The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-04-29

d. Clark, Executor and Trustee under
the last will and testament OF H: E.
Clark, decd, Mrs. A. w. P. Coffey,
katron (Catron) Brothers, Mrs. Bina
Lide, David Lillard and wife Mar
garet Lillard, John Lillard and
wife, Worth Lillard and wife Lille
Lillard, Mock and Catron; Mary G.
Patchin, Mary c. Patchin, Executrix
Of H. E. Clark, decd, Mary r. Pat
chin and husband, Susie Owens and
husband, Martha B. Wilmoth and
husband, Ruth E. Wright and hus-
band, w. T. Wall and wife; the fol-
lowing persons and their respective
spouses, if living; if dead, their sur
viving spouses, if any, unknown
heirs, personal representatives, sue
cessors and-or assigns, whose names
and addresses are not known: Dute
Benham, E. w. Benham, Rebecca
Butler, Roy Butler, A. C. Grayson,
Frank Grayson, Ham Grayson; the
spouses, heirs personal representa-
tives, and-or assigns of the follow
ing deceased persons whose names
and addresses are not known: Mari
anna Wilcox Barber and husband
w. w. Barber, Mrs. Jennie Benham
and husband J. L. Benham, Harry
E. Clark, Cora Cowles Gather and
husband Albert Gather, J. w. M.
Grayson, Mrs. Bessie Lillard, Mrs.
N. J. Lillard, Moses L Michael, Mar
tishia Worth Wagner Wilcox and
husband J. L. Wilcox, David Worth
and wife Elizabeth Worth, T. c.
Worth, Mrs. Lille Wagner Wright
and Mrs. Cora CoWles and husband,
w. H. H. Cowles; and all persons
whomsoever who have, or claim to
own any estates or interests in the
fee or otherwise in and to the prem
Uses described in the petition filed in
this cause and described in this no
tice, and any and all heirs and de-
viSees Of the several parties above
named, whose names and addresses
are unknown; and all and singular
their heirs, husbands, wives, devils
ees, executors, administrators, rep
resentatives, alieneeS, successors and
assigns, of each and every Of them
and all unknown owners, GenorS, OF
claimants, having or claiming te
have, any right, title, estate, equity
interest or lien; and all occupants
lessees, users, holders and owners O.
and claimants to any rights or ease
ment or prescription in, over, across
or through said lands or any par
thereof; You will please take notice
That an action entitled as above ha
been commenced in the DiStric
Court of the United States for tn
Middle District of North Carolina
at Greensboro, North Carolina; tina
summons has been duly issued on
of said court and petition file'
therein asking for the condemnation
of certain lands described in the saic
petition and hereinafter described
that you, and each of you, ar
necessary and proper parties to tn
just and final disposition of this &C
ton; That said action has been in
stituted by the United States At
torney for the Middle District o
North Carolina, on behalf of tn
United States, for the condemnation
of said lands described in the peti
ton in said proceeding, under ant
by virtue of the provisions of tn
Weeks Forestry Act (36 Stat. 961)
as amended; That the lands propos
ed to be condemned and appropriat
ed by the plaintiff United States ar
described substantially as follows
H. E. Clark Heirs Tract No. 1879
Unaka Unit, Ashe County, Nortl
Carolina, containing according t.
survey 1927 acres, more or less, sub
ject to any right of way or ease
!; ments to public roads now located
upon said lands, situated approx
mately five miles southeast o
Laurel Bloomery, Tennessee, on tn
southside of Stone Mountain, lyini
on Kilby Creek watershed a tribu
tary of Laurel Creek, and adjoining
the lands of Ben Kilby, Owens, Ted
der, Davis, Jennings and others, ane
being covered by State Grant No
5000 to VIM. Daniels and Davit
Worth, ETC., dated May 8, 1854 ant
being a portion of the same land de
scribed in deed from James Dowle
and wife Margaret Dowler to H. E
Clark dated October %, 1908 anc
recorded in deed book FL at page
474, office of the Register of Deed!
of Ashe County, North Carolina, a!
evidenced by blue print and accu
rate descriptions contained in thu
original petition filed in this pro
| ceedinq: You and each of Vol are