The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-06

III. -. IkOUI,
G.. ~. NTcHUGH,
II III Trustees
COMMISSIONERS SALE.-BY VIR-
tue OF decree entered in the busting.
court OF the city of Roanoke on the 9th
day OF January, 1897, in the chancery
cause therein pending of s d. Ferguson
against the Vinton Land Improvement
Company and others. / will on MON
DAY, THE 18TH DAY OF FEBRU-
ARI. 1897, i'll 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 u stake on the west side
of u county road 20 feet east of cabin,
thence south 10 degrees and 40 minutes
west two hundred and sixty -nine and
thirty three hundredths feet to a stake
in ~ corner of an old rock fence, thence
south G3 degrees and 81 minutes east
twenty-s six hundred and forty and two
hundredths feet to stake in a fence cor
ner fifteen feet east Of a large red oak
tree, thence south two degrees aud "a
minutes east nine hundred and eleven and
ninety two hundredthS feet to two
stones, thence north eighty degrees aud
twenty seven minutes east four hundred
and seyenty.three and siXty-four hum
dredths feet to II stake in fence corner,
thence south eleven minutes east south of
degree IL east, six hundred and eighty.
six and fifty four hundredths feet to IA
stake i'll fence corner, thence south 10
degrees 3G minutes east 80 feet to n
stake III fence corner. thence north -
degrees 81 minutes east "a feet to a
stake in fence corner, thence south 20
degrees ! minutes east 10l 50 feet to a
stake in fence corner near II white oak
thence south degrees 20 minutes west
1888 feet to II stake near small pine
near the Bedford road, thence south IS
degrees 40 minutes west 513.14 feet west
to large stone on the west side of Wolf
creek, thence north A degrees % minutes
west 1003.4 feet to II stake in Il fence cor
ner, thence north II degrees Is minutes
east 1928 feet to stake in Bedford
ROAD, the following five courses: North 46
degrees 20 minutes west 491 80 feet, north
81 degrees II minutes west 1889 feet,
north 50 degrees sc minutes west 5000. Ga
feet, south 50 degrees 80 minutes west
6D9. 46 feet. south Is degrees Al minutes.
west 1920 feet, thence leaving the road
south degrees Is minutes east 1860
feet to white oak, thence south 81 de-
grees 30 minutes west PILL feet to
| black oak, thence north Is degrees IS
minutes west S56.61 feet to II chestnut
oak, thence north &c degrees 03 minutes
| east GS6,32 feet co a stake near two white
oaks, thence north &c degrees 10 minutes
west ll21.l feet to Il stake on west side
| of II large white oak, thence north IS de-
| grees IA minutes east SJS.22 feet to Il most
at end nf rock fence, thence south 60 de-
| Srees POS east $40 feet to II pest, thence
north 80 degrees minute east 17733
| feet to post, thence north 81 degrees ~
minutes east IS feet TO Il post mt the end
| OF rock fence, thence north J6 degrees -
minutes east LOB. 00.feet to stake on
north side of n county road, thence north
3 degrees D minutes west 800. feet to /,
stake i'll an old white oak stump, thence
north 29 degrees AZ minutes east sill L
feet TO Il stone in branch, thence north 81
| degrees 10 minutes east 4SS.G2 feet to I,
| stake in II branch, thence south 60 de.
| greeS 80 minutes east 2G2.99' feet to Il
| chestnut oak thence south ~ degrees 35
minutes east sc, feet to beginning, con
| tanning two hundred and ninety one and
| twenty -eight one. hurhredths (99l PSI
acres, rs shown by n recent survey made by
| Wingatc X llanckel, engineers, Roanoke,
VA, and being the same property for
mcrly owned by w. =. Preston, deceased,
aud which descended to c. l. and VI. l.
/ Preston, only surviving heirs at law, and
! ttlNi'tl SIttFcS, iilS WnOIt III lnc unulVluet
| interest of the former &C. j. preston) hay
| ins; been conveyed TO NJ. u. Preston bv
deed dated the first day OF October 1879;
and recorded in deed book ~ page lS5.
| in the clerk, Office OF Roanoke county
I court
All OF the above described real estate j.
| TO be sold except the following described,
which embraces the residence, live acre,
more or less, and which was reserved NJ
. the time of the conveyance from NJ. T.
| Pre- ston and wife 20 the Ninton Land and
Improvement Company and described as
follows; Beginning ut Il point, the same
| being the northeast corner of Spring and
| Tenth streets, themes with the east side
of Tenth street north Il degrees ! min
| utes west $3.50 feet 10 II point, thence
| still with Tenth street north > degrees 81
! minutes east 2D9.S feet to the southeast
| corner OF Washington avenue and Tenth
street, thence with Washington avenue
| south ,G degrees Oh minutes, east 81 10
| feet to the southwest corner of Washing
! ton avenue and Eleventh street, thence
with the latter 30 degrees minute west
| ADJ feet TO Spring street. thence with
the north side OF same 5,9 degrees 30
! minutes west 1S6 IL feet to the begin.
ming, containing , G3o acres.
Block No. ,. Beginning at a point, the
same being the northeast corner Of
Washington avenue and Tenth street,
| thence with Tenth street north , degrees
| 50 minutes east 39l.3O feet to II point on
the south side of ali ,llcv, thence with
said alley SIC degrees y minutes east
j6i. 5 feet To ELEVENTH. street, thence with
the west side OF Eleventh street - de-
grees 0l minute west 39t. - feet to the
| northwest corner OF WASHINGTON avenue
| and Eleventh street, thence with Wash
| ington avenue north i6 degrees 03 min