The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-02-24

Jefferson, North Carolina, on the
23rd day Of March. 1888, At one
o'clock P. NJ. the following de-
scribed tract Of land, to-wit:
Beginning at an apple tree on the
North side of the road known as
the Weaver grated apple tree or
+. r, Warden corner now J. G.
Gambill and Bob Vaught corner
and running NJ so w 80 poles to a
stake; thence N So w % poles to a
stake on ridge the Gambill- Stur-
gill Vaught corner; thence S 81 "a
w As poles to a stake and white
oak; thence N So w n 2-5 poles to
white oak j. E. Gambill's corner
on South side of branch; thence S
8 w A 2-5 poles to black gum on
ridge; thence N. IS IA w 6 poles to
stake; thence up and with the
old road and with the fence n 81
w % poles to a stake; thence N rs
IL w 2 poles to a stake; thence S
SO w 6 poles to a stake; thence w
4 poles to a stake; thence S IS w
poles to stake; thence N "a w 8
poles to stake; thence N Is w
z poles to stake; thence N 70 IL
w IA poles to a stake; thence N 81
w z poles to stake; thence N 48
w II poles to a stake; thence N A
w 4 poles to stake; thence N 80 w
8 IL poles to stake; thence N 8 E
24-5 poles to stake in Sarah Hash'S
line; thence N So w 81 poles to a
locust stump in Sarah Hash's line;
thence S 81 pole to a stake on
South bank of old road John E.
Gambill's corner; thence in and
with said Gambill line and old road
N 81 E 81 poles to stake; thence
S So E 2 poles to stake; thence S
CIV poles to stake; thence S So
w 8 poles to a stake; thence S 2
poles to a stake; thence S II E IL
poles to stake; thence S IA w %
poles to stake; thence S 80 w 8
poles to a stake; then S ~ w poles
to a stake; thence S 35 w 10 poles to
a stake on the East side Of the chest
nut stump and rock; thence S 40
IL E "a poles to an ash; thence S
20 E "a poles to a locust on ridge;
thence down ridge N II E IL poles
to a stake; thence N "a E 81 IA
poles to a stake on ridge; thence S
88 1-2 E 8 poles to stake on ridge;
thence N 80 E poles to stake;
thence N. Is E 6 IL poles to stake;
thence N IA 1-2 E IL poles to a
stake; thence IN 80 E IL poles to a
stake; thence S "a E poles to a
spanish oak J. c. Ganbill and w. H.
Mcmillan corner; thence N 50 E 6
poles to two chestnuts; thence S So
E SO rs poles to a stake; thence N
80 E 20 ga poles to stake; thence
N "a E IL poles to a stake; thence
N So E IA poles to stake on ridge;
thence S AZ IL E So As poles to a
dogwood; thence S IS IL E 8 IA
poles to white oak on East side
of the branch; thence S 48 E 6 1-5
poles to a bunch of maple sprouts
on West side of forks of branch j.
C. Gambill, c. W. Ward and George
Mcmillan corner; thence in and with
Wards line S u IL E Is poles to a
white oak; thence S So IL E II
poles to stake; thence S 70 IL e Is
poles to a stake; thence S Is E "a
poles to stake; thence S "A = 8
poles to a stake; thence N 70 IL
E. % poles to a double white oak;
thence N IA IL E 80 poles to dog
wood: thence N so E % poles to a
stake; thence N II E IL poles to a
stake on branch; thence S 81 E "a
poles to on ridge Wards old corner;
thence N 6 w IL poles to stake
and stone; thence N 81 w 80 poles
to a stone Steve Ward and Bob
Vaught corner; thence N 35 w 20
2-5 poles to stone; thence N A w
10 poles to a stake; thence N 81 IL
w 81 poles to stake; thence N Is
Lac 6 2-5 poles to the beginning,
containing 337 acres.
This February 81, 1888.
IRA T. JOHNSTON,