Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-06-05
Thursday, the 2ad day of Iuns, 1870,

During legal hours of sale, In front otAthe
Sheritfs office, on Second street, in Menu his,
TENNESSEE, sell, to the highest bidder, Tor
cash, the following described real estate. sit
nessee, designated and described as follows,
to-Wit: A certain lot in the Butler division
Of the city Of Memphis, being a part Of lot
No. one ~. in block No. ffteen Q5l, fronting
fifty eight l5Sl 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, enters the Butler divi-
sion of the city Of Memphis; running thence
eastwardly on the Butler dividing line one
hundred n hfty-hve Ll55l feet to a stake;
thence sOuthwardly and parallel with DeSoto
street ffty-eight 1851 feet TO a stake; thence
w~estwardly and parallel with the drst one
hundred and hfty-dve tl55l feet to a stake in
the east line Of DeSotO street. thence north
wardly with the esst line OF said street hfty-
eight 1881 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. hye l5l fronting Patton ave
nue. on the west one hundred and seven uG71
feet, One-and-a-half III inches, extending
back three hundred and afty-twO 1877 feet
six inches.
Also, the following-namsd lots in the town
OF Raleigh. known and designated on the
plan of said town az lots Nos. i've, six and
" 70, 8 and q in. block q; said lots five and
half lS7Ll feet on the Msmphis and SOmer-
vile Turnpike road, running back one nun
dred and MY ll5Ol feet; lot No. two III is one
AlAaAEa LII eCNCuby~bWO anu A-UEI Nlf-LaN
feet square, lying northwest and adjoining
lot No. five 81
Also, the following 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 and ninety-One and
a-hslf lI9ILl acres, bounded and designated
as follows, tO-Wit; The first Of said tracts
being IN range seven III. sectioGs two and
three II and 81 of the Eleventh 1Il Surveyors
District: beginning at ared-bud stump, with
one hickory pointer, the southwest corner of
the original tract; thence north thirteen [l3l
chains and ninety 1901 links TO a stake, with
blackgum n poplar pointers on the bank
OF a branch; thence east five f5l chains to a
stake and BLACKBURN; thence north fifty 1901
links 70 stake. nye 81 links north OF a beech
marked &C k.,"i thence east sixteen 1857
chains to stake, two dogWOod and whiteoaR
pointers thence south fourteen THl chains
and forty I40l links to a stake and pointers;
thence west twGnty-One III chains 20 the be-
ginning, containing twenty-nine and-a-half
l912l acres. The second OF said tracts or par
GELS adiOinsthe land last above described, is
in range seven "a, sections two and three
II n 81, bounded as follows: Beginning
in section three III, at John NJ. Curry's east
corner on William Lawrence's line, at a
stake and sweetgum marked " J. N. c." a
sweetgum and blackgum pointers; thence
stake and elm marked ]. NJ. c." persim-
mon, ash and ironwoOd pointers; thence
south with said Curry's Inc, passing his cor
ner at ninety-tw0 1871 poles, In all one hun
dred ann sixty ll6Ol poles to a small hickory,
one pole south OF q whiteoak marked I.
B." three hickory and whiteOak pointers;
thence east sixty L6Ol poles to a stake, one
pole six links southeast of a redOak marked
g. B." two hickory and sweetgum pointers
on William Lawrence's west boundary nne;
thence north n hundred and sixty 1851
poles with his line to the beginning, contain
ing sixty 1901 acres. The third one Of said
tracts is in range eve m, section two ri,
bounded as follows: Beginning at a whitsoak
marked "A. b., running north two ri chains
s1Xty7slx l66l links to a stake, four RI link
north Of which is an elm marked - w. s."
with two III whiteOak pointers; thence west
twenty-five % chains to a stake, whiteoak
and hickory ana poplar pointers; thence
south twenty-stx 70 chains fifty L5Ol links to
a stake in the south bank of Wolf river;
thence east forty L40l chsins to awiuowoak
marked a. b." two trOnwood pointers;
thence north tWenty-fOur l2l chains to q
sweetgum with elm pointers; thence west
fifteen lljl chains and thirty 1907 links to The
beginning, containing one hundred and two
[l02l acres.
The lot of land first above described. being
the one on DeSoto street, in Memphis, WILDE
Stewart, OF the both of March, 1851, and the
balance of said land will be sold as The prop
erty OF defendant, M. d. L. Stewart, on the
same day, being the date of the rendition Of
the Judgment in the Law Court of Mem
phts, appealed by defendants to the Supreme
Court, and affirmed May IL, 1863. All Of said
land, OF a sutt1ciency thereof TO satisfy said
the property of the defendants, respectively,
as aforesaid, being subject to the Lien Of the
judgment in the Law Court, Memphis.
May q, 1870. MARCUSJ WRIGHT.
sheriff Shelby county.
J. NJ Gregory, Attorney for plaintiffs. MA