Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-09-30

Il marked sugar anu NHCo'huV WI
ner between said Ruckman's draft
tract and his 62.20 acre Gregory
Ridge tract DIETER "E''); thence
with said 362 20 acre tract, same
bearing $50 poles, whole distance
$50 poles, to point on the South
west bank of Erwin draft run. A
small double sugar bears South 20
degrees West 2S links. Two white
Eoaks a division corner between the
lands formerly owned by Leonard
and Benjamin Erwin, and also a
corner of lots Nos. IA and 10 miss
ing; thence with the division line
between said lots Nos. IA and 10
North % degrees West 724 poles,
EXTENDED distance) 122 poles
to two beeches and fallen ash in the
Erwin draft between the run and the
end of Piney point; thence with Ag-
mes Erwin's line N. 81 degrees Is
minutes w, .253 poles to asmallr red
oak, forked chestnut oak and small
locust on the top of a big ridge;
thence leaving said Agnes Erwin
with u. T. POOLS line, same bear
ing continued l72 poles to two red
oaks on the east side of the noun
tain near the top; thence leaving
said Pool and with the line of that
interest of Mrs. J. F. Patterson and
Others in lot No. 10, II poles to a
top of the mountain, continued 3d.
~ poles whole distance 459.72
poles to two birches, a chestnut oak
and chestnut sapling and several
other sapliEgs marked for witness
es, on the west side of the top OF
the mountain, chestnut oak and
chestnut called for fallen down,
North II degrees 80 minutes West,
crossing Apple Tree Run at LOG
poles, the top of the Big Butt near
and below some marked chestnuts,
chestnut oak and hickory saplings,
at 100 poles, continued whole dis
lance PIG poles to a pile of stone
between a sugar and dead ash at
the foot of a ridge and on the east
side of the South Branch of Stoney
Creek, and 3 poles from the east
bank of said run; thence North 25
degrees 80 minutes West 1928
poles to a sugar and beech on the
east side of said run and about l.50
poles below the mouth of Galford,s
Salt-block Run; thence North 2 de-
grees and 5 minutes East crossing
said Stoney run, crossing it again
at 169 poles near and below the
falls in same, continued, whole dis
lance 2O2 poles to red oak and
fallen red oak (old marks found-on
the bark of the fallen red oak and
a white oak now marked at the fall
en- red oak) and several trees mark
ed for witnesses on the south side
of ridge; thence North AZ degrees,
West crossing Stoney Run along
the side of ridge 252 .4S poles to a
point on Mrs. Mary E. Gums line.
Mote: The timber called for is
white oak and chestnut oak. The
white oak was found and is four
poles below Mrs. Gums line).
Thence leaving said lot No. Is and
with Mrs Gums lines and the lines
of lot No. Ia, North 20 degrees
West 80 poles to maple and gum
on the Northeast bank of Stoney
Run, after crossing it, thence north
Al degrees Is minutes West 1864
poles to a white oak and hickory at
the foot of hill, Jonas Kelley's
corner; thence south 81 degrees 20
minutes East Al 60 poles to stake
on top of the ridge, witnessed by a
dogwood bearing South SIS degrees
3 minutes East AZ links, and a white
oak bearing North 45 degrees West
% links, both having been previous
ly marked a corner; thence South
43 degrees 80 minutes East up the
north brow of said ridge A poles
to a chestnut oak and fallen white
oak on the north brow of said ridge
thence North SO degrees 80 minutes
East $50 poles to a fallen white
oak, an old corner, continued 1880
poles to white oak on a ridge,
corner between Joseph Kelley and
Fl. L. Taylor, continued 1880
poles to a red oak in hollow, cor
ner between J. L. and W. B. Hud-
son and with w. B. Hudson, con-
tinued IS poles, whole distance
129 20 poles to two white oaks on
the top of ridge witnessed by some
oak and chestnut saplings; thence
N. 81 degrees 80 minutes E. 81 poles
up the top of the ridge to a white
oak and hickory sapling. near a