Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-04-18
Chaneery Sale of Real Estate
SATURDAY May uth- 1879.


No. 29S-R. D.. Rambaut, administrator of es-
tate OF z. p. Eowles, deceased, vs.. Elyira W.
BOWIes ct al.
DY virtue OF an order of sale made in This
ID cause, l will sell, at public auction, to the
highest bidder, in front Of the office of the
second Chancery Court, in the city Of Mem
ph1s, Tennessee, on
Saturday, May IIth, 1879,
within legal hours, the following described
Two certain lots in the city of Memphis
county Of Shelby, state of Tennessee, Nos.
tWenty-fOur ga and twenty-five C25l, fronting
seventy-one feet each on the north side OF
Mosby street, and running back between pa
rallel lines at right angles with said street one
hundred and forty-eight feet six inches Q4S1&
feet to an alley sixteen feet six inches Q6%
feet wide. =
Also, the following described tract of land,
lying in Shelby county, Tennessee, part of a
tract once owned by douglass g. Robinson,
and bought of 3. L. RozzelL, bounded as fol-
lews; Beginning at a stake on the north side
Of the Memphis and Charleston railroad, fifty
feet from the center of said road running
thence west 19rty poles and thfrtg-tWo links
with said road TO astake thence due north one
hundred and twelve poles and twenty links to
the center of the Pigeon Roost road; thence
with said road fOrty-eIght poles AID fifteen
links TO the line which divides said tract from
the tract of solomon RozzeIi: thence due south
eighty-eight poles to the beginning: contain-
ing tWenty-six arres.
Also, a certain lot in the city of Memphis,
Shelby county, Tennessee, and described as
follows, tO-wit; Beginning at a cedar stake
and iron spike in the north line OF Union
street, five ID feet east of the southwest corner
of a lot sold BY $. w. jefferson to II. Balster:
running thence nOrthward at right angles
with Union street one hundred and hfty-six
(l56) feet 70 a cedar stake with iron spike,
thence eastWardly, parallel with Union street.
thirty4SeVen and One-tenth feet 81 LILO feetA to
a cedar stake and iron spike in the original
dividing line between the lots Of z. =. Bowles
and Mrs. E. A. Merriwether; thence on and
with said original dividing line in auOrth-
easterly direction one hundred and eleven and
nnp-fpnrh llIN-FM faEt 70 a DaIaw uNoT~1 -,-I
iron spike on the north line OF Saidlots, being
the original common corner, the portheasf
corner Of Mrs. f. A. Merrfwethers lot; thence
west sixty-tWO 1921 degrees north with the
south boundary line of William Henderson's
old LOT, ten (lOl poles and t~hirty-nine 1897 inks
Monroe street, IL produced, fifteen Q0 feet,
mere or less; thence west twenty-five feet rs
feet TO a stake; thence southWardly at right
angles with Monroe street extended one hun
dred and hfty-six and hve-tenths Q56 5-IOl feet
to a stake; thence westwaTdIy, parallel with
Union street, seventy-siX and three-tenths
(6 BIO feet TO a stake; thence sOuthWardlv, at
right angles with Union street, one hundred
and seventy and hVe-tenths Q70 5l0l feet TO a
stake IN the north line OF Union street, two
hundred and one (2Ol} feet, more or less, to the
place of beginning; being the property con-
Veyed by Aaron Bolts to y. 7. BOwles by deed
of March 2, 1888, a certified copy of which is
filed as exhibit to bill, and to which reference
is made with the eastern line as hanged by
deed made BY said Bowles and MerriWether,
ONINAAgtI - AotfY n EEINAAEA JUDY % MtlCU
deed is flied herein, and here referred to- and
the westt IN line as changed by decd made by
q. p. Bowles and Cyrus Johnson, May u, 1850,
"a copy of which is nled herein and here re-
ferred to- including that part of old
Union street in front of lot cOnveyed by CITY
Of Memphis to .. I: Bowles: said lot contains
said land with the lines as changed by said
deeds is exhibited' on records in this cause9
Out OF the last above piece Of property
dover has been allotted to the widow Of said
u. p. Bowles, deceased, by commissioners APP
pointed by the County Court of Shelby county,
Tennessee, (which is described in the follow
ing words and figures: Beginning at a point
on the north side of Union street, the south
west corner of y. z. Bowles's estate; thence
north on the west line of said lot 1854 feet to a
stake; thence east Is feet TO a stake thence
south Y feet to a stake: thence east 80 feet to a
stake; thence south l52 feet to a point on the
north side Of Union street thence west 100 feet
to the beginning, including the home resi-
dence and all the improvements on said lOt)
Also, the following described real estate, to-
wit: A certain tract or parcel of land in Shell
by county and State OF Tennessee, range 8,
section 2, about two miles east Of southeast
from the city of Memphis, bounded thus: Be
ginning al a stake Is feet west from the north
east corner Of a certain tract or parcel Of Land
formerly inherited and owned by Maria
BreedlOYe, daughter of James Winchester and
wife of James w. BreedlOve, Of which tract of
land said let forms a part thereof, and also
from the east line of the John Ramsey 5000
acre grant; th.sncsl south and parallel with
said Ramsey's.line, and on the west side of
Raleigh avenue, 3 chains and 80 links to a
stake or white oak marked b, at an angle in
said Ramsey's line; thence south 5 degrees
west, parallel with said line, 8 chains and 9
links, or 402Z feet, to a stake on the north
bank of a raviney 4, " Smiths northeast cor
ner; thence west with his line 4 chains, 36Z
links, or Us feet, to stake, said Smiths north
west corner; thence north 9 chains and 81
links or 63ls4 feet, 10 a stake on the north line
of said 100 acre tract, which stands south q
degrees west d links from a black oak marked
b thence east 4 chains and 81 links, or 32L
feet, to the beginning.
All of the above described real estate lex
cept that portion allotted to the widow for
dower) viii be laid OF and subdiyided into
lots, a plan or diagram Of which can be seen
at my Office, on OF before the day of sale.
Terms OF ale=On a credit Of six and Twelve
months, purchaser or purchasers executing
notes with good and approved security: lien
retained 70 secure payment Of purchase
money. Equity OF redemption barred.
This April 10th, 1872.
NJ. D. L. STEWART, Clerk and Master.
Kortrechh Craft q Scales, Soils. for com
plainants. anil f3s