The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-01-29
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G n. McHUGH,
III til Trustees.
COMMISSIONERS SALE.-BY VIR.
tue OF decree entered in the hastings
court of tho city of Roanoke on the 9th
day of January, 1897, in the chancery
cause therein pending of 6. ID. Ferguson
against the Ninton 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 ut IL o'clock M, offer
for sale ut public auction the following
property:
All that certain farm situated in the
county of Roanoke adjacent to the town
of Ninton, and described rs follows:
Beginning ut stake on the west side
of II county road 20 feet east of a cabin,
thence south Is degrees and 40 minutes
west two hundred and sixty-ninc and
thirty three hundredths feet to stake
in corner Of an old rock fence, thence
south 63 degrees and 81 minutes east
twenty six hundred and forty and two
hundredths feet to n stake in Il fence COR
ner fifteen feet east Of II large red oak
tree, thence south two degrees and 81
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 n stake in fence corner,
thence south eleven minutes east south of
degree II east, six hundred and eighty.
Sin and fifty four h,indredths feet to n
stake in fence corner, thence south 16
degrees 36 minutes east 113. 90 feet to II
stake i'll fence corner, thence north 81
degrees ~ minutes east 602 81 feet To Il
stake in fence corner, thence south -
degrees minutes east i0l SO feet to Il
stake in Il fence corner near Il white oak,
thence south Z degrees 20 minutes west
l643.S feet to stake near Il small pine
near the Bedford road, thence south 90
degrees 40 minutes west 51314 feet west
to II large stone on the west side of Wolf
creek, thence north II degrees % minutes
west 1003.f feet to n stake in II fence cor
,ner, thence north 10 degrees lS minutes
east l92 rs feet to n stake in Bedford
ROAD, the following five courses: North III
degrees 20 minutes west 497. 50 feet, north
ST degrees II minutes west l095.0 feet
north 50 degrees 80 minutes west 5000. ia
feet, south 50 degrees 30 minutes west
690.46 feet south 76 degrees 4, minutes,
west % feet, thence leaving the road
south = degrees IL minutes east 1875. 50
feet to white oak, thence south 81 de-
Srees 80 minutes west 2l7.11 feet to IL
biNtN Otht JucuCG uOTlu ~ ucETDtS 40
minutes west S56.G7 feet to IL chestnut
oak, thence north 26 degrees 03 minutes
east GS6.32 feet to II stake near two white
oaks, thence north G. degrees ID minutes
west ! l2I. | feet to Il stake on west side
OF Il large white oak, thence north Is de-
greeS ~ minutes east sos % feet to n most
mt end nf rock fence, thence south go de.
grees POS east $40 feet To pest. thence
north 33 degrees | minute east 1T. 33
feet to post, thence north 81 degrees 81
minutes east 0S fee to II post mt the end
of rock fence, thence north Is degrees 33
minutes east l5D.O5 feet To stake on
north side of Il county road, thence north
= degrees minutes west 500 feet to u
stake in an old white oak stump, thence
north ~ degrees 43 minutes east 541.l
feet to stone in branch, thence north S3
degrees 10 minutes east 1852 feet to n
stake III IL branch thence south 60 de.
greeS 20 minutes east 2G2.99 feet to IL
chestnut onk, thence south II degrees 30
minutes east 367 feet to beginning, con-
tanning two hundred and ninety one and
twenty-eight one hundredths (391 2S)
acres, rs shown by recent survey made by
Wingate 81 Hanckel, engineers, Roanoke,
Va, and being the same property for
merry owned by w. =. Preston, deceased,
and which descended to G. I. and VI. i.
Preston, only surviving heirs at.lnw, and
equal shares, the whole of the undivided
interest of the former &C. j. Preston) hay
ing been conveyed to NJ. y. Preston by
deed dated the first day of October 1873,
and recorded in deed book IL page $50,
in the clerks Office of Roanoke county
court.
All Of the above described real estate Is
TO be 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 10 the Ninton Land ana
Improvement Company and described rs
follows: Beginning ut point, the same
being 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 n point, thence
still with Tenth street north D degree. b
minutes east 2D2 s feet TO the southeast
corner of Washington avenue and Tenth
street. thence with Washington avenue
south &c degrees 03 minutes east 81. %
feet To the southwest corner of Washing
ton avenue and Eleventh street, thence
with the latter 10 degrees | minute west
ll.jl feet to Spring street. thence with
the north side OF same J12 degrees -
minutes west $50. ID feet to the begin.
ming. containing $3.50 acres ~ -
Block No. ,. Beginning ut IL point, the
same being the northeast corner of
Washington avenuc and Tenth street,
thence with Tenth street north ) degrees
30 minutes east 39l.30 feet to point on
the south side OF iii alley, thence with
said alley SO degree, II minutes east
J6;. 5 feet to Elevntli street, thence with
the west side OF Eleventh street - de-
grees Oh minute west 3D4 10 feet 10 the
uOrthwc corner of WASHINGTON ovpnun