Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1848-04-08
STATE OF MISSOURI, } Co..
County of Howard,


In the Hopard Circuit Court December term SAT
Roy, the unknown heirs of Stephen Rector the
unknown heirs Of Alexander Stewart. Frederick
Heat, Grazel Turner, Jane Dun can. George Dun.
can, Sarah Heat 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, Marlh J. Heat, and Mar
garet Ann defendants, In Chancery.
40 Lewis hoy and the unknown heirs of Ste
phen Rector. deed. and the unknown heirs of Al
exander Stewart, deed and the unknown heirs Of
Joseph Heat, decd.
You are hereby notified, that on the 30th day of
October, A. u. ls47, the complain ant, Nathan H.
Stephenson, flied 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, a. 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 $40 acres of
land, in lieu of said tract so confirmed to him,
which had been injured by earthquakes. which
certificate issued on the 2Sth Nov, ISIS, and
is Of class No l. aud certificate No. So; that said
Roy afterwards sold and conveyed said certificate
by deed to Stephen Rector; and the said Rector at
forwards sold and conveyed said certifica te to one
Alexander Stewart; that the said Stewart after
wards bargained and sold said certificate to one
Joseph Heat; that on the 22d of Oct, 1916, said
Joseph Heat, caused said certificate to be loca-
ted on tract Of land, situate in Howard COUNTY.
Mo-, which tract is bounded as follows, to wit:
Beginning at stake which stands 30 poles north
Of the township curuer, to townships No 40, and
80 and 80 north of the base line, and for ranges
Is and IS w. Of the 9th principal MERIDIAN, run.
ming thence North, 80 poles, thence East, 800
poles, thence South, 800 pules, thence West, $40
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,
the 9th Of May, 1881, in consideration OF
SG6s 90, barganed and sold TO the complainant,
l26 acres of said tract; and that said Moses He
att, on said 9th May, 1881, executed Il title bond
10 the said compliment, setting forth the nature
and terms of said sale: that on the 10Th Sept,
lSi2, said complainant and the heirs of Philip
Owens, decd, filed petition in the Howard Cir
Court for partition OF said tract of land between
the said complainant, and the heirs Of Moses HE.
att, decd. and the heirs of Philip Owens, decd 4;
that at the may term, 1912, of said court, judy
ment of partition was had in said cause, by which
said complainant was adj judged to own the amount
of 1876 acres of said land; that commissioners
were appointed by said court, who proceeded By
direction of said court, to set apart to said com
plainant out of said tract l20 acres, and half
by metes and bounds foows--to wit: Begin
ming at post, the N. E. corner Of the survey at
white oak, s inches in diameter, S. 10 deg. E. 81
links, and a white oak, Is inches in diameter, S
deg. E. 81 links, thence due w, IS chains, to
stone, and hickory, 10 incheh in diameter, bears
s. 81 deg E. 30. ana u hickory, IL inches in d.
ameter, bears N, II deg. W. % links, thence due
s. 90 chains % links, TO a post, oak inches in
diameter, bears s. 81 deg, E. II links, and an ash
10 inches in dia., bears due N. 10 links, thence
due Z. 50 chains, to a stone on the east boundary
of said survey, thence due N SO 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 126 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 term 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 1913,
then and there the said BILL or the sa the
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
cessively, the last insertion to be at least four
weeks before tho commencement of the said term.
A True Copy--Attest.
SARSHEL BYNUM, Clerk,
CLARK d HERNpoN, Solicitors,
March 18th, lsis. 2--ew