The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-14

COMMISSIONERS SALE.-BY VIR-
tue OF decree entered in the hustingS
court of tho city of Roanoke on the 9th
day of January, 1897, in the chancery
cause therein pending of s. D. Ferguson
against the Ninton Land Improvement
Company and others will on MON
DAY, THE 18TH DAY OF FEBRJT-
AIRY. 1897, in front of the courthouse of
the city of Roanoke at IL O'Clock M, offer
Tor sale at public auction the following
property:
All that certain farm situated i'm the
county OF Roanoke adjacent to the town
OF Ninton, and described as follows:
Beginning at Il stake on the west side
OF IL county road 20 feet east of cabin.
thence south Is degrees and 40 minutes
west two hundred and sixty-nine and
thirty three hundredths feet to stake
in Il corner of an Old rock fence, thence
south Us degrees and 81 minutes east
twenty-siN hundred and forty and two
hunuredths feet to n stake in Il fence cor
ner fifteen feet east OF u large red OAK
tree, thence south two degrees ana "a
minutes east nine hundred and eleven aud
ninety'two hundredths feet TO two
stones, thence north eighty degrees and
twenty seven minutes east four hundred
and seventy three and siNty-four hun
uredths feet to Il stake in Il fence corner,
thence south eleven minutes east south OF
| degree II east, six hundred and eighty
six and fifty four hundredths feet to Il
stake III fence corner, thence south 10
degrees i6 minutes east 100 feet to Il
stake in fence corner, thence north =,
degrees ~ minutes east 81 feet to Il
stake i'll Il fence corner, thence south -
! degrees minutes east ,0t. So feet to Il
stake i'll fence corner near IL white oak
thence south degrees 30 minutes west
ltI5 y fppt n a - "a rs
near the Bedford road, thence south g.;
degrees Az minutes west 5l3.l4 feet west
To large stone on the west side of Volt
creek, thence north Al degrees % minutes
west 10O3.4 feet to Il stake in Il fence cor
| ner, thence north l. degrees Is minutes
east 2.9S feet to II stake in Bedford
roau, the following five courses: North as
degrees ~ minutes west 40759 feet, north
| ST degrees 4. minutes west 10959 feet.
north 50 degrees 56 minutes west 69D9. 81
| feet south So degrees so minutes west
6!'9.l6 feet. south - degrees II minutes,
west l23.29 feet, thence leaving the road
| south degrees II minutes east 1875 60
| feet TO white oak, thence south 81 de-
| grees 80 minutes west 21111 feet 10 a
black oak, thence north IS degrees rs
minutes west SJ6.G, feet to Il chestnut
OAK, thence north 26 degrees 03 minutes
| east GS6.32 feet TO II stake near two white
oaks, thence north ~ degrees 10 minutes
| west il2I. feet to II stake on west side
of large white oak, thence north IS lie
| greeS III minutes enst SIS. 90 feet to Il most
! at end nj rock fence, thence south 60 de-
Srees @OS east $40 feet to Il pest, thence
| north 81 degrees minute east 1T 90
| feet TO post, thence north 81 degrees ~
| minutes east d feet to Il rost ut the end
of rock fence, thence north..56 degrees .;
minutes east l0D.O5 feet TO II stake on
| north side of II county road, thence north
j degrees minutes west 353 feet to !,
stake III an old white oak stump, thence
| north 20 degrees H., minutes east SAT.
feet TO II stone in branch, thence north 81,
degrees ID minutes east 4SS.62 feet to II
stake,in branch thence south 60 de
| greeS ~ minutes east n62. 90 feet to "a,
chestnut oak, thence south a. degrees ;'J
| minutes east BOT feet to beginning con-
tanning two hundred ana ninety one and
twenty-eight one. hundredths (29l 2Sl
acres,as shown by II recent survey made by
| Wingate & Harckel, engineers, Roanoke.
| VA. and being the same property for
mcrly owned by w. i. Preston, deceased,
and which descended to &. |. and NJ +
Preston, only surviving heirsat law, and
| equal shares, the whole of the undivided
| interest of the former &C. j. Preston) hay
| ing been conveyed to NJ. u. Preston hy
| deed dated the first day OF October 1878.
and recorded in deed book Il" page lS5,
! in the clerks Office OF Roanoke county
| court
All OF the above described real estate =
To be sold except the following described
which embraces the rcsideLcc, live acres
more or less, and which was reserved Mt
| the time of the conveyance from NJ T.
Pre- ston and wife 10 the N-inton Land and
| improvement Company and described as
| follows: Beginning ut point, the same
| hclDg the north. east corner of Spring and
| Tenth streets. thence with the east side
of Tenth street north degrees . min
uteS west $3.50 feet to point, thence.
| still with Tenth street north ) degrees %
minutes east 2D2.S feet to the southeast
! corner of Washington avenue and Tenth
| street, thence with Washington avenue.
| south ~ degrees o3 minutes, east 57l.95
| feet TO the southwest corner of Washing
ton avenue and Eleventh street, thence
with the latter % degrees minute west
IDOL feet TO Spring street thence with
the north side of same 512 degrees %
| minutes west 1S6. ID feet To the begin.
| ming, containing , $50 acres.
| Block No .. Beginning at point, the.
| same being the northeast corner OF
Washington avenue and Tenth street
thence with Tenth street north degrees
30 minutes east 39l.30 feet 10 Il point on
! the south SIDE oil ali alley, thence with
said alley JIG degrees u minutes east
36'.S feet to Elevnth street, thence with
the west side OF Eleventh street % de-
! grccs u minute west 39l - feet 10 the
| northwest corner OF Washington avenue
! and Eleventh street, thence with Wash
| ington avenue north 16 degrees U3 min
| Gtes west Jlii feet to the beginning.
containing ! 0N acres; excepting also one
| % foot lot.conveyed To Giles Gum in 1891,
the deed TO which has been recorded in