Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-19


stake; thence north 10o east 20 links 10 a
nlckory,, beech and poplar pointers: ihence
Ia SCUM 70 chains 10 the southwest corner ~
q enlrcn lot sold by Mrs. Margaret A. Wilson
sna heiis 70 =. n. bateman and others; thence
Hortn WI said lot 4 chains to the northwest
corner 81 tne lot; thence east with said lot
400 chains 70 the northwest corner fl n tract
sola ~ SAID MRS; Mary A. Wilson and others
to a yhite-oak marked D. thence north 65s<s
east 1915 chains TO a stake 20 links west Of n
blaok-gum; thence north 20 east 10 ohains 10
a stone; thence east ~ south 10 chains 10 4
horn-beam THENCE north 500 east 2s% chains
stake; thence south 42o west 5 links Ia n non.
lar; thence north with said line n chains h
the Foutheast corner of a sc, l.aere tract soid
by said M, A. Wilson and heirs to Q. W. Jeter:
tnenee west a few degrees nerth with said
letters line S6A chains to the southwest cor
nsri thence north with his west line 25.iS
chairs to the north boundary line Of said
granti thence west ~ north 1O5.50 chains TO
the beginning, containing by estimation go
acres, which said undivided half Of these two
tracts was conveyed to Edward Irby since
deceased, By John w. Logan, by his deed of
date January is, 1872, registered in the Reg
is5sr.s once Of Shelby county in beck %, page
Also a certain I act of land lying in Shelby
county, in the Fourth district Of said county.
on the waters Of Big Creek, and which is
hutted and bounded as follows, to-wit; Be-
ginning at stake and hickory; thence west
to 9 stake IA chains and so links; thence
north to a little creek thence down that little
creek, when II enters another little creek:
thence down that creek to M, Cooks seuth-
east boundary line; thence south to the begin
ming corner at q stake and hickory, contain
ing by estimation Il or As acres. being the
same land conveyed to E. Irby by M Cook.
February 3, 1851, as per deed recorded in Book
~. page l2. etc., Of the Registers Office Of
Shelby county.
Also one other tract of land in Shelby
ceun y, State of Tennessee, and in district
No. 4, bounded as follows, to-wit: Beginning
at q poplar marked j Il, the northwest corner
Of the James Rembert trac. Of land; thence
east ga chains to a stake 20 links south of 4
black-gnm marked X; thence north 88
chains to a black-gum, said Edward Irby's
southeast corner of his 1C0-acre tract; thenca
west "a As chains to a small blackjack marked
as a corner in said lrby's original boundary;
thence south 3.OS chains to the heSinnine,
containing by computation SO acres, and being
the same land conveyed to e lrby 81 j. III,
Bateman by deed dated May %, 1857, and re-
corded 10 Book No. As, page 1858. of the Rag
i%ster's office Of Shelby county.
Also one other tract of land, situate, lying
and being in the Fourth civil district Of Shell
by county, State Of Tennessee, and in range
), section 4, of the Eleventh surveyors dis
trict, containing by estimation 10 acres,
more or less. and bounded as follows, to wit.
OSbiuuluB ht u WHllC-OHk markell " z. thA
southwest corner OF a 200-acre entry No, 1870
Ia the name of Enoch Parsons; thence east N
chains " links to a stake, White.oak. dog
wood and other pointers; thence north With
WIN. Stovalls line 36 chains to a stake with
nlckory, sugar-tTee ana other pointers on the
north boundary line of said 200 acres thence
west with said line q chains rs links to a
hickory marked Il p, the northwest corner Of
SAID 80 acres: thence south SO chains to the
neglnnlng' and being the same land conveyed
70 n, lrby by John halston, attorney in fact
for Thos IL. Galloway, by deed dated August
~, LOU, and, OF record in the Office Of the Heg-
page $40.
Also one other tract of land. situate, lying
and being in the Fourth civil district ~
shelby county. State Of Tennessee, and
pounded as follows, t0-wit: Beginning at a
stake in a hickory stump. the southeast cor
ner of a 1000 acre grant in the name of George
Doherty, said corner being the southeast COR
ner OF grant No, 20 founded on warrant 1929 I;
thence north N east los poles to a stake
south AZ west 5 links to a poplar; thence
south "a west ia poles to a stone % south 10
links to a horn-beam thence south 70 west.
