The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-02-02
Public Sale
Of the Property Of the Halifax
Land Company.

January. 1910, by The Halifax Land
Company, a corporation duly chart.
cred and organized under the Laws OF
the State OF North Cal Dina, end nav
ing it's principal Office i'll Tillery, III
Halifax County in said State, when
said Deed of Trust is duly recorded
in the Office OF the Rcgiste" OF DEEDS
for Halifax County in Book I'll ON
paees 1884 ct seq. | shall sell for cash
TO the highest bidder at public auction,
in the Town of Tillery, in the County
of Halifax and State OF North caro-
lima, on the 18th day OF February 9Il,
at ~ o'clock noon, all of the property
of every description set out and de-
scribed in said Deed of Trust, as FOL
lows, to wit:
A certain piece or parcel Of land,
known as the MCGEE tract, bounded
by the lands OF A. Garibaldi, those
OF Kitchin and Dunn. those OF the
heirs of T. R. Harris, the Baker land
and others and containing three nun
Gred acres more or less; another GER
tain tract of land known as the Mary
Ann Smith tract and containing three
hundred acres more or less; another
certain tract of land known as the
Clark tract and containing GIL acres,
less one acre sold off and described
in a deed from E. T. Clark to J.R. Till
cry, reristered in Book 81 page p, in
the office of the Register of Deeds OF
said Halifax County, the said Clark
tract embracing a tract known as the
Smallwood tract of All acres, the Pope
tract of 60 acres and the Tillery tract
of 80 acres; another tract OF land
known as the Kicks tract containing
'lO9 acres; another certain tract CT
land known as the Ravens Nest Or
Morgan tract, of $50 acres; another
certain tract of land known as the
Lewter tract of 235 acres; anothe-
certain tract of land known as the
Nash tract of 1873 acres; another GER
tain tract of land known as the Lew
ter tract of 954 acres, (subject to q
reservation of the cleared land Oh
the tract in a deed made by its fol-
mer owner, J. r. Tillery, registeTa
in said Registers Office in Book 81,
page 1850; another tract known as
the Richards tract OF 1870 acres; also
another tract Of land known as thc
Slash or Joyner tract containing
twelve hundred acres more or less;
also another tract OF land known a.
the Pope tract containing l16 acres !;
also another tract OF land known a.
the Spiers tract containing 265 acres !.
also another lot or parcel OF lana
situated in the said town OF TilleTi-
$50 feet 600 feet; another certal-:
tract of land in the said town OF Till i
ny containing seven and one hal
acres more or less; another certain
.ract of land known as the Westr,'
tract of 179 acres; another certain
tract of land known as the DAVIS
tracu containing $50 acres; anothe-
certain tract of land known as the
Devereux tract containing 500 acre
by estimation; another certain trac,
Of land adjoining the lands OF Mrs.
Delphia D. Sears and others con-
tanning $50 acres more or less, knOWi
IS the Bum tract; also another tracs
Of land known as Redmond tract con
aiming 450 acres more or less; an
other certain tract OF land OF 3U9
ores more Or less adjoining the land
4 John T. Lawrence, 0. G. StallingS
:. A. Camp and others and for parti-
culars of boundry of which see the
will of e: T.. Powell registered il said
Halifax County; another certain par
eel Or tract OF land en- Beech Swami
adjoining the lands Of O. C. Stall
ings, G. A. Camp and others contain
ing 100 acres more OF less known to
gether with the last mentioned trac,
Of 800 acres as the Asylum tract; and
for particular description and bound
airy OF each and all OF the aforesaid
and above mentioned tracts and par
cells OF land reference is hereby speci-
ally made to deed Ly Angus ]. Mac
Donald to the said North CAROLYN
Lumber Company and its successors
on the 4th Of April, 1898, and duly re
gistered in. the said Registers Office
in said County OF Halifax in Book TO-
p ct seq, and to the deeds refcrre;
20 therein; another certain tract o
land OF 1928 acres more 0" les, known
as the W. E. Harris tract, the sam,
which was conveyed by deed Of aait
a. J. Macdonald to the sail Norti
tered in book 1902, p II ~ said Regis
description OF it reference i
hereby made to the said last rlcr
tioned deed; another certain tract O
land known as the Mayo tract, O.
Kehukee Swamp, of 321 acres more O.
less, conveyed by Edward Alco5t b.
deed to the said North Carolina Lum
gistered in said Registers office il
book 81 at p Asa, and for full descrip
zion of the boundary CT said lands re
ference is hereby made to said dee'
and also to deed from r. H. Smith t.
J. N. Smith and also to q deed from
Noah Biggs and wife to said Alcot'
registered in Book 90, p 26S; anothe
certain tract of land containing 20
acres more or less conveyed in Ger
tain deed from George B. Curtis an
wife to the said North Carolina Lum
Der Company, which deed is duly re
s.istered in said Registers Office il
book 1874, p 34S, and for particula
description or boundary reference
hereby made to said deed; anothe
certain tract of land CT 200 acres con
veyed by c. c. Rountree and wife t
the said North Carolina Lumber Com
Iany by deed duly registered in sal
Jcegister's office in book 129, p 81, an
tor particulars of boundary referenc
5 hereby made to saiG deed; a certai
other tract of land of 40 acres cor
eyed by G. S. White to the sal
.!orth Carolina Lumber Company b
e led duly registered in said Register
:. flee in book 1902, IA and for a part
lar description of boundary refer
nee is hereby made to said deed
r nd, also by the same authority an
or the same considerations, all tn
rresent subsisting timber rights an
\ (. ivileges, and rights of way, in an
over the lands situated in said Halifa
County described in the followin
teeds:
I, A certain deed executed by Angr
T Macdonald to the North Carolir
J 1mber Company and its successor