Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1855-01-17
VALUABLE FARMS
IN TIE STATE OF vIRGI,u
Fok SALE.


LeFSas s--One-third cash: the bnlan..
iohg q crsalt as the purchaser aaay prch.hl,
slre, me deiesred payments and inisrss. ke,s.
IN BERKELEY COUNTY.
A tract Of land on the east side az tshsr.,s.
and en- the Potomac River, opposite IA ~.
Frederick, Maryland Containing ahou, No . sei'
~ acres OF which is prime river bottom pnS ~,
iencsd AMI IN good state OF cultiyation ~
other portion Is mostly well covered with tirns-s
ana Is considered excellent farming land Ia ~.
hands OF person who could give il his persasas
attention the timber alone as mere fel 49, ~
theuse ofthc Baltimore ana Ohio Rai,roas ~
runs through III would more than nav ~ s ~
land at the price at which it is offered $40 rss
acre s'V per
IN MORGAN COUNTY,
The valuable farm called Dunmorc. living q, ~.
Warm Spring Run and the Potomac river -.
site the town Ct Hancock, Maryland. and fr man.
years tenanted by Cromwell orrick rsa -.
tanning upwards Of 100 acres, about lso acres -
Nnieh are OF the very finest quality OF bottom
iand, Always considered as the very richest bel.
tom land on the Potomac river and nntw;n
Standing that il has been tenanted out for ,nera
than ninety years, mostly cultivated year AM,
year in corn yet still it is as productive al eve,
and may well he considered as inexhaustibl4
About 100 acres OF the upland have lately bso,
cleared and well fenced and now sowod IN whs..
OF which 1t produces very fine erops The res,
Of this track is well timbered which may be soIt
on the land to the Ratimere aud Ohio RailrosJ
Company, the profits from which would alone nav
for the land. And when cleared the paraha.s.
would be in possession, clear Of an cost, Ola nes
productive farm, well adapted to grazing. blea
grass being indigenous to the soil, yolnnisris
springing up wherever 1t is allowed TO grow,
The Warm Spring Run which bounds thislapa
IS formed from the springs al Bath called Berks,
ley Springs. is never falling stream. affordine
ample sites for extensive mills or for manufaetur.
ing purposes.
The Hancock or Aplinc Depot ofthe Baliimor.
and Ohio Railroad lies directly ADJOINING and a
long switch Of the railroad rams some distance on
the land, affording excellent sites for stores or
persons engaged in mercantile pursuits. Thi,
whole tract will be sold for $50 900
HEAVILY snIP-TIMBERED LAND.
A splendid tract Of land in the same county. on
the North Fork OF Sleepy Creek, known by the
name Of Trips bottom containing by recent sur.
yey 40 acres; large portion OF which is very
rich bottom, covered with the largest and finest
white oak timber believed to exist in tue whole
State of Virginia, and considered very valuable
as chip timber. This land contains "a very good
site for a saw mill and lies about eight me frem
the town of Bath, berkeley springs) and four.
graded road direct from each fthese placesran.
ming within half mile of it. Price si5 per acre,
making Sll $50 for the whole tract. which may
well be considered az Bargain, as fortune may
be made out OF the timber aud the land then sold
or the price at which il is now offered.
IN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY
track Of land ON Buck Island Run called
"LockheartsH or ha'.Cat- tail Run Track lying
about one mile from the North Branch Of the po.
fn,,,. oY.J fLvna t.t- s
mouth of Patterson's creek. containing somewhere
about 500 acres, IL acres of which Is good mead.
ow land. the rest in wood. The Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad runs throus h it. The track viii
be sold at the very low price Of SO per acre
COAL LAMB.
very fne track, also in Hampshire county
known as one Of the Martin surveys lying on thu
top of the Allegheny mountains, in the coal field,
containing between 700 and SGu acres about 50
acres are cleared and in grass, the rest hessiy
tinbered. Abraham's creek, beautiful stream,
Astounding with trout, ami aiforling sites Tor
mills, Sc, runs through il. The land is Of tia
very best grass end In the eouatry, timothy be-
ing Indigenous to the soil In ordinary seasobs
growing to the height of the Keepers shouldera
The fourteen feet tthe largesi) coal vein extends
through the tract, which in short time mgss
render il immensely valuable. For fGrAinS pu..
poses alone it is considered fully worth he price
at which 1T is offered. II lies hall rifle from
the Northwestern Turnpike and seven milss fIsu
Recess Tavern Price SIC per acre
IsIIARDY COUNTY.
The beautiful tract, known hy the name Of the
"Kittle Lick Survey at the head OF New Creek
and at the foot Of the Alleghanys, contsipiug SOL
acres, 40 or SO acres cleared and in meadow, tbs
balance well tinbered and very rich, with liiaeF
stone on it II also has good site for saw mill,
1t lies in Hardy county, just over the line q.
Hampshire. The new Turnpike from New Greek
Depot 10 Petersburg passes through it. Persons
desrons of viewing this tract and the one pre-.
ceding II win get conveyance and directions q.
Reese's Tavern, on the Northwestern Turnpike,
seven miles from New Greek Depot, both tracts
lying within seven or eight miles Of said tavsrt
Price of this tract ten dollars per acre
Persons desiring to purchase any Of the above
property will apply to Or address
Dec. l3, ls5i-eow3m. Gil. LEE JONES,
Attorney at Law, Washington.