Survey 152 of Sainte Genevieve & New Bourbon Series

Plat and description of the survey of a lot in Block number eight 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 fourth 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 "one arpent front by one arpent deep", confirmed to John Baptiste Pratte senior by the act of Congress of the thirteenth of June eighteen hundred and twelve. Then extent and boundaries whereof were proven before Theodore Hunt, United States Recorder of land titles, in the State of Missouri, on twenty seventh 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' ".

Note. This lot was also confirmed to John Baptiste Pratte by the Board of the United States Commissioners appointed for ascertaining and adjusting the titles and claims to land in the Territory of Orleans and the District of Louisiana. See their certificate No. 966, Am. State Papers Vol. 3. p 593. also Book C p 224. Commissioner's minute book No. 1 p 361, No. 4 p 480 & No. 5 p 182 in the U. S. Recorder's Office.

Description: Begin at a lime stone at the intersection of the northern edge of South Fork street with the western edge of Gabori street, the south-east corner of this lot and of Block number eight.

Thence north five degrees and thirty five minutes west along the eastern boundary of this lot and the western edge of Gabori Street; at two hundred and sixteen feet and six inches the north-east corner of a stone wall, which is also the north-east corner of this lot, and the south-east corner of the lot of Veuve Bolduc's legal representatives, survey numbered one hundred and fifty three.

Thence south eighty five degrees and fifteen minutes west along the northern boundary of this lot and the southern boundary of the lot of Veuve Bolduc; at one hundred and seventy two feet and five inches a cedar post, the south-west corner of the lot of Veuve Bolduc, and the south-east corner of the lot of Jacques Courtois' legal representatives, survey numbered one hundred and fifty five; continue the same course along the southern boundary of the lot of J. Courtois; at one hundred and ninety feet and eleven inches a lime stone, the north-west corner of this lot, the north-east corner of the lot of Francois Vallé's legal representatives, survey numbered one hundred and fifty one, and a corner of the lot of Jacques Courtois.

Thence south five degrees east along the western boundary of this lot, and the eastern boundary of the lot of Francois Vallé; at two hundred feet and ten inches a lime stone on the northern edge of South Fork street, the south-west corner of this lot and the south-east corner of the lot of Francois Vallé.

Thence East along the southern boundary of this lot and the northern edge of South fork street, at one hundred and ninety four feet and two inches the beginning corner.

Surveyor's Office, St. Louis, March 25th 1845

The foregoing plat and description of Survey numbered one hundred and fifty two of Sainte Genevieve and New Bourbon lands are correctly copied from pages 271 & 271b _ of the Book of Record of the said surveys in this Office.

Silas Reed
Surveyor of the public lands in the 
   States of Illinois and Missouri

To F. R. Conway Esquire
U. S. Recorder of land titles
   St. Louis, Mo.

Transcriber's note:
South Fork Street is now South Gabouri Street
Gabori Street is now South Main Street

(transcribed from Missouri State Land Survey scan file Y0820078.pdf)
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transcribed by Steven E. Weible