Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-11-15
LEGAL.

LEGAL.
In Supreme Court at Jackson-caroline Far.
rabee, administrators. and BENJAMIN Y.
karrabee, Louisiana Treadwcll and VI. l.,
Treadwell, her husband, vs.. Marietta n,
Justice and N. j. Justice, her husband,
Mary l.. Crenshaw, Thomas b. Crenshaw,
jr., Merritt II. Crenshaw, Lucy II. Caldwell
and F. b. Crenshaw.
QY virtue of the decree pronounced in. thi.
ID cause by the Supreme Court O~fTennessee,
at Jackson, June 81, 1879, | will offer for sale,
70 the highest bidder, in front Of the court
house door of Shelby county in Memphis. on
Saturday, December 6th, 1879,
the several tracts of land mentioned and
described in said decree as follows
LIST. Jne tract Of lan in shelby county,
Ninth civil district, llth surveyors district.
on West creek, a branch Of Welt river, being
the homestead on which the said Thomas Is.
Crenshaw resided, beginning at a stake in the
road leading from the Memphis and SomeT-
vile to the Memphis and Macon road. ran.
ming by Morning Sun Church and Academy,
north 25%0 west 48 chains and 80 links to d
dogwood, with post oak and two black oak
pointers on the hill near the church; thence
west So chains TO a white oak, with sassafras
and dogwood pointers; thence south Is chains
and al links to an old black oak stump, with
two red oak pointers; thence east 2 chains 81
links to a little black gum with hickory point
ers, Barnes corner; thence south "a chains SS
links, with Barnes east line to a small sassa-
fras In corner of fence; thence west 80 chains
30 links to a stake across the branch, with
sweet gum and elm pointers; thence south.
west from the Clubhouse on a hill; thence
south % east, 70 Chains and 50 links 70 q
chains 10 links to a stake, on the north side
OF the road, with sweet gum and pOplar point.
ers: thence west II chains and TO links TO a
stake with two maple pointers; thence west
n north, to the MISUNDERSTANDING 96f
acres, being the same tract conveyed by
Thomas B: CrenshaT to Marietta b. tren.
shaw by decd dated August 10th, 1866, &C.
knowiedged August 18th, 1866, and recorded
in the registers office Of Shelby county.
"a. a tract Of land in the Eighth civil dis.
trlct,, llth surveyor district of Shelby coun-
w, tennessee, on LO0sa Hatchie river, on
both sides Of the river, and on both sides OF
the Memphis and Ohio railroad, about q
miles from Memphis and described as follows;
Beginning. at a stake so feet north of the cen
ter Of the Memphis and Ohio railroad, where
Matthew Edwards west line would cross the
railroad; thence north 7 chains 81 links TO 4
stake; thence south 8 links to q dogwood, west
links to a hickory; thence west l6 chains, {
links south Of q hickory, 3s links north of nm
elm; thence north Is chains 9 links TO a stake,
sFINNN NN.N - NAAtNo 10 AlnhN " ~ hIHhGs III
links north of a hickory marked III. b." on
the east side of a cypress pond; thence north
20 chains W links to a stake in a small branch,
with hickory and elm pointers; thence east Is
chains to a stake with two white oak and elm
pointers; thence south. % chains and % link,
to a stake, with sassafrus pointers: thence
east Il chains Sc links to a white oak marked
'E. IL thence Is chains rs links to n sweet
gum marked w. t." thence east q chain,
3 inks to a sweet gum marked "W IT,
thence south 81 chains 70 links to a hickory
a black gum marked NV. S. III" thence
north % chains 20 links to a stake, 50 feet
north from the center Of the Memphis and
Ohio railroad; thence south So west with said
road, n chains So links to the be~ginning-con.
tanning S0I S5-ltO acres, more or less, beinp
the same land conveyed by Thomas B. Cren
shaw to Mary L. Crenshaw by deed dated
August 10th, 1866; acknowledged August 18th,
1865, and recorded in book No. 81, pages 41(
and All of the registers Office OF Shelby
county.
Sd. A tract Of land in Ninth civil and l1th
surveyors district Of Shelby county, Tennes.
see, on the north side Of the Macon and Mem.
phis road and described as follows: Beginninr
at a stake with three red oak pointers, Mari.
eta b, Crenshaw's southwest corner; thence
south 10 chains65 links to a red oak marked
~ with three post oak pointers; thence east
with Whitehead's north line q chains 58Iink,
to a small holly with two post oak pointers.
thence south ~ chains 81 links to a stake, Il
links east Of a poplar; thence west 81 chain.
