The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-01-30


bond 81, lG7 IS, rs of January 23d, 1897.
II. S. TROUT,
c y. McHUGH,
ia I'd Trustees
COMMISSIONERS SALE.-BY v1R-
tue of q decree entered in the hustings
court OF the 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 ut public auction the following
property:
All that certain farm situated in the
county of Roanoke adjacent to the town
of Ninton, and described us follows:
Beginning ut Il stake on the west side
of II county road 20 feet east OF IL cabin,
thence south Is degrees and 40 minutes
west two hundred and siXty-niuc and
thirty three hundredths feet to Il stake
in II corner of an old rock fence, thence
south 63 degrees and 81 minutes east
twenty six hundred and forty and two
hundredths feet to II stake in II 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 IL east, six hundred and eighty
six and fifty four hundredths feet to II
stake in fence corner, thence south 1G
degrees ~ minutes east 1889 feet to IL
stake in fence Corner, thence north -
degrees 81 minutes east G02.9i feet to Il
stake in II fence corner, thence south -
degrees minutes east 101 SO feet to II
stake in Il fence corner near white onk,
thence south ! degrees 90 minutes west
l643.S feet to II stake near II small pine
near the Bedford road, thence south 63
degrees 80 minutes west J13. II feet west
to II large stone on the west side of Wolf
creek, thence north Al degrees % minutes
west 1908. 4 feet to Il stake in fence cor
ner, thence north IL degrees 1S minutes
east l92.9S feet to II stake in Bedford
ROAD, the following five courses: North Al
degrees 20 minutes west l9I % feet, north
Sc degrees AZ minutes west 1095.9 feet,
north 50 degrees 56 minutes west 69D9. 81
feet, south So degrees 30 minutes west
690. l6 feet. south &c degrees 4, minutes
west 1890 feet, thence leaving the road
south 6 degrees 10 minutes east 100. 61
feet to Il white oak, thence south 81 de-
grees 30 minutes west 2lT.1l feet To Il
black oak, thence north OF degrees IS
minutes west 1856 81 feet to chestnut
oak, thence north 20 degrees Oh minutes
east GS6.33 feet TO II stake near two white
oaks, thence north GO degrees ID minutes
west l2i. feet to u stake on west side
of II large white oak, thence north Is :le-
grees 81 minutes east S5S ~ feetto :, most
IL 4. 4.
grees POS east STD feet to II pest. thence
north 33 degrees / minute east IL 33
feet to post, thence north 81 degrees ~
minutes east IS fee t to II post at the end
of rock fence, thence north j6 degrees %
minutes east l5D.Oj feet To II stake on
north side of n county road thence north
) degrees minutes west Bob feet TO IL
stake in IN old white oak stump, thence
north 90 degrees l3 minutes east Oh
feet to il stone in branch, thence aorth 81
degrees II minutes east 1882 feet to II
stake in IL branch thence south CD dc.
.srceS 3O minutes east 962. 80 feet to IL
chestnut oak, thence south 80 degrees %
minutes east 361 feet TO beginning, con.
tanning two hundred and ninety-one and
twenty.eight hundredths (20l. 2S)
acres, as shown by recent survey made by
Wingate IL Hanckel, engineers, Roanoke,
Va, and being the same property for
mcrly owned hy w. y. Preston, deceased,
and which descended to G. |. and VI. l..
Preston, only surviving heirs'a law, and
equal shares, the whole OF the undivided
interest of the former &C. j. prestonl h;tv-
ing been conveyed to NJ. y. Preston by
deed dated the first day OF October 1879,
and recorded in deed book H." page iS5,
in the clerks office of Roanoke county
court.
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To be sold except the following described,
which embraces the residence, tive acres
more or less, and which was reserved ut
the time OF the conveyance from VI. =.
Pre- ston and wife 10 the Ninton Land and
Improvement Company and described as
follows: Beginning mt II point, the same
being the northeast corner OF Spring and
Tenth streets. thence with the east side
of Tenth street north II degrees > min
utes west G1.J5 feet TO IL point. thence
still with Tenth street north ) degrees 81
minutes east 2D2.S feet 10 the southeast
corner of Washington avenue and Tenth
street. thence with Washington avenue
south iG degrees 03 minutes east 51l %
feet TO the southwest corner of Washing
ton avenue and Eleventh street. thence
with the latter % degrees | minute west
il.jl feet To Spring street. thence with
the north side of same 313 degrees %
minutes west $50. IL feet To the begin.
ming. containing , Co acres. s
Block No. ,. Beginning ut IL point. the
same being the northeast corner ot
Washington avenue and Tenth street,
thence with Tenth street north , degrees
30 minutes east sol 80 feet TO II point on
the south side OF ali alley, thence with
said alley $40 degrees u minutes east
56,.S feet to Elevnth street, thence with