Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-04-19
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
In the District Court Of the United
States-FOr the Western District
of South Carolina.

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
99.OS acres. more or less, situate
in Pulaski Township, in the County
of Oconee, in the State Of South
Carolina, known as Lucinda Swof-
ford and Lassie Turpin 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 ~. Johnson, United
of South Carolina, on the 30th day of
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 pur-
pose Of National Forest Reserve, Of
certain tract Of land. owned or sup
posed to be owned by Lucinda Swof-
ford and Lassie Turpin, and an accu-
rate description Of said tract of land
being as follows:
All and singular that tract of land
known as the Lucinda Swofford and
Lassie Turpin tract, containing
ninety-nine and 08/10O (99.OS)
acres, the same being balance left
from tract of one hundred and two
and 19/100 G02.19) acres. less an
exception Of three and 11/1OO Gid
acres, situate and lying in Pulaski
Township, County Of Oconee, and
State of South Carolina, on Falls
Creek. tributary Of the Chattooga
River, and adjoining lands Of John
Lochrie and others, said tract and
the exception, heretofore said to con-
tain one hundred (l00) acres. more
or less.
The said tract of land is circum-
scribed by line beginning at corner
one, the same being corner one of
the John Lochrie "Ramey' tract and
common to the lands Of J. f. Phil
lips, rock, no witness, an oak post
being set in mound Of stones,
scribed l. i thence North with the
line Of j. e. Phillips to corner two,
on a ridge a corner common to lands
Of J. e. Phillips and Gibbs Whaley,
an oak post being set in a mound Of
stones; thence with the boundary Of
the lands OF Gibbs Whaley, an
old hacked line n. 5G-15 e. to
corner three, a rock with witnesses,
an oak post being set in mound Of
stones; thence to corner four, a rock
with witnesses, an oak post being set
in a mound Of stones: thence to cor
ner five. an oak post being set in q
mound Of stones; thence to corner
six. an oak post being set in a mound
OF stones; thence to corner seven, an
oak post being set in a mound of
stones; thence to corner eight. an
oak post being set in a mound of
stones; thence with the boundary of
cultivated land. leaving the original
Swofford-Turpin boundary to corner
eight. point near house, a post be-
ing set in a mound of stones, scribed
S II bio: thence 10 corner s B, a
point at the edge Of a field, an oak
post being set in a mound Of stones.
scribed s r b-1: thence to corner s
c.. post i'm n mound of stones
scribed S T b-2; thence to corner 8
d, twelve inch maple on bank of
branch blaZed and scribed; thence
VIII 'ne niS"i'ueiS VI lHe Drancn, N.
50-53 e. to corner e. to point on
bank OF branch. post being set in q
mound of stones; thence with the
edge OF field to corner fourteen in an
edge Of woods, an oak post being set;
thence to corner fifteen. the edge Of
an old road on ridge; thence to
corner sixteen, a twenty-four inch
pine stump and rock, an oak post be-
ing set In mound Of stones; thence
to corner seventeen, a rock, also cor