Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-10-02
AUCTION SALES.
t.yecSlsDr'a sale
OF VALUABLE REAL AND PERSONAL
ESTATE In THE CITY OF WILLIAMS

OF VALUABLE REAL AND PERSONAL
ESTATE IN THE CITY OF WILLIAMS
BUnG AND COUNTY OF YU;;K.
FINDER the will OF Henley Taylor, deceased will be
" sold al ua,lic auction, beiolr The Ccuri llcilse
door If Williamsburg, on MONDAY, the l2th Novem-
Der, lsi9, 1T o'clock ", that vh'l'Le Farm la.iy
occupied BY The dscrien yins IN lie county Of York
and rlty aforesaid contiguous to tile College OF Will
Iara and siary 1.-THE dwelling being within The city
limits and only 4 few hundred yards from The Col
lese J and estimated IL contain abont n'e inn"tra
acres, or less, of which about tifee huna'e anu
twenty are cleared, and IN the highest stats o. IN
movement. IL divided into four feids, ni aoonl
seventy acres eac nna two lots OF twenty acres sch
and there within the enclosures, aud convenient 10
each field land sufficient to make esch he!d contain
one hundred acres. or the meadow land about twenty
five acres have been dIainet and highly improved,
Welding the most abundant cfops and ~ acres morr
may be drained and improved IL snail .xrense G"-
no,,s springs water each field, and iHeSiiansle beds
of the richest mari lie convenient 10 each field, which,
with the plentiful supply OF manure Afforded from lhe
town furnish the Of extending The present hGh
de yree of Improvement. The average annual crops
NAV be estimated at one thousand twn hundred
bushels of wheat six hundred barrels of corn, Ind
five hundred bushels of oats, which may be shipped
10 market nv the York and James rivers from landings
within one mite Of the farm. The town furnishes
market the highest prices iof dill the surplus iod-
der shucks straw meats, poultry. bntter, eggs &C.
The hest evidence 0 the value III The farm is furnished
by the fact that the late proprietor purchased II ahont
n5 years aco, when the lana was very poor anu
from profit, alone besides supporting TIE arm au
his family has leii estate valued al about thirty
thousand dollars The buildings Consist Of i comfort
able old fashioned dwelling, containing six or eight
rooms and the usual farm houses. Tie wood land ttr
growth being principally oak and pine IS ample for all
the purposes oi the farm ami for ire-wood. The ad-
vaniagrs Of education offered III Williamsburg oy nr
establishment OF TWO academies male and female, oil
the highest grade and the College, now placed upon
a basis which II II confidently expected VIII command
fun success, render this most desirable ocaii on for
any person having children To educate. Indeed such
property Is rarely offered in thu market. Snouid "A
larger farm be desired contiguous lands can be bought
NJ fair price Persons DESTROYS Of purchasing, are
invited 10 view the premises. The title Ii believed 10
he ndisputahe, but The sale and conveyance VIII br
made und The authority of The trsiat"r's VIII.
All The personal estate, slaves excepted, consisting
of Household and Kitchen Furniture, Farming imp'~
mentj stocks cf Horses Oxen and Cattle, tfris I'll
Corn o. Is Fodder Shucks and Straw. VIII ne sold al
public auction, on the premises on TU ESDai ihe
18th November Is49 and the slaves hired cut for The
rsdue Of the year. and from year 10 year thereafter
TERMS OF SALE.-The land will be sold on
credit OF and years, payable in equal insalments,
with interest from tho day of sale; the whole Interest
10 be paid annually and the purchase money TO be Sc.
cured by bonds with good security, and Trust Deed
on The premises. A crop6 wheat. one hundred and
thirty bushels will seeded this Fall for the benrnt
OF the purchasers for which he will be charged At the
usual rate. Possession Of ALL except the buildings,
delivered Immediately and possession OF Them al the
end OF the year. =, :
The personal property will be sold on credh OF o
months for all sums $50; that amount and undei
cash. GEO w SoUTHALL, Executor.
Sept 2l-c2awtds