Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-12-15
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

IfiE ONlIED SIAitS OE n AERICA
In the District Court of the United
States-FOr the Western District
of South Carolina.
THE UNITED STATES
Versus
a certain tract Of land containing
144.1i acres, more or less, situate
in Pulaski Township in the County
OF Oconee, in the State of South
Carolina, known as w. b. DOYLE
tract.
Notice that Application has Been
Made by The United States to Ac-
quire the Land Herein Described,
by Condemnation.
Pursuant to an order made by his
honor Joseph II. Johnson, United
States Judge for the Western District
Of South Carolina, on the 18th day of
November, A. d. 1915, notice is here
by published that application has
been made to the District Court Of
the United States for the Western
District of South Carolina, in behalf
of the United States, for the condem-
nation for the public use and purpose
of National Forest Reserve, of a GER
tain tract of land, owned or supposed
to be owned by Bruce Doyle and NJ. l..
Doyle, and an accurate description of
said tract Of land being as follows:
All and singular that tract of land
known as the w. B. Doyle tract, situ-
ate and lying in Pulaski Township,
Oconee County and State Of South
Caroljna, on the waters Of the Chat
tOoGu River, on both sides OF the pub
lie rohE ~ rweeH Clayton. Georgia, and
and Wa,Haiia, South Caroline. bound
ed Oh tHa north by laudaOf Jouu i.Qch-
Tle, on the east anu south by lands OF
JEFF Lee, and on the west by lands of
the Chattooga River Development
Company, heretofore said to contain
two hundred and eleven GID acres,
more or less, but containing one hun
dred and forty-four and 14-1OO
Q44.14 acres, circumscribed by q
line beginning at corner one, a twelve
inch Dersimmon marking corner COM
mon to lands of George Smith, blazed
and Scribed d l; thence y. $50 15'
E. with the line Of George Smith
along the boundary of a field 1850
chains to the woods; thence continu-
ing into the woods to corner two,
stake with witnesses; a corner COM
mon to the lands Of George Smith and
Gus Swofford and an oak post being
set in mound Of stones; thence to
corner three, a fourteen inch yellow
pine, marking corner common to the
II. JEFF Lee tract; thence n. 10 So
e. with the boundary of the r. jeff
Lee tract to corner four, a twenty
four inch yellow pine marking corner
common to the 7. Jeff Lee tract;
thence to corner five, post being set
in mound Of stones; thence with the
meanders Of an old trail, and the
boundary Of the 7. Jeff Lee tract in
northerly course to corner six, be-
ing also corner three OF the John
Lochrie "Grahl' tract and corner five
Of 7. Jeff Lee tract, an oak post being
set in mound of stones; on ridge;
thence n. $40 40' w. with the line
of the John Lochrie ''Grahl" tract to
corner seven, a stake in hollow, cor
ner common to lands Of J. f. Nevill,
post being set in mound OF stones:
thence n. $50 05' w. with an old
hacked line, the boundary of ]. f..
Nevills land to corner eight, an oak
post being set in a mound of stones;
thence to corner nine, an oak post be-
ing set in mound Of stones; thence
a mound Of stones; thence to corner
eleven, an oak post being set in a
mound Of stones; thence to corner
twelve, an oak post being set in a
mound Ot stones; thence to corner
thirteen, an oak post being set in a
mound OF stones; thence to corner
fourteen, an oak post being set in a
mound of stones; thence to corner
fifteen, an oak post being set in a
mound of stones; thence to corner
sixteen, an oak post being set in a
mound Of stones; thence to corner
seventeen, an oak post being set in
mound Of stones; thence to corner
eighteen, stake with witnesses, an
oak post being set in mound of
stones; thence to corner nineteen,
stake with witnesses, an oak post
being set In a mound of stones:
thence to corner twenty, center Of
the stream of Reedy Branch, an oak
post being set In mound of stones:
as witness corner on the bank Of
stream; thence with the meanders
Of Reedy Branch, continuing with
the line OF j. f. Nevill in an easterly
course to corner twenty-one. point,
in the center Of Reedy Branh, an oak
post being set on bank of stream as
witness corner; thence leaving
Reedy Branch, and with an old hack
ed line OF George Smiths to corner
twenty-five, an oak post being set in
mound Of stones; thence to the
place Of beginning.
All persons interested in said tract