The Tupelo journal., 1913-03-21
Notice Of Filing Of Petition for Oreari-
cation of the Drainage District to
be Known as "TOWn Creek
Drainage District No. g."
To ALL PERSONS INTERESTED:

drainage district to De known az
Crown Creek Drainage District No.
81. in Lee County, Mississippi, was
filed with the undersigned Clerk OF
the Chancery Court of said County OF
Lee. on this, the 3rd day OF March,
1913. and said petition is now on file
in the Office of the Clerk of the
Chancery Court of Lee County, Mis-
sissippi. The lands to be included in
said proposed drainage district are
bounded as follows
Commencing at a point on the East
aide of the old Town Creek Channel.
as the same is now located, at a point
975 feet North of the public levee on
the Tupelo and Fulton public road, and
running w. across said channel, thence
N. 68 d. W. 81 rods; thence N. 80 d. W.
10 rods. thence N. "a d. w. 81 RODS;
thence N. 10 d. E. 112 rods; thence N.
70 d. E. "a rods; thence N. Sc d. E. 62
rods. thence N. 16d. E. az rods; thence
N % d. w. 76 rods; thence W. 16 rods;
thence N. 80 d. w. "a rods; thence n.
60 d. w. 81 rods; to a point On the
West side of Sec. 29m T.. 8, re-. at a
noint "a rods S. of the N. w. corner OF
said section;
N. % d. w. 26 rods; thence N. AZ W.
II rods: thence N. II rods; thence N:
ID d. W. 8 rods; thence N. 81 d.. =. III
rods: thence N. 20 rods; thence n. 30
d. W. ~ rods; thence N. Sc d. w. 70
rods. thence N. SO d.. w. Is rods;
| thence N. As d. w. 76 rods; thence N.
| 60 d. w. 6 rods; thence N. 10 d. w. 10
rods: thence N. 35d. w. 16 rods; thence
n. 10 d. E. q rods; thence N. 8. d. E.
% rods: thence N. 33 d. W. 80 rods;
thence N. as d. w. IS rods; thence n.
40 rods to the N. w. corner OF the N.
F quarter of Sec. 10, T. 8. R. 6;
Thence E. along the section line to
the East side of the Old Town Creek
| channel or canal, as now Located, thence
| down the East side of said Old Town
| Creek channel, n canal, to N. line OF
| Sec. 90, T. 8. R. 6;
Thence E. to the N. r. corner OF
the n. w. quarter of said Sec. ~,
| thence s. to the S. E. corner OF the N.
| w. quarter of said Sec. 20; thence w.
to the East side of the Old Town Creek
| Channel, or Canal, as the same IS now
located; thence following the line OF
the East side of Old Town Creek Chan
mel. or Canal, to the point of beginning
of this description.
A description of said lands by sub
| division and ownership being as fol-
lows: u
No |: Commencing at the S. h.
| corner of proposed district. at a point
on the Old Town Creek Channel, as
now located, at a point 975 feet Norm
of the public levee on the Tupelo and
| Fulton Iublic road, and running thence
! North. 6S d. w. 81 rods; thence n: 81
d w. IS rods: thence N. "a d. W.. 81
rods. thence N. 10 d. E.. liz
| rods: thence N. 10 d. E. "a rods; thence
| N. Sc d. E. go rods: thence N. 10 d. Z.
42 rods: to the North line OF the 5.
half of Sec. 90, T. 9, r. 6. thence +.
to the East side of Old Town Creek
Channel as now located, thence follow,
mo down the East side of said Old
Town Creek Channel, to commence
ment point, same being part OF the n.
| W, quarter of Sec. 80, and part OF the
& W quarter of Sec. 20, all IN L. y.
R. 6. containing in all 1881 acres, and
being owned jointly by D: T. KUN,
| Mrs. D, P. Rolf and Geo. W. Rutt, all
resident citizens of Tupelo. Miss, SAID
| place being their present ~postotflce ad-
dress. n
No. 2: Commencing at the ). n
! corner of the N. w. quarter OF Sec. ~,
T. 9. r. 6, and running North to North
line of Section; thence w. to center OF
| Old Town Creek canal. or channel, as
now located; thence following the CEN
ter of said canal to South line of N. }
of said Section; thence E. to the start,
ing point, containing approximately z
acres and owned by M. A. Reese, a
resident citizen of Lee County, Mlssis-
sippi, and whose p~ostofflce aooress Is
Tupelo, Miss, R. F. D. East.
No. 3: Commencing at a point IN
the center of Old Town Creek channel
or canal, as is now located, n run
ming w. " rods: thence N. 70 q. w. 10
rods; thence W. 16 rods; thence n 81
d.. w. "a rods; thence N. 90 d. W. Il
rods: thence N. 40 d. w. 80 RODS;
thence N. % d. w. 26 rods; to Nortn
line of Sec. 80; thence E. to center OF
said Old Town Creek channel, or canal,
and thence following center or saio
channel down the same to the com
mencing point; there being in said de-
s~criptiop 1914 acres, and all being own
ed bv Miss Phoebe Green and Mrs.
Fannie Williams, both resident citizens
of Tupelo, Miss, the said place oelhgg
their postoffice address. from when
total however is to be deducted all ina
part of the above described land which
was sold by P. A Green to the Tqpele
Fertilizer Factory, as shown ny Deec
of Record in Book SO. page 629 OF the
Deed Records of Lee County, Mlssls,
ksippi. ii. e) that part of the same
which IS overfowed and included IN the
proposed district, and which said part
is fully described and set forth IN NO.
a, hereafter following, there being %
acres in said exception.
No. 4: Commencing at a point II
the center of Old Town Creek Channe
or canal, as now located, and running
w 72 rods for a beginning point
thence N. 81 rods; thence N. 60 d. w
so rods; thence s.. 4 rods; thence W.
rods: thence S. % d. E. 76 rods. to the
beginning point, containing st acres
andowned by theTupelo Fertilizer Fac
tory, a corporation organized under tn
laws of the State of Mississippi, who's
postoffice address is Tupelo, in salt
State.