Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-11-21
Public Sale Of Valuable Real Estate
Situated in the Counties of
-.--- HIGHLAND and Bath. Va.

Htghland ana BaLn. va.
Pursuant o-the terms and direc-
lions of certain decree entered on
the 18th day of October, 1919, in the
Chancery cause of John H. Swope's
heirs VS.. John H. Swope's heirs, pend
ing in the circuit court Of Highland
county, Virginia, the undersigned
Commissioners will at the fr,.nt door
of the county courthouse of Highland
County, in Monterey, at II clock on
Tuesday, November Is, 1919
offer for sale at public auction the
following described real estate, and
being the same land Of which the late
John H. Swope died seized and pos
sessed:
TRACT NO. known as the
"Home Farm" or blue Spring
Land" containing 1853 acres of land,
situate on the Bull Pasture River,
about one Cd mile northeast of Will
Evansville, and about fourteen (14)
miles south Of Mcdowell, Highland
County, Virginia. This farm is i'm
proved by q good dwelling house, and
necessary outbuildings, and is mead
ow and farm land, well fenced and in
good state Of cultivation; this being
the same land conveyed by c. P.
Jones, Commissioner to John H.
Swope by deed dated May 1Sh, 1895,
and duly of record in theClerk's Office
Of Highland County, Virginia, in
Deed Book at page 257,
TRACT No2-Known as the big
Valley Land containing 100 acres,
more or less, situate about three 81
miles north of Bolar Springs, in Big
Valley, Monterey district, Highland
County, Virginia. This is an excel
lent tract of blue grass grazing land,
we'll watered and fenced. Ct acres
of said tract having been conveyed
by L.. P. Williams to John H. Swope
deed dated April 18th, 1898, and du-
ly of record in the Clerks Office of
Highland County, Virginia, in Deed
Book IL at page 255; and the residue
of said whole tract, and being 60
acres, being the same land conveyed
by 3. F. Hawkins to John Fl. Swope
by deed dated October oath, 1898,
and duly of record in the Clerks Of
ACG VI I1lS lldilN SOuuIyy vi 51Ale, III
Deed Book 10 at page S72.
TRACT NO. 3-Known as the
"Swope Timber Land" containing
344 acres, more or less, situate on
Chestnut Ridge in the White Oak
Draft, in the counties of Highland
and Bath, and about three 60 miles
southwest of Williamsville. This
tract of land has upon it much Valu-
able timber; part of said land, or
1854 acres thereof, was conveyed by
l.. H. Stephenson, Commissioner to
John H. Swope by deed dated May
10TH. 1893, and duly Of record in the
Clerks Office of Bath county, Vir-
ginia, in Deed Book II at page 218;
and the residue of said tract, 190.45
acres, was conveyed by w. A. Meats
to John H. Swope by deed Of parti-
ton dated April II, 1907, and duly
of record in the Clerks Office of High
land County, Virginia, in Deed Book
Is at page S04.
TERMS OF SALE: One-third (1-3)
of the purchase price cash in hand on
day of sale, and the residue thereof
to be paid in two (2) equal annual
payments due one a(1) and two (2)
years from the date of sale; for which
said deferred payments the purchas-
er shall execute bonds, with approx
ed personal security, bearing interest
annually at six per cent. per
annum from the date of sale, and the
title to said land shall be held as-ad-
ditional security until the full pay
ment of the purchase price.
e. B. JONES
WARD SWANK
Commissioners
I, w. H. Matheny, Clerk Of the Cir
cult Court of Hiphland county do Ger