Survey 167 of Sainte Genevieve & New Bourbon Series

Plat and description of the survey of a lot in Block number fifteen 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 day 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 "three quarters of an arpent front by one deep," confirmed to Parfait Dufour 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 sixth day 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 western edge of Little Rock Street with the southern edge of Third Street, the north-east corner of this lot and of Block number fifteen.

Thence south seventy five degrees and forty eight minutes west along the northern boundary of this lot and the southern edge of Third Street, at one hundred and ninety feet and nine inches the north-west corner of this lot, and the north-east corner of the lot of Nicholas Roussin's legal representatives, survey numbered one hundred and sixty eight, at the curb stones across the side walk.

Thence south ten degrees and fifteen minutes east along the western boundary of this lot and the eastern boundary of the lot of Nicholas Roussin, at one hundred and eighty eight feet and seven inches, the North-west corner of the post of the north-west corner of a stable, which is the south-west corner of this lot and the north-west corner of the lot of Francois Lalumendiere's legal representatives, survey numbered one hundred and sixty nine.

Thence north seventy seven degrees east along the southern boundary of this lot and the northern boundary of the lot of F. Lalumendiere, at one hundred and seventy eight feet and six inches a lime stone on the western edge of Little Rock street, the south-east corner of this lot and the north-east corner of the lot of Francois Lalumendiere.

Thence north six degrees and twenty five minutes west along the eastern boundary of this lot and the western edge of Little Rock street, at one hundred and ninety three feet and eleven inches the beginning corner.

Surveyor's Office
Saint Louis  18th November 1845

The foregoing plat and description of survey numbered one hundred and sixty seven of Sainte Genevieve and New Bourbon lands are correctly copied from pages 283 & 284 of the Book of Record of the said surveys in this Office.

F. R. Conway
Surveyor General

To the United States Recorder
   of Land titles
      St. Louis
         Missouri


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

(transcribed from Missouri State Land Survey scan file Y0820090.pdf)
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transcribed by Steven E. Weible