Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1915-03-04
Saturday, March 20, 1915

in front of the Courthouse door in the
town of Jasper, l will sell to the high
est bidder the following described
tracts of land, situated in Marion
County, Tenn.
First Tract, 200 Acres: Granted to
G. " Rice on the 9th day of Novem-
Der, 1871. and described as follows:
Beginning on a stake on the line of
Henry NJ. Rutledge $500 acre survey
at foot of Cumberland mountain, then
running with Rice's line of bis $40
acres, knowl as LOwery reservation,
with said line south SO, west 50 poles
to stake, west 100 poles to Spanish
Oak and white oak, corner to John
Mason, then new line north so roles to
red oak, north %, east 316 pole to
pointers, south so poles to rel oak, a
corner of his own, th.n Wit said
Rice's line south As vest As poles, to
gum, south "A west 100 foles so as to
include spring on side Of mountain,
to beginning.
Second Tract, 300 Acres: Begin
ming at black gum, corner to survey
maze in name of Pleasant II. Gun
ningDam, then south 50, west with
said Cunningham line in part 2S4
roles to large chestnut on side of
mountain, then north $40 poles to an
ash on upper bench of mountain, then
east mp tue mountain $40 pOles to a
pine near Graham's hou'e, then north
50, east 1870 poles to chestnut oak, then
direct line to beginning, excluding
from % to 40 acres of surface right
and including a stone coal bank
Third Tract, $50 Acres: Beginning
at poplar east of the house Melton
lives in, then east up mountain 200
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
begiuning
Fourth Tract, 500 Acres: Beginning
at a stake and pointers at foot of Cum
berland mountain aud on eat side of
McMurray's Mill Creek. the southeast
corner of a fifty acre survey in the
name of VIM, McMurray, then north
65, east up mountain $40 poles to hick
DRY on top Cumberland mountain,
then south %, east 1870 poles to white
oak, then south 90, west 100 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 direct line to the be-
ginning.
Fifth Tract, 176 Acres: Beginning
at stake aud 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 300
acre tract crosses the south boundary
line of the Nimrod Moore 5000 acre
tract, then with said More's line
north, 80 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 7715, west 1903 poles to
stake in east boundary line of James
M. Bryson's 5000 acre survey, then
south with said Bryson tract 20 poles
to his south east corner, then south 6,
east 270 poles to stake on top bluff of
corner of the Rice & Nc
Murray 500 acre tract then with south
boundary line of same south II
degrees, 100 poles to the eastern bound
airy line of Jacob Sitton's 100 acre
tract then south 151s east with
said line % poles to John Nixon's 100
acre tract. then with same east 20
poles, then south rs poles to said
Rice's 300 acre tract, then with the
said Rice's 300 acre tract north 6615,
east SO poles to the beginning
Sixth Tract, 42S acres: Beginning
at chestnut oak and pointers in east
boundary line of j. NJ Bryson's s.
300 acre tract, where the west bound
airy line of VIM. Parks 5000 acre
tract intersects the same, 100 poles |
north, 33 east from said Parks south
west corner, running then with said |
Bryscn's line north 533 poles to stake |
and pointers, then EAST 1872 poles to |
stake. two hickories and ersimmon |
and post oak pointers, the northwest |
,orner of Wiley Belcher's 900 acre |
tract, then with Belcher tract south |
(, eat TT poles, to a stake, double |
poplar and black oak and black gum
it being the south west corner |
If said tract, then south Az, east "a
ooles to white oak, the northwest |
corner of the Nmrod Moore tract,
outh Az, west 142 poles to stake in
aid Parks west boundary line, then
With the same south 80, west 1856 poles
o Cn0 beginning.
Seventh Tract, 1888 Acres: Being
IL that part of the VIM. Parks 5000
Gre survey lying west of the west
boundary line of the Nimrod Moore
!, 900 acre survey, and east of the east
boundary line of the J. M Bry,on
600 acre survey adjoining the above
% acres on north and the 176 acre
ract on the south side.
Eighth Tract, 5000 Acres: Begin
ing on a stake on the east side of
;attle Creek near the foot of the
post oak. persimmon and
lack oak pointers, Hincba Gilliam's
outheast corner, then south 3, east
80 poles to dogwood, Hice's north
asst corner, then south IA poles to a
Jake in Hice's line, two hickory
ointers, then east 65 poles to poplar.
Is northeast corner, then south with
lid Hice's line 100 poles to stake,
len south Ga east, % poles to stake,
lid Hice's corner, then east 80 poles
stake, hickory, sourwood and fork
J beech pointers on side of noun
lin. said Hice's corner, then south
:, east 800 poles to hickory, post oak,
,dar and hicko,y pointers, then north
}, east 4S0 poles to stake on top ;
mountain, then north $50 |
oIes to stake and pointers on the