Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-04-20

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 al
the front door of the Court Houst
of Augusta County, Virginia, III
the City of Staunton, on
TUESDAY, MAY %, 1917,
commencing at one o clock P. NJ
all of the lands and property auc
estate, timber and timber rights
and contracts in said decree men
toned, being the same property
mentioned ard described in a Ger
tain deed dated July Goth, 1913
executed by the United Stares
Lumber Company unto j. X. Gift
fifth and recorded in the County ot
Highland, Virginia, in Deed i1ooh
No. IS, page III, and in Augusta
County, Virginia, in Deed Book
No IT'S. page 3O6, which property
was subsequently conveyed by tht
said J. X. Griffith to the Highland
Lumber Company by deed date
November 18th, 1913, 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
% All that certain lot. tract OF
parcel of land in fee situated il
Highland County, Virginia, on the
waters Of Cow Pasture River,
known as the "Charles Gwin
rract," heretofore conveyed as
containing 1900 acres, and now as
rertained, according to 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, Eir
ginia, lying on Bull Pasture Noun
tain above WilIiamsville and be-
tween Cow Pasture River and Bull
Pasture River, known as the byrd
Tract" heretofore conveyed a.
containing 2l00 acres, more or less,
subject to reservations, and now
ascertained by recent survey to
contain a total area of 206S So
acres, subject to the following res
ervations, to-Wit:
|. The Rich Sinks Hacking,
containing 1SS.l5
.. The Hodge Hacking
containing SS.l6
3. The Peach Orchard
Tract, containing BIG
4. The Floyd Kincald
Tract containing 81 ga
as we'll as the following
interlocks, to-wit:
l. With W.A.AIoats tract lG SIS a.
2. With S. A. Lockridge
Tract 3 Is
3. With W .P.B. Lockridge
Tract - 69
such reservations and interlocks
totaling an area of 403 Is acres.
making the net acreage of tb'
aforesaid BYRD Tract" hereby
conveyed 1665.70 acres.
(3) All that certain tract, piece
or parcel of land in fee lying in
Bull Pasture Mountain, and OF
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 POO acres, subject tt"
certain reservations, and now as
certained by recent survey tc COT
tain total acreage of lS3S.l5
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 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. NJ. Neil
Tract" containing S07.S1 acres,
more or less;
(5) All that certain tract of
land in fee lying in Highland coun-
ty, Virginia, on the eastern side of
Jack Mountain, known as the -
H. Winfree Tract, " heretofore con
veyed as containing Ga II acres,
and now aScertained according to a
recent survey To contain SCI 81
acres, more or less;
Co. All those two certain tracts
of land in fee situate on the waters
of Bull Pasture River and on east