Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-12-09
NOTICE

TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SHENANDOAH COUNTY, VA,
and to the people of the County, and
especially to the people of the COM
munity Of the unncorporated town or
community Of Toms Brook:
You are hereby notified that on the
first day of the January Term, 1922,
that being on the 9th day of the month,
the undersigned will make motion
before the Circuit Court of the County
of Shenandoah for the entry Of a proper
order incorporating the unincorporated
town or community of Toms Brook,
pursuant to law, and will offer on such
day their petition following, namely ::
TO THE JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT
COURT OF THE COUNTY OF SHEN-
ANDOAH:
We, the undersigned electors Of
he unincorporated town or thickly
settled community known as Toms
Brook, within the County Of Shenan
doah, State of Virginia, do hereby ask
the court that the said town or COM
munity be incorporated under the laws
of the State OF Virginia, and do hereby
set forth the metes and bounds of said
town, made by P. S. Rhodes, surveyor,
as follows:
BEGINNING at a post on the south
west side of the County Road leading
from Toms Brook towards the Shenan-
doah River, and corner to the lot Of
James M. Walton, and extending
thence with the back lines Of the lots
OF said Walton, Daniel Kibler Lillian
Keller S. SO w. Ala feet to cedar
post Mrs Keller's corner; thence with
another of her lines N. 81 w. 238 feet
to a post, corner to the lot or j. d.
IIupp, his east corner; thence with the
back line OF the various lots fronting
on the Valley Turnpike, S. 51i W. 343
feet to post thence continuing with
the back line Of other OF said lots 5. 63
w. 1879 feet to a stake at Angus Baus-
erman's fence thence with a fence
crossing his land N. IS w. 1925 feet to a
stake on the west side of the said Val
ley Turnpike thence with the west
edge of the pike n So f. 236 feet to
station on the west edge of the pike,
and on the N E. side Of the new State
road at its junction with the pike;
thence along on the N. Z side OF the
said road N. 393- w 467 feet to the
west edge OF the Railroad limits !;
thence with the w1st edge OF the said
limits n As +. 1868 feet. crossing Toms
Brook stream, to post at the south
corner Of the cemetery thence with
the southwest line OF the cemetery N.
II w. 331-3 feet to the west corner OF
the same thence with the n. Whine
thereof, and continued course with
lilluGIe renee y; 90 L. 'I}S LII - d poe'
tbanca Win the west cdoe Of the said
ctrnet { ~ Z "a fnet 4o . Stok thence
WIN NE barll line of various residence
lots and crossinG the SAID street. n
a. F -s5 foot f. q stake in the line
dividing tha lands of Il ( and D NJ
Crabil in a hollow thence with the
said line S. IL! E 349 feet to stake
in the west edge of the limit
of the Railroad thence with the
northwest limits OF the saidRailroad n.
65-4 E. 1863 feet to stake in the said
limits at the fence: thence crossing the
K. r. and the Valley Turnpike, S. 50 T.
1872 feet to a stake in gateway back Of
the barn of D. NJ. Crabill; thence with
a middle fence S 4S-5 w. 1886 feet to
a large white oak tree, a corner to the
residence lots of j. C. Paxton thence
with the lines of the said lots and in
Guiding the same S. Al Z. 322 feet 20
post ; thence S; 40 W, 900 feet re-
crossing Toms Brook to the place
OF BEGINNING, containing nlnety-three
t93l acres, one ~ rood, thlrty-flNe
80 square poles, more or less, m
Guiding the lands embraced IN the val
ley Pike, the railroad, and the county
roads.
Your petitioners represent that the
inhabitants of said town within the said
territory are at least $50 in number,
and fewer than 300, the undersigned
believing that the number, as near as
may be Estimated, is $50 to 26O.
Yonr netitioners represent that the
nronosed incornorot;on viii he 70 the
int ppes Of # the Inhabitants Of said
town that the General GOOD Of the
c com viii he nror,oted that the
area Of land desiCnfd 70 be embraced
Within the r town s not excessive that
the nndersi0ned desire the said town
10 ba in corEoratad IL, the stv1e of ssThe
Town r. Of of Toms Ct Rock =" and thot thpv
viii make q am motion before said court
on thn first dav Of the January Term
1000 thot haing tba OH dow If ne