Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-04-26
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
In the District Court OF the United
Statcs-For the Western District
of South Carolina.
THE UNITED STATES

THE UNITED STATES
Versus
A certain tract Of land containing
/ 99.0S acres. r.ore or less. situate
in Pulaski To wnship. 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 II. Johnson, United
States Judge for the Western District
Of South Carolina. on the goth day Of
March, A. ID. 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 81
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 rs follows:
All and singular that tract of land
Lassie Turpin tract, containing
nincty-nine and 0S/100 (99.0S)
acres, the same being balance left
from Il tract Of one hundred and two
and l9/lOO G02.1D acres. less an
exception Of three and 11/100 (3.l1>
acres, situate and lying in Pulaski
Township, County OF Oconee, and
State OF South Carolina, on Falls
Creek, a 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 Q00) 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. e. Phil
lips, a rock, no witness, an oak post
being set in mound Of stones,
scrbed l. 1; thence North with the
line of J. e. Phillips to corner two,
On ridge a corner common to lands
Of J. f. Phillips and Gibbs Whaley,
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 a mound Of
, stones; thence to corner four n rock
with witnesses, am oak post being set
in mound of stones; thence to cor
ner five, an oak post being set in
mound of stones; thence to corner
six, an oak post being set in mound
Of stones; thence to corner seven. an
oak post being set in a mound Of
stones; thence 10 corner eight an
' ~ 49, N0Sx .Dk
stones; thcnrc with She boundary Of
cultivated lond, leaving ,thc original
SwoUOrd Turpin boundary To corner
eight, a point naa:I- house, a pnsttSet4
lihs set in eNound ui stones s2ribed
S r bio; thence to corner b. a
point at the edge Of field, an oak
post being set in a mound Of stones,
scribed s Y b-1: thence to corner s
G, a post i'm a mound Of stones,
scribed S IT b. thence to corner 8
D, twelve inch maple on bank Of
branch blaZcd and scribed; thence
with the meanders Of the branch, N.
50-53 e. to corner s e. to point on
bank Of branch, 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 n ridge; thence to
corner sixteen, twenty-four inch
pine stump and rock, an oak post be-
ing set in a 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 8 to /, 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, a four inch red oak
blazed and scribed; thence to corner
twenty-one, an oak post being set in
a mound Of stones; thence to corner
twenty-five, am oak post being set in
a mound OF stones; thence to corner
twenty-three, an oak post being set
In mound OF stones; thence to the
place Of beginning. The said boun-
daries including the exception herein
after described.
Exception A of the Lucinda Swof-
ford and Lassie Turpin tract, cxclud-
ed from the boundaries above set out,
contains three and 1l/l00 GID
acres. and is circumScribed by line
beginning at corner one, a point at
the lower edge Of bottom land field
on the bank Of Fall Creek, a post be-
ing set in a mound Of stones and
scribcd ST al; thence with the
edge Of cultivated land, to corner
two, six inch black pine, blazed and
scrbed, ST az; thence to corner
three, five inch black pine, blazcd
and scribed: thence to corner four, a