Survey 156 of Sainte Genevieve & New Bourbon Series

Plat and description of the survey of a lot 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 twenty second of October eighteen hundred and forty by Jos. C. Brown, Deputy Surveyor, under instructions from the Surveyor of the public lands in the States of Illinois and Missouri, dated the third of September eighteen hundred and forty. It being the lot of "about ninety feet front by one hundred and eighty feet deep", confirmed to Nicholas Laplante'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 in the State of Missouri, on the twenty first of October eighteen hundred and twenty five, under the provisions of 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 a lime stone on the southern edge of Third Street and the northern boundary of Block number nine, the north-east corner of this lot and the north-west corner of a lot of John B. Vallé senior, survey numbered one hundred and fifty eight.

Thence south seventy seven degrees and ten minutes west along the northern boundary of this lot and the southern edge of Third street; at ninety five feet and ten inches a lime stone, the north-west corner of this lot, and the north-east corner of a lot of John B. Vallé senior, survey numbered one hundred and fifty nine.

Thence south six degrees and forty five minutes east along the western boundary of this lot and the eastern boundary of the lot of J. B. Vallé senior, at one hundred and ninety four feet the south-west corner of this lot and the south-east corner of the lot of J. B. Vallé senior, on the northern boundary line of a vacant lot.

Thence north seventy eight degrees east along the southern boundary of this lot and the northern boundary of the vacant lot, at ninety six feet and four inches a cedar post, the south-east corner of this lot, the north-east corner of the vacant lot, and a corner of the lot of J. B. Vallé senior numbered one hundred and fifty eight.

Thence north seven degrees west along the eastern boundary of this lot and a western boundary line of the lot of J. B. Vallé senior, at one hundred and ninety five feet and three inches the beginning corner.

Surveyor's Office
St. Louis  27th of May 1845

The foregoing plat and description of Survey numbered one hundred and fifty six of Sainte Genevieve and New Bourbon lands are correctly copied from pages 275 & 276 of the Book of Record of the said surveys in this Office.

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

To the U. S. Recorder of land titles, St. Louis, Missouri


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

(transcribed from Missouri State Land Survey scan file Y0820082.pdf)
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transcribed by Steven E. Weible