Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-06-29
AUCTION SALES.
By 3. "a. Knox. Auctionaer.

DY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST
-O from James II. Meriweather and wife
dated the 9TH DAY of January, 1897. of re
cord in the clerks Office of the County Cour
of Fairfax county. Va, in liber x, No 5, fo
lilo GAG. and being thereunto required by the
party secured the eby, the undersigned, trus
tees in said deed, will offer for sale at public
auction, in front of the mansion on the prem
ises hereinafter described, at - O'Clock NJ,
on
SATURDAY,
the 18th day of July, 1899,
the following REAL ESTATE and PERSON.
AL PROPERTY; to wit:
ALL THOSE TWO CERTAIN PIECES
Or PARCELS OF LAND AND PREMISES,
situate, lying and being in the county of
Fairfax, and State of Virginia, bounded and
described as follows; to wit:
First. Beginning at stake in marsh
near Little Hunting creek at the 8. w. corner
of Sarah YouDg's west lot, and running
thence down said creek south twenty-nine
degrees and thirty minutes west three chains
to 4 stake; thence south five degrees and fif-
teen minutes east five chains and forty links
to a cluster of soft silver maple trees; thence
south forty.six degrees and thirty minutes
west fourteen chains and fifty links to ordi.
nary low wuter mark in the Potomac river;
thence south thirty.fve degrees east eight
chains and twenty eight links thence south
sixty eight degrees cast seven chains thence
south eigbty-6ve degrees east twenty.seven
chains and eighty links to the S. w. corner
of Sarah Young's lot ihonce along said lot
line north three degrees west .wenty.nine
chains and sixty. eight links to John q. and
Lewis Youug's line; thence along their line
1na ba ,io of ban ntoio
ing by estimation ninety acres of land, be the
same more or less.
Second Beginning for the same st store
buried in the ground t,venty-one feet essterly
OF soft maple tree and running thence s.
119 W. thirteen (13) chains and thirty-eight
(3S) links to stake in the north line Of the
land lately owned by Lewis Young thence
due east about tweniy-four (24) chains and
five (5) links to q stone in the line corner OF
sail Youpgs land 10 the other part Of the
tract of land sold by Bailey to Lewis W.
Walker; thence with said Walkers line as
N. 12o E. nine (9) chains sixty
seven (67) links to a stone at The western
post Of gate corner to said Walkers land in
the north line of said tract; tn, nee with said
line n. 79o W. to the place of beginning,
containing twenty-one and three-eig hths
(2l 81 acres, more OF less.
PERSONAL PROPERIY-3 Work Horses,
? two horse Wagons, 1 one-horse Wagon, l
Horse Rake, , Mowers, 1 Reaper, Carriage,
1 Phaeton, l Road Cart, and Furniture in
dwelling house on above described premises,
Terms of sale: Cash for the personal prop
erty; and as to the real estate, for cash as TO
the sum of S1O.737 so, with interest from
June 5, 1899, on $1O,1s5. .84, part thereof ;
and as to the residue of the purchase money
upon credit Of six, twelve and eighteen |
the deferred payments to be evil |
ienced by the negotiable notes of the pur-
chaser, bearing interest from the day Of sale;
he title to the property to be retained until
the full payment of the purchase money. |
Costs Of conveying the property to the pur-
chaser, including necessary United Ststes |
revenue stamps, to be borne by him.
FRANCIS L SMITH, Trr.too,
CHARLES EARLY,