Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-07-10
LAND sAlEs.
SUPREME COURT
LAND SALE
ID. Il. Benson, E.rt., rs. TF1lliom
Benson, ct aIs.

ID. Il. Benson, Ert., rs. Y7lliom
Benson, ct als. 70
RY virtue Of a decree Of the Honorable
~ supreme Court Of Tennessee, pronoun-
ced in the above entitled cause al its De-
cember term, 1873, / will sell at public ont
cry to the highest aud best bidder at the
court -house door in the town of Fayetse-
vile at II O'clock, NJ, on
Monday, august 4th, 1879,
certain tracts or parcels ofland, separately.
Said tracts designafed as follows:
Tract No. 1---Situated in ard civil dis
frict Of Lincoln county, Tennessee. on the
waiers OF Dukes creek and Flint river and
bounded as folIows:-Beginning al j. ID.
Bryanrs southeast corner, thence west
Jog poles TO John Corder's heirs northeast
corner, thence south 228 poles with Cordcr's
and Fleteher's east boundary line to Fetch
er's southeast corner, stake and chestnut
pointers, thence west so with FIetcher's
south boundary line, Prilanfs norfh-eatts
corner, thence south 100 poles 10 Priianfs
southeast corner, stake and gum point-
ers, thence east 2fO poles to a stake. ON
the Poseth west Boundary line OF 5000
acres, thence north with the line 4O8 poles
10 a stake on the south boundary line.
Of the Bray's, thence 6S poles west wills
the Bray's tract to BryanPs east bouB-
dairy line 10 astake, thence south go poles
with Bryanfs line TO The beginning. Coy
tanning
m Acres, More or Less Z
Tract No. Estimated in 3rd civil dis
trict Of Lincoln county ON the waters OF
Flint river, and bounded as folIows:-Be
ginning at the northwest corner on a hick-
DRY and post oak, IL being on the south
boundary line Of William Bensou's trae. Of
489 acres, thence east III poles TO red
oak with said William Benson's south boun
Diary line, thence south 100 to Edv Beas-
| ley's south west corner, a stake and red
oak pointer, on the north boundary line Of
Shephard's, thence west Ill poles to 2 small
fdOgwOods, with Shephard's line. thence
north 100 poles to the beginning. Con-
tanning HT
90 4cres, More or Less +!
Tract No. 3--Situated in civil distrie.
No % and bounded as foII0ws:-Besinnins
at a stake and pointers, south Is degrees
east 106 poles to white oak. thence north
80 degrees east 30 poles TO a stake. south
hl3 90 south IL poles to mulberry stump.
south 50 degrees east 20 poles 10 a chest
nut, south II degrees east 20 poles 10 a sour
wood, south 46 degrees east 26 poles 10 a
stake, east poles to Benson's corner. \
pblack gum, chestnut and hickory. thence
south ii poles to Leonard's northwest cor
ner, hickory, thence east l26 poles to a
dogwoOd and beech, thence south So de-
grees east % poles to a beech. one rod a
bove the spring IN the hollow, thence "A de-
grees east 10 poles to a stump in a field.
thence north 81 Il degrees west 80 poles 10
a beech, thence north 573{ degrees east 40
poles 10 a hickory standing in the west
boundary line Of the lands of George HuE-
ter, thence north 3 degrees east with his
/ line 1O15 poles to small red haw, with
! persimmOns for pointers, thence southwest
IL poles 10 a rock pile and blackberry and
red bud pointers, thence south liz degrees
west SO poles TO Benson's east boundary
line, small hickory, thence north lob
poles to a stake, thence north l3 degrees
west II poles TO a persimmon, thence
north 81 degrees west 20 poles 10 stake
and pointers, south "a poles TO a stake.
thence south l6 degrees east % poles to
a hickory, thence south 80 degrees west
e poles to a chestnut thence north 81
degrees west 40 poles 4, black gum,
thence north 76 degrees west 40 poles 10
a dOgwOod and hickory, north 40 degrees
west 80 poles 10 black walnut near the
spring, degrees west 81 to stake and
pointers, thence south poles to the begin
ming. Containing
200 Acres, More or Less
Tract No. 4-situated in 2srd civil
district, county Of Lincoln, on the waters
Of Flint river and bounded as follows
beginning at two small oaks in .Doison
Graham's west boundary line, thence south
So poles TO a stake and pointers, his corner,
thence east with his line log poles tOa stake
in Flu Tickets west boundary line, thence,
south with his lipe 80 poles TO a stake,
thence west l7Tl9 poles TO stake and
pointers, thence north l46 poles TO a stake,
thence east TIA poles TO the beginning.
Containing
I25 Acres, More or Less!
Tract No. 5-Situated in 3rd civil dis
trict of Lincoln county on the waters OF
Flint river and bounded as follows:-Be-
ginning al Eline Picks west boundary line.
William Benson's southeast, thence west
l77H poles TO stake and pointers TO W.
ID. BensOH's southwest corner, thence with
his line west 2S poles 10 a stake, thence
west l4S poles TO a stake on the west boun-
Diary line Of the 4S9 acre tract, thence south
l20 poles to The southwest corner Of the
1873 acre tract, east 3251S poles 20 Eliu
Picket's west boundary line to a stake,
thence north 90 poles TO the beginning.
Containing
220 heres, More or Less!
Tract No. G-Siiuated in Ord civil dis
trict Of Lincoln county and bounded as
follows = Beginning at j. ID. T3ryanfs
northwest corner, thence west 100 poles
with Bryanfs, kerchevaPs and Mercer's
south boundary line TO a stake on the
east boundary line Of kenegar, thence
south 100 poles with Renegar's east boun-
Diary iine 70 rock and pointers, thence east
100 poles with Carriers heirs north boun-
Diary line 10 stake On Bryant's south
west corner, thence north 50 poles to the
beginning. Containing
20 heres, More or,Less!
Tract Ne. 7-Situated in district No.
% Of Lincoln county on The waters of
Flint river and bounded as foIIows:-Be-
ginning at stake 20 poles north of w. d..
Benson's southwest corner, thence west
l4S poles 70 Mandy Stones north west cor
ner, thence north i2j poles 10 dead chest
nuts, thence east l4S poles TO w. ID. Ben
sons northwest corner TO a stake, thence.
south 100 poles with w. ID. BensOn's west
boundary line to Mary Stones corner the
Containing
rs -Acres, More or Less!
Terms Of sale - Cash.
w. n. COWDEN,
Supreme Court Clerk.
Nashville, June 18th, 1879.
june 2G-
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