Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-07-03
COMMISSIONERS SALE.


BY virtue of degree OF the Cir
cult Court Of Fairfax County, Virgin
ia, rendered on the 2ith day of Jam
uary, 1911, in the Chancery cause
therln depending wherein David c.
Leech and James S. Swartz, who sue,
etc. are complainants, and the Land Il
River Improvement Company Of New
Alexandria, ct ais. are defendants,
the under signed, who by said decree
We're 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, Stale 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
mac River below the Dixie, and at the
east end of the South line OF the en-
tire tract; thence north 7G degree
So W. 1855 feet TO line
stone on the edge Of the marsh, and
continuing in the same course from
laid line stone 2464.9 feet TO the !
centre OF the County road to Mt |
Vernon stone being planted i'll line |
on the east side of said road thence
along the centre OF said road (Stones |
being planted at each angle and OH
the East side OF said road) n l de-
gree So w. 1902 feet; n. degree
90 W. 1907 feet; N. II degree IS
w. 1856 feet; N. - degree % w.
1923 feet; n. Is degree 80 ". C32 |
feet; n. . degree G-R ". $50 |
feet; (lhe stone 1T this point being |
on the west side OF said road(. thence
leaving the road n. IS degree W.
1882 leet TO a stone; thence \.
81 degree 40 L. lG2S.S feet to q
stone; thence N. degree 05' w. and
along the East side Of the Neck Road,
3S27.3 feet to q stone; thence n.
81 degree 80 w. 9S3 6 feet to
stone; thence N. degree 40 L Ina
feet 10 q stone i'm the centre of the
road; thence N. II degree 40 L.
1886 feet to stone in the centre
OF the road; thence along the centre
of the road N ~ degree 81 W. 34a.n
| feet to a stone; thence N. % degree
SO T.. 3ll.7 feet to 4 stone thence
| n. 3 degree 23 w. 72.S feet to a
SIT feet TO stone; thence leaving
| said Neck Road and with the line
Of the School House lot y. 33 degree
. l.. feet TO the centre OF the Gravel
Road "a stone being planted on The
South side OF said road thence along
1.-The centre OF said road (stones be
ing planted at angles and on the
south side of sail ROAD H. Ga degree
i52' f. 401.5 feet; S. So degree 81
E. 330.5 feet n. 50 degree e. 1892 It.
~. 73 degree 49, l.. 69.3 feet; n.
l59 degree Is E. 1914 feet; N. Al
degree 10 Z. 1882 feet; N II degree
I33' z. $3.50 feet: N. II degree 10.
E. $50. Z feet; thence leaving sale
road s. IS degree so E. 5000 feel
to stone; N 81 degree 40 E. 1l9.C
feet to a stone; N. A degree So E
l577.5 feet to a stone; N. 9 degre"
leo w. 225.9 feet 10 a stone in the
centre of the Branch; thence along
lsaid branch n. Al degree II T. 1879
| frrt to q sl9nf; =. Ga degree x
T. lls.2 feet to stone; N. 60 degree
}2S' T.. lac s feet to stone; n. Is
degree 4 e. $3.50 feet to the centre
OF the Mount Vernon Road, stone
being planted In the West side o:
said Road; thence along the centre
Of said Road n. S degree As l.. 40l t
feet To stone on the South side oil
the Gravel road, thence along the
South side oil said road n. 7G degree
i07' T.. 5000 feet TO stone on the
edge or limiting Creek; thence along
the said Greek and the Potomac
River to the place Of beginning. con
tanning l550.7G acres Of land. being
The same land conveyed by Clarence
Baker 10 Griffith Il. Abbot, by deed
Of December 80, 1891; together with
all rights and appurtenances including
riparian rights and privileges, to the
same belonging. or in any wise ap-
! pertaining. Also, all that tract OF
parcel OF land situated in the Dis
Irict and County aforesaid, bounded
| and described as follows; Beginning
at a point on the division line be-
tween tracts G and d and distant ).
Sc degree IS w. so feet from The
| North East corner of tract c: thence
IS. 30 degree - T.. Gll.l7 feet to the
long South boundary OF the 10UG.41
acre tract; thence along said bound
airy N. 81 degree A. W. 91a.44 feet
10 the division line between tract
C and Z; and thence along said divi
sion line ~ sc degree So f.. CSC 4,
feet r: - l~-inning, containing AS
IS acres OF land, together with al:
Iigh... - ..rr..tcnaces to the same
| belonging, or iii any wise appertain
ing.
Excepting. however, the following
lots or parcels OF land, to wit;
(1) All that parcel of land which
by deed dated July "a, 1872. record
ed in Llhcr r, No. 3, folio 1916 was
conveyed by Griffith T.. Abbot, Trust
ee, TO the Washington, Alexandria, 4
Alt Vernon Electric Railway Co., a
right OF way. etc. in said deed par.
ticularly mentioned and described b!
metes and bounds, to which refer.
ence is here made.
ca All those two parcels of lane
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