Survey 155 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 Jacques Courtois' 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 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' ".

Description: Begin at a lime stone at the intersection of the southern edge of Second street with the eastern edge of Little Rock street, the north-east corner of this lot and of Block number eight.

Thence south two degrees and forty minutes east along the western boundary of this lot and the eastern edge of Little Rock street; at one hundred and forty five feet a lime stone, the south-west corner of this lot, and the north-west corner of the lot of Francois Vallé's legal representatives, survey numbered one hundred and fifty one.

Thence south eighty seven degrees and fifteen minutes east along the southern boundary of this lot and the northern boundary of the lot of Francois Vallé; at two hundred and one feet and three inches a lime stone, the most southern corner of this lot, the north-east corner of the lot of Francois Vallé, and the north-west corner of the lot of J. Bte. Pratte senior, survey numbered one hundred and fifty two.

Thence north eighty five degrees and fifteen minutes east along the southern boundary of this lot and the northern boundary of the lot of J. B. Pratte senior; at eighteen feet and six inches a cedar post, the south-east corner of this lot and the south-west corner of the lot of Veuve Bolduc's legal representatives, survey numbered one hundred and fifty three.

Thence north eight degrees and forty five minutes west along the eastern boundary of this lot and the western boundary of the lot of Veuve Bolduc; at one hundred and eighty six feet the north-east corner of a barn on the southern edge of Second street, which is the north-east corner of this lot and the north-west corner of the lot of Veuve Bolduc.

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 ninety nine 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 five of Sainte Genevieve and New Bourbon lands are correctly copied from page 274 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 United States Recorder
  of Land titles
    in St. Louis
      Missouri


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

(transcribed from Missouri State Land Survey scan file Y0820081.pdf)
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transcribed by Steven E. Weible