The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-08-15
Wednesday, the 18th lay Of
September, a. D., 1896,
at Noon.

the following large and valuable tract
of timber land comprising almost the
entire county of Dare Except Roanoke
Island and part of Durants Island
and the Banks) and particularly de-
scribed as follows:
Beginning at the head of the north
prong of Long Shoal river, near the
mouth of the Blount canal, at a stone,
point located by survey of Green
leaf May, 1877, the dividing line be-
tween Hyde and Dare counties, thence
north eighty-seyen (57) degrees west,
magnetic course in 1850 a direct
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 meanderings
to Briery Hall Point, at the mouth
of South Lake; thence northerly and
easterly course following the various
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 Albemarle
Sound to CaroOn's Point, at the mouth
of Croatan Sound; thence southerly
following the various meanderings Of
Croatan Sound to Sandy Point on
PamlicO Sound; thence binding the
said sound, southerly and westerly to
the mouth of Long Shoal river; thence
northerly up said river with its various
courses to it's head at the place of be-
ginning Excepting so much of the
lands within said boundaries as are
included in the Pollock survey" OF
$500 acres, and so much of %, 632 acres
previously granted as are not enumer-
ated in the deed eftrust from Melvin
Il. Warren, trustee, to James f. Chard,
trustee, recorded in book "D," at page
AIS ct seq, Register of Deeds Office o.
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 to T. F.
Brown by two deeds, recorded in book
&C." at pages $50 and SAL, respectively,
| and those within the boundaries as set
| out in release deeds from the Eastern
Carolina Land, IAmber and Manufac-
turing Company to James Owens,
Thomas Basnight, G. 7. Greet, T. S.
Owens, Martin Greet, +. G.. Rogers, M.
d. Twiford, John A. Sawyer, /. J. Ed
wards, L. Mann, recorded in book
&C." and to Lemuel Basnight, recorded
| in book ID" said Register of Deeds
Office for Dare county, included all
| tracts within the boundary above set
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 land as conveyed by Trine-
| gan Sanderlin to Baird, Roper q 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,
1885 acres, more or less, of which
$4,000 acres are described in deed from
B. +. Sykes and wife to J. /. Roper
Lumber Company, recorded in book
ga" at page ia ct seq, Register of
Deeds office Of Dare county, and the
balance in deeds from various parties,
recorded in book ga" at pages ia,
1877, 189, 261, 277, 372, COS, 635 and 636,
and in book "B,'' at pages 90, 100, 1O2,
1914, said Register of Deeds office.
Also all the title and interest form
erly owned by the Eastern Carolina
Land, Lumber and Manufacturing
Company in all tracts or parcels of land
situated and being within Durant's
Island, Dare county, supposed to con-
tain one thousand (1,000) acres, mora
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-
sfons, remainder and remainders,
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
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 r. Warren, trustee, by
deed of trust, dated January 9TH, 1895,
nd registered in book "D," at page AIS
ct seq, Register of Deeds Office of
Dare county, and to said Warren, trus-
tee, by Pruden and Busbee, commits
sioners, by deed, dated February 18th,
1894 recorded in book d. at page 3OS
ct seq, said Registers Office.
The foregoing property contains
arge bodies of juniper and pine timber
and is one of the most valuable timber
tracts for numbering ever offered at
public sale in North Carolina. Plat
viii be exhibited on the day of sale.
Fern,e ara Caeh nF Which