The Monroe journal., 1922-12-08
A. w. MCCALL

ley; thence S. 81 IL E. 600 poles
passing Eli Ritch's corner at about Is
it,, and running with his line to a
stone, his corner; thence S. 4 Ii f.
1918 poles with said Ritch's and Jas.
Houston's line to the beginning. con-
tanning 8 acres, one rod and nine
perches (9-3l) acres, according to a
survey made by NJ. D. l.. Biggers,
county surveyor, on May "a, 1890,
and being a part of the two tracks
of land, one of which was conveyed by
John. p. Houston to H. NJ. Houston,
and others, and the other by John NJ
Thomas to II M. Houston, and by II.
NJ. Houston to the Monroe Cotton
Mills on the 2Sth day of May, 1890,
by deed recorded in the office of reg
lster of deeds of Union County, n.
c., in Book 22, page 2Sl, together with
all the buildings, engines, boilers. ma
chinery, fixtures and all other proper
ty of every kind and description,
whether personal or real, belonging
to the party of the first part and sit
uated on the above described property.
Second Tract.-Beginning at 4 rock
on Farley Avenue, and runs with
said avenue n. 81 +. lSl fl. to a rock
on Hill ST., thence with said street,
n. W. l20ft. to a rock on Houston
St., thence with Houston's line S. 81
W. 1856 TT. to rock on Houston St.,
thence with Houston st. S. 2 IL f..
to the beginning, and known as lot
No. of the j. NJ. Farley plat and
being the same lot as conveyed by
Iredell Mears and p. B. Manning, Re-
ceivers of the Carolina Inter State
Building & Loan Association, to Jas.
G. Covington and r. A. Morrow, by
deed dated 2Sth day of July, 1889, ard
recorded in the office of Register of
Deeds for Union County, n. c., in
Book 30, page SO, and by James G..
Covington and wife to r. A. Morrow,
and registered in office Of register OF
deeds for Union county, n. c., in
Book 30, page 1888.
Third Tract-Beginning at the s..
f. corner Of intersection of Beard st.
and Brown Ave, and runs with said
Brown Ave-. S. 81 f. l42 feet. to the
southwest corner, or intersection of
an alley in Brown st. and thence with
the Western edge of said alley N. 5 f.
100 #. to the northeast corner of Lot
No. 3, Block X. Of the addition of the
town of Monroe; thence with the
eastern side of Beard st S. 5 w. 100
it. to the beginning, containing 100 X
l42 So. ft.
Fourth Tract-Beginning at stone
on the West line of Depot or Hous-
ton St., being the northeast corner
of the Jackson Mills Co.'S land, and
runs thence with the north line of
said land S. 81 l-2 W. 81 Ia ft. to
stone in said line; thence n 2-9-4 w.
so #. to stone; theme n. 81 ii ft.
to stone in the west line of said
street; thence with the same S. 2 Sd
f. so #. to the beginning, containing
4,062 l-2 So. ft.
Fifth Tract-Beginning at stone
and an iron pipe, the northeast cor
ner of the Presbyterion chapel lot,
and runs with said line S. 81 E. 1.76
his. to an iron pipe in the line of the
cotton mills lot; thence due f. with
the Hosiery mill lot, $50 chs. to the
center of a ditch, an iron pipe put u
on west bank of ditch; thence down
said ditch n. f. 60 chs. to a point
in said ditch, an iron pipe erected on
the west bank; thence n. So l-2 w.
1895 chs. to the south end of a dam
across Bear Skin creek; thence up
the various courses of said creek, the
center of the creek being the line, 7.S0
CHI. the mouth of branch running
into the creek from the west side;
thence up said branch so links to
stone and iron pipe, the division cor
ner between the r. V. Houston and
Martha NJ. Turner in the division of
the II. NJ. Houston estate lands (the
bearing from the south end of the
dam to the division corner is N. 63
l-2 w. $50 chs) thence S. SO W. $50
chs. to a stone in R. II. Stitt's old
line; thence S. 49 f. 80 links to
stone on the east bank the creek,
the proper point for the corner is in
the center Of the creek, the corner of
the rock quarry lot in old Inc; thence
down the creek, the bearings range
about N. SO f. 3.75 chs. to a stone