Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-10-24
Public Sale of Valuable Real Estate
Situated in the Counties of
HIGHLAND and Bath. Va.

Pursuant to the terms and direc-
tions of a 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 IL clock on
Thursday, 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 (1) mile northeast of Will
Evansville, and about fourteen (14)
miles south of Mcdowell, Highland
County, Virginia. This farm is i'm
proved by 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 G.. P.
Jones, Commissioner to John H.
Swope by deed dated May 18h, 1895,
and duly of record in theClerk's Office
of Highland County, Virginia, in
Deed Book 9 at page EST.
TRACT NO2-Known as the "Big
Valley Land" containing $50 acres,
more or less, situate about three (3)
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. 81 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 63
acres, being the same land conveyed
by B. F. Hawkins to John H. Swope
by deed dated October oath, 1898,
and duly Of record in the Clerks Of
fee of Highland County, Virginia, in
Deed Book 10 at page 372.
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 go miles
southwest of Williamsville. This
tract of land has upon it much valu-
able timber; part of said land, or
154 acres thereof, was conveyed by
L. H. Stephenson, Commissioner to
John H. sSwope by deed dated May
18th, 1893, and duly of record in the
Clerks Office of Bath county, Vir-
ginia, in Deed Book IT at page 21S;
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 304.
. 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 (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
payable annually at six per cent. per
annum from the date of sale, and the
title to said land shall be held as adj
ditional security until the full pay
ment of the purchase price.
E. B. JONES
WARD SWANK
Commissioners
/, w. H. Matheny, Clerk of the Cir
cult Court of Highland county, do Ger
tify that Edwin B. Jones, one of the
above named Commissioners, has ex-
ecuted the bond required by the de-
cree mentioned.
w. H. MATTHEW, elk.
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