% links to a stake; with two red oak pointers;
thence south Is chains SO links to a stake
with pointers; thence west 49 chains to a black
oak; thence south "a chains 3 links to a hick.
DRY; thence east III chains IS links to a stake,
with poplar and persimmon pointers; thenct
north g, west % chains so links to an iron
stake in the field on the southwest from the
Clubhouse, Marietta b, CreLshaw's corner;
thence west with the south line 81 chains 81
links to the Notwithstanding 500 50-1U
ceres, more or less, being same tract conveyed
by Thomas B. Crenshaw to Thomas B. Cren-
shaw, jr., by deed dated August 10th, 1866,
and recorded in book SO, part 2, pages 4l2 and
4lS, register Office Of Shelby county.
4th. A tract Of land in Ninth civil and 18th
surveyors district, Shelby county, Tennessee,
on the waters of West creek, a branch d
Wolf river, and on the north side ofthe Mem.
phis and Macon road, and described as fol.
lows; Beginning at an iron bar on the hill In
the field southwest from the Clubhouse, beinq
Thomas y. Crenshaw, jr., and Marietta B,
Crenshaw's corner; thence south g., eastiwitb
Thomas B. Crenshaw, jr.is, line IS chains &
links to a stake in Thomas Aliens north line,
with Poplar and persimmOn pointers; thence
east 30 chalns, n links, crossing West
creek to a stake in Ecklin's west line, with
ash pointers, thence north 81 chains "a links,
to a sugar tree with elm and red bud pointers,
NAN AVA va wi VI o. ID L hlIlNhH lIIfl,
thence east S6 chains II links, to a stake with
hickory and black oak pointers; thence north
Z chains 20 links to o stake with dogwood
pointers marked "B V S." thence west 81
chains 621inks to a stake with two red oak
pointers thence north II chains to a red oak
marked "B V 5" with red oak and white oak
pointers; thence west 9 chains 9 links to a
stake in the corner Of fence with gum and two
red oak pointers; thence north 80 chains n
links to a stake with white oak pointers;
thence west q chains 16 links, TO a hiokory
marked Nv g Al" thence south 90 west q
claims 10 o stake with two white oak and
maple pointers; thence south 49, west i
chains so links to a stake in the slough, with
poplar, sweet gum and black gum pointers;
thence north So west, AZ chains so links, "a
the beginning, containing 692 5000 acres,
more or less and being same tract conveyed
shaw, by deed dated August 10th 1865, and
recorded In book 81 part 2 pages 413 and Ala
Registers Office OfShelby county.
9Th. Two certain tracts Of1and In 9Th and
9th lciyil and .1lth surveyors district on
the Memphls and Somerville road, and de.
scribed as follows; Hugh MeClelland tract,
beginning at the northwest corner Of a prosi.
dent and trustees tract, lying ip section B and
range 5; thence east with f.. G, Thurman, now
| VIM A, %Cronghaw's line, SO poles to stake, al
the corner of the aforementioned CraWley''
field, black oak and hickory paintorsI thence
! svAAh Wv ibANn W ~ nthhN WIN nulbN uhk anu
hickory pointers; thence west IS poles to O
stake, with three black oak pointers on the
west boundary line Of the said $40 acre tract
Of land; thence north 1856 poles to the begin
ming, containing 100 acres, more or less.
Also the II. b. S. Williams tract, beginning
at the northwest corner Of an original entry
in the name Of 7, NJ. Miller, now held bs
Moses Bolton, and passing west, Bolton
northeast corner, west with the same to the
lands Of John Bond, and north with Bond
line to the line Of c.. J. Berry's land; thence
east with his line 70 the west line of VIM. A,
Crenshaw's land, and south with the same tC
the beginning, containing 8IR acres, more Of
less, and being the same tracts of land con.
yeyed BY Thomas b. Crenshaw TO Lucy II.
Caldwell BY deed dated 10th August, 1856, and
recorded in Book No. 81, part 2, pages az
40 and 4l6, Registers office of Shelby oOun,
ty, Tennessee.
9th. Two certain tracts or parcels Of land
in the 9Th and 18th surveyors districts, Shelby
county, Tennessee, on the waters of WOlfriyer
about two miles from Germantown, and de.
i aarihnH na E.llnmes u NJ n.ll.uuaus N~.aN