Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-09-15
AUCTION SALES.

| ~ flhL LOE Or q OEED Ot LII GtS
~ from James h. Merweather and wife
dated the 9th day of January, 1897. of re.
cord in the clerks Office of the County Court
of Fairfax county, Va, in liber X, No 5, TO.
lilo 646. and being thereunto required by the
party secured thereby, 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 m..
on
SATURDAY,
the 30th day of September, 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 q stake in marsh
near Little Hunting creek st the 8. w. corner
of Sarah Young's west lot, and running
thence down said creek south twenty.nine
degrees and thirty minutes west three chains
to stake; thence south five degrees and fif-
teen minutes east five chains and forty links
to 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 light degrees east seven chains thence
south eighty-tive degrees east twenty-seven
chains and eighty links to the S. w. corner
of Sarah Young's lot; thence along said lot
line north three degrees west :wenty-nine
chains and sixty-eight links to John g. aud
Lewis foung's line thence along their line
due west to the place of beginning, contain
ing by estimation ninety acres of land, be the
same more or less.
Second: Beginning for the same at a store
buried in the ground twenty-one feet easterly
OF soft maple tree and running thence 5.
III W. thirteen y 3) chains ana thirty-eight
(3S) links to stake in the north line Of the
land lately owned hy Lewis Young thence
due east about twenty -four (24) chains snd
five (5) links to stone in the line corner of
said YOung's land 10 the other part of the
tract of land sold by Bailey to Lewis w.
Walker; thence with said Walkers line as
surveyed N. 120 E. nine (9) chains sixty
seven (67) links to stone at the western
post of gate corner to said Walkers land IN
the north line of said tract thence with said
line N. 790 W. to the place Of beginning,
containing twenty-one and three-eis hths
(21s) acres, more OF less.
PERSONAL PROPERTY work Horses,
Ellies and 1 Colt by ST Carolus = two
horse Wagons, one-horse Wagon, 1 Horse
Bake, 2 Mowers, 1 Reaper, / Carriage, /
Phaeton, ! Road Cart, and Furniture in
dwelling house on above described promises.
Terms OF Sale: Cash for the personal prop
erty; and as to tho real estate, for cash as to
the sum of $10,737. go, with interest from
June 5. 1899, on $40, 1854. part thereof
and as to the residue of the purchase money
upon credit OF six, twelve aud eighteen
months; the deferred payments to be evil
denced by the negotiable notes of the pur-
chaser. bearing interest from the day of sale;
the title to the property to be retained until
tho full payment of the purchase money.
Costs Of conveying the property to the pur-
chaser, including necessary United States
revenue stamps, to be borne by him.
FRANCIS L. SMITH, Trrs,oa.
CHARLES EARLY,