Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-08-19

nut Oak, the White Oak was found
standing on the North brow of
ridge, and is 4 poles below the line
thence leaving said line and with
the division line between Lots Ia
and 15 South AZ degrees East 252.-
4S poles to a Red Oak and fallen
Red Oak on a side of a ridge after
crossing Stoney Run, the old marks
found on the bark of the fallen Red
Oak and several trees and witnesses
for saplings for witnesses; thence
South 2 degrees 5 minutes West
crossing Stoney Run near and be-
low the falls in the same at 33 poles,
continued whole distance POP poles
to Sugar and Beech on the East
bank of the South branch of StOney
Run about 1.50 poles below the
mouth of Galford's Salt Block Run;
thence South 25 degrees 80 minutes
East 1852 poles to a pile of stones
between a Sugar and dead Ash at
the foot of ridge on the East side
of the branch and three poles from
the East bank of the same; thence
South II degrees 30 minutes East
SO poles to near and below some
marked Chestnut, Chestnut Oak
and Hickory saplings on the top
of the the Big Butt, continued
and crossing Apple Tree Run at
10 poles, whole distance ZIG poles
to two Birch, Chestnut Oak and
Chestnut sapling on the West side
of the top of the mountain witness
ed by several other marked saplings,
Chestnut Oaks and Chestnuts called
for found fallen down, South 81 de-
grees 10 minutes East 1912 poles
to the top of the mountain contin-
ued II poles, whole distance 34.72
poles to two Red Oaks on the East
side of the top of the mountain,
another division corner of Lot No.
Is; thence 6 poles South of the top
of the mountain and with its mean
behring's to the beginning containing
/, 450 acres more or less, four-ffths
of which is hereby conveyed. The
parties of the first part except the
corner trees on said tract Of land.
A period of twenty years from
the 10th day of January, 1906, is
granted in which to remove said
timber at the end of which time
the lease may be extended at the
option of the party of the second
part by paying the sum of One
Hundred Dollars (S100.00) per an
mum until the timber is removed or
abandoned.
Free ingress, and egress and all
necessary right-of-way oyer said
land for the purpose of cutting and
removing the said timber, and right
to build slides, tram roads and rail-
roads on the said landfor that pur-
pose is hereby granted.
FIFTH: A tract of land situat-
ed on Allegheny Mountain in the
Counties of Highland. Virginia and
Pocahontas, West Virginia, adjoin-
ing the lands of j. r. Droney and
others, beginning at apple Of stones
in Birds hollow on the South bank
of the Run, witnessed by three
Beeches, one Ironwood and one
Maple corner of thelower mountain
and with the line of thesame North
81 1-2 degrees West 255 poles to
two White Oaks on top of Allie
gheny, witnessed by three Chest
nuts and near the Malcomb Path;
North 491 degrees West 234 poles
to a point on Middle ridge where
Red Oak once stood, now witness
ed by Red Oak and Chestnut; North
65 IA degees West 261 IA poles
to three small Red Oaks on the
West face of Rich Knob on the old
line and leaving said line North 3
degrees East 81 .5S poles to pile
of stones in a hollow, division cor
ner of Fleisher and Wades on Sla-
ven's line and passing a Red Oak
witnessed by three Red Oaks and
two Chestnuts, Baxter's corner at
1913, said piles of stones is witness
ed by three sugars, two Ironwoods
and Birch and with Fleisher and
Wades division line South 65 de-
grees East IT'S poles to Chestnut
on South face of Locust Knob;
South II ga degrees East 3S poles
to a locust on Locust Knob; South.
80 IA degrees East 1878 poles to
a Chestnut on Middle Ridge one
half pole East of true-line; South 65
degrees East AZ poles to stone in
the head of hollow, witnessed by
a locust and white thorn J pole
south to corner; south 55 ga de-
grees east 260 poles to a point on
top of mountain. witnessed by
gum and Spanish oak and chestnut
oak south 81 ga degrees east 3l7.6
poles to a red oak and three dog
woods on the east face of the ridge
near the head of the deep ravine on
the north side and on the eastern
line of the survey Wade and Flesh
er division corner and with the said
line south 81 34 degrees west 72.6
poles to the beginning, containing
$50 acres of which 1874 acres is in
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