The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-02-06

J. D. STANSBERRY, .
2-6-4t Clerk Superior Court
NOTICE OF EXECUTION SALE
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
BEFORE THE CLERK
NORTH CAROLINA
ASHE COUNTY
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF WEST JEFFERSON
VS.
T. E. BALLOU, L. w. BAKER,
And BRYAN OLIVER
Under and by virtue Of an. exc
cution issued in the above en-
titled cause and directed to the
undersigned by the Clerk of the
Superior Court of Ashe County,
I will, on Monday, March 10th,
1941, at one o'clock P. NJ. at the
Courthouse door in Jefferson,
North Carolina, sell to the high
est bidder for cash to satisfy said
execution, all right, title and in
terest of T.. E. Ballou in the fol-
lowing described real estate.
FIRST TRACT: That certain
tract of land lying in Ashe Coun-
ty, Walnut Hill Township, the
property of T: E. Ballou, given