W poles to a stake south 65Ao west 20 links to
a blaek.gum thence south 65Ac west 63 poleS
to a stake 100 north to a whito-oak marked d.:
thence south 84Ao west % poles TO a stake:
thence south 10 40 west Is poles To a white
oak; thence east l. 4G north 1917 poles to the
beginning, containing. by survsy 9O.7 acres,
conveyed to X. Irby by Margaret and Sarah
Wilson and John W. Logan by deed dated
February ii, 1870, and recorded in the Regis
ter's office of Shelby county, Tenn, in Book
No. rs, page 2Ol.
Also one other tract Of land in Shelby
county, Tenn in range s, sections 8 and 4,
and In the Seventeenth civil district, and be-
ginning at a stake with two doRwood and
other pointers, being the southeast corner of
& eiz5acrs tract conveyed to B.. Irby by Amos
w oodrun, which stake is directly on the east
boundary llne OF the old PeytOn Robinson
tract, of l029A acres thence north with said
east boundary line 73.4l poles 10 a stake with
poplar and sweet-gum pointers; thence west
lll.l2 poles to a stake 81 links west of an ash
4 and a loot tree thence south 70. 40 poles TO a
stake on the south boundary line of said 6l2-
acre tract, ~ links to a dogwOod marked NJ
thence east lH.ClH poles to the beginning.
containing oil acres, more or less, being the
same land mentioned and described in deed
recorded in the Registers office Of Shelby
came quit claimed to b. Irby By deed from "
NJ. Alexander and wife and j. @, CampbelIs.
trustee, by deed recorded in the Registers
office Of Shelby county, Book No. 70, page 900.
Also one other certain tract Of land situate,
lying and being in the Fourth civil district OF
Shelby county, Tenn, described as follows,
to-wit: Being a tract purchased by Frank
Hester from Mary Thompson, being a part of
the Thomas Polk 509O-acre grant No. 4f, lying
IN the = surveyor district, range s. section
5, beginning at q stake $40 west I links to n
hickory marked P IN. Plummer's southwest
c%orner), f.. I. Leftwich's east boundary line;
thence south 81 west 20 chains 81 links to a,
white.oak marked w p to Leftwich's corner
and e.. h%ester's line; thence east So south
with said line N.43 chains to q stake Z links
east of a white walnut marked p R. nj.
Cash's southwest corner; thence north s. east
with his line 20.37 chains 10 a stake; thence
horth 5S' east IA links to a blaok.gum marked
n. southeast corner; thence west 50 north vita
this line 24.43 to the beginning, containing by
estimation % acres, more or less. and being
the same conveyed to f.. Irby by j.. NJ, Will
liams by quit claim deed dated January Is.
1872, and recorded in the Registers Office OF
Shelby county. Tenn, in Book No. 9S, a e
53J. etc.
Also an undivided one-third interest in an
other certain tract Of land situate, lying and
being in the Fourth civil district. range 8.
sectlon4 ., OF the Eleventh surveyors district
IN shelby county, Tenn, containing by ESTE
nation lSJ acres, more or less. and described
as follows, to wit: Beginning at a doewood
ana ash marked J p, the southwest corner of
d. Z Iaylors DOO-acre entry, No. 80, on the
horth boundary, line OF Dir. Goodlove's $40
acre entry, NO. 81; thence west with said line
200 chains TO an ash marked J IL; thence
north 70 chains to a ttake whence north 760
west 40 links to a sugar tree marked II j W:
thence west 24.46 chains to a stake; whence
p west IA links 70 a hickory marked INV;
thouOS mOIth ely ynhlus 70 astakei whence
south To- vest ii links TO a poplar naked j.
on the west boundary line of the heirs Of Jobn
Woods; thence east 3l.76 chains 10 a stake.
whence south 490 west IL links, n blackburn
marked y j; thence south 4.9l% chains, q
white-eak marked EP, the southwest corner
of a 2OO;aore entry IN the name Of Enoch Par
sonsi thence east 1920 chains to a stake 4:
whence north 40V east Is links, a white.oak
marked } I, II thence south S chains to the
beginning, being the same land conveyed 10
+. lr6y By deed frem Virginia W, Baldwin.
E.E,G. Aiken NJ COrdella Gillespie. Chas. H.
vember 20. 1872, and of record in the RsSis-
page 373.
Which property has been subdiyided into
smaller tracts of about 80 and Is acres each
Brown, county surveyor, and j, j. McMur-
ray, by order of Court, which surveys show
that which is 10 he sold in faa and ~ na,t