Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-02-09
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
In the District Court of the United
Statcs-FOr the Western District
Of South Carolina.
THE UNITED STATES

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A certain tract of land containing
| 5S.l3 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 Tho 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 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
Hesther 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 OIL 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. T.. Roach; here
tofore said to contain eighty-two( (S2)
acres, more Or less, but containing
fifty-eight and 13/100 (5S.13) acres;
circumscribed by line beginning at
,tx,tD
witnesses; a corner common to the
W. e. Roach Tract Corner 16) and
the lands Of w. e. Roach, blaZed and
scribed' No. /; thence S. 1850 q,
with the boundary of w. r.. 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, corner common to
lands Of w. e. Roach and Tom Swof-
ford, blazed and scribed; thence N.
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
Delng set in a mound of stones;
thence to corner five, a point in
thread Of Chattooga River, corner Of
lands of Tom Swofford, an oak post
being set as witness, corner on
bank of stream in mound of stones;
tnenco with the meanderS of the
thread Of Chattooga River, in a wes-
terly course to corner six, a corner
commonto the John Lochrie "Roach"
Tract, post being set on bank of
Chattooga River as a witness corner;
thence leaving the Chattooga River,
and with the boundary Of John
Lochrie's Roach" Tract, stake with
witnesses, common to John Lochre'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 I'D an oak post being set in
a mound Of stones; thence S. 1850
%. 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 a mound of
stones; thence to corner ten, which
is corner thirteen of the Roach
| Tract, welve-inch pine, blazed and
scribed; thence to corner eleven.
which is corner fourteen Of the Roach
| Tract, fourteen-inch Spanish oak,
| Dlazed and scribed; thence to corner
| twelve, which is corner fifteen Of the
| ..o"Sn Law, a t"eiFe-liCH 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 1st day Of March,
A. ID. 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.
A True Copy. Attest:
| (Seal.) J. b. KNIGHT,
| Clerk, u. S. d. Court.