Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-16
Local.
Trustees Sale.

Rf virtue Of the authority vested in me- By a
- certain decd Of trust, executed 10 me by
Peter and Laura Mitchell, on the -th day Of
January, 1874, to secure an indebtedness there
IN stated due TO Mrs. Belle Leach. which deed
is recorded in Registers Office Of Shelby coun-
w. Ienn.' IN book 49, page 1853, | will, on the
9TH OF February, 1850,
in front Of the DeSoto Bank building. No. %
M9dison street, Memphis, Tenn, expose to
sale at public cutlery, TO the highest bidder
for CASH the following described tracts of
land in Shelby county, Tenn, in the 18th civil
district Of said county; viz;
One certain tract or parcel, being a part Of
khe grant No; 1851, issued by the State of
Tennessee to William Persons for 1850 acres,
the said parcel containing about from lO5 to
ITO acres, and bounded and described as fol-
lows; Being bounded on the south by Noncon-
nan creek and on the west by the track Of the
mississippi and Tennessee railroad, and ON the
north by the lands Of William p. Mitchell and
hlcnard j Persons, and on the east BY tho
lands OF Richard j. Persons, being in the
northeast corner Of said 1850 acre grant.
Atsos one other piece or parcel, lying on the
west OF the above described tract Of los 10 il5
acres and immediately adjoining thereto be-
ing DIVIDED therefrom by the railroad track
aforesaid, and bounded on tho south by Nom
eonnah creek, bonded on the west by Horn
Lake road and on the north by the lands az
William p. Mitchell, and on the east by the
track of the Mississippi and Tennessee rail-
road, containing about 165 acres,
Also, one other piece or parcel, lying west
on the last above mentioned tract, and adjoin-
ing thereto and divided from the same nv tha
aforesaid Horn Lake roaG being bounded nm
the south by the N%onconnah creek, on the
west 6y the lands of William p. Mitchell and
MRS. W.lldDerger, the west line of the track
now being DESCRIBED being a part of the west
nne OF the lZoO acre grant aforesaid, and
bounded on the north by the lands Of VIM. p.
Mitchell, this north line being a part Of the
north line of said grant, containing about NJ
acres and being in the northwest corner of
said grant. -
Also, the following other piece or parcel NJ
land, t0-wit: The lands conveyed to William
Persons by Hugh Craft and u. r. Craft On
10Th OF January 1851, and registered in Regis
ters office of Shelby county, Tenn, in book
NO. pp gu and 7S9i being. lot Mo- 2, of section
No 4, OF township No l, of range No s west OF
the basis of meridian Of the Ohickasaw sur-
yeys, containing ITO acres, more or less. bnt
there is excepted out of this last tract n mart
containing about 10 $500 acres, and conveyed
by the said Peter Mitchell to W. C. Falkner
on the 18th day of July, 1859, and registered
IN Registers office of Shelby county in bsok
", page. SS, being lot No IA ofPeter MitcheIljs
suodlVlded tract; the tract herein conveyed
being about SO acres.
Also. one certain other tract or parcel o fland
lying IN said county or State, and known in
the survey of the Chickasaw session MS lots
Nos. l and 4. a part of section 4, township,
range s, west of the basis of meridian, heinz
the east halfof north division and CONTAINING
about 265aeres, and being the same tract cor.
yeyed to William Persons yMark Healey and
Benjamin d. Whitney, Trustees Of the Boston
and Mississippi Cotton Land Company, on Inc
18th day Of February, 1853, and Registered in
the Registers office of Shelby county, in book
IA, PIP. 42S and 429. ~ '0oN
Albright and equity Of redemption as we'll ms
allrights Of dower and homestead Of the wife
of said Peter Mitchell. the said Laura So
pressly waived in the deed oftrust. The title
Is believed to be perfect, but / only conyeya s
Trustee. I. X. FARNSW0RTH, Trustee.
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