The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-04-24
A Large Disposal Of Property.

y large number of the citizens of the
aware and Kent county, Md, We're attract
ed to Ell;ton, last Tuesday, by the sale OF
the real estate of the late George Davis, OF
Smyrna, Del, consisting of 800 acres OF
fine farming land in Sassatras Neck. The
lay was cool, and at the time of the COM
'nencement of the sale it was raining. For
his reason the sale was held in the Court
House, and began shortly after II o'clock
The bidding was spirited, and by about
o'clock Z. NJ, Mr.. Shockley, the auctioneer,
had disposed of all six of the farms, and
forty acres of woodland, for sums aggrega-
ting Sol ,22:i. y
The Wilson Farm was the first offered
This farm is located just north of the town
of Cecilton, and contains o0;: acres, i'm
proved by the necessary buildings. 1t was
purchased by Vim. H. Lockwood, of the
First district, for SIS,
The Price Farm containing 22S acres,
situated on the road leading from Cecilton
to Warwick, was next offered, and was pur-
chased by j. w. Davis, of Sassafras Neck,
for $1,000.
Bell Haven" containing 272 acres, on
Sassafras River, one-iourth acre of which
was reserved as wharf, was then offered
and disposed of to j. NJ. Butid of Sassafras
Neck, for $4,000.
The "Caulk Farm" on the Sassatras
River, containing 262 acres, ten of which
were set with peach trees, was the next
offered. 1t was purchased by Mrs Mary j.
Davis, widow OF deceased, for SO, 125.
The "Beasten Farm of 2O3 acres, Just
outside the corporate limits of Cecilton, was
purchased by Mrs. Elva Brown, of Smyrna,
daughter OF the deceased, for So. 800
Forty acres of woodland, on the road
leading from Cerilton TO Warwick, was then
offered, and purchased by Beni. j. Green,
near Warwick, for 81, 800.
The tract called "The Homestead or
WelinSton," was then offered 1t con-
tains $50 acres, and is one of the most beau
titul farms in the county, and is improved
by Il handsome brick mansion and Il COM
modious frame barn, and peach orchard
of fifty acres. 1t was purchased by Samuel
j. Hurlock, of Kent county, Md, for the
sum of ST., 300.
This is the largest sale of real estate that
has taken place in this county in many
years. and the prices realized were fully up
to the expectation of MeSsrS. Cruikshank 4
Writ, the attorneys and trustees, under
whose auspices the property was disposed
of.
At the conclusion of the above, the auc-
tioneer sold ST acres of land in the Fourth
district, OH the telegraph road, not far from
Fair Hill, the property Of Robert Scott and
others, for y. T. Biddie, Esq, attorney for
the owners, for 81 ,i05 Robert Lynch. pur-
chaser.
At , o'clock =. NJ, in the Court House
yard, by the same auctoneer, for VIM. S.
Evans, ESD, trustee, 6S acres of land, in
the 9th district, on the road leading from
Bay View to Battle Swamp, the property of
Edwin Barnes, to DR.. John T. Brown, for
$1,000.
On Wednesday, VIM. S. Evans, Esq, as
trustee, sold the Holland property, consist
ing of about % acres, in Cat Swamp, to
Joseph l.. Wells, for S655.
On the same day, A. =. Shockley, anc-
tioneer, for w. $. Evans, Esq, trustee, the
farm of the late Samuel Morrison, in the
Eighth district, containing I'll acres, to Mr..
Jacob L.. Tyson, for 81 Jos.