The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-12
Wednesday, the 10th Gay of
September, A. D.. 1896,
at Noon.

,he following large and valuable tracS
If timber land comprising almost the
ntire 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 the
mouth of the Blount canal, at a stone,
point located by survey Of Green
leaf May, 1877, the dividing line be-
ween Hyde and Dare counties, themes
north eighty-seVen (87) degrees west
magnetic course in 1795) a direct
straight line to point on Endless Bay
ON Alligator river at large Juniper
post and marked trees; thence north
erly, binding the east shore of Alli-
gator river, it's various meanderinga
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 Durants Island from the main
land; thence southerly following the
various meanderings of Albemaria
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
he mouth of Long Shoal river; themes
lortherly up said river with its various,
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 enumeF-
ated in the deed oftrust from Melvi1s
f. Warren, trustee, to James f. Chards
rustee, recorded in book 3D." at page
ATS ct sea-, Register of Deeds Office of
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 #. b.
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, Lumber and Manufac--
turing Company to James 0w9snR
Thomas Basnight, G. T. Greet, Il. s.
Owens, Martin Greet, f. G. Rogers, NJ.
d. Twiford, John A. Sawyer, [. J. Ed
~ -ds. G L. Mann, recorded in book
mi to Lemuel Basnight, recorded
sn6 3D." said Register of Deeds
luce tor Dare county, included all
tracts within the boundary above ser
out from whomsoever acquired with
the exceptions sated); also any ana
all timber leases or rights and priv,
leges to cut all the pine timber on the
tracts of land as conveyed by Trine-
gan Sanderlin to Baird, Roper & Co.
by deed dater October 10Th, 1895. re
corded in book GA" page PIG, Regis.
ter of Deeds Office, Dare county, n. c.
The said tract contains, by estimation,
167,555 acres, more or less, of which
$4,000 acres are described in deed from
B. f. Sykes ana wife to J. L. Roper
Lumber Company, recorded in book
"a" at page ia ct seq, Register or
Deeds office of Dare county, and the
balance in deeds from various parties, /.
recorded in book "A," at pages ia.
i27, 189, 261, 277, 372, sos, 635 and 500,
and in book 3d." at pages 90, 100, 1O2.
1914, said Register of Deeds office.
Also all the title and interest forrns
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 COM
tain one thousand (1,000l acres, morss
or less.
Also, all and singular the timbegs
logs and lumber on said lands, here
ditaments and appurtenances there.
unto belonging or in any wise apner~
tanning, and the reversion and reVer-
sions, remainder and remainderG,
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 I'm
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 9TH, 1898,
md registered in book SD, y at page ATS
ct seq, Register of Deeds Office OF
Dare county, and to said Warren, t1TuE.
tee, by Pruden and Busbee, commits
sioners, by deed, dated February 7th,
1874, recorded in book SD" at page 3OEo
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 aa
public sale in North Carolina. Plas
win be exhibited on the day of sale.
Terms, are Cash, of Which
Thre8 Thousand Dollars