Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-01-05
Tuesday, January 22, 1878,

during legal hours. at the southern eatr.nc,,
OF Court Square, Memphis, sell for cash Al
public cutlery the property thereby conyeysd
to-Wit: "N'
Several parcels Of land, all in Shelby eoun.
ty, Tennessee, viz: The tract of land in
range :, section 2, in the Sixth civil district,
and lying on the north bank of Wolf riTer
and beginning al P. Sherry's northeast Corner
on the east line Of Vim. MOntgemery's oees.
pant claim thence east "a poles to his scsth-
east corner on Beatty's west line; thence con
tinqing south, TO Wolf river; thence down.
Wolf river with its meanderings to p, SherrTs<
east line; thence with said east line north 81
poles 70 the beginning, containing loo acres.
Also that parcel OF land lying north and
near. the city of Memphis, known AZ ths
Southern 3 l6S-lOO acres of lots Nos "a and 81
Of the Weakley subdivision, and honnded os
follows: Beginning at the west side of tho
Randolph road on the line between the John
Rice grant an ! the r. L Weakley tract at the
southeast corner of lot No. "a OF said Weaklev
! tract, and running thence northwardly with.
the east line of said lot 5 6 100 chains to a
stake on the west line Of said road; thence.
/ west Is 5l-lW chains to the bank of Wolf
\ river; thence s0uthWardly with said hank
4 lO-lW chains to the south line of said Weak
ley tract; thence eastwardly with said south.
line IL 5l,l0 chains to the beginning.
! A'so lot No. s of Guion & Smiths subdi-
vision Of the eastern.part of country lot No.
5U2, said lot No. 8 beginning on the south line
of Court street. on A. ]. Whites east line and
running thence eastwardly with the south
line OF Court street 80 feet to a stake; thence
~southWardly at right angles with Court street
l4Sh feet to an alley; thence westWardly with
said alley SO feet to a stake thence north.
ward y on a straight line l48H feet to the be-
ginning.
Also lot No. % Of Cherry, Caldwell & Co.'s.
subdivision of the arsenal lot in country lot
No. SOL, said lot No. 2S beginning at the soutb-.
west corner of said lot No. % and running.
nearly north l4Sh feet to, an alley 16h feet
wide; thence With the south side Of said alley
nearly east $50 feet to the northeast corner Of
said lot; thence nearly south 1861 feet with
the west line Of Orleans street to the south
east corner of said lot; thence nearly west
with the north line Of Court street 1927 feet
to the beginning.
Also the lot beginning at the intersection Of
the north line Of Jefferson street with the west
line Of country lot No. COZ; thence south
Wardly with said west line to the southwest.
corner Of country lot No. 500; thence east
wardly on and with the southern line Of SAID
country lot 20-lM chains to the eastern line
Of lot No. 8 of Todd's subdivision of said
country lot; thence north 10 west on and with
said eastern line to the point where it would
intersect the northern line Of Jefferson street
If extended; thence north so west to the be-.
ginning, excepting the ground through said
let dedicated for opening Court street and TIC
alley between Court and Jefferson streets.
Titles believed good; abstracts furnished;
but l sell only as Trustee. Equity of redemp. ..
ton waived. W. X. POSITION, Trustee.
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