The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-08-30
Wednesday, the 10th Gay OF
September, A. o., 1896,
at Noon.


at Noon.
the following large and valuable traes
of timber land comprising almost the
entire county of Dare Except Roanoke
Island and a part of Durant's Island
and the Banks) and particularly de-
scribed as follows:
Beginning at the head of the north
prong of Long Shoal river, near tha
mouth of the Blount canal, at stone,
point located by survey of Green
leaf May, 1877, the dividing line be-
ween Hyde and Dare counties, thence
north eighty-seven $50 degrees west,
magnetic course in 1880 direcs
straight line to point on Endless Bay
on Alligator river at a large Juniper
post and marked trees; thence north
erly, binding the east shore of ALI
gator river, its various meanderingp~
to Briery Hall Point, at the mouth
of South Lake; thence northerly and
easterly course following the varioun
meanderings of South Lake and East
Lake to the Haul Over" at Abe
marie Sound, which thoroughfare sep.
arates Durant's Island from the main
land; thence southerly following the
various meanderingS of AlbemarlS
Sound to Caroon's Point, at the mouth
of Croatan Sound; thence southerlv
following the various meanderings OF
Croatan Sound to Sandy Point on
Pamlico Sound: thence binding tina
said sound. southerly and westerly to-
he mouth of Long Shoal river: thence
lOrtheTly up said river with its yarious-
courses to its head at the place OF be-
ginning excepting sO-<much of the
lands within said boundaries as are
included in the pollock survey" Of
900 acres, and so much of %. 632 acres-
previously granted as are not enumer--
ated in the deed oftrust from Melvin.
+. Warren, trustee, to James +. ChaFtg,
rustee, recorded in book ID" at page
ATS ct seq, Register of Deeds Office 0S
Dare county,; and excepting also,
those small tracts referred TO in SAID
deed of trust as having been conveyed
by the Eastern Carolina Land Lumber
and Manufacturing Company 10 +. F.
Brown by two deeds, recordstiain book
&C." at pages $50 and Sal, respectively,
and those within the boundaries as set
out in release deeds from the Eastern
Carolina Land, Lumber and Manutac~
turing Company to James Owens
Thomas Basnight, c. T. Greet. r. s.
Owens, Martin Greet, f. G. Rogers, NJ.
ID. Twiford, John A. Sawyer, l. j. Ed
wards, c L. Mann, recorded in book
C." and to Lemuel Basnight, recorded
in book "D." said Register of Deeds
Office for Dare county, included all
tracts within the boundary above seA.
out from whomsoever acquired with
the exceptions sated); also any and
all timber leases or rights and privi-
leges to cut all the pine timber on the
tracts of band as conveyed BY 3bfna---
gan Sander,in to Baird, Roper e. Co.,
by deed dater October 10th. 1895, re-
corded in book "a" page 276 Regis
ter OF Deeds office, Dare county, N. c..
The said tract contains, by estimation.
l67,555 acres, more or less, of, which
10000 acres are described in deed from
b. f. Sykes anu wife to J. L. Roper
Lumber Company, recorded in book
"a" at page ia ct seq, Register OF
Deeds Office of Dare county, and the
balance in deeds from various parties,
recorded in book "a" at pages ia,
1877, 1s9, 261, 277, 372, COS, 635 and 6s6,
and in book B. at pages 80, 100, 1922.
1914, said Register of Deeds office.
Also all the title and interest form
erly owned by the Eastern Carolina
Land, Lumber and Manufacturing
'ompany in all tracts or parcels of land
situated and being within Durant'r,
Island Dare county, supposed to con-
tain one thousand 10000 acres, more
or less
Also, all and singular the timber.
logs and lumber on said lands, here
ditaments and appurtenances there
unto belonging or in any wise apper~~
tanning, and the reversion and rever-
sions, remainder and remainders,r
rents. issues and profits thereof, and,
also, all the estate, right, title, interest,"
property, possession claim and de-
mand whatsoever, as well in law as in 4,
equity, of the said Melvin f. Warren,
trustee, in and to the same and every
part and parcel thereof.
All of thesaid premises, property
and rights are the same that were
conveyed to said James F. Chard. trus-
tee, by Melvin F. Warren, trustee, by -
Iced of trust. dated January 7th, 1895,
nd registered in book ID" at page ATS
ct seq, Register of Deeds Office OF
Dare county, and to said Warren, trus-
tee, by Prutlen and Busbee, commits
sioners, by deed. dated February 7th,
S94, recorded in book d. at page 3Os
ct seq, said Registers office.
The foregoing property contains
arge bodies of juniper and pine timber
md is one of the most valuable timber
tracts for numbering ever offered az
public sale in North Carolina. Plat
will be exhibited on the day of sale.
Terms, are Cash, of Which .
Thrs4 ThOusa nd Dollars
must be paid on day of sale and the
balance on the confirmation Of thS
'eport of sale.
For information address the com
missioner.
r. r. GRAY,
Commissioner, Raleigh, N. G.
July rs, 1896.