Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-01-05
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
In the District Court of the United
Statcs-For tho Western District
of South Carolina.
THE UNITED STATES

Versus
A certain tract of land containing
5S.13 acres, more or less, situate
in ChattoOga Township, in the
County of Oconee, in the State of
South Carolina, known as the JEFF
Swofford Tract.
Notice that Application has Been
Made by The United States to Ac-
Quirc the Land Herein Described,
by Condemnation.
honor Joseph r. Johnson, United
Of South Carolina, on the 9th day Of
December, 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 jeff Swofford and
llesther Swofford. and an accurate
description of said tract Of land being
as follows:
All and singular that tract of land
known as the Jeff Swofford Tract, sit
uate and lying on the waters Of the
Chattooga River, in Chattooga Town
ship, OcOnee County, and State Of
South Carolina, bounded north by
Chattooga River; on the west and
south by lands Of w. l.. Roach: here
tofore said to contain eighty-two(S2)
acres, more or less, but containing
fifty-eight and 13/10O (5S.13) acres;
circumscribed by line beginning at
corner one, a siXteen-inch post with
witnesses: corner common to the
w. e. Roach Tract Corner lG) and
the lands Of w. E. Roach, blazed and
scribed No. 1; thence S. 1850 Il.
with the boundary OF w. E. Roach
land to corner two a six-inch pine,
blaZed and scribed; thence to cor
ner three. siX-inch white oak on the
edge Of old road, a corner common to
lands Of w. E. Roach and Tom Swor-
ford, blaZed and scribed; thence N.
6 e. with boundary OF the lands OF
Tom Swofford to corner four, a black
oak stump with witness, common to
lands Of Tom Swofford. an oak post
being set in mound of stones;
thence to corner five, point in
thread of Chattooga River, corner of
lands Of Tom Swofford an oak post
being set as a witness, corner on
bank Of stream in mound Of stones;
thence with the meanders of the
thread Of Chattooga River, in a wes-
terly course to corner six, a corner
common to the John Lochrie Roach"
Tract. a post being set on bank of
Chattooga River as witness corner;
thence leaving the Chattooga River,
and with the boundary Of John
Lochrie's Roach" Tract, stake with
witnesses, common to John Lochrie's
Roach Tract, post being set;
thence to corner eight, a chestnut
stump with witnesses; a corner COM
mon to John Lochrie's Roach"
Tract and w. e. Roach tract
Corner ~ an oak post being set in
mound Of stones; thence S. 1850
p. with the boundary of the w. e.
Roach Tract to corner nine, which Is
corner twelve Of the w. e. Roach
Tract, post being set in mound Of
stones; thence to corner ten, which
is corner thirteen of the Roach
Tract, welve-inch pine, blazed and
scrlbed; thence to corner eleven.
which is corner fourteen Of the Roach
Tract. fourtcen-inch Spanish oak,
blazed and scribed; thence to corner
twelve, which is corner fifteen Of the
Roach Tract, a twelve-inch post oak.
blazed and scribed: thence to the
place OF beginning. all bearings being
turned from the true meridian.
All persons interested in said tract
OF land. are hereby required to come
forward on the lst day of March,
A. D. 1916, and file with the Clerk Of
this Court at his office at Greenville,
S. c., their objections, if any they
should have, to the proposed purchase
or acquisition OF said tract OF land,
by the United States.
J. WILLIAM THURMOND,
United States Attorney.
n True Copy. Attest:
(Seal.) j. B. KNIGHT,