Middletown transcript., 1876-08-19
TRUSTEES SALE
REAL ESTATE

Court of the State of Delaware, in and fol
New Castle county, made the 23rd day ol
February, A. D., 1876, will be exposed to
sale at Public Auction, at the house of Alex
Maxwell, IN the town Of Middletown,
On Saturday, August 26th, 1875,
AT 1920 O'CLOCK, AM,
The following described lands and tenements,
being the Real Estate late of Samuel Arm.
strong, deceased, to-wit &
No. l. A certain farm or tract of land stu
| ated in Appoquinimink Hundred, New Castle
county and State of Delaware, known as the
Shading Point Farm" bounded and des-
cribed as follows: Beginning at stake in q
miery drain or branch, corner for these
premises and lands of the heirs or devisees of
Elihu Jefferson, deceased, thence with the line
of the said Jefferson's land south AL deg.
east 45 perches to large poplar tree, corner
for these premises and lands of the said Jeffer-
sons heirs, thence south l54 deg. east 90
perches to stake in the Gum Bush road,
corner for these premises and the heirs of
Jefferson, thence with said road north "A deg.
east 1877 Clio perches to stone in said road,
corner for these premises and lot No. here
matter described, thence leaving said road
and running with the line Of No. 2, north 6
deg. east 100 perches to an old white oak
stump, corner for these premises and lot No.
2, thence north deg. west 30 9-10 perches to
a large marked poplar, corner for these prem
ises and lot No. q, thence north deg west
8 5-10 perches to the head Of ditch cut
through or across the marsh to Blackbird
creek, thence by and with said ditch the
several courses and distances thereof about so
perches to the Blackbird creek, thence up said
creek and binding Herewith the several
courses and distances thereof about $40 per-
ches to branch dividing these premises from
lands of the heirs of Elihu Jefferson, decd,
thence up said branch to the place of begin
ming, containing within said metes and bounds
324 ACRES and 80 Square Perches of cleared
and wood land and unimproved marsh, be
the same more or less, with two-story Frame
Dwelling House, Frame Stable, Frame Barn
and Frame Tenant House thereon erected.
No. 2. A certain farm or tract of land stu
ated in the Hundred, County and State afore- |
said bounded and described as follows IL
Beginning at stake set at the end of a ditch |
cut through or across the marsh of Blackbird |
creek, a corner for these premises and lot No. !
], thence through wood or brush land and
with the line of No. l, south deg, east 5-l0
perches to large marked poplar tree, a cor
ner for these premises and lot No.. l, thence
south deg. east 20 9-l0 perches to white
oak stump, corner for these premises and lot
No. l, thence south deg. west 100 perches
to stone in the public road known as the
Gum Bush road, a corner for these premises
and lot No. l, thence with said public road
toward the Delaware river south 50a deg. east
LOT 2-l0 perches to stake in said road, cor
ser for these premises and lands Of +. q.
Armstrong, thence leaving the public road
and with the line of the said r. d. Arm
'trong's land north 204 deg. east so 4-l0 per
,hes to stake, corner for these premises and
ands of said r. Il. Armstrong, thence north
534 deg. west go perches to a stone in wood
and, corner as last aforesaid, thence north
a deg. east "a 5-l0 perches to stake, corner
Is last aforesaid, thence north 203 deg. east
IS perches to stake at the edge of Blackbird
reek, corner for these premises and the said
(. II. Armstrong, thence up said creek north
E83 deg. west clio perches, north 253 deg.
vest perches, north 81 deg. west 9-lO per-
hes, north 81 deg. east S-l0 perches, north
a deg. east 10 Clio perches, north 2 deg.
rest Z 5-l0 perches, north 68 deg. west 10 4-l0
erches, north 533 deg. west % Clio perches !.
orth 76 deg. west IL 7-lO perches, south 20
eg. west % 4-l0 perches, south 80 deg. west :
2-lo perches, north sl3 deg. west IL per-
hes to the centre of very crooked ditch cor !
er for these premises and lot No. /, herein
efore described, thence up said ditch and
inding Herewith the several courses and
istances thereof to stake at the head of said
itch at the fast-land, the place of beginning,
within said metes and bounds 81 q
lCRES Of cleared land, wood and brush land
nd unimproved marsh, with small one
tory Frame. Tenant House thereon erected,
And it is ordered that the purchaser or pur- 9
hasers thereof be and appear at the next Or !
hans Court for New Castle county, that the
ourt may assign to him, her or them the
remises sold pursuant TO said order, he, she
r they with sufficient surety or sureties to be !
pproved by the Court, entering into recog-
izanee to the State, to be taken and acknow- c
dyed in said Court, in penal sum TO be il
etermined by the said Court with condition
} pay to the parties entitled severally, or Il
leir executors, administrators or assigns re-
,ectively, their just and proportionate shares
the said purchase money, with interest
ON such time as the Court may determine,
manner and form as may by the direction
said Court be prescribed and appointed in ]
i'd condition.
Attendance will be given and terms of sale
ade known at the time and place aforesaid
: JOHN H. RODNEY, ESQ, Trustee.
test: Or BY HIS ATTORNEY.
G. N. Vandever, Clerk Orphans Court.