificate was issued on the 18th Nov, 1915, and
is of class No. |, aud certificate No So; that said
Roy afterwards sold and conveyed said certificate,
by Seed TO Stephen Rector; and the said Rector af-
forwards sold and conveyed said certiica tie to one
Alexander Stewart; that the said Stewart after
wards bargained and sold said certificate to one
Joseph Hieatt that on the 22d Of Oct, 1916, said
Joseph Heat, caused said certificate to be loca-
ted on q tract Of land, situate in Howard County,
Mo-, which tract is bounded as follows, to wit:
Beginning at a stake which stands 30 poles north
of the township corner, 10 townships No. 40, and
40 and 80 north of the base line, and for ranges
10 and IL W. of the 9th principal MERIDIAN, rum
N.,rtI al. 81, .D,ln
poles, thence South, 800 poles, thence West, 800
poles, to the beginning, containing GAO acres
that on the I'd of Oct, 1877, the said Joseph He
att, assigned and transferred TO his son Moses
Heat. and his son-ln law Philip Owens, the said
deed Of said Stewart; that the said Moses Heat
on the 9th of May, 1881, in consideration of
$66S 90, bargained and sold to the complainant.
1876 acres of said tract; and that said Moses HE
att, on said 9th May, 1881, executed u title bond
TO the said complainant, setting forth the nature
and terms OF said sale; that on the 10Th Sept
1872, said complainant and the heirs of Philip
Ovens, decd, filed a petition in the Howard Cir
Court, for partition of said tract land between
the said complainant, and The heirs of Moses He
att decd. and the heirs Of Philip Owens, deed :
that at the may term, 1912, of said court, Judg-
ment of partition was had in said cause, by which
said complainant was adiudged to own the amount
of l26 acres of said land that commissioners
were appointed by said court, who proceeded By
direction of said court to set apart to said com
planant out of said tract l26 acres, and one half
by metes and bounds as folIows--to wit Begl n.
ming at post, the N. L. corner of the survey, at
white OAK, inches in diameter, s. 10 deg. E. 81
links, and white oak, Is inches in diameter 5
deg. f. 81 links, thence due w, IS chains, to
stone, and a hickory, 10 incheh in diameter, bear.
5. 81 deg. Z. 20. and hickory, II inches in di.
ameter bears N. II deg. w. % links, thence due
!. % chains, 70 links, 10 post, oak inches in
diameter, bears S. n deg. E. II links, and an ash.
ID inches in dia., bears due N. 10 links, thence
due L. 50 chains, to stone on the east boundary
of said survey, thence due N, 50 chains, % links
to the beginning corner, which partition was re-
ported by said commissioners to said court, and
confirmed thereby; that said complainant has paid
the said Moses Heat, the full amount of said
purchase money; that the right and title to the
SAID last mentioned one hundred and twenty-six
acres and one half, of said land, is vested in
said complainant and in equity belongs TO him,
but that he has never yet obtained legal convey.
ance for the same, and praying for Decree vest
ing the title and entire right in, and to said tract
Of l26 acres of land, above described in said com
plainant.
Now you are required to appear in the said
Howard Circuit Court, on, or before the third day
of the next Of the said court, to be he'd at
the court house, in the town of Fayette, in, and
for said county, on the first Monday of June, lS4S
then and there TO answer the said BILL or the same
will be taken for confessed, and it is further Or
dered, that this order be published in some news.
paper printed in this State for 8 weekss sue
,essively, the last insertion to be at least four
weeks before the commencement of the said term
A True Copy--Attest.
SARSHEL BYNUM, Clerk.
CLARE d HERNDoN Solicitors
March 18th, lSiS 2--SW