Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1855-03-07
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long credit as the purchaser may probably de
sire, the deferred payments and interest being
properly secured
~ BEHEELEY COUNTY,
A tract Of land on the east eide Of cherry's Run
and the Potomac RiEer, opposite old Fort
Frederick Maryland. containing about $50 acres,
~ acres Of which is prime river bottom nos we'll
fenced and in a good state Of cultivation the
other portion y mostly well covered with timber
and is considered excellent farming land. In the
hands OF person who could give il his personal
attention the timber alone as mere fuel wood for
the use Of the Baltimore aud Ohio Railroad (which
runs through III would more than pay for the
land at the price at which il is offered $40 pea
acre
IN MORON CoUsTY,
The valuable farm called Dunmore, lying on the
Warm Spring Run and the Potomac river, oppo-
site the town oflIaneoek, Maryland and for many
years tenanied by Greenwich Orrick, Esq. con-
tanning upwards Of 100 acres, about $50 acres Of
which are of the very finest quality OF bottom
land, always considered ms the very richest bot
tom land on the Potomac river and, notwith-
standing that it has been tenanted out for more
than ninety years, mostly cultivated year after
year in corn, yet still it is productive ever,
and may well he considered as nexhaustble.--
About 90 acres OF the upland have lately been
cleared and well fenced and now sowed II wheat
OF which il produces very fine crops. The rest
Of this track is we'll timbered, which may be sold
on the land to the baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company; the profits from which would alone pay
for the land. And when cleared the purchaser
would be in possession, clear OF all cost of most
productive farm, well adapted to grazing, blue
grass being indigenous TO the soil, voluntarily
springing up wherever it is allowed to grow.
The Warm Spring Ran which bounds this land
is formed from the springs at Bah called Berke-
ley Springs is never failing stream, affording
amsie sites for extensive mills or for manufac ur
ing purposes.
and Ohio Railroad lies directly adjoining, and a
ong switch Of the railroad runs some distance on
the land, affording excellent sites for stores or
persons engaged in mercantile pursuits. This
whole tract viii be sold for 100000.
HEAVILY SHIP-TisIBERE LAND.
| A splendid tract Of land in the same county on
! the North Fork of Sleepy Greek, known by the
name Of Trips bottom, containing by recent sur
vey no acres, large portion OF which is very
| rich bottom, covered with the largest and finest
| white oak timber believed to exist in the whole
| State of Virginia, and considered very valuable
a. chip timber This land contains very good
site for a mill, and lies about eight miles from
/ the town of Bath, berkeley Springs and four
teen miles from Hancock Depot, and has a fine
graded road direct from each Of these places run
ming within hall mile of it Price SIS per acre,
making Sll $50 for the whole tract which may
well be considered a bargain, as q fortune may
be made out of the timber and the land then sold
! or the price at which il is now offered.
IN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
| A track of land ON Buck Island Run. called
| ;Lockhearts' or the "Cat-tail RIM Track lying
about one mile from The North Branch of the Pc.
| tomac and three miles below the depot at the
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 il. The track will
be sold at the very low price of 80 per acre
! COAL LAND.
| very fine track, also in Hampshire county
known one OF the Martin Surveys lying on the
top of the Allegheny mountains, in the coal field
containing between 200 and 500 acres about so
acres are cleared ana in grass, the rest heavily
| timbered. AbrGham's creek a beautiful stream,
Astounding with trout, and affording sites for
mills &c, runs through it. The land is of the
very best grass land in the country, timothy be-
] ing indigenous to the soil in ordinary seasons
| growing to the height of the reaper's shoulders
The fourteen feet the largest) coal vein extends
through the tract, which in short time must
render it immensely valuable. For farming pur-
poses alone it is considered fully worth the price
at which it is offered. 1t lies half mile from
! the Northwestern Turnpike and seven miles from
Reese's Tavern. Price SIG per acre.
! NEARBY COUNTY.
The beautiful tract, known by the name Of the
! "Kittie Lick Survey at the head Of New Greek
and at the foot Of the Alleghanys, containing SOL
acres. 40 or so acres cleared and in meadow, the
balance well imbered and very rich, with line
stone on il; it also has good site for a saw mill
1t lies in Hardy county, just over the line OF
Hampshire. The new Turnpike from New Greek
| Depot TO Petersburg passes through st. Persons
! desirons Of viewing this tract aud the one pre-
ceding it will get conveyance and directions al
| Reese's Tavern, on the Northwestern Turnpike
seven miles from New Creek Depot, both tracts
! lying within seven or eight miles of said tavern
Price of this tract ten dollars per acre
Persons desiring to purchase any Of the above
property will apply to or address
Dec. 10, lS54.-eow3m. Gil. LEE JONES,
Attorney at Law, Washington