Survey 353 of Sainte Genevieve & New Bourbon Series

Plat and description of the survey of a lot, situated in Block number four 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 eighteenth of January eighteen hundred and forty seven, by Joseph C. Brown, Deputy Surveyor, under instructions from the Surveyor of the public lands in the States of Illinois and Missouri, dated the ninth of December eighteen hundred forty six. This being the lot of one arpent front by about two arpents deep, confirmed to Vital Beauvais' 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, on the twenty fifth of October eighteen hundred twenty five, under 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 stone set on the eastern edge of Gabori street for the north-west corner of the lot of John Baptiste Vallé senior, survey number one hundred forty six, and the south-west corner of this lot.

Thence North five degrees and thirty five minutes West along the western boundary of this lot and the eastern edge of Gabori street; at eighty four feet and six inches a lime stone, marked with a cross on the top, set for the north-west corner of this lot and the south-west corner of the lot of Veuve Vital Beauvais, survey number one hundred and forty five.

Thence North, seventy nine degrees and forty five minutes East along the northern boundary of this lot and the southern boundary of the lot of Veuve Vital Beauvais, touching the south-eastern end of the porch of the dwelling house of Veuve V. Beauvais: at four hundred eighteen feet and five inches a lime stone set on the western edge of Common field street and marked with a cross on the top, the north-east corner of this lot and the south-east corner of the lot of Veuve V. Beauvais.

Thence South, seven degrees East along the eastern boundary of this lot and the western edge of Common field street: at eighty four feet and six inches a stone, the south-east corner of this lot and the north-east corner of the lot of John Baptise Vallé senior.

Thence South, seventy nine degrees and forty five minutes West along the southern boundary of this survey; and the northern boundary of the lot of John Baptiste Vallé: at four hundred twenty feet and two inches the beginning corner.

Surveyor's Office
St. Louis  18th of May 1847

The foregoing plat and description of survey number three hundred and fifty three of Sainte Genevieve and New Bourbon lands, are correctly copied from the approved plat and description recorded on page 386 of the Book of the said survey in this Office.

F. R. Conway
Surveyor of the public lands in the States
   of Illinois and Missouri


Transcriber's note:
Gabori Street is now South Main Street
Common Field Street is now South Front Street

(transcribed from Missouri State Land Survey scan file: Y0820234.pdf)

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transcribed by Steven E. Weible