Map of the Town of Bath
survey map
Explanation
Width of Main Street 66 feet
Width of other Streets 49½ do
Width of Alleys 16 do
Front of Lots 66 do
Depth of Do 124 do
Stone at the North corner of the Public Square.
This town is Situated of the left Bank of the Illinois River on the North West quarter of Section 17 in Township 20 North of Range 9 West of the 3rd Principal Meridian.
[ certification ]
11/01/1836
I hereby certify that the above is a correct map of the Town of Bath as Surveyed by me.
A. Lincoln D. S.[Deputy Surveyor] S. Co.
[ certification ]
11/30/1836
Kerton, John
State of Illinois } SS
Sangamon County
Be it Remembered that I John Kerton Proprietor of the Town of Bath as Laid out & Represented by the within Plat and Specification thereof made by A. Lincoln Dep[Deputy] Surveyor do hereby acknowledge the Same to be my voluntary act & Deed for the Purpose therein expressed, And do hereby give & Donate to the Publick in common with myself all the Street[,] Alleys & Publick grounds belonging to Said Town for the benefit thereof forever.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal this thirtieth day of November A.D. 1836.
John Kerton
 seal 

Handwritten Transcription, 1 page(s), Sangamon County Deed Book K, 155, Illinois Regional Archives Depository, University of Illinois Springfield (Springfield, Illinois),