Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-06-13
Thursday, the 23d day of Iuae. 1870,

During legal hours of sale, in front OF the
Sheriffs office, on Second street, in Memphis,
Tennessee, sell, 10 the highest bidder, for
cash, the following described real estate, sit
uated In the county Of Shelby, State OF Ten
nessee, designated and described IS follows,
tO-wit: A certain lot in the Butler division
Of the city of Memphis, being a part OF lot
No, one q. in block No. fifteen Isl, fronting
fifty eight Isl feet on the east side OF DeSotO
street, and bounded as follows: Beginning at
a stake where the east line Of DeSOtO street,
running southwardly, enteFs the Butler diyt-
sion of the city Of MemPhisi running thence
eastwardly on the Butler dividing line one
hundre and hfty-dve ll55l feet to a stake;
thence southwardly and parallel with DeSotO
street hfty-eight L5ol feet TO a stake; thence
westwardly N parallel with the hrst one
hundred and nfty-hYe Ll55l feet to a stake in
the east Lin of DeSoto street; thence north
wardly with the east line of said street hfty-
eight 1851 feet to the place of beginning.
Also, one other lot about one mile south
east of the city of Memphis, known an des-
ignated on the plan OF subdivision OF A. J.
Hays as lot No. i've Isl, fronting Patton ave
nue. on the west one hundred and seven [lO7l
feet, one-and-a-half GI%l inches, extending
back three hundred and dfty-twO 1881 feet
six inches.
Also, the following-named lots in the town
Of Raleigh, known and designated on the
plan of said town as lots Nos. i've, six and
two IS, 6 and q, in. block L; said lots five and
six 5 and 81, front each e~ighty-seven and a
half 1914 feet on the Memphis and Somer-
Vile Turnpike road. running back one hum
dred and fifty ti50l feet; lot No. two n Is one
hundred and seyenty-twO and a-half QT2J1
feet square, lying northwest and adjoining
Also, the ~f6nowiag described lands, sit
uated on the waters Of Wolf river, on the
east side thereof. and on both sides OF the
Raleigh and LaGrange Railroad, being in
three parcels or tracts, and containing, in the
aggregate, one hundred aud ninety-One and
a-half GI9l15l acres, bounded and designated
as 1olloTE, tu-Wtt; The Arst of said tracts
being in range seven I7l. sections two and
three r. and 81 of the Eleventh M Surveyors
District: Beginning at ared-bud stump, with
- zAw nAHnWa- l.
the original tract; thence north thirteen 1l3l
chains and ninety 1901 links TO a stake, with
blackgum and poplar pointers on the bank
Of a branchi thence east nve L5l chains TO a
stake and blaekgum; hence north nifty 1901
links to stake, i've t5l links north of q beech
marked &C k.,"; thence east sixteen [6l
chains to a stake, two dOgwoOd and whiteOak
pointers; thence south fourteen IA chains
and forty [40l links to a stake and pointers;
thence west twenty-one [2Il chains TO the be-
ginning, containing twenty-nine and-a-half
l2Zl acres. The second Of said tracts or par
cells adioins the land last above described, is
in range, seven "a sections two and three
In section three l3l, at John NJ. Curry's east
cOrne on William LawrenOe's line, at a
stake and sWeetgum MARKED y. n -" a
sweetgum and 9laekgum pointern thence
west sixty 1901 poles to said Curry's eOrner, a
stake and elm marked ]. M. C." persim-
mon, ash and IrOnWOOd pointers; thence
south with said Curryis line, passing his cor
ner at nlnety-two 1877 poles, in all one hun
dred ann sixty Ll6Ol poles TO a small hickory,
I Out D1lO bOuAl u q hALtbth AaAh EA -
B." three hickory and whiteoak pointers;
thence east sixty 1901 poles to a stake, one
pole six links southeast of a redOak marked
f" g. B." two hickory and sweetgum pointers
| on William Lawrences west boundary inel
thence north one hundr and sixty 1861
poles with his line to the beginning, contain
ing sixty 1901 acres. The Third one of said
tracts is in range seven [l, section two ~,
bounded as follows: Beginning at wh1teOak
marked "a. B." running north two m chains
sixty-siX 1851 links to a stake, four al links
/ north Of which is an elm marked 9" w. s"
with two ~ whiteOak pointers; thence west
twenty-five % chains to a stake, whtteoak
and hickory and poplar pointers; hence
south twenty-six [3l chains fifty 1901 links to
a stake in the south bank of Wolf river
thence east forty 1901 chains ~ awlllOWOak
marked "A. r." tWP lonWOod pointers
themes north t~Wenty-fOur IA chains to a
sweetgum with elm pointers; thence west
fifteen Isl chains and thirty lSOl links 70 the
beginning, containing one handfed and two
HOP acres.
The lot Of land first above described, being
the one on DeSOto street, in Memphis, viii be
sold as the property of defendant, ". L.
stewart, on the 10Th of March, 1867, and the
balance of said land will be sold as the prop
erty of defendant, NJ. d. L. Stewart, on the
same day. being the date OF the rendition OF
the judgment in the Law Court of Men,
pills., appealed by defendants to the Supreme
land, or a suficiency thereof TO satisfy said
judgment, interest and costs, will be sold as
the property of the defendants. respectively,
as aforesaid, being s-aisvI 20 thelfen Of the
judgment il the Law Court. Memphis.
May 3, 1870. MARCUSJ WRIGHT,
Sheriff Shelby county
J. NJ Gregory, Attorney for Plaintids ma