Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-04-27

23rd day Of October, 1910, at
Lynchburg, Virginia, in the cause
in equity therein pending in which
the United States Lumber Com
pany is plaintiff and J. X. Griffith,
the Highland Lumber Company
and Others, are defendants, the I'M
dersigned Randolph Harrison and
A. B. Percy, special commissioners,
appointed under said decree, will
offer for sale at public auction at
the front door of the Court House
of Augusta County, Virginia, in
the City of Staunton, on
TUESDAY, MAY q, 1917,
commencing at one o'clock P M. 3,
all of the lands and property and
estate, timber and timber rights,
and contracts in said Cecree men
toned. being the same property
mentioned aud described in GER
tain deed dated July Goth, 1913,
executed by the United States
Lumber Company unto J. K. Grit
fifth and recorded in the County OF
Highland, Virginia, in Deed Book
No. Is, page III, and in Augusta
County, Virginia, in Deed Book
No. IT'S. page 306, which property
was subsequently conveyed by the
said J. X. Griffith to the Highland
Lumber Company by deed dared
November 18th, 1918, and duly re-
corded in said Counties--as such
descriptions have been corrected
and modified by the said decree Of
October 23rd, 1916, as follows,
that is to say
(D All that certain lot. tract or
parcel of land in fee situated in
Highland County, Virginia, on the
waters of Cow Pasture River,
known as the Charles Gwin
Tract" heretofore conveyed as
containing 1900 acres. and now as
certained, according to a recent
survey, to contain l92S.27 acres;
(2) All that certain tract, piece
or parcel of and in fee in Highland
County and in Bath County, Vir-
ginia, lying on Bull Pasture Noun
! tain above Williamsville and be-
tween Cow Pasture River and Bull
Pasture River, known as the BYRD
Tract" heretofore conveyed as
containing 2400 acres, more or less.
subject to reservations, and now
ascertained by recent survey to
contain total area of 206S .S3
acres, subject to the following res
ervations, to-Wit:
|. The Rich Sinks Hacking,
containing 1875 a.
2. The Hodge Hacking
containing SS.l6
8. The Peach Orchard
Tract, containing BIG
4. The FLOYD Kincaid
Tract containing 81 "a
as we'll as the following
interlocks, to-Wit:
/. With Meats tract 1858 a.
2. With S. A. Lockridge
Tract SIS
8. With W.P.B. I.ockridge
Tract 1859
such reservations and interlocks
totaling an area of 403 13 acres.
making the net acreage of the
aforesaid Byrd Tract" hereby
conveyed 1665.70 acres.
60 All that certain tract, piece
or parcel of land in fee lying in
Bull Pasture Mountain, and on
each side thereof, between Cow
Pasture River and Bull Pasture
River in Highland county, Virginia,
known as the Susan Sommers
Tract" heretofore conveyed as
containing 2100 acres, subject to
certain reservations, and now as
certained by recent survey tic con-
tain a total acreage of lS3S.15
acres, included in which acreage.
however, are the following inter-
locks to be deducted, to-wit:
(a) With Lucy Hupman tract l a.
| (b) With Peter A. !" tract 5 OF
making a total acreage to be de-
ductod of 6 OF acres and leaving
the net acreage of said Susan Som
mers tract hereby conveyed 1882 ,OS
acres.
(4) All that tract of land in fee
situate east of Cow Pasture River
on the west side of the Shenandoah
Mountain, Highland county, Vir-
ginia, known as the IS. M. Neil
Tract" containing S07S1 acres,
more or less;
(5) All that certain tract of
land in fee lying in Highland coun-
/ y, Virginia, on the eastern side of
Jack Mountain, known as the -.
Fl. Winfree Tract" heretofore con-
veyed as containing 614.21 acres,
and now ascertained according to
recent survey to contain SCI 81
acres, more or less;
(6) All those two certain tracts
of land in fee situate on the waters
of Bull Pasture River and ON east