Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-01-03
Tuesday, January 2s, 1878,

during legal hours, at the southern entrance
OF Court Square, Memphis, sell for cash nj.
public cutlery the property thereby conveyed
to-wit:
Several parcels Of land. all in Shelby coun-
ty, Tennessee, viz; The tract of land in
range ), section 2, in the Sixth civil district-
and lying ON the north bank Of Wolf river
and beginning at p. Sherry's northeast corner
on the east line of VIM. Montgemery's occu-
pant claim thence east "a poles to his South.
east corner on Beatty's west line; thence con-
tlnulng south. to Wolf river; thence down
Wolf river with its ~meanderings to P, Sherry's
east line: thence with said east line north 222
poles to the beginning. containing 100 acres.
Also that parcel of land lying north and
near, the city of Memphis. known as the
Southern 8 l66-l0O acres Of lots Nos. "a and So
OF the Weakley subdivision, and bounded as
teiiows:, Beginning at the west side Of the,
Rice grant and the r. i Weakley tract at the
southeast corner Of lot No. "a of said Weakley
tyaot, add running theucs nUrthWafdly with
the east line Of said lot 5 8 100 chains to q
stake on the west line Of said road; thence
west l6bl-lW chains TO- the bank of Wolf
river; thence sOuthWardly with said bank
4 lO-lOO chains 10 the south line of said Weak
ley tract; thence. eastwardly with said south
line Is 5l-l00 chains to the beginning.
Also lot No. 8 of Guion Il Smiths subdi-
vision Of the eastern.parts of country lot No.
5O2, said lot No. beginning on the south line,
Of COurt street, on A.. j. Whites east line and
running thence -~eastWardly with the south
line of Court street so feet TO a stake; thence
s%outhwardly 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 14Sh 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. % beginning at the south
west corner of said lot No. % and running
nearly north 1857 feet TO an alley 16% feet
wide; thence with the south side of said alley
nearly east S3h feet to the northeast corner Of
said lot; thence nearly south 1867 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 1897 feet
to the beginning.
Also the lot beginning at the intersection of
tho north line Of Jefferson street with the west
line of country lot No. SOP; thence SOUTH
wordly 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 2 2O-lul chains to the eastern line
OF lot No. 3 of TOdd'e subdivision of said
country lot; thence north IL 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
lot dedicated for opening Court street and the
alley between Court and Jefferson streets.
Titles believed good; abstracts furnished:
but | sell only as Trustee. Equity of redemp-
ton waived. W. X. P0STUN, Trustee,
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