Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1915-02-25
Saturday, March 20, 1915

in front of the Courthouse door in the
town of Jasper. will sell to the hign,
est bidder the following described
tracts of land, situated In Marion
County, Tenn.
First Tract, 900 Acres: Granted to
q. W Rice on the 9th day or NoVem-
Der, 1871, aud described as follows;
Beginning on a stake on the line OF
Henry NJ. Rutledge $500 acre survey
at foot of Cumberland mountain, tnen
running with Rice's line of his o4O
acres, knowl as Lowery reservatlon'
with said line south SO, west 81 poles
to stake, west 100 poles to spanish
Oak and white oak, corner TO John
Mason, then new line north 30 poles TO
red oak, north 25 east 316 poles TO
pointers, south so poles to rel OAK
corner of his own, then with sald
Rice's line south 4S, west 46 poles, TO
gum, south a. west 100 poles. so as TO
include spring on side of mountain
| to beginning.
Serond Tract, 300 Acres: Begin
ming at black gum, corner to survey
maue in name of Pleasant d. Gun
ningham, then south So, west Win
said Cunningham line in part 1874
poles to large chestnut on side OF
mountain, then north $40 poles to an
ash on upper bench of mountain, then
east up the mountain t40 poles to a
pine near Graham's house, then north
| 55, east 1870 poles to chestnut oak, then
direct line to beginning, excluding
from % to 40 acres of surface right
and including stone coal bank.
Third Tract $50 Acres: Beginning
at poplar east of the house Melton
lives in, then east up mountain 2OO
poles to pointers on top of same, then
south 900 poles to chestnut, then down
mountain west 200 poles to pointers at
bluff.or rock, then direct line to the
beginning
Fourth Tract, 500 Acres: Beginning
at stake and pointers at foot OF Cum.
berland mountain and on east side OF
McMurray's Mill Greek, the southeast
corner of fifty acre survey in the
name of VIM. McMurray, then north
65, east up mountain $40 poles to hlck-
ory on top Cumberland mountain,
then south %, east 1870 poles to white
oak, then south %, west 1870 poles to
chestnut under top bluff, then south
rs, west down mountain 202 poles to a
white oak and pointers, near the stage
road and the shop house occupied by
Tedford then a direct line to the be-
ginning.
Fifth Tract, 176 Acres Beginning
at stake and pointers in upper bench
of Cumberland mountain under the
point above the Elizabeth Lowery res
ervation, at the place where the north
boundary line of the Geo. W Rice 200
| hn Snnth boundary
line of the Nimrod Moore 5, 900 acre
tract, then with said More's line
north, 60 east so poles to stake and
pointers, his corner, then north AZ,
east with said Moore's line 420 poles
to stake in south boundary line OF
VIM. Parks 5000 acre tract, then with
same north TN, west 1903 poles to
stake in east boundary line of james
NJ Bryson's 8, 900 acre survey, ther
south with said Bryson tract 10 poles
to his south east corner, then south o,
east 27O poles to a stake on top bluff OF
mountain, a corner of the Rice q Nc
Murray 500 acre tract. then with soutt
boundary line Of same south Al
degrees, 100 poles to the eastern bound
ary line of Jacob Sitton's 100 acre
tract, then south 1871 east with
said line % poles to John Nixon's 1Ot
acre tract. then with same east x
poles, then south rs poles to sale
Rice's 300 acre tract, then with the
said Rice's 300 acre tract north 661a
east 96 poles to the beginning.
Sixth Tract, 428 acres: Beginning
at chestnut oak and pointers in east
boundary line of J. NJ Bryson's s.,
600 acre tract, where the west bound
ary line of VIM. Parks 5000 acre
tract intersects the same, 1903 poles
north 80 east from said Parks south
west corner, running then with said
Brysons line north 533 poles to stake
and pointers, then east 1879 poles tt
stake, two hickories and rersimmor
and post oak pointers, the northwest
corner of Wiley Belcher's 300 acre
tract, then with Belcher tract south
4, east tn poles, to stake, double
poplal and black oak and black gun
POINTERS, it being the southwest corner
of said tract, then south 1412, east o.
poles to a white oak, the northwes
corner of the Nimrod Moore tract
south Az, west 142 poles to stake il
said Parks west boundary line, thel
with the same south SO, west 236 pole
to the beginning.
Seventh Tract, 1888 Acres: Being
all that part of the VIM. Parks 500
acre survey lying west of the ives
boundary line of the Nimrod Moore
5000 acre survey, and east of the cas-
boundary line of the j. M. BrysoI
5000 acre survey adjoining the abov'
42S acres on north and the 176 ACRE
tract on the south side.
Eighth Tract, 5000 Acres: Begin
ming on a stake on the east side O.
Battle Creek near the foot Of thu
mountain, post oak, persimmon ant
black oak pointers, Hincha Gillian
southeast corner, then south 3, cas-
1919 poles to a dogwood, Hice's north
east corner, then south ia poles to ;
stake in Hice's line, two hickory
pointers, then east 65 poles to poplar
his northeast corner, then south will
said Hice's line 100 poles to stake
then south Ga east, % poles to stake
said Hice's corner, then east 80 pole
to stake, hickory, sourwood and fork
ed beech pointers on side of noun
tain. said Hice's corner, then soutl
AZ, east 800 poles to hickory, post oak
cedar and hickoiy pointers, then nortl
80, east 4SO poles to stake on tol
of mountain, then north SO
poles to stake and pointers on tn