Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-10-25
SALE OF CHOCTAw ORPHAN LANDS
IN MISSISSIPPI.
DEPARTMENT or INTERIOR,


pUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given, that the
several Pieces or parcels OF land hereinafter
described, Wing in the counties Of Talahatchie,
falobusha, Holmes, Lowndes, and Bolivar, in
places designated, be exposed for sale in separate
qsartsy seefio~s at public auction, to the highest
bidder Tor cash, by commissioners to be appointed
2. hs the
9th clause Of the 18th article Of the Chocaw treaty
Of 1880, viz:
On Monday, the Sd day Of December, 1855, at
the court house door In Coffeeviue, the following
tracts In Yalobusha county:
AL IN to0s,Atp trsnty-tsrss (23) of range sigh,
All Of section thirty three (33) ....
Inc west half and southeast quarter Of section
twenty-eight (2S)
The east half Of section twenty nine 1907
The northeast quarter section thirty one (31)
Ihe north half Of section thirty-two 1927
The whole Of section thirty-t three (33,) and
The west half Of section thirty -four (34)
And, at the same time and place, the following
| county, viz
The south half Of section thirteen, topnship tcen-
ty-sfz (26) range seren "a pest.
On Monday, the 10th day Of December, 1855, at
the court house door in Charleston, Tallahatehis
county, the following described tracts Of land in
said county, viz:
In totcnshtp tUsaty four Gay rangs too (2) east.
All OF sections three (3,) ten (10,) and thirty
three (33)
The east half Of section four (4)
The southwest quarter Of section nine (9)
The north half and southwest quarter Of section
twenty-five C22)
The west half Of section twenty five C25)
The north half of section twenty-six (26)
The west half Of section twenty seven (27)
The northwest quarter Of section thirty four GAY
| and
The north half Of the northwest quarter and
west half OF the northeast quarter Of section thir
ty six 1857
In township Twenty-Five (25,) range tpo (2) east.
All Of section twenty seven (270 twenty-eight
(2S) and twenty nine coy
The northeast quarter Of section four az
The southwest quarter Of section twenty two
(22)
The southwest quarter Of section twenty three
The east half Of section thirty (3s.)
4" township t'os"ty-foHr (2D range three (3)
east.
All Of section three (3)
The east half OF the northeast quarter Of section
two (2,) and
The northeast quarter Of section four ()
1" Township twenty-five Ca5') range three (a)
The southwest quarter Of section fourteen (14)
The southeast quarter of section fifteen Q5)
The southwest quarter Of section twenty five
C96) -
The southeast qharter of section twenty six (26)
(s3,) and - '''O'' ''''' y 'A' ~
The southwestquarter Of section thirty four (3i)
On Monday, the 18th day of December, 1855, al
the court house door in the town Of Lexington
Holmes county, the following described tracts OF
land In said county, viz:
! In township SIXTEEN U6, y rangs one ~ psst
The west half Of section fifteen (15) and
The west half and southeast quarter of section
twenty-five (22)
In township fifteen Q5,) range one ~ ,csst.
The southeast quarter Of section twenty (2U)
On Saturday, the 22d OF December, 1855, at the
court house door in the town Of Columbus the
following described quarter section Of and in
The northwest quarter Of section twenty-five
(2) township nineteen 49, range seventeen ~
| Of the above described lands seventy. twoo uar.
tex sections were selected in 1884, at time when
some Of the best lands in the State were unoccu.
pied and Incorporated; and the other Eve uar.
ter sections and one-eighth acre lot, or eighth OF
| section, have been acquired in settlement from
| debtors 10 the orphan fund The late commits
sioner TO settle with debtors to that fund describes
the lands abOse offered for sale IA being " almos
without an exception rich and fertile, well and ad
| vantageously located, many Of them considerable
improved" and as being ''lSrgely enhanced In
value by the settlement, improvement, prosperity
and excellent population Of the section IN whicl
they lie, and "eminently adapted for planting
| purposes.
An spprsisement Of these reserves, showing
their value, and the minimum price at which
each tract, respectively, Kay be sold, will be mad,
A
In cases where the purchaser purcha sers q an,
tract shall fail to comply with tn terms Of sale tn,
| Land purchased viii be resold at his or their ex
pense and risk.
The title to these lands Is believed TO be indis
| Putable; but II, in any case, an adverse claim
shall be set up, the right OF the orphans will b,
| defended by the government, as their guardian.
| The above sales will commence al the Clace
named at IL O'Clock OF each day, and continue un
| II the lands are all offered
| CHARLES T.. MIX,
| Acting Commissioner.
| "a H-d3tA 1awtDec1