The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-09-07
Notice of Sale Of Bum Land
October 2, IGII.

Under and by virtue OF IN order
Of the Superior Court Of Halifax
county, made in the special proceed
ing entitled, w. 3 Dunn. Robert G..
Dunn, Mary ". Dunn and Rosa !.
Dunn VS.. AnGic V. Dunn. he same
being No.. upon tho special pro-
ceeding docket of sad court, the
undersigned commissioner will On
Monday, the second day OF October.
1911, at twelve o clock, noon, at the
court house door in Halifax, North
Carolina, offer for sale to the high
est bidder certain tracts Of lani
lying and being in Eniield township,
Halifax county, North Carolina, and
described as follows, to-wit:
First Tract-Adjoining the lands
of S. c.. Bellamy and others, begin
ming at the inside corner o. IN Old
dam and ditch. S Bellamy's corn =.
thence north S4l w 120 poles along
said ditch. said TO be Belamy's line;
thence continuing Bellany'5 line
along hedgeroW n 6Ji w 5S poles
to a large pine stump ac the head Of
ditch, said to be Josey's line; thence
N 5 + 101 poles to canal and dam,
said to be the lire; thence along the
dam and canal to its Junction with a
larger canal and dam; thence along
said canal to a large cypress tree
standing at q crossing Of q planta-
ton path; thence south l2} w "a
poles aud 10 links to the beginning,
and 50 poles along said dam from
the south side of the public road to
Enfield. containing 1867 acres; the
last distance, so poles, is given SO as
to locate the corner, known as the
Short Swamp place.
Second Tract Beginning at the
public road 10 Enfield az tie head OF
a dam, the corner of the Dunn aud
Tiilery tracts IN 3 B-ilaUy'5 Inc;
thence along sid dam $ l2W poles.
s w ii poles, S Ii + l8 pol, ard
10 links, S Is W 81 poles 10 the end
Of the dam; thence ) | 4 81 poles to
Dead Greek; thence along Dead
Creek 10 Fishing Cree< 10 a very
large drawf and knar,ed OAK staTd-
ing on the bank Of Fishing Creek at
a point where ii makes q sharp turn;
thence N 3 + - poles to the plblic
road to Enfield; thence along said
road to the beginning, containing
1872 acres, known as Washington
Whitehead Place.
Third Tract-Adjoning the lands
of DR.. O. G. Stallings, J. l. Fleming,
Mrs. D. NJ. Dunn and others, and
being known as the B. G. Dunn home
place, and said to contain $40 acres,
more or less; the said home place
being the property Of Wells Draugh-
on and willed by said DrauGhon TO
B. c.. Dunn and wife, Rosa p. Dunn,
for life and at their death to their
children. and being the place at
which b. c. Dunn and wife lived,
and being known in Enfield town
ship, Halifax county, as the b. G..
Dunn home place, and being situal-
ed on the old road leading from En-
field to Scotland Neck, known "a
Enfield road. The above property
being the property and all of same
devised by Wells Drauphon to Mrs.
Rosa P. Dunn for her life and then
to her children by will proba'ed
September "a. 1872, and recorded in
the office Of the clerk of the Superb
or Court OF Edgeconlbe county in
Will Book Volume Z, page 5G2, to
which reference is made.
Terms of sae-One third cash,
one third in six months and cne-
third in twelve months, deferred
payments to bear interest from date
of sale, and sale made subject to
confirmation by court
f. o. EVERETT,
Commissioner.
This 29th day of August. 1911.