Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-05-20
NOTICE.
To All Whom it Man Concern.

ALI persons are hereby notified and
warned not to trespass upon nor cut nor
cause to be cut or removed, nor dispose of
any timber or mineral, from within the
survey or boundary line of a certain tract
of land, containing lone hundred and fifty
150, ooo) acres, lying principally
in the county of Mcdowell, state of West
Virginia and portions thereof in Tazewell
and Buchanan counties, Virginia, and
Wyoming county, West Virginia, and
known as Robert Pollard Grant and Pat
ent of March Goth, 1895, and otherwise
known as ''The Jaeger Tract" and D. Ii.
Hartman resurvey of 1S7I-72, and late sur
vey made by A. P. Sinnett, U. S. Survey
or, in 1892, by order of the U. S. Court
at Charleston, West Virginia, and de-
scribed in said patent and resuryey as
follows:
Beginning at "a locust and chestnuts,
on the top of ridge, between Abs Val
ley and Laurel, creek, branch of the
3luestone, Sin sight of Jonathan Smiths,
Esq.," Tazewell county Virginia; thence
north 20 degrees, west $50 poles to''three
red oaks" crossing Laurel cresk at go
poles, the Tazewell and Wyoming road at
at $50 poles the state line into Mcdowell
county, West Virginia, at $50 poles thence
to corner at $50 poles, thence north Is de.
grees, and $50 poles to "three white oaks
and q MAPLE" along the Henry Milan
ridge, crossing the road to said Milim's
several times, to the corner at $50 poles. q
Thence north "a degrees, west $50 poles
to ''two naples, Spanish. oak and hickory
Il - oil M ci1 Of ha
Jump Spur, crossing the Jump branch at
$50 poles, to the corner, "by path" at
$50 poles.
Thence north 10 degrees, east 9, 1850 poles
to "three white oaks and poplar" crossing
the dividing ridge the North Fork Of Tug
at 1850; Mill Creek, at l,16o, the South
Fork of Elkhorn at 2,l42 poles, crossing
the Ohio river extension of the Norfolk
and Western Railroad near the upper end
of the Huston coal and coke works, just
below the "Elkhorn," station crossing the
ridge between the South and North Forks
of Elkhorn at $500, and the North Fork
of Elkhorn at 1880 poles, to the corner,
"on the northeast side of the same" ga
poles above the mouth of Buzzard creek
on ElkhOrn).
Thence north 10 degrees, west $50 poles
to poplar and maple" crossing branch
at 900, another at $40 poles Buzzard creek
and mouth of Big Branch at 5S4 poles 677
poles above the mouth Of Buzzard creek
ION Elkhorn.l And several branches to the
corner at $50 poles.
Thence north So degrees, west 1,S40
poles to ga white oak and maple, crossing
the ridge between Elkhorn and Guy
andotte waters (being the county line
between Wyoming and Mcdowell, and
the head of Burke's Creek at Zoo poles
1856 poles above the mouth of Burke's
creek on the Elkhorn, along the northeast
side of said ridge, in the county of Wy
oming, to top of same, and county line,
crossing into Mcdowell county again at
$50 poles crossing a fork of Bottom creek
at l,o3o, another !, 432 poles. crossing the
ridge between Laurel and Browns creeks
at | $50 poles, thence to the corner, Lead
of Browns creek at 1910.
Thence South rs degrees, west1 ,92o poles
to "a walnut, hicory and poplar" crossing
Branch at 156, another at 440 poles,
crossing Browns creek at 1853 poles,
to top of the Indian Ridge, crossing the
Tazewell and Wyoming road at 9S9,
Fletcher Branch LIPS and 1.19o poles,
Lower Shannon Branch l 1856 poles, thence
1920 poles, to the corner, on Tug River,
below "Peter Rock" four miles below,
Welsh, the county seat Of of Mcdowell.
county.
Thence south % degrees, west 1850
poles to f'two poplars, walnut and sugar
tree" crossing Tug river, and Lick creek at
"a, branch of Tug at 24o and 420, anoth-
er 500 poles, branch ofSpice creek at
$40, and path on sane at $50, and Spice
creek at S9S poles, Badway branch at ! 1850
and Mudhole 1900 poles, down
Mudhole branch, to the corner on Clear
Fork (below the old "Bartley Rose
place." at l, 800 poles
Thence south 80 degrees, west 2
poles to "three white oaks" crossing
Bear branch at 120, Big branch at 40,
the ridge and head spring Of BARLEY creek
at 700 poles, Muley Fork of BARLEY at
l,2lo the road Fork at 1,43O, BARLEY
creek, 1,4oo, dry Fork at 1850, z miles
below Peryville,) Slate creek at 2,12O,
Yates branch at 1900, Little Mountain
and Paddle Fork at $3.50, John Hagea-
mans at 2,4oo poles, thence to the cor
ner, on branch of Bradshaw, at 1850,
poles.
Thence south 81 drgrees, east 9, 6oopoles
to station and pointer (near the head of
the Beach Fork crossing Laurel Fork of
Slate at $50. Mudlick at go poles and the
north side of the ridge between Slate and
Dismal creeks, waters of Louisa Fork of
Sandy, crossing the county, and State
line into Buchanan county Va, at $50
poles, through Buchanan to the county
line at 92o poles, thence along the ridge
touching the county line again at 1,S40
poles along the edge of Tazewell county,
Virginia, to county line at 2,o44 poles
thence along through Tazewell county,
Virginia, crossing Forks of Indian, waters
of Clinch river at 2, AGO, and $3.50, branch
of said Forks at 2,74o and 2,S4o poles,
Belcher's Ridge at 1850 poles, and crossing
Beech Fork at 8, 440, the left handbook or
Beech Fork and road at 8 $50 poles, to
station and pointers at 1900 poles, near
the head of Beech Fork Ill Tazewell
county Virginia.
Thence north "a degrees, east 1000
poles to the beginning, crossing the Dry
Fork at 5S2 Zone mile below Captain David
G. Savers Dicks creek at 1894, Dalton
Branch at l ,546, head of Jacobs Fork at
800 state unS dU ,5+Z, 1OIsSpeu cleeh ~
1 1852, right hand fork Of Horsepen at
9, $40, Old Camp branch at 2,S06, head of
Horsepen at 1924 poles, the county line
and ridge between the waters of Tug river
and Horsepen at 8, 41S, Tazewell G. H. anc
road at 3,S40 poles, thence tc
to the beginning corner at 1000 poles.
The following are the principal streams
and branches embraced within the boun-
Diary lines of said tract.
The Dry Fork, Tug river land head
spring of same) and the Elkhorn, with
their tributaries for over 20 odd miles. The
Clear Fork of Tug river for over three
miles, Laurel Creek, Indian Creek, Buz-
card, Bottom, Sand Lick, Mill, Spice,
Browns and Little Indian creek; Keewe,
Vols Big War, Farrenshe, Rockhouse,
Horsenen. Cucumber and Big creeks, with