Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-04-15
Gath day of April, A. d. 1872,

between the hour of ten O'Clock in the fore
noon and four O'Clock in the afternoon, be-
ginning at ten O'Clock in the forenoon, the
following described real estate, and all the
right, title and interest OF the city of Mem
phis therein, or in the buildings or aDDurte-
nances thereto ~elOuging,s situate In the county
Of shelby and State of Tennessee, viz:
Part of Lot No. 20 in the plan OF Memphis,
described as follows: Beginning at the inter-
Main and Second streets, on the south side Of
Poplar street and running thence east along
Poplar street twenty-five % feet; thence
south seyenty-fOur 40 feet and three %
inches; thence west to the east line of said
alley; thence north along said alley 10 the
Also, part OF Lots 2S and 264 in the plan of
Memphis, described as follows: Beginning at
the intersection OF the north line Of Adams
street with the west line OF Second street, run
ming thence north on the west line Of Second
street one hundred and forty-eight Q4S) feet
and six (6) inches to an alley; thence west
along said alley thirty-seven 80 feet and one
thence south one hundred and fOrty-eight Q4S}
feet and six 90 inches TO Adams street; thence
east along Adams street to the place Of begin
ming.
Also, part of Lot two q in block ffty-one
81 in South Memphis, described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the east side Of Be
Soto street, three hundred feet from the south
east corner Of Beale and DeSOtO streets, run
ming thence south along DeSotO street TWEEN
ty-seyen "a feet; thence eastwardly parallel
with Beale street one hundred and fifty Q5Ol
feet; thence northwardly parallel with DeSOtO
street twenty-seven ~ feet; thence west
wardly parallel with Beale street to the place
of beginning.
Also, part Of LosNo. one hundred and FORTY
five Q45l in the plan of Memphis, described as
follows: Beginning at the southeast corner Of
said lot; thence northwardIy along Main
street twenty-five co feet; thence, west
ward at right angles with Main street fifty
five. 90 feet; thence southwardly parallel
with Main street twenty-five c5 feet to an al
ley; thence eastwardly to the place Of begin
Also, Lot No. three 90 in block seventeen
III in the plan of South Memphis, said block
lying on the west side of shelby street and be-
tween Gayoso and Hotel streets, and said lot
being twenty (A) feet on Shelby street by
seventy-ive G5l feet in depth.
Also, the hrst block of ground lying east Of
Lots Nos. ~ and 80 on tine original plan OF
Memphis, north OF Poplar street. being one
hundred and forty-eight and oge-half jI4S1s)
feet square; the same being situate on the
corner of POPLAR and Third Streets
Also, ali that tract of land and all and sin
gular the a~ppurtenances thereuntO belonging,
coded by the United States to the city of Mem
phis by act of Congress, approved August 5,
1854, and described therein as the Memphis
Navy Yard, and which tract Of land is known
and described on the maps Of the city OF Mem
phis issued by T.. w. Rueker and By Todd &
Crider as Omitted States laval Depot"
Also, that parcel OF ground in the city OF
Memphis described on the plan of said city as
Exchange Square," and ali and singular the
buildings thereon and appurtenances there
unto belonging.
Also, a tract Of land bounded as follows: On
the east by fernando street; ON the south by
Beale street; ON the west by a lot owned by
Augustus BertOn, and on the north by affne
parallel with Beaie street and one undred
and fifty feet nSrth of the north line of Beale
street, designated on the map Of Memphis by
NJ. L. Williamson as South Market" parcels
whereof are more particularly described as
follows: Beginning at the point of fntersec-
t1OR of the north line of Beale street with
the west line OF fernando street; thence
running west on the north line OF Beale
street nifty 5O) feet; thence nOrtherly on a
line at a right angle with Beale street one
hnnI.l1 al AFHwwNNEnN EuAH.
parallel with Beale street fifty (50l feet; thence
in a direct line SOutherly tOrthe pince Of be-
ginning. Also, a parcel west Of and adjOin-
ing the last described parcel, commencing at
"a point of the north line OF Beale street, iny
feet west of the west line Of fernando street
and running thence westerly along the north
line of Beale street 10 the west line of a lot
owned by Augustus Berton, about one hun
dred and eighty feet, more or less; thence
north along the east line of said BertOns let
one hundred and fifty ESQ feet; thence east
on a line parallel with Beale street TO the
northwest corner of the tract last above de-
seribed; thence south to the place Of begin
ming.
Also, a parcel Of land extending from Court
street nOFthward to Adams street, lying east
of Charleston avenue and west OF the Mem
phis and Charleston Railroad depot, being
thirty-eight feet, more or less, from the east
line OF Charleston avenue eastward in width
from Court To jefferson street, and diminish
ing in width from Jefferson street ~nOrthward
to Adams street, where IL is thirteen and one
half $50 feet in width, more or less
Also, part of large Lot No. 4S9 in the plan OF
Memphis, described as follows: Beginning at
Il point on the north line of Washington street
eighty go feet westerly from the Old bOunda-
ry line between William Yates and Cheeks
land, running westerly along the north line Of
Washington street two hundred and ninety
two % feet, more or less, to the eastern bank
of Bayou ayOsO, as now Strengthened; thence
northerly along the east bark Of the said
bayon to the south line of Poplar street
thence easteTly along the south line OF Poplar
street three hundred and ten (3lO) feet, more
or less, stO a point eighty $50 feet westerly
from the boundary line between Yates and
Cheek thence sOutherly in a direct line 10 the
place OF beginning, being the same land de-
Seribed in the conveyance of Meredith Yates,
James Elder and ID. r. Cook to the city OF
Memphis, recorded in book 81, pages 405 and
4O6 in the Registers office. All the foregoing
parcels lying within the corporate limits OF
the city of Memphis.
Also, a tract of land containing fifteen
acres more or less, being a part of LOt twenty
two 90 of Garretts subdivision, and described
as follows; Beginning at a point north sixty
one degrees east from the east line Of SPRING
dale avenue, six l6l chains and ffty-nine (9)
links, being twenty-five % links north of the
center Of the Memphis and Ohio railroad run
ming thence north t~wenty-seven (2l chains
and thirty-seyen 90 links; thence EAST five %
chains and seventy-six % links; thence south
twenty-four (2g chains and sixty-nine t69)
links to said railroad; thence Westwardly
along said railroad six % chains and hfty-twO
(5) links to the place of beginning.
ap3 L. B. EATON, United States Marshal