Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-11-06
SALE OF CHOCTAW ORPHAN LANDS
IN MISSISSIPPI.
DzeAaTMESr OF ISrEEIok,
Sc ~ TpAg.r AHsfrs An-rlsf "a Is

DUBLIC NOTICE Is hereby siven, that The
several pieces or parcels OF land hereinafter
described, lying In the counties Of Talshatchie,
Yalobusha, Holmes, Bowndes, and Bolivar, In
the State Of Mississippi. will, at the times and
places designated, be exposed for sale az separate
qsaTtsr sscttOas at public auction, 10 the highest
bidder for cash, by commissioners to be appointed
on behalf Of the Choctaw orphans by The govern.
9th clause OF the 18Th article Of the Choctaw treaty
Of 1880, viz:
On Monday, the ID day Of December, Is55, al
the court house door In Co6eevilIe the following
tracts In Y alobusha county:
All an township fpenty-tA-ss ts3) Of range .iskf
All OF section thirty three (S3)
The west half and southeast quarter Of section
twenty-eight clS)
The east half of section twenty nine fael
The northeast quarter section thirty-one (3D .
The north half OF section thirty-two (:s2)
The whole Of section thirty-thrce (33,) and
The west half Of section thirty-four (3)
And at the same time and place the following
described tract In the adjoining range I'm BoIirG-
county, viz:
The south half OF section thirteen, toicssksF tces
ty-Sir coz range seres Cd tces..
On Monday, the 10th day of December, 1855, al
the court house door in Charleston, TaIldhafohis
county, the following described tracts Of land in
said county, viz:
In to,cnshIp tcenty fonr (2i) rasge ttco C2D sast
All Of sections three a. ten (l0,) and thirty
three (3})
The east half of section four a.
The southwest quarter Of section nine (9)
The north half and southwest quarter Of section
twenty two (22)
The west half Of section twenty-five (a5)
The north half Of section twenty six Us,
The west half Of section twenty (27)
The northwest quarter Of section thiry-fcur (N)
and
The north half Of the northwest quarter and
west half of the northeast quarter Of section thir
ty six 1867
In totrnship tacentyfrs (25,) range sno (2) sast.
All Of section twenty-seven (27,) twenty EIGHT
(2sl and twenty-nine coy
The northeast quarter Of section four (4)
The southwest quarter Of section twenty two
The southwest quarter Of section twenty three
(23,) and
The east half Of section thirty (3O.)
1" township i,renty-fOHr (a.) ranss three CV
All Of section three (3)
The east half Of the northeast quarter Of section
two e. and
The northeast quarter Of section fou(i)
In tO~nsaiP t1emty:frs (25,) range three Cs)
The southwest quarter Of section fourteen 1D
The southeast quarter Of section fifteen (l5)
(25I
The southeast quarter Of section twenty six (a6)
The southeast quarter OF section thirty-three
(33.) and
The southwest quarter Of section thirty-four gu
On Monday, the Eth day Of Dece mber, 1855, al
the cOuTt-hCIse door in the town Of Lexington
Holmes county, the following described tracts of
land IN said county, viz:
In township Sirtesn (16, } raag. ONE m nest
The west half Of section fifteen (l5) and
The west half and southeast quarter Of section
twenty-five cry
In township fifteen (15,) range one az w,s:.
The southeast quarter Of section twenty (2z;)
On Saturday, the I'D OF december, ISIS, al the
court house door in the town Of Columbus, the
Following described quarter section Of and In
Lo~HdsS county, viz:
The northwest quarter OF section twenty-two
township nineteen (i9,) range seventeen ~
OF the above described lands SERENITY. i,voauar-
u! sections were selected in IS:Si at time when
some OF the best lands in the State wee unoccu-
pied and unapprop5iated; and the other I've guar
Ter sections and one-eighfh acre lot or tiyhh Of
section, have been acquired in settlement from
debtors 10 the orphan fund The late commits
soner to settle with debtors TO that fund describe.
the lands above offered for sale "a being almost
without an exception rich and fertile well and xd
vantaseously located, many OF them considerably
Improved" and as being ''largely enhanced In
value by the settlement, improvement pyo~pefi;y
ana excellent population OF the section IN which
they lie, and ''emiReRtly adapted for planting
purposes.
their value, and the minimum price at which !
each tract, respectively may be sold will be mad,
prior to the dates Of sale.
In cases where the purchaser purcha Of any
tract shall fail to comply with the terms Of sale the
land purchased will be Tesold al his or thctr ex.
pense and risk.
The title to these lands is believed to DC inois-
Putable; but IL, In any case, an adverse claim
shall De set up, the right CT the orphans viii lie
oelSnoed BY the government, as their guardian.
Inc ABOVE sales VIII commence at the places
ma med at u o'clock Of each day. and continue un-
II the lands are all offered
CHARLES MIX
Acting CoyumIss.nrax