Description:
Begin at the S.W. corner of the block at the intersection of the northern edge of 2nd Street with the N.E. edge of Church Street, where I set a lime stone with its S.W. corner at the S.W. corner of the block; thence N86°E along the northern edge of 2nd Street the Southern boundary of the block 380 feet 6 inches the S.E. corner of the block at the intersection of the Northern edge of 2nd Street with the western edge of Court Street, where I set a lime stone with its S.E. corner at the S.E. corner of the block; thence N8°W along the western edge of Court Street the eastern boundary of the block 312 feet 11 inches the N.E. corner of the block at the intersection of the western edge of Court Street with the S.E. edge of 3rd Street, where I set a lime stone with its N.E. corner at the N.E. corner of the block; thence S76°25'W along the S.E. edge of 3rd Street the N.W. boundary of the block 410 feet 3 inches the N.W. corner of the block at the intersection of the S.E. edge of 3rd Street with the N.E. edge of Church Street, where I set a lime stone with its N.W. corner at he N.W. corner of the block; thence S14 3/4°E along the N.E. edge of Church Street the S.W. boundary of the block 248 feet 8 inches to the beginning. On the top of each of said corner stones I have had a cross made.
(Brown's surveys of Ste. Genevieve & New Bourbon, pages 255-256,
Missouri State Land Survey microfiche location: 724/0472A01)
Transcriber's note:
2nd Street is now Market Street
3rd Street is now Merchant Street
Church Street is now South 4th Street
Court Street is now South 3rd Street
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transcribed by Steven E. Weible
