Survey 154 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 "about half an arpent front by about one arpent deep", confirmed to Louis Bolduc'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 fifth of October eighteen hundred and twenty five, under the provisions of an 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 at the intersection of the western edge of Gabori street with the southern edge of Second street, the north-east corner of Block number eight and of this lot, which is included within and is the northern part of the lot of Veuve [veuve is the french word for widow] Bolduc's legal representatives, survey numbered one hundred and fifty three.

Thence south eighty one degrees and fifteen minutes west along the northern boundary of this lot and the southern edge of Second street, at one hundred and eighty two feet and nine inches the north-east corner of a barn, which is the north-west corner of this lot and the north-east corner of the lot of Jacques Courtois' legal representatives, survey numbered one hundred and fifty five.

Thence south eight degrees and forty five minutes east along the western boundary of this lot and the eastern boundary of the lot of Jacques Courtois, at ninety one feet, the south-west corner of this lot.

Thence north eighty three degrees and thirty minutes east along the southern boundary of this lot, at one hundred and seventy eight feet and two inches the south-east corner of this lot on the western edge of Gabori street.

Thence north five degrees and thirty five minutes west along the eastern boundary of this lot and the western edge of Gabori street, at ninety eight feet and eight inches the beginning corner.

Surveyor's Office
  St. Louis  May 26th 1845

The foregoing plat and description of survey numbered one hundred and fifty four of Sainte Genevieve and New Bourbon lands are correctly copied from page 273 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, Mo.


Transcriber's note:
Gabori Street is now South Main Street
Second Street is now Market Street

(transcribed from Missouri State Land Survey scan file Y0820080.pdf)
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transcribed by Steven E. Weible