The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-27
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COMMISSIONERS sALE.-BY v1R.


day of January, 1897, in the chancery
cause therein pending of {. ID. Ferguson
against the Vinton Land Improvement
Company and others. l will on MON
DAY, THE 18TH DAY OF FEBRU-
AIRY. 1897, in front Of the courthouse of
the city of Roanoke at ~ o'clock H., 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, aud described rs follows:
beginning ut n stake on the west side
of II county road 20 feet east OF "a cabin,
thence south 10 degrees and 40 minutes
west two hundred and siXty-nine and
thirty three hundredths feet to u stake
i'll corner Of an old rock fence, thence
south 63 degrees and 81 minutes east
twenty six hundred and forty and two
hundrcdths feet to u stake in u fence cor
ner fifteen feet east Of u large red oak
tree, thence south two degrees and ~
minutes east nine hundred and eleven and
ninety two hundredths feet 10 two
stones, thence north eighty degrees and
twenty seven minutes east four hundred
and sevcnty.threc and sixty-four hun.
dredths feet to II stake in II fence corner,
thence south eleven minutes east south of
degree IL east, six hundred ami eighty.
six and fifty four hundredths feet to II
stake i'll fence corner, thence south 1G
degrees st minutes east 90 feet To II
stake in fence corner, thence north -
degrees il minutes east 602.94 feet to Il
stake III fence corner, thence south -
degrees i minutes east 10l S3 feet to II
stake i'll fence corner near II white oak.
thence south degrees 20 minutes west
lbl3.S feet to u stake near II small pine
near the Bedford road, thence south 63
degrees 30 minutes west 5l3.lt feet west
to Il large stone on the west side of Wolf
creek, thence north III degrees ~ minutes
west l003.i feet to stake in u fence cor
ner, thence north II degrees is minutes
east 1888 feet to n stake in Bedford
road, the following five courses: North iG
degrees ~ minutes west .f9I % feet, north
ST degrees IA minutes ives; l09j.9 feet,
north 50 degrees 3G minutes west G9D9. I'll
feet, south So degrees so minutes west
699. iG feet, south 16 degrees IL minutes,
west 1920 feet, thence leaving the road
south degrees - minutes east 1866
feet to u white oak, thence sonth 81 de-
Srees 30 minutes west 2l1.1l feet to II
black oak, thence north I6 degrees IS
minutes west S56.G1 feet to II chestnut
OAK, thence north &c degrees Oh minutes
east 6SG.3 feet to II stake near two white
oaks, thence north GO degrees D minutes
west 1921. feet to II stake on west side
of IL large white oak, thence north Is de-
SreeS 81 minutes east SJS.2 feet To II most
ut end nt rock fence, thence south 60 de-
grees 2US east $40 feet To II post, thence
north 81 degrees minute east 1T1.33
feet to post thence north "a degrees "a
minutes east 90 feet to - post mt the end
of rock fence, thence north J6 degrees %
niiHutrs east lob % feet TO Il stake on
month side OF Il county road, thence north
) degrees minutes west BOB feet to Il
stake i'll an old white oak stump, thence
north 30 degrees AZ minutes east DILL
feet to u stone in branch, thence worth s.,
degrees 10 minutes east 1882 feet to IL
stake III !. branch, thence south 90 lie.
greeS 30 minutes east 262.99 feet to Il
chestnut oak, thence south a. degrees 20
minutes east 3GI feet to beginning, con-
tanning two hundred and ninety one AMI
twenty eight one-hundredths (a91. 2S)
acres, as shown by II recent survey made by
Wingate & Hanckel, engineers, Roanoke,
Va, and being the same property for
merly owned by W. Il. Preston, deceased,
and which descended to G. |. and NJ T.
Preston, only surviving heirs at-law, and
equal shares, the whole of the undivided
interest Of the former &C. j. Prestom hav-
ing been conveyed to NJ. y. Preston by
deed dated the first day OF October 1879,
and recorded i'll deed book a." page lS5,
in the clerks office OF Roanoke county
court
All of the above described real estate *
to be sold except the following described,
which embraces the resitleIc CT, live acres
more or less and which was reserved at
the time of the conveyance from NJ. L.
Pre- ston and wife 70 the Ninton land and
Improvements Company and described us
follows: Beginning at point, the same
being the northeast corner OF Spring and
Tenth streets thence with the east ,id.
of Tenth street north II degrees : min
ui"s west Gj.!j feet 10 ii point, thence
still with Tenth street nor;h degrees -
minutes east 2p2.S feet To the southeast
corner OF Washington avenue and Tcnth
street, thence with Washington avenue
south .G degrees 03 minutes east 111.gJ
feet TO the southwest corner OF Washing
ton avenue aud Eleventh street thence
with the latter % degrees minute west
i+.Jl feet To Spring street. thence with
the north side OF same 5,2 degrees -
minutes west $50. IL feet to the begin.
ming. containing > go acres - ~
Block No, , Beginning at Il point. the
same being the northeast corner of
Washington avenue and Tenth street,
thence with Tenth street north degrees
80 minutes east 81. 30 feet TO IL point on
the south side OF All alley, thence with
said alley l.6 degrees II minutes east
DIS feet 10 Elevnth street, thence with
the west side oil Eleventh street ~ de-
grees OF minnie west SOL - feet to the
northwest corner OF WASHINGTON avenue
and Eleventh street, thence with Wash
ington avenue north - degrees 03 min
utes west 1,l 81 feet to the beginning,
containing ~ Si acres; excepting also one
10 foot lotconvcyed to Giles Gunu in 1891,
the deed TO which has been recorded in
the clerks office OF the county court OF
Roanoke county to which reference j..