Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-07-06
COMMISSIONERS SALE.


cult Court of Fairfax County, Virgin
ia. rendered or the oath day Of jan
uary, 1911, in the Chancery cause
therin depending wherein David c.
Leech and James S. SwartZ, who sue,
etc. are complainauts, and the Land &
River Improvement Company Of New
Alexandria, ct ais. are defendants,
the under signed, who by said decree
were appointed Special Commission
ers to make sale OF the real estate
in the bill and proceedings in said
cause mentioned, will at twelve O.
cleck NJ. on Saturday the Sth day
of July, 1911, in front Of the Court
House of Fairfax County, Virginia,
offer for sale at public auction the
following real estate, TO wit; All
that tract or parcel of land situated
in Mt. Vernon District, in the County
Of Fairfax, State OF Virginia, on the
south bank OF Great Hunting Creek
and the west bank OF the Potomac
River, and bounded and described
as per survey and plat thereof dated
April 10, 1892, and recorded in Liber
n, No. 5, page 254 OF the land
records of Fairfax County, Virginia,
as follows; Beginning for the same
at q stake on the bank Of the Poto-
mac River below the Dixie, and at the
east end OF the South line OF the en-
tire tract; thence north ~ degree
So w. 1856 feet to line
stone on the edge of the marsh. and
continuing in the same course from
said line stone 24Gi.9 feet to the
centre OF the County road to Mt
Vernon 4 stone being planted in line
on the east side of said road thence
along the centre OF said road (stCneS
being planted at each angle and on
the East side Of said road N. l de-
gree S. w. HOP feet; n. degree
o. w. 1907 feet; n. II degree rs
W. 1856 feet; n. % degree 30 W.
1872 feet; y. 10 degree go w. 632
feet; n. degree Gla w. $500
feet; (the stone at this point being
On the west side of said road, thence
leaving the road N. SIS degree W.
1852 feet to 4 stone; thence y.
| 81 degree 40 e. 162S.S feet TO a
stone; thence n. 3 degree 05' w. and
along the East side Of the Neck Road,
3S27.2 feet TO stone; thence n.
81 degree 35' w. 9S3 4 feet to n
stone; thence n. degree 40 E li4. 4
feet to Il stone in the centre Of the
! road; thence n. II degree. 40 +.
1856 feet to stone in the centre
Of the road; thence along the centre
of the road N AZ degree 81 W. 1870
feet to a stone; thence n. % degree
| So Il. 34!.7 feet to a stone thence
4 N. degree 30 w. 72.S feet to a
stone: thence n Is degree &C. ".
aS7.7 feet to q stone; thence leaving
said Neck Road and with the line
OF the School House lot n. SO degree
9 e. feet to the centre of the Gravel
Road ca stone being planted on the
South side of said roaG) thence along
The centre of said road (Stones be-
ing planted at angles and on the
south side of said road) N. GA degree
So f. 401.5 feet; s. So degree %
e. 1905 feet N. SO degree h. 1892 It.
IN. IS degree 80 +. 69.S feet; \.
l59 degree IS E. 26T.4 feet; N. It
degree - f. 1882 feet; N II degree
So E. 22S.9 feet; n. II degree 10
lie. $50. 7 feet; thence leaving sale
I road 8. IS degree so E. 330.0 feet
to a stone; N 81 degree 40 l.. 1876
| feet to a stone; n. "A degree So L
1577.5 feet to stone; n. 2 degrees
100 W. 1853 feet TO 4 stone in th'
| centre OF the Branch: thence along
+! said branch N. AZ degree II L. 1877
l feet to a stone; n. 60 degree A.
| e. 1852 leet TO stone; N. Is degree
52S' f.. 14G. s feet To a stone; n. ~
degree 4 F.. $3.50 feet to the centre
i Of the Mount Vernon Road. stoni
| being planted in the West side OF
| said Road; thence along the centre
| of said Road n. degree 49, E. 401 {
feet TO a stone on the South side OF
the Gravel road, thence along the
IJ7' +. $500 feet to 4 stone on III,
edge OF Hunting Creek; thence along
he said Greek and the Potomac
River to the place OF beginning, con.
aiming l55O.76 acres of land. being
he same land conveyed by Clarence
Baker To Griffith Z. Abbot. by deed
Of December %, 1891; together with
all rights and appurtenances including
riparian rights and privileges, 10 the
same belonging, or in any wise ap
pertaining. Also, all that tract OF
parcel OF land situated in the Dis
trict and County Aforesaid, bounded
and described as follows; Beginning
at a point on the division line be
tween tracts c. and d and distant S.
Sc degree So w. so feet from the
North East corner Of tract c; thence
S. SO degree 30 T.. Gl1.l7 feet to the
long South boundary Of the 1O0G.4t
acre tract; thence along said bound.
airy N. 81 degree ~ w. 919.44 feet
TO the division line between tracts
C and D; and thence along said diyi
sion line n. Sc degree So +. csc. n
feet to - thinning, containing as.
IS acres OF land, together with ali
right - .-rr.tlenaceS to the same
belonging, or in any wise appertaih-
ing.
Excepting, however, the following
lots or parcels OF land, to wit;
Cd All that parcel Of land which
by deed dated July 20, 1892, record
ed in Liber n. No. 5, folio 1875 was
conveyed by Griffith Z. Abbot, Trust
&c, TO the Washington, Alexandria, g.
Mt Vernon Electric Railway Co, aS
a right Of way, etc in said deed par
ticularly mentioned and described by
metes and bounds. to when refer
ence is here made.
6DN All tboea two Ddrcal5 of land