The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-02
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LII I'd Trustees
COMMISSIONERS SALE.-BY VIR-
tue of Il decree entered in the musings
| court of tho city of Roanoke on the 9th
day of January, 1897, in the chancery
cause therein pending of :. ID. Ferguson
against the Vinton Land improvement
Company and others. | will on MON
DAY, THE 18TH DAY OF FEBRU-
AIRY. 1897, in front of the courthouse Of
the city of Roanoke at II o'clock m, offer
for sale at public auction the following
property:
All that certain farm situated in the
| county of Roanoke adjacent TO the town
of Ninton, and described as follows:
Beginning ut II stake on the west side
| of Il county road 20 feet east OF 4 cabin,
thence south - degrees and 40 minutes
west two hundred and siXty-ninc and
thirty three hundredths feet to II stake
in Il corner OF an old rock fence thence
south 63 degrees and 81 minutes east
twenty six hundred and forty and two
| hundredths feet to Il stake in Il fence cor
| ner fifteen feet east of Il large red oak
tree, thence south two degrees and ~
| minutes east nine hundred and eleven and
ninety two hundredths feet to two
stones, thence north eighty degrees and
twenty seven minutes east four hundred
! and seventy three and siXty-four hun
dredthS feet to IL stake in IL fence corner
thence south eleven minutes east south OF
degree | east, six hundred and eighty
six and fifty. four hundredths feet TO IL
stake i'll fence corner, thence south i6
degrees 36 minutes east 1890 feet to Il
stake in fence corner, thence north -
| degrees 81 minutes east 602. 81 feet to Il
stake in II fence corner, thence south -
degrees minutes east IOl.S3 feet to IL
stake in Il fence corner near II white oak,
thence south degrees 20 minutes west
| 1898 feet TO Il stake near II small pine
near the Bedford road, thence south Ga
degrees 40 minutes west 513.l4 feet west
| to Il large stone on the west side of Wolf
creek, thence north A degrees p minutes
| west 10O3.l feet to II stake in Il fence cor
ner thence north II degrees IS minutes
east .9S feet to Il stake in Bedford
| ROAD, the following five courses: North l6
| degrees 20 minutes west 491 % feet, north
ST degrees A minutes west 1889 feet,
north 50 degrees j6 minutes west $500 III
| feet, south 50 degrees 30 minutes west
| G99 iG feet. south G6 degrees AZ minutes,
west 1882 feet, thence leaving the road
south degrees II minutes east 1866
| feet to Il white oak, thence south 81 de-
| grees 30 minutes west 211.11 feet to IL
black oak, thence north rs degrees Is
minutes west S5G.6I feet to II chestnut
oak, thence north 26 degrees 03 minutes
east GS6. 32 feet 10 II stake near two white
oaks, thence north 81 degrees ID minutes
west ll2I.1 feet to IL stake on west side
of IL large white oak, thence north Is le-
| greeS "a minutes east SjS ~ feet To Il most
ut end of rock fence, thence south 90 de-
| grees POS east SID feet tn IL post, thence
! north 81 degrees | minute east III Is
! feet to IL post, thence north "a degrees ~
81 fpet I'm "A nt In
OF rock fence, thence north 56 degrees -
m rutrS east ljD.01 feet TO II stake on
| no!th side OF Il county roa,l thence north
! = degrees , minutes west BIB feet to Il
stake in an old white oak stump, thence
north ~ degrees IS minutes east SILL
! feet To Il stone in branch, thence north 81
degrees 10 minutes east ASS. 60 ieet to II
| stake in II branch, thence south 60 tie
| .:reeS 30 minutes east 2G2 90 feet to II
! chestnut oak, thence south - degrees 30
| minutes east sc, feet to beginning, CON
tanning two hundred and ninety one and
twenty eight one hundredths C191 2S)
acres, as shown by Il recent survey made by
| WinStte Y tlanckel, engineers, Roanoke
! Va. and being the same property for
mcrly owned by w. u. Preston, deceased
| and which descended to G. |. and NJ l.,
! Preston, only surviving hers.at-law, and
| equal shares, the whole OF the undivided
| interest of the former C. i. Prestom hav-
ing been conveyed TO NJ. u. Preston by
deed dated the first day ot October 1874.
and recorded in deed book ~ page 1876,
in the clerks Office of Roanoke county
| court
| All OF the above described real estate IS
to he sold except the following described,
which embraces the residence, live acres
more or less, and which was reserved at
the time OF the conveyance from NJ. p.
| Pre- ston and wife 20 the Ninton Land and
Improvement Company aud described as
| follows: beginning ut point, the same
| being the northeast corner of Spring and
| Tenth streets, thence with the east side
Of Tenth street north II degrees y min
uteS west $3.50 feet To point, thence
still with Tenth street north degrees 30
| minutes east DDS feet TO the southeast
, corner OF Washington avenue and Tenth
| street, thence with Washington avenue
| south az degrees 05 minutes east 81 %
| feet TO the southwest corner OF Washing
ton avenue and Eleventh street, thence
with the latter % degrees minute west
| ll.Jl feet to Spring street. thence with
! the north side of same j,2 degrees ~
minutes west lS6. - feet To the begin
ming, containing . 80 acres.
Block No. ,. Beginning at a point. the
| same being the northeast corner of
| Washington avenue and Tenth street,
| thence wth Tenth street north , degrees
- minutes east 81 80 feet To a point on
the SOUTH side of all alley, thence with
said alley $40 degrees u minutes east
49, 5 feet to Eleventh street, thence with
| the west side OF Eleventh street - de-
grees OF minute west 39 - feet 10 the
northwest corner OF Washington avenue
and Eleventh street. thence with Wash
| ington avenue north Is degrees OF min
utes west 5il ~ feet to the beginning,
| containing . 0S4 acres; excepting also one