The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-03

'u trustees.
COMMISSIONERS SALE.-BY VIR-
tue OF decree entered in the husting.
court of the city of Roanoke on the 9th
day OF January, 1897, in the chancerv
cause therein pending of s. ID. Ferguson
against the Ninton Land improvement
Company and others. will on MON
DAY, THE 18th DAY OF FEBRU-
AIRY. 1877, in front of the courthouse of
the city of Roanoke at II o'clock M, offer
Tor sale ut public auction the following
property:
All that certain farm situated ia the
county of Roanoke adjacent to the town
OF Ninton, and described as follows:
beglnning at Il 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-nine and
thirty three hundredths feet to II stake
in - corner of an old rock fence, thence
south 63 degrees and 81 minutes east
twenty-siN 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 n
minutes east niue 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 II stake in n fence corner.
thence south eleven minutes east south of
degree Il east, six hundred and eighty
SIX and fifty. four hundredths feet To II
stake III fence corner, thence south 16
degrees III minutes east 1850 feet 10 Il
stake III fence corner, thence north .,
degrees ~ minutes east zoe 81 feet 80 "A
stake in n fence corner, thence south -
degrees ! minutes east FOL. 50 feet to a
stake III fence corner near IL white OAK,
thence south degrees % minutes west
! 6l3.S feet to Il stake near IL small pine
near the Bedford road, thence south g.
degrees 40 minutes west 513. II feet west
TO II large stone on the west side of Wolf
creek, thence north ~ degrees % minutes
west 1OO3.4 feet To II stake in IL fence cor
ner, thence north ID degrees is minutes
east i32.9S feet TO Il stake in Bedford
roau, the following five courses: North AZ
degrees ~ minutes west 497. 80 feet, north
80 degrees IA minutes west 1889 feet,
north 50 degrees SO minutes west G999. 81
feet south 50 degrees 30 minutes west
G99 46 feet. south 76 degrees Il minutes,
west 1920 feet, thence leaving the -oad
south degrees II minutes east 1856
feet to white oak, thence south Sc de
grces 35 minutes west 21i.11 feet to Il
black oak, thence north j6 degrees rs
minutes west S56.61 feet to chestnut
oak, thence north &c degrees 03 minutes
east GS6.32 feet to u stake near two white
oaks, thence north G2 degrees 10 minutes
west ll2I.l feet to stake on west side
OF II large white oak, thence north !8 lie
Srees I minutes east 500. % feet to 4 most
mt end of rock fence, thence south 60 de-
grees POS east Si.1I5 feet to a post, thence
north 33 degrees | minute east 1913
feet TO "a post, thence north 81 degrees 24
minutes east W. feet to u post at the end
OF rock fence, thence north So degrees 81
minutes east 159.05 feet to stake on
north side OF II county road, thence north
degrees minutes west 353. | feet to a
stake in an old white oak stump thence
| north 90 degrees AZ minutes east 5t1.l
feet to II stone in branch, thence north s.,
degrees ID minutes east 4SS. 90 feet to a
stake III branch, thence south go lie.
grees 10 minutes east o63.99 feet TO "a
chestnut oak, thence south - degrees 80
minutes east 36I feet to beginning, CON
tanning two hundred and ninety-one and
twenty-eight one hun'iredths (29i2S)
acres, MS shown by IL recent survey made by
Wingate IL Hanckel, engineers, Roanoke.
Va, and being the same property for-
mcrly owned by w. p. Preston, deceased,
and which descended to c. l. and u. L.
Preston, only surviving hers.at.law. and
equal shares the whole OF the undivided
interest OF the former &C. i. Preston) hav-
ing been conveyed TO NJ. u. Preston bv
deed dated the first day of October 1873
and recorded in deed book - page lS5.
in the clerks Office of Roanoke county
court.
All of the above described real estate i
10 be sold except the following described,
which embraces the residcLce five 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 and
Inn -,
follows: Beginning ut II point, the same
being the northeast corner of Spring and
Tenth streets. thence with the eas, side.
of Tenth street north l. degrees ) min
utes west $3.50 feet To point thence
still with Tenth street north 3 degrees 30
minutes east 2D3.S feet to the southeast
corner of Washington avenue and Tenth
street, thence with Washington avenue
south i6 degrees o. minutes, east lgl
feet to the southwest corner of Washing
ton avenue and Eleventh street. thence
with the latter 81 degrees minute west
4l.Jl feet TO Spring street, thence with
the north side OF same J72 degrees %
minutes west $50. Ii feet 10 the Begin
ming, containing 1855 acres
BLOCK No. =. Beginning ut Il point, the
same being the northeast corner OF
Washington avenue and Tenth street
thence with Tenth street north ! degrees
30 minutes east ;i9l.30 feet to point on
the south side Of an alley, thence with
said alley sc degrees II minutes east
ob1.S feet to Elevnth street, thence with
the west side OF Eleventh street 81 de-
grees Ol minute west 3Gi. - feet to the
northwest corner OF WASHINGTON avenue
and Eleventh street, thence with Wash
inston avenue north rs degrees % min
utes west 5,4,A feet to the beginning.
containing 3.OS4 acres; excepting also one
ID foot lot.conveycd to Giles Gum in 1891.
the decd to which has been recorded in