Survey 157 of Sainte Genevieve & New Bourbon Series

Plat and description of the survey of a lot, situated in Block number nine of the Town of Sainte Genevieve in Township thirty eight, North of the base line, Range nine East of the fifth principal Meridian, in the State of Missouri, executed on the eighteenth of January eighteen hundred forty seven, by Joseph C. Brown, Deputy Surveyor, under instructions from the Surveyor of the public lands in the States of Illinois and Missouri dated the ninth of December eighteen hundred forty six. This being the lot of fifty by ninety feet confirmed to Francois Moreau's legal representatives by the act of Congress of the thirteenth of June eighteen hundred and twelve; the extent and boundaries whereof were proven before Theodore Hunt, United States Recorder of land titles, on the twenty fourth of October eighteen hundred twenty five, under the act of Congress of the twenty sixth of May eighteen hundred and twenty four, entitled: "An act supplementary to an act passed on the thirteenth day of June one thousand eight hundred and twelve, entitled: 'An act making further provision for settling the claims to land in the Territory of Missouri' ".

Description:

Begin at the intersection of the eastern edge of Little Rock street with the northern edge of Second street, the south-west corner of this lot and of the block.

Thence North, eighty one degrees and fifteen minutes East along the southern boundary of this lot, and the northern edge of Second street; at one hundred thirty nine feet and seven inches a lime stone, marked with a cross on the top, the south-east corner of this lot, and the south-west corner of a lot of school land survey number three hundred and fifty nine.

Thence North four degrees and thirty minutes West along the eastern boundary of this lot and the western boundary of the lot of school land; at one hundred twenty five feet the north-east corner of this lot, and the north-west corner of the lot of school land, on the southern boundary of another lot of Francois Moreau's legal representatives, survey number three hundred forty nine.

Thence South, eighty degrees West along the northern boundary of this lot and the southern boundary of the lot numbered three hundred forty nine; at one hundred forty three feet and eight inches the north-west corner of this lot and the south-west corner of lot three hundred forty nine, at a point one foot southward from the north-west corner of a small wooden house on the eastern edge of Little Rock street.

Thence South, six degrees and twenty five minutes East along the western boundary of this lot and the eastern edge of Little Rock street; at one hundred twenty two feet and nine inches the beginning corner.

Surveyor's Office
St. Louis  18th of May 1847

The foregoing plat and description of survey number one hundred and fifty seven of Ste. Genevieve and New Bourbon lands, are correctly copied from the approved plat and description recorded on page 387 - of the book of the said surveys in this Office.

F. R. Conway
Surveyor of the public lands in the
States of Illinois and Missouri


Transcriber's Note:
Little Rock Street is now South 2nd Street
2nd Street is now Market Street

(transcribed from Missouri State Land Survey scan file Y0820083.pdf)
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transcribed by Steven E. Weible