Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1848-03-18
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County OF howard,
In The Ho,card Circuit Court December term 1a47
Nathan II. Stephenson, complainant, rs. Lewis
Roy, the unknown heirs of Stephen Rector, the
unknown heirs Of Alexander Stewart Frederick
Heat, Graze Turner, Jane Dun can, George Dun
can Sarah Heat, William Heat, and the other
known heirs of Joseph Heat, decd and William
Hume, Thomas IL. Benton Hume, Amanda Shep-
herd, Beverly Shepherd, Louisa Brooks, Ira s.
Brooks, John B. Heat. Marlh J. Heat, and Mar
garet Ann Observation-Disclosures, In Chancery.
10 Lewis hoy and the unknown heirs OF Ste
phen Rector, dec d. and the unknown heirs Of Al
exander Stewart, decd, and the unknown heirs OF
Joseph Heat, deed.
You are hereby notified, that on the 3Oth day Of
October, A. D. 1877, the complainant, 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
hoy, was the claimant of $50 arpens Of land, sit.
uae in the district OF New Madrid, at u place
called the Portage" Of which tract, 6i0 acres
we're confirmed to said Roy; that the said Roy. in
pu of the act Of Congress for the relief OF
the inhabitants who suffered by earthquakes, OBJ.
tane1 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
cer,ifi,ate was issued on the 2oth Nov, 1915, and
is of CID SIS No. l. aud certificate No 3d. that said
Roy Afterwards sold and conveyed said cert icate
by deed to Ste phen Rector and the said Rector at.
forwards sold nd conveyed said certitca te TO one
Alexander ST stewart; that the said Stewart after
wa rds batpailled and sold said certificate to Gle
Joseph Heat; that on the 22d Of Oct, 1916, said
joseph Heat, caused said certificate to be luca-
ted on tract of ilnd situate in Howard County.
Mo- which tract is bounded as fUluws. to wit:
BEGINNING at stake which stands 2l0 poles north
of the township curuer 10 townships No 49, and
40 and so north of the ba sc line, and for ranges
Is and l6 W. of the 5th Or incjpal MERIDIAN, run
ming thence North go poles, thence East, 800
poles thence South $40 poles, thence West, 800
poles, to the beginning, containing GAO acres:
that on the I'd of Oct lol7 the said Joseph He
att assigned and transferred TO his son Moses
Heat, and his sun-ln.law Philip Owens, the said
deed of said Stewart, that the said Moses Heat,
ON the 9th of May, 1881, in consideration Ut
S66S 90, bargained and sold to the complainant,
l26 acres of said tract; and that said Moses He
ait, on said Oh May, 1881, executed title bond
10 the said complainant, setting forth the nature
and terms of said sale; that on the 10Th Sept.
1912, said complainant aud 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, deed. 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 cnmpla nant was adudged to own the amount
Of 1875 acres of said land; that commissioners
were appointed BY said court who proceeded by
direction of said court, to set apart to said COM
painant out of said tract, 1876 acres, and half
by metes and bounds as FELLOWSHIP wit: Begin
ming at post, the N. Z. corner of the survey at
white oak, inches in diameter, S. 10 deg E. 81
links, and white oak, Is inches in diameter, s
deg. E. 81 links thence due W, IS chains, to
stone, and hickory, 10 incheh in diameter, bea rs
Is. SO deg. E. 30. and hickory, II inches in d.