Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-02-17
BANKRUPT SALE,
Several BeauttTnI EJTils Farms On she
Memphis and Cbsrie,tOH Railroad
1900 Acres - RIid err white River,
ErkansaV, ID walls Bluff
AT NJ tennessee,
Friday, March 10, 1876, at II o'clock N +,


on the southwest corner of Madison and Main
stree Is, I will sell at auction, to the highest
bidder, the following de cribed real estate, be-
longing to the estate OF u. II. Townsend,
bankrupt, to-wit:
One hundred and three two-thirds [l032 i
acres OF land in range 3, section l, Shelby
county, tennessee, more particularly de-
sclibed as lying on tie State Line road and
the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, near
Germantown. and being composed OF parts of
grants in the anne of James Citus tor l52 acres
and Henderson and McLemore for so acres,
and bounded as lows: Beginning at stake
in the center of the present plan kroad; ;
thence north 81 east chains and 75 links to
stase; thence north l57 east 10 chains and %
line of said 64O-acre grant p chains and SO
links to stake; thence north "a chains to
Mathew Brown s cOrner-a stake which stands
Louth 6l1a east 10 links from a blackjack
marked IN" thence west II chains and 81
LINKS TO stake snd 50 links from hickory
tree marked tt" thence south l43 chains to
a stake 80 links north from persimmon tree
marked "T;" thence west l93{ chains to a
stake in ravlne: thence south 10 chains 80
links to q stake .iu the north line OF said 6i0
acres; thence west Ia chsins TO q stake;
thence south chains To said State Line road,
and with it south 4l1a' east 10 chains and 80
AIso-ninety :one and 55-I 0 Tg1 55-lO0l acres
OF land lying in Shelby county. Tennessee,
com pl ising lots and 3 OF the sub division of
The lands of B. Duke, decd, and described as
follows: q OF drawn by and allotted to James
Duks, being bounded as follows: Begin ming
al q STAKE % IeeJ IIOtn Inc center OF the Mem
ph;s and Charleston Railroad, on the north
side, opposite the northeast corner Of Joseph
BroOKS's lands running thence north 80 5O-lOO
chains 10 stake in the south side OF lot No. 4
OF said subdivision in the fed; thence west
IL 50-l00 chains to q stake In the south side of
lot No. 4, with one pOstOak and two whiteOak
pointers; thence south 81 S 100 chains to
stake so ieet north of the center of the NJ. aud
@. K. R-, with small redOak pointers; thence
south IS east with said 70 I'd to the beginning,
containing 40 l4l00 acres.
Lot No. 8, drawn by and allotted to W. Il.
Duke: Beginning at a STAKE 50 feet north OF
the center of the NJ. and c. r. K. in the south.
west corner of lot No 2, above described,
with small redOak pointers; thence north
II 81 leo chains TO stake with pOstoak and
two WhIteOak pointers; thence west 10 chains
and 60 links tOa stake with redOak pointers
on hOsoy'S east line; thence south with his
line 2S IL leo chains TO stake IN the plank
road on the south side of the railroad; thence
south 20 east to the beginning, containing
IS 4j-lO0 acres. This farm, known as Ridge
way, has about 40 acres cleared and well i'm
proved.
Also-Lots 3, 6, ! and on the place of D. H.
TOWnsend'S subdivision of the RhOda Stout
lands, east OF Germantown, on the line of the
Memphis and Charleston Railroad, Shelby
county, Tennessee. These lots lie north of an
avenue on said plan 40 feet wide.
No. 3, between parallel lines, Is chains in
length, with front on said avenue OF J chains.
No. s, OF like depth, with front OF z7-lOJ
chains.
No. 7, Of like depth, with front on said av-
enue of q 100 chains.
No. 8, of like depth, with front on said ave-
nue. of 27 100 chains. The four lots contain
also-Thirty-one acres ofslsnd, 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
and the State Line roads, particularly
lie crtbed as follows: Beginning at George
l.. Holiness northwest corner, and at soutn-
west corner OF said division No. l, OF William
Armour's plan of division of original lot 10 of
the Kenneth Garrett tract; thence north with
Holiness avenue 20 10 IOj chains to the 10
an ~ nv lP Snfnprs
thence east with said Snider's south boundary
line so 27-lO0 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. Blngham's west boundary line and Cy-
press creek to the said Geo l.. Holiness tract;
thenC west with the north boundary l1e OF
the said Holiness tract 20 27-lOO chains to the
beginntng--cOn tanning forty four acres, less
reservation OF lots No. and 5, being some
fourteen acres sod by said Garrett to Adolph
This land is watered on two sides by beauti-
full streams; about Oue-nalt Is in timber, and
eminently adapted for truit and dairy farm.
AlsO-40OO acres OF unimproved land on
White river, in Arkansas.
TWenty-nine hundred and sixty t2960l acres
in LOnOke county, more particularly des-
cribed as follows:
N sw or section 2, township l, north range
west, 50 acres.
VIZ NV or section 2, township l, north range
4 ne or section 3, township l, north range
west, Al S0-l00 acres.
W = Sc or section Is, township l, north range
west, 50 acres. q
Sw az section Is, township l, north range
west, l60 acres.
ne or section q, township l, north range
west.
Sc ne or section p, township l, north range
west, 40 acres.
Sc or S clion 22 township 1, north range
W i NV qr section ., township l, north
Senw qr section q, township l, north range
west, 50 acres.
W sw or section a, township /, north
range 5 west, leo acres.
s@ gr section 25, township l. north range
west, l50 acres.
Ali section %, township l, north range
NV Sc Or section 81, township l, north range
west, 40 acres.
W y section So, township l, north range
west, so acres.
Sw Sc or section Is. township ,, north range
west, 40 acres.
Ne ne or section ID, township ?, north range
Aiso-Seven hundred and seventy-six acres
OF land in Prairie county, more particularly
described:
sw sw section Il, township 3, north range
4 west, TO 66 100 acres.
Nv or section l3, township 3, north range
west, ieO acres.
Ne ne section 81, township 4, north range
west, 10 acres.
Nv NV section S5, township 4, north range
west, 40 acres.
E5S NV section Il, township 1, north range
Neqr section Il, township 4, north range
west, lGU acres.
nv section q, township l, north range
west, 50 acres.
Also-Two hundred and forty l2f0l acres OF
land in Monroe county, more particularly
described as
y q sw section so, township !, south range
west, 90 acres.
NV or section 80, township l, south range
west, $50 acres.
All these lands lie in the neighbOrhoOd Of
DeyalIs Bluff, on " hite river. 5000 acres OF IL
lie in the angle formed by the Memphis and
Little Rock railroad crossing the riyer-sOuth
OF the railroad and west of the river. fol-