Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1848-04-15
STATE OF MISSOURI, } c.
County of Howard, { ''

COuuty VI
In the HoDard Circuit Court-Decenabcr term ls47
Nathan H Stephenson, complainant, rs. Lewis
Roy, the unknown heirs of Stephen Rector the
unknown heirs of Alexander Stewart, Frederick
Heat, Grazel Turner, Jane Duncan, George Dun.
can, Sarah Hentt 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
care, Ann ieat,--defendants, In Chancery.
20 Lewis Roy and the unknown heirs of Ste
pien Rector, decd. and the unknown heirs Of Al
cxander Stewart decd. and the unknown heirs of
Joseph Heat, decd
You nre hereby notified, that on the 30th day of
October, A. D. l547, the complainant, Nathan H.
Stephenson, filed his bill of complaint, against you
and tile other defendants above named stating
among other things, that the said defendant, Lewis
Roy, was the claimant of $50 arpens of land, sit.
ua'e in the district of New Madrid at place
called The Portage" of which tract, GAO 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.
taned 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 c'ass No. l. and certificate No. Sc; that said
Roy afterwards sUld and conveyed said certificate,
by deed TO Stephen Rector; and the said Rector af-
forwards sold and conveyed said certifca te 10 one
Alexander Stewart; that the said Stewart after
wards bargained and sold said certificate to one
Joseph Heat; that 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 a stake which stands 2lO poles north
of the township corner, to townships No. 40, and
40 and 80 north of the base line, and for ranges
Is and l6 w. of the 9th principal Meridian, run.
ming thence North, $40 poles, thence East, 800
poles, thence South, 800 poles, thence West, 800
poles, 10 the beginning, containing $40 acres:
that on the I'd of Oct 1917 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 Hieatt
on the 9th of May, 1881, in consideration Of
$500, bargained and sold to the complainant,
l26 acres of said tract; and that said Moses HE.
att on said 9th May, 1881, executed title bond
to the said compliment setting forth the nature
and terms of said sale that on the 10th Sept
1912, said complainant and the heirs of Philip
Owens, decd, flied petition in the Howard Cir
Court, for partition of said tract ofland between
the said complainant, and the heirs of Moses HE.
att, decd. and the heirs of Philip Owens, deed 1;
that at the may term, lS42, of said court, Judg.
ment of partition was had in said cause, by which
said complainant was adiudged to ewn 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
planant out of said tract l26 acres, and one half,
by metes and bounds as follows--to wit: BegI n
ming at post, the N E. corner of the survey, at
white oak, inches in diameter, S. 10 deg E. 81
links, and white oak, 10 inches in diameter, s
deg. E. 81 links, thence due w, IS chains, to
stone, and hickory, 10 incheh in diameter, bears
S. 80 deg. E. 20. and hickory, IL inches in d.
ameter, bears N II deg. w. % links, thence due
S. SO chains, % links, to post, an oak inches in
diameter, bears s. 27 deg. E. II links, and an ash
10 inches in dia,, bears due N. 10 links, thence
due E. So chains, to a stone on the east boundary
Of said survey, thence due N. SO chains, 25 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 Hieatt 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 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 1875 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 dav
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.
True CoPy--Attest
CLARK d HERNDoN, Solicitors