Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-05-24
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
In the District Court of the United
States-EOr the Western Districts:
OF South Carolina.
THE UNITED STATES
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IHE UNIFIED - "A I'D
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A certain tract of land containing
99.0S 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 r. Johnson, United
States Judge for the Western District
of South Carolina, on the 30th day Of
March, A. d. 1916, 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 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 desc! !iption Of said tract Of land
being as follows:
All and singular that tract of land
hiio"h US CIlS oWoholN iuu
Iassie Turpin tract, containing
nmety-nine and OS/10O (99.GS)
acres, the same being balance left
| from tract OF one hundred and two
and 19/l00 (102.19) acres. less an
exception Of three and 11/100 GID
acres, situate and lying in Pulaski
Township, County of Oconec, and
State OF South Carolina, on Talls:
Creek, tributary Of the Chattooga
| River, and adjoining lands of John
Loc'hrie and others, said tract and
| the exception, heretofore said to con-
tain one hundred (I00) acres, more
or less.
The said tract of land is circum-
scribed by a line beginning at corner.
one, the same being corner one OF
the John Lochrie "Ramey" tract and
common to the lands of J. E. Phil.
| lips, rock, no witness. an oak post
being set in a mound of stones,
scribed l. /; thence North with the
line Of j. e. Phillips to corner two,
! Oh ridge corner common to lands
of J. e. Phillips and Gibbs WhaIey,
an oak post being set in mound of
stones; thence with the boundary Of
the lands OF Gibbs Whaley, an
old hacked line N. 56-15 e. to
corner three, rock with witnesses,
an oak post being set in mound of
stones; thence to corner four, rock
| with witnesses, an oak post being aet
in mound Of stones; thence to cor
ner five, an oak post being set in a
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 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 mound Of stones, scribed
II bio; thence to corner B, a
point at the edge Of field, an oak
post being set in a mound of stones,
scribed s II b-1: thence to corner
Z, post i'm mound of stones
scribed S It b-2; thence to corner
ID, twelve inch maple on bank Of
branch blaZed and scribed; thence
with the meanders Of the branch, n.
5O-33 e. to corner s e. to point on
bank Of branch, a post being set in a
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 a 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, rock, also cor
ner eight Of John Lochrie's "Ramey''
tract common to the lands of Thomas
Ramey, an oak post being set In
mound of stones; thence with the
boundary Of John Lochrie "Ramey"
tract to corner to 1, to corner
eighteen. an oak post being set in a
mound of stones; thence to corner
nineteen, an eight inch yellow pine
blaZed and scribed; thence to cor
ner twenty, four inch red oak
blaZed and scribed; thence to corner
twenty-one, an oak post being set in
| mound OF stones; thence to corner
twenty-five, an oak post being set in
mound of stones; thence to corner
twentythree. an oak post being set
in mound of stones; thence to the
place OF beginning. The said boun-
darics including the exception herein
| after described.
Exception A Of the Lucinda Swof-
ford and Lassie Turpin tract, eXclud-
ed from the boundaries above set out,
| contains three and 1l/100 GID
acres. and is circumscribed by line
beginning at corner one, q point at
the lower edge of bottom land field
on the bank OF Fall Creek, post be-
ing set in a mound OF stones and
| scribed ST al; thence with the
edge of cultivated land, to corner
| two, six inch black pine, blaZed and
srribcd, ST a-2 thence to corner
/ three, five inch black pine, blazed
| and scribed: thence to corner four, n
six inch maple blaZed and scrihnd.