The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-03-20
Wednesday, March %, 1908,

Wednesday, March 25, 1908,
at the court house door in Columbia
Tennessee, sell to the highest and bes
bidder, the following described iands
bounded and described as follows, 10
wit: =, N
Harris tract, situated in the 9TH CIV
District of Maury County, Tennessee
beginning at the II. e. corner OF the traci
being also the S. W. corner OF the amer
can Phosphate Co.'S. land; runnlns
thence $50 dgrs. e. Is 50 chains to tine
n. w. corner of the tract; thence $.
dgrs. w. % p chains; thence s. oil dgrs
e 5 Al CHAINS; therce s. . dgrs. W. D
chains; thence S. G6 dgrs. W. 3.62 chains
to the public road; thence with the pub
lie road n. s. dgrs. W. % chains; thence
n. "A dgrs. w. 675 chains; thence n.
dgrs 40 e. Il 81 chains TO the beginning
containing 5275 acres, see Minutes tt
May, 1901. at page 4l9, Chancery Court
Maury, Tenn, in case of w. w. gibbs
eft al VS. American Phosphate Co. ct ais.
Second tract-Known as part of the
IT. ]. Rea place. The whole tract de-
scribed as follows, to-w1t: Situated IN
the 18th Civil District of Maury County
Tenn, beginning at set stone III the
road, Gilbreath, Harris IL NICK ssack s
corner; thence S. dgrs. 3U e. 3l32 feet
TO q STAKE. H. WI
Harris W. boundary line; thence n. 81
dgrs. w. 1860 feet to sMurphy's corners
thence n. with Murphy's line 42O feet to
stake thence n. So dgrs. lV W. 2llO
feet to w, +. Benderman's S. e. corner;
thence n. 2 dgrs. e. 1868 feet to Mckfs-
sacks corner; thence with Mckissack, g
line 8. SO dgrs. AS e. 96l feet to set rock
with beech pointers; thence n. dgrs.
l3' e. 1855 feet to stake; thence S. 80
Il z
n. % dgrs. 4O' e. 74S feet: thence S. 81
dgrs. e. 1910 feet to the beginning con-
tanning by estimation 203X acres, from
which is excluded the following tract
or parcel of land, to-wit :-Beginning at
the n. e. corner of the tract on Marshall
McKissack's line, thence s. 40 dgrs. 10
W. Az As chains with the public road to
the 3. g. corner of the tract; thence n.
87dgrs. W. 2O.69 chains; thence n. . 80
CHI aims; thence n. S6H dgrs W. 1916
CHI rains to set stone; thence n. dgrs.
@. 25,37 chains; thence n. 1864 dgrs. W.
2 AZ chains to a set stone, McKissack's
corner; thence n. 81 dgrs. 9. 6.69 chains;
thence S. S5A dgrs. e. $50 chains; thence
n. 29A dgrs. e. 1888 chains; thence s. 81
dgrs g. 2Ss chains to the beginning
corner, containing 159 and fraction OF
an acre, being the same conveyed to M.
P. Harris, see decree 9TH May, 1901,
Chancery Court of Maury County, in
the cause of w. w. Gibbs, ct al VS.
American Phosphate Co. ct ais, leaving
about As acres to be sold.
But the mining rights and privileges
to mine and remove phosphate or other
minerals from the tract of l5S acres con-
viewed to M. P. Harris above described
with right of ingress and egress in ana
upon said lands for mining purposes,
and the right to lay such railroad tracks
upon and over said l5S acres conveyed
to said M. p. Harris as may be neces-
sary for the purpose of mining ana re-
moving the phosphate and other MIN
erals from said land, but such mining
and removal to be and with as little
injury as practicable to the land, and
to leave the land after said phosphate
and other minerals have been mined
and removed therefrom as near as
practicable in the same condition that III
now is, so that it shall be suitable for
farming purposes after the mining mas
terminated, will be sold. ,
Third tract-KnOwn as the w. j.
Eakin tract: A certain tract or parcel
of land living in the 18th Civil Distrlct
of Maury County, Tenn, and described
as follows: Beginning at stake In
Thomas Fosters south boundary line
l2h poles from the center of the old tall
race of the Klyce Mill; thence n. IL
dgrs. w. 1874 poles to stake; thence n:
S91% dgrs. w. 127 poles to the center OF
said mill race; thence n. q dgrs. w. IL
poles to the center of the creek; thence
with the meanders of same s. y dgfs. w:
2O.5 poles; 9. 80 dgrs. w. 10 poles to SAID
Fosters S. W. corner; thence with MS
line s. S9k dgrs. W. Az poles to the be-
ginning, containing five and three-quar-
ter acres. NV -
Fourth tract-Known as the w. ..
Fleming tract: Situated in the llth
Civil District of Maury County, Tenn,
on the waters of Big Bigby Creek and
bounded as follows: Beginning at a
stake in the north boundary line OF a.
]. Fleming's tract, some ten poles west
of the n e. corner of said Fleming tract;
thence west with said line l40 poles TO
beech and dog-wood, being the n. W.
corner of said Fleming tract; thence n.
with D. Y McKissack's line 20 poles to
his corner, a chestnut stump; thence W.
with McKissack's line 70 poles to
stake: thence n. with McKissack's line
so poles to stake. McKlssack ~
Howard's corner near mulberry
stump; thence n. 80 dgrs. e. 80 poles
with Towards line to a set stone;
thence e. with Howard IL Benderman's
line lSS poles to set rock thence $. ~
dgrs. e. about 10 poles to beech, the n.
W, corner of VIM. Gilbreath heirs tract;
thence s. with Gilbreath's line to the
beginning, containing l44H acres, more
or less.
Also the following lands in Lawrence
County, Tennessee: /.
Fifth tract-Being farm lot No. Of
the second division of the German
Catholic Homestead Assn. lands, situat-
ed in the 4th Civil District Of said
county, beginning at a stake with point
ers in the east line of farm lot No. 70;
thence g. 1874 poles to stake with point
ers in the II. w. corner OF farm lot NO.
II; thence south along the west line of
said farm lot No. II and also the west
line of farm lot No. IS, in all 1872 7-lO
poles to stake with pointers, the II. @.
corner of farm lot No. Z: thence west
along the north line of farm lot No.
1874 Is poles to stake with pointers In
the east line of farm lot No. "a; thence
north along the east line of said farm
lot No. "a and No. 70, 1872 % poles to the
place OF beginning, containing l60 acres,
more or less.
Sixth tract-Being farm lot No. 70 Of
the first division of the German Catholic
Homestead Assn. lands situated in
Civil District No. -, beginning on the
soul Oh boundary of Entry in the name
of N. p. Harding at post oak and
hickory; thence est with the same in
part and at about 100 poles crossing the
Lands ferry road, in all III poles to a
post oak; thence $. 100 2-5 poles to a
stake with pointers in the n. W. corner
of farm lot No. IA; thence Q. with the n.
boundary of same IT'S poles to the west