Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-03-31
OF VALUABLE

GALE OF VALUABLE
y VIRGINIA LANDS.
By virtue of a decree of the County Court OF
Loudoun, made in the chanccry suit OF Hopkins,
Hull s. Go. vs. Berkeley, the undersigned: com
front of the Court Honse, IN Lecsbrrg, L"udoln
county, Va, on MONDAY, March 18th, 1879,
the following REAL ESTATE, viz:
A VALUABLE II. TRACT OF Tin IlMB W;f
LAND, containing 40S acres, in Prince Will
liam county, adjoining the lands of Edmund
Berkeley, Ewell Bayley and others, about six
miles from Thoroughtare station, on the o., a.
| & NJ. K. r., and four miles from Aldia on the
Piedmont and Potomac RAilroud-over firm
roads of easy grade. This lana is heavily tim
bered with chestnut, hickory and oak, and has
upon it q vein OF rich iron ore, running through
Also the one UNDIVIDED HALF of one
OF the most valuable and productive estates in
Virginia, known as GOOSE POND" lying on
the south bank of the Mattaponi river, in Caro-
| line county, containing 1850 acres, OF when
about $50 is timber of original growth, and the
rest productive, arabic land, under cultivation.
The timber consists of the varieties Of uak, pine,
walnut and hickory, and is considered by good
Judges equal to any body of timber land in the
the value OF the hickory alone, for spokrs, at
double its assessed value. The pine and oak
furnish the finest masts and ship timber: The
arabic land has heretofore been cultivated by in
tcllgent and liberal agrlculturlsts ana until the
war, with extraordinary remuneratve results.
| The estate was somewhat neglected during the
| war, and the owners have not had the means
since of restoring it to its former produCtvencss.
| Two hundred acres Of this land have been crop.
ped continuously for nearly a century, and will
! now produce from so to IS bushels of corn to
| the acre Mari is abundant on the place, and
| has been literally applied The Mattapon is u
! beautiful stream; its navigation was Distracted
| during the war; but at slight expense 1t can be
made Davigable for vessels OF lUO tons to the
landing on the estate. Goose POND, adloins
the famous Corbin estate, THE Reeds, and also
| .Hays," the Justly celebrated estate of Major
| VIM N. Berkeley, separated from, Goose
| Pond" only by the Mattapon river The other
| half of Goose Pond" is held for saleby General
Eppa Hunton, of Warrenton, who Will units III
the sale of the whole tract
HAYS" containing 1850 acres, will be of
ferad for sale at the same time, by B. 7. holland
Trustee under deed of trust from Maj Bcrkc-
ley. These two estates forming compact body
of about 5000 acres of splendid land, offer the
most desirable location in Virginia for q colony.
The attention Of capitalists, of agriculturalsl lists
and dealers in timber and lumber Is invited to
| these lands. None more desirable, IN quality or
| prices. are now in market
Terms of Sale: So much Of the purchase
money to be paid in cash on the day OF sale as
| will pay the costs of suit and expenses OF sale
| the residue upon credit of one, two, three and
four years, in equal instruments bearing interest
from the day of sale the purchaser TO execute
title to be retained till the purchase money is ali
paid MATTHEW HAkkloON,
| Is. p. holland,
POWELL HARRISON,
| D. II. ALEXANDER
| Commissioners Of Sale.