Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-03-03
At Memphis, Tennessee,
Friday, March 10, 1876, at IL o'clock II


on the southwest corner of Madison and Main
streets, L will sell at auction, to the highest
bidder, the following de crtbed real estate, be-
longing to the estate OF D. II. Townsend,
bankrupt, tO-wit:
One hundred and three two-thirds 1885,
acres OF land in range D, section !, Shelby
county, Tennessee, more particularly de
the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, near
Germantown. and being composed OF parts OF
grants in the anne of James Titus for l52 acres
and Henderson and McLemOre for $40 acres,
and bounded as fellows: Beginning at q stake
in the center of the present plankrOad;
thence north 81 east chains and 10 links to a
stake; thence north 16o east 10 chains and 70
links TO q stake; thence east with the north
line of said 640-acre grant z chains and S9
links TO stake; thence north III chains to
Mathew Browns corner-a stake which stands
south 6l%o east 10 inks from blackjack
marked tN;" thence west IA chains anu 81
Inks to a stake and 50 links from hickory
tree marked "T;" thence south AZ chains to
a stake 80 links north from persiInmon tree
marked "T;' thence west 1874 chains to
stake in ravine; thence south 10 chains 50
links to q stake In the north line OF said $40
acres; thence west u chains to a stake;
thence south chains to said State Line road,
aud with it south Az east 10 chains and 80
links to the beginning.
AIso-ninety@o and $50 G9l 55-lOOl acres
of land lying in Shelby county, Tennessee,
comprising lots and OF the subdivision of
the lands of b. Duke, decd, and described as
follows; lot 2 drawn by and allotted to j ames
Duke, being bounded as follows: Beginning
at stake 80 feet FROM the center of the Mem
phis and Charleston Railroad, on the north
side, opposite the northeast corner Of Joseph
Brooks's lands running thence north 30 5O-IO0
chains 10 a stake in the south side of lot No.
of said subdivision in the heId; thence west
Ii 5O-l00 chains to q stake in the south side of
lot No. 4, with enc postOak and two whiteoaB
pointers; thence south 81 $500 chains TO
stake so feet north OF the center of the N. and
Q. X. R.. with small redOak pointers; thence
south 75o east with said road to the beginning,
containing 45 l4-100 acres.
Lot No. 8, drawn by and allotted to W. 3.
Nm To- q 81
the center OF the NJ and G. R. r. In the south
west corner of lot No 2, above described,
with small redcak pointers; thence north
81 IS 100 chains to a stake with pOstoak and
two whiteOak pointers; thence west 10 chains
and go links to a stake with redoak pointers
on Mosby's east line; thence south with his
line Is IL 100 chains to stake In the plank
road on the south side OF the railroad; thence
south 10 east to the beginning, containing
As 45-l0O acres. This farm, known as Ridge
way has about 40 acres cleared and well i'm
proved.
Also-Lcts 3, 6, and on the place of D. b.
Townsend's subdivision of the Rhoda Stout
lands, east of Germantown, on the line of the
Memphis and Charleston Railr' ad, Shelby
county, Tennessee. these lots lie north OF an
avenue on said plan 80 feet wide.
No. 3, between parallel lines, 10 chains in
length, with front on satd avenue OF chains,
No. 8, of like depth, with 3 front OF 21-lOO
Mo- of like depth, with front on said av-
enue of 100 chains.
nue. of q 100 chains. The four lots contain
ing Al 70 100 acres.
aIsO-ThiIty-one acres of land, more or
less, lying In the county OF Shelby, State of
Tennessee, four and one-half miles east of the
city of Memphis, between the Old Raleigh
de cribed as follows: Beginning at George
L. Holiness northwest corner, and at south
west corner of said division No. l, of William
Armours plan of division of original lot l9 of
the Kenneth Garrett tract; thence north with
Holiness avenue 20 40 100 chains to the no.
acre tract now owned Oy DR.. Samuel Snider;
mi Low
line 80 27-l00 chains to the original John Pope
tract; thence south 20 46-l00 chains with the
west boundary line of the said John Pope and
j. B. BiHgham's west boundary line and Cy-
press creek to the said Geo L. Holiness tract;
thence west with the north boundary line of
the said Holiness tract 20 Z7-lUO chains to the
beginntng-containing forty four acres, less a
reservation of lots No. and 3, being some
fourteen acres sold by said Garrett TO Adolph
Fenerstacke.
This land is watered on two sides by beauti-
full streams; about one half is in timber, and
eminently adapted for fruit and dairy farm.
AlSO-4OOO acres or unlIuproVed lana on
White river, in Arkansas.
Twenty-nine hundred and sixty [296Ol acres
in LonOke county, more particularly des-
n x sw or section 2, township l, north range
s west, 80 acres.
VIZ NV Or section z, township l, north range
4 ne or section 8, township l, north range
west, Al 60-l00 acres.
W % Sc or section Is, township l, north'rsnge
Sw or section l5 township l, north range
n x ne or section 2, township l, north range
west.
Sc ne or section %, township l, north range
west, 40 acres.
Sc ar section %, township l, north range
W Il NV or section %, township I, north
range west, % acres.
Senw ar section %, township l, north range
west, 80 acres.
W "a sw or section "a, township l, north
range west, 100 acres.
s~ or section Is, township l, north range
west, 100 acres.
All section %, township l, north range
west, $40 acres.
Nv Sc Or section "a, township l, north range
S west, 40 acres.
W section SO, township l, north range
west, so acres.
sw Sc or section Is, township 2, north range
s west, 40 acres.
Ne ne qr section Is, township ?, north range
8 west, 40 acres.
Also-Seven hundred and seventy-six acres
OF land in Prairie county, moTe particularly
described:
sw sw section II, township 3, north range
4 west, 60 66 100 acres.
Nv ar section 10, township 3, north range
west, $50 acres.
Ne NJ section "a, township 4, north range
west, 40 acres.
NV NV section IS, township 4, north range
west, 40 acres.
e x NV section II, township 4, north range
Neqr section IL, township 4, north range
west, 100 acres.
81 NV section q, township l, north range
west, so acres.
Also-Two hundred and forty E240l acres Of
land In Monroe county, more particularly
described as
n u sw section 30, township l, south range
west, 80 acres.
Nv ar section 30, township l, south range 3
west, 100 acres.
All these lands lie in the neighborhood of
Devalls Bluff, on White river. 5000 acres of IL
lie in the angle formed by the Memphis and
Little Rock railroad crossing the river-south
of the railroad and west of the river.
Terms Of 5ale-One-fOurth cash; balance in
equal installments, at six, twelve and eighteen
months, interest at seven per cent. from date
Of sale on deferred payments; lien retained
on the property to secure the balance of puT.
chase money.
For Information address me at 80 Madison
street, Memphis, Tenn.
fbI7 thu 7. 2. WINCHESTER, Assignee.