Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-05-26
VALUABLE JAMES RIVER ESTATE
" TIE LOIINTN Ole Isl z OF WIlLT EOR Sal I

IN III COINlf Ut lsLE. OF NlCIIy Fot ESLS
AT AUCTION.
A c the attorney for the Hon. John Y. Mason, ! shall of,
IA fer for sale. at auction, on the premises, OIL
if fair. If not the next fair day, commencing ut one o'clock,
or Immediately after the steamboat passes. that "hluab!o
estate In the county Of Isle CT Wight, en- james River nrd
DAYS NECK
containing, by recent surrey, :, l2l ncres. and bounded by
the lands Of Gen. Francis ". Boykin ard Others.
TMs estate has been suhdividfd into four tracts. giving 10
cncil TIC following quantities Of land, viz: "Hou-e Tract
36O acres. and to the Landing Tract" 733 acres. 1t will
bc sold separately or together. as rany suit purchasers. and
be determined at tho time OF salc.
The Days Neck cstntc has been 30 subdiridGd as to gi"a
to each tract II just and proper proportion CT arabic md
wood land. There is MISC attached 10 the estate about
ii"c hundred md eishty.sevcn ncrcs Of marsh land,
which has always been considered very valuable Tor
grazing, rs it affords Mt nil times good grass, particularly va.
lunble in the winter season. Each tract will hare q proper.
lion OF marsh.
1t fronts upwards of two miles on Jnmcs River. and is
bounded on the cast nnd south by pngans Creek. which Is
narisnblc for vessels Of considerable size to Tic thriving
village Of %Smithiield, nv miles distant.
Three of these inrIna, as now laid oil, front On Tic ri:cr,
and command the most beautiful md extended view
There arc upwards OF Loo ncres OF nrahlr lind which lie
level, and in n good state for cultivation. There is mn in.
exhaustiblc quantity OF mnrl, OF the iEcst quality, in al.
most every portion of the estaic, which ron be most rCadi.
ly gotten ut ior application. Thcse lands nre not only we'll
adapted 10 the growth Of Corn, Wheat. Onts, sc, hut
nigh, be male very valuable also in the production oil 20.
tatocs, Apples, md other vegetables mud Tor III" Northern
market, ~ they are 80 accessible TO Hampton R0nds aud
the Rock Landing Whnri. which ndjoins the 'SIin, md
where the STEAMBOATS, stop daily. Besides III" convenience OF
the wharf, there Is II good landing for shipping it, grain. &c.
There is quite mn extensive Apple Orchard on the es;ntc,
lust now about TO come into full bearing, and promises 10
BE- very profitable:
The briiinc-, though not very extensive. IRE sufficient
for the accommodation of II moderate sized family, fifty or
sky hRnis. md BARN and stables enough fer the housing
of grain aud horses. The facilities of living ire exceeding.
~ abundant and clrnp, rs there il nj all times taken from
lie own waters nm abundance OF fine tish and oysters.
Persons disposcd to make enquiries about The cs:n;r
are referred to John 4. Scldcn, Esq, Of Charles Cry coun
rs, VA, or 10 Gen. +. NJ. Boykin, OF l-e OF wight. III.
terms will be, unr.,hird cash. the bnlGpce, for bonh- carry
Ing in,cres, from date, secured by deed Of true; on land aud
payable in one and two year ins,almcnts. The privilege Of
seeding Whent this ihll will be allowed. md possession
given on the 18th December next. about which tiEe al the
p~eri-lmblc property on tho estate will be sold.
W. GODDIN,
Attorney in fac, for John y. Mason.
Nov f-r,la GOUDIS e. APPERSON, hurts