The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-07-03
Sherif's Sale.
No. I5.595.

McAnnity & Bro, vs.. J. z. Ferguson.
BY virtue OF a venditionf exponas to ile
| directed from the Circuit Court Of Hartle-
! man county Tennessee, ut the March term
| thereof, 1879, l viii sell to the highest bid
/ der; for cash, at the Court House door, in
the town of Bolivar,
Saturday, July 9Th, 1879.
The defendants one-ffth undivided interest
| In and to the following described tracts OF
| land situate and lying in range and 8 sec
/ ton , of the 10th surveyors district IN the
| County of Hardeman, and State of Tenues-
see, bounded as follows, to-wit:
1st Tract: Beginning at stake with 2
| post oak and , hickory pointers the North
east corner of entry No. 957 for 200 acres in
the name of George w. Martin; on the
South boundary of entry No. 49, in the name
| OF ID. Pillars, for 500 acres, runs West Us
| poles to stake on said Pillars line on the
| Northeast corner Of the Camp Ground tract,
thence South 20 poles To a hickory, thence
| West AZ poles 20 a branch, thence North
with the meanders of the same rs poles to
| Pillars line, thence West 30 poles to a htck-
DRY, thence South 40 poles to a black jack;
thence East so poles 10 post oak, thence
South II poles to a stake on the South bOuns
Diary of Moses Foran's IS acre entry, thence
West poles to Il stake with black oak
and hickory pointers, thence East 50 4-lO
poles to a stake and black oak pointers,
thence South 90 poles to a post oak, thenc3
East 50 40 poles to a black oak, thence
North lbs poles to a black oak on the
South boundary of said Martins 200 acres,
thence East So poles to hickories with
black oak pointer, thence North 1868 poles
TO the beginning; containing by estimation
go acres more or less. 1t being tract OF
land conveyed bv deed of May 23rd, 1858,
by Richard FIeymt and others to Joel Fer
guson, which is of record in deed book an"
pages 292 and 293, in the Registers office Of
Hardeman county, Tennessee.
End Tract, Situated in range ), section .
of the 10th surveyors district, in the county
and State aforesaid, and is bounded as fol-
lows, to-wit: Beginning ut stake with 2
black jack pointers, 30 poles South OF the
Southwest corner OF entry No. 957, Tor poe
acres in the name of George Martin, runs
West l4O poles to a stake with a post oak
and black oak pointers, thence South ll9
poles TO 4 stake with oak pointers. The
Southwest corner of 800 acres conveyed by
Joel Ferguson to w. 4. Mask; thence
East with the South boundary of the same
40 poles to a stake in lis Southeast corner,
thence South 50 poles to a black jack, thence
E;st 80 poles to stake, Thence West 4
poles to stake at the Northwest corner OF
Moses Forau's IS acre tract, thence South 8
to a stake on POrter's line, thence South l /
poles TO the beginning; containing by esti-
nation 107 acres more or less, and being a
part of the tract of land conveyed by Sam
uel Lambert to Joel Ferguson, by deed of
date, November 9th, 1885.
Bird Tract, In same range, section, county
and State and is bounded as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at a chestnut sapling with red
oak and hickory pointers, the Southwest
corner of entry No 1854 Tor q acres runs
North 30 poles to post oak, thence West
90 poles to entry No. 100 for 234 acres, in
all 116 poles to a stake at a corner of entry
No, 1896, for S54 acres, in the name OF
Thos IIowells heirs, thence South IS poles
to a stake corner Of the same, thence
East lj5 poles to n stake a corner Of the
same, thence North 40 East 50 poles to a
red oak saplinS with post oak and hic&
orv pointers thence North % poles to a
stake on the South boundary OF the first
mentioned entry, thence West y poles to
the beginning; containing by estimation
SI3 acres, and was granted by the State of
Tennessee, by grant No. 1873 TO the said
Joel Ferguson. The interest here levied on !
is ]. p Fergusnn's undivided one fifth (l-5) |
of the remainder interest in the above de-
scribed three tracts of land, containing IN
the aggregate 45S4 acres after the death of
Mrs. Sarah Ann Ferguson, she having Il
life estate in the same, and Joel Ferg1s0n's
five children holding the remainder after
her death by provisions of his last will and
testament. Levied OH rs the property Of J.
2. Ferguson. This the 9TH day of january,
1879.
w W. FARLEY, Sheriff
June 18th. 1879.