Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1848-03-25
STATE OF MISSOURI, ! sc-
County Of Howard, oef'


In the Ho,card Circuit Court December term 1a47
Nathan H Stephenson, complainant, u.s. Lewis
Roy, the unknown heirs of Stephen Rector, the
unknown heirs Of Alexande, Stewart, Frederick
Heat, Grazel Turner, Jane Dun can, George Dun.
can Sarah Heat, William Heat, and the other un.
known he's of Joseph Heat, decd. and William
Hume, Thomas Fl. Benton Hume, Amanda Shep.
herd. Beverly Shepherd, Louisa Brooks, Ira S.
Brooks, John B. Heat Marlh ]. Heat, and Mar
garet Ann defendants, I'm Chancery.
10 Lewis Roy and the unknown heirs of Ste.
phen Hector, decd and the unknown heirs of Al
cxander Stewart, decd and the unknown heirs of
Joseph Heat, decd.
You are hereby notified, that on the 30th day of
October, A. d. lS47, the compa inant, 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, 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 $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 2Sth Nov, 1915, and
is Of class No. /, aud certificate No. Sc; that said
Roy Afterwards sold and conveyed said certificate
by deed to Stephen Rector; and the said Rector af-
forwards sold and conveyed said certifca te to one
Alexander Stewart; that the said Stewart after
wards bargained and sold said certificate to one
Joseph Uieatt; that on the 22d of Oct, 1916, said
Joseph Heat, caused said certificate to be oca-
ted on tract Of land, situate in Howard County.
MO-, which tract is bounded follows, TO wit:
Beginning at a stake which stands 2lO poles north
OF the township corner, 10 townships No. 40, and
AZ and 50 north of the base line, and for ranges
10 and Ii w. of the 9th principal MERIDIAN run.
nIng thence NORTH 800 poles, thence East 800
poles, thence South, 800 pules, thence West, $40
poles, to the beginning, containing $40 acres;
that on the I'd of Oct, 1877, the said Joseph HE.
att, assigned and transferred 10 his son Moses
Heat, and his sOn-n law Philip Owens, the said
deed OF said Stewart; that the said Muses. Heat,
on the 9th of May, 1881, in consideration Of
$0oS,OO, bargained 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
to the said complainant, setting forth the nature
and terms OF said sale; that on the 10Th Sept.
lS42, 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 (:
that at the may term, 1912, of said court, judy.
ment OF partition was had in said cause, by which
said complainant was adjudged 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.
Puipuht ou VI saiu lract 10 acres, and one half,
by metes and bounds as follows--to witt Begl n
ming at post, the n. E. corner of the survey, at
white oak, s inches in diameter, S. 10 deg E. 81
links, and white oak, Is inches in diameter 8
deg. E. 81 links thence due w, SIS chains, to a
stone, and hickory, 10 incheh in diameter, bears
5. 80 deg. E. 20. and hickory, II inches in di.
nmeter, bears N. II deg. w. % links thence due
.. Oh chains, 70 links, to post, oak inches in
diameter, bears ), u deg. E. II links, and an ASH
10 inches IN dla., bears due N. 10 links thence
due l. 30 chains, to a 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 10 equity belongs 10 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 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 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 weeks sue. |
cessively, 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 HERNpoN, Solicitors.
March 18th, ls45. 2--sw