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
Statcs-I'or the Western District
OF South Carolina.

| III tiIo DlSIflcC court OF the Un10C<t
Statcs-I'or the Western District
of South Carolina.
THE UNITED STATES
Versus
A certain tract Of land containing
494.13 acres, more or less, situate
in Chattooga Township, in the
County of Oconee, in the State OF
South Carolina, known as w. G.
Russell Tract.
Notice that Application has Been
Made by Tho United States to Ac-
quirc the Land Herein Described,
by Condemnation.
Pursuant to an order made by his
honor Joseph Il. Johnson, United
States Judge for the Western District
OF South Carolina, on the 9th day
OF March, A. d. 1916, notice is here
by published that application has
been made to the District Court Of
J the United States for the Western
I 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 s.pposei
| to be owned by w. G. Russell and
| Jane Russell, and an accurate de-
| ScriptiOn OF said tract Of land being
as follows:
All and singular that certain tract
| OF land known as the w. G. Russell
tract. in Chattooga Township, Coun-
lty OF OcOnee, and State of South
| Carolina, formerly said to contain
| five hundred (50O) acres, but con-
| tanning four hundred and ninety
four and 1900 (494.13) acres, ad-
| Joining lands OF Adaline Bynum, Il.
A. Hull, John Lochrie. Nicholson es-
tate and RoXford lands, on the wa-
ters of Chattooga River, on the East
side of Chattooga River, just South
| OF the forks OF the East and West
prongs Of said river; the line begin
| nlng at corner one, a rock pointed
| out by w. G. Russell as his begin
| ming and northermost corner and a
corner common to the A. B., w. II.
| and X. b. Nicholson tracts respect
lively, white oak post beside rock,
| set and scribed; thence to corner
two, a Spanish oak post set and
scribcd; thence to corner three, a
pine post set and scribed; thence to
corner four, white oak post, set and
scribed; thence to corner five, a
Spanish oak post set and scribed;
thence to corner six, Il sourwood post
set aud scribed; thence to corner
seven, chestnut post set and
| scribed; thence to corner eight,
| sourwood post set and scribed:
| thence to corner nine, q chestnut post
| set and scribed; thence to corner
| ten. a chestnut post set and scribed;
thence to corner eleven, n sourwOod
post set and scribed; thence to cor
ner twelve, chestnut post set and
scribed; thence to corner thirteen, a
sourwood post setand scribed; thence
TO corner fourteen, a chestnut post set
and scribed; thence to corner fifteen,
a white oak post set and scribed;
! thence S. 3S.55 e. passing witness
corner sixteen, a black oak post set
and scribed; to a point in the center
Of the Walhalla Road 9.55 chains
from corner fifteen; thence mean
dering along said road; with certain
courses and distances, passing wit
ness corner seventeen, red oak
post set and scribcd, to corner
eighteen, black oak post set and
scribcd; thence to witness corner
nineteen, a chestnut post set and
scribcd; thence with the meanders
or the thread Of stream, to q
point 80 feet from corner twenty, a
stone set by Surveyor T.. Callas April
18TH, 1908. and a corner common to
the John Lochric number two, II. A.
Hull "Mongold" aud w. G. Russell
tracts, Spanish oak post being set
and scribed; thence with the boun-
dary line OF the John Lochrie tract
NUMBER two to corner tWenty-one, a
corner common to the John Lochrie
tract number two. J. c. Powell and
W. G. Russell tracts; thence with
the boundary OF the J. C. Powell
tract to corner twenty-five, a six-inch
pine, an original corner common to
the J. c. Powell and w. G. Russell
tracts; thence to corner twenty
three. fourteen-inch white oak, an
original corner; thence to corner
twenty-fOur. twenty-four-inch
white oak. marked as the original
corner: thence to corner twenty-five,
site OF an original rock corner, a
white oak post being set and scribed;
thence to corner twenty-six, an origi-
nal rock corner, 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 1st day of June.
1916, and file with the Clerk of
this Court, at his Office at Greenyille,
South Carolina, their objections, is
any they should have, to the pro-
posed purchase or acquisition OF said
tract OF land by the United States,
J. WILLIAM THURMOND,
United States Attorney.