The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-02-20
Special Commissioner
SALE OF
Valuable Realty.
United States Circuit Court Eastern
District Of Tennessee, North
ern Division.
Central Trust Company CT New York
Against East Tennessee Vir.
ginia &
Georgia Railway Company-Consoli
date Causes in Eqlity,
n, AK

No 957
Notice Is her, by gwen thaLin pprsu
ance OF a decree III this Cause made
and entered on the
9TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1896,
IT, the ,ncuit court of the United
st ties at Knoxville, Tennessee, |, the
subscriber, special ma, ter thereby
designated will on Thursday tie 18Th
day OF March, 1896, or the day to WI lch
| may adjourn such sale, ON the prop
erty at or near Wstauga, iorme y
Garter Station, between the hours of 9
and 4 o'clock p. M, Offer for rale upon
the terms and conditions hereinafter
set forth the following described prop
erty, towit:
A tract of land conveyed by John B
Rhea and John King 10 tie Ea,,
Tennessee, Virginia u Georgia railroad
company, living in Garter and Aash.
ington counties, Tennessee, on the
north side of Watauga river, bounded
MS follows; Beginning Oh a Spanish
oak, thence north so degrees, west 81
poles TO d hickory thence south A de-
grees, vest 70 poles to Spanish Oak
IN top Of ridge near the river ;thenct
sourh 70 degrees, west 20 poles TO D
stake at the river; thence down TIN
'ivtr with the meaders thereo So poee
o stake At the mouth of a hollow
md TN the river bank; thence dow
he river as it meandeIs to stake OF.
5 ephen's line thence with Stephen
me to Spsni,h Oak at Frank WI
JAMS corner; thence Is poles eas
with Williams line to stake on lh,
at side Of branch (his corner }
thence with said line north ST. east 12j
poles toa black pine (his corner }
hence with his line north 81 degree
est 81 poles to three pines and on
homss Gibson't line; thence north
3 degrees, east 1877 poles to a small
eckory, corner to Thomas Gibson
b nee with his line north 20 degrees,
vest 234 poles to stake thence north
l % poles to a sourwood; thence south
33 degrees, cast 200 poles to white
oak and pointers ON Isaac Lacy's line
on ridge near double springs thence
with the same south 2S5 poles to q
stake on Shippers line; thence south
rs west to the beginning; containing
l25 acres, more Or less. Registered in
Carter county, book R., page 254.
9.
A certain tract or parcel of land, con
We ed by A. II. Hodge ct al to the East
Tennessee, Virgins &Georgia railroad
company, situated IN the counties o.
Washington andSullivsn and bounded
follows Beginning at fallen Span
/ h oak on he north bank of Wataugs
yer. Glib on'a old corner thence with
dividing line between the heirs o.
ames Hodge and Samuel Hodge
orth 81 degrees, east 40 poles o tn
Up Of the ridge to marke ash
} Ell ce with the ton OF tie ridg north
&c degrees, east 20 poles; thence north
65 degr,,s, I A poles thence sultt
40 degrees, east A poles eas Is poles
thence north 46 gre east % poles
thence north 80 IL degrees, east II
poles ther ce nth Is degrees, east
pnles; thence norSh 46 degrees, cas-
26 poles; thence north IA degrees, cas-
Is poles 10 The f,len double lynn in 1
hollow, Humphreys corner; theme,
with Humphreys line south 78 de
grees, east l1S poles to his corner stake
thence with Humphreys line east &
poles to a small walnut in a hollow
thence south s degrees west SO poles
SCOTS and Lacy's ,ruer; thence YVES
with Lacy's llht so poles TO his corne
stake in the field thence with Lacy
line south 80 poles to white oak on
point of ridee near double spring
rorn'r, claimed by King thence nortl
SO degrees, west 200 poles to a sonr
wood thence south So poles to stalk
ON ell GIFTS n line; thence with tn
same north 70 degrees, Sc poles to TIL
ginning; containing 260 acres, NOR
or less. Registered in Washington
county, book Al, pages 299 and 295
Said traces Of land will fret be ofiei
de for sale separately and then as
whole, and the sale will be reporip
which b4lngs the highest aggrega
price. The sales will be made at pm
lie out ny on the property as afore~
to the highest bidder on cre,'i .
one and two years I will take tie
terest gearing notes of the re pvc'',
purchasers with good personal rcu'i
and will retain lien on each lot nm
tract for the purchase m new there,
For further information reference
made 10 said decree Of January 8 | 90
This the 18th dav If February, 'W
JOSHUA w CALDWELL
Special Mater.