Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-09-08
Order of Publication.

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In the Circuit Court of Iron county, Mis-
souri,, in vacalion-August %, 1904.
Arthur Huff, Plaintiff,
Augustus Jones, or his unknown heirs, de-
iendants.
Petition to quiet title.
Now at this day come the plaintiff, by
his attorney, and files his petition, duly
verified by affidavit, setting forth that he is
now, and has been since the year 1903, the
owner and in the actual possession OF GER
tain tracts or parcels OF land, situate, lying
and being in Iron county, State of Missouri,
described as follows, to-wit:
A part of the John Levi survey No. 2I4I
in township "a north, range 3 east, bounded
as follows: Beginning at the corner where
the line between sections s and 9 intersects
the south boundary line Of said survey No.
aI4I at a triangular granite stone, from
which a black oak IS inches in iameter
bears south IS degrees, east 80 links, and a
hickory IS inches in diameter hears north IS
degrees, west 22 links; thence north SO ga
degrees, west 9 63-Io, chains to a granite
stone set for corner; thence north 70 I-4
degrees, west al oo-Ioo chains to a granite
stone set on the east bank of a small creek a
tributary of Saline Creek. and also on the
west line Of said John Lewis survey No.
2I4I, from which a sycamore 20 inches in
diameter bears north 80 degrees, east So
links; thence north 3degrees, east 20 S6-Ioo
chains to a granite stone set at the south
west corner Of I'M. fitzpatlick's land, from
which a post oak 10 inches in diameter
bears north "a degrees, west Is links, and
a white oak "a inches in diameter bears
south 81 degrees, east us links; thence
south So Id degrees, east 81 3I-Ioo chains
to a granite stone set at the southeast corner
of I. NJ. Fitzpatrick's land, which point is
also on the west line Of VIM. Buford's land;
thence south ga degrees, east ID 72-Ioo
chains to a point in the middle of the Gale
donna and lronlon county road, from which
a black walnut I6 inches, in diameter bears
south AZ degrees, west S. links; thence
south IS Id degrees, east 20 chains to {
point in the middle of said Caledonia and
~lronton county road, from which a white
oak "a inches i'll diameter bears south q
degrees, west so links; thence south So IL
degrees, east 6 83-Ioo chains to a point ii
the middle of said Caledonia and lrontoi
county road set granite stone for corner
which point is also the northwest corner o
Mrs. Virginia McColfs land. from which
hickory "a inches in diameter bears soutl
20 degrees, west Al links; thence soutl
ga degrees, west "a 99-Ioo chains to
granite stone set for corner at the southwes
corner of McColl's land, from stump O
white oak bears south 50 degrees, west II
Ia links, and black oak 6 inches in diane
ter bears north I degree, west 4 links
thence north So Ia degrees, west II 1910
chains to the beginning corner, containin
1850 s-Ioo acres, more OF less.
That said above described land has bee
in the actual, open, notorious, hostile an
adverse possession Of said plaintiff and hi
grantors since the year 1855 to the preser
time under and by virtue Of regular war
ranty deeds duly recorded; that he believe
that Augustus Jones, or his heirs or de
visees claim an interest of record in tn
above described real estate whose names h
cannot insert herein, and the nature and ex
tent Of whose interests are unknown to hi
and he has no knowledge Of the same, an