Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1848-05-13
STATE OF MISSOURI, Scr. Fl.
County Of Howard

In the Hocard Circuit Court December term 1S47.
Nathan H. Stephenson, complainant, Us. Lewis
Roy, the unknown heirs Of Stephen Rector, the
unknown hoirs Of Alexander Stewart, Frederick
Heat, Grazel Turner, Jane Duncan George pun
cam Sarah Heat, William Heat, and the other un.
known heirs of Joseph Heat, decd. and William
Hume, Thomas H. Benton Hume, Amanda Shep- |
herd, Beverly Shepherd, Louisa Brooks, Ira :. |
Brooks, John B. Heat, Mar,h J. Heat, and Mar
garet Ann Observation-Disclosures 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. i
You are hereby notified, that on the 30th day Of
October, A. D. ls47, the complainant, Nathan H.
Stephenson, filed his bill of complaint, against you
and the other defendants above named, stating
among other things that the said defendant, Lewis
Row, 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 GAO acres OF
land in lieu of said tract so confirmed to him,
7 which had been injured by earthquakes. which
certificate was issued on the 26th Now 1919, and
lis of class No l, and certificate No 56; that said
Roy afterwards sold and conveyed said certificate,
by deed to Stephen Rector and the said Rector af-
ter wards sold and conveyed said certificate to one
Alexander Stewart; that the said Stewart after
wards barpained and sold said certificate to one
Joseph Heat; that on the 22d Of Oct, 1916, said
, Joseph Heat, caused said certificate to be loca-
u ted on a tract of land, situate in Howard County,
Mo-. which tract is bounded as follows. to wit
j. Beoinnipp at stake which stands 2lO poles north
r of The township corner, to townships No 40, and
40 and so north of the base line, and for ranges
J. Is and l6 w. of the 9th principal MERIDIAN run.
J., oino thence North, $40 poles thence East, 32O
IL poles, thence South. 800 poles thence West, 32o
n poles, to the beginning, containing o4O acres;
that on the I'd Of Oct, 1877, the said Joseph HE
att, assigned and transferred TO his son Moses
b Heat. and his son-n law Philip Owens, the said
deed of said Stewart; that the said Moses Heat
= on the 9th of May, 1881, in consideration o
n S66s 90, burgained and sold to the complainant
1876 acres of said tract; and that said Moses HE
ID att, on said 9th May, 1881, executed title bono
to the said complainant, setting forth the nature
e, and terms of said sale; that on the 10th Sept.
Y, 1912, said complainant and the heirs OF PhiliE
lie Owens. decd filed petition in the Howard Cir
IS Court for partition of said tract ofand between
nj the said complainant and the heirs OF Moses HE
Mt att, decd. and the heirs of Philip Ovens decd.
IN that at the may term lS42, OF said court, JUG
ment of partition was had in said cause, by whic
is said complainant was adudged to own the amour
o. of 1875 acres of said land; that commissioner
es we're appointed by said COURT who proceeded b.
s. direction of said court, to set apart to said com
nd plainant out of said tract l26 acres, and one hall
IN BY metes and bounds as folloWs--to WIZ beSin
d, ming at post, the N E. corner of the survey, at
white oak inches in diameter, s. III deg. E.
links, and white oak 10 inches in diameter,
deg. E. 81 links, thence due w, IS chains, to
stone, and hickory, 10 inches in diameter, beai
S. Sc deg. E. 80. and hickory, IL inches in d
ameter, bears N. II deg. w. % links. thence dr
S. SO chains, 25 links, to post, an oak inches
diameter, bears S. 81 deg. E. II links, and an as
I'd IS inches in dia., bears due N. 10 links, them
due E. IS chains, to stone on the east boundar
of said survey, thence due N. SO chains, 20 link
- to the beginning corner, which partition was r
ported by said commissioners to said court, al
Id. confirmed thereby; that said complainant has pa
ITS the said Moses Heat, the full amount of sa
Der purchase money; that the right and title to Il
n- said last mentioned one hundred and twenty-s
pc; acres and one half, Of said land, is vested
ice said complainant, and in equity belongs 10 hi
he but that he has never yet obtained legal conve
use ance for the same, and praying for decree, yes
ing the title and entire right in, and to said
OF of 1876 acres of land, above described in said
- plainant.
OF Now you are required to appear in the SO
TO Howard Circuit Court, on, or before the third
Use of the next term of the said court, to be he'd
nlc the court house, in tile town of Fayette, in o
at for sad county, the first Monday of June, 1874
then and there to answer the said bill, or the sal
- will be taken for confessed, and it is further
dered, that this order be published in some new
r. paper printed in this State for weeks 81
cessively, the last insertion to be at least fo
weeks before the commencement of the said ter
A True Copy--Attest:-
SARSHEL BYNUM, Clerk.
CLARK q HERNpoN, Solicitors.
~ March 18th, 1913. 2--6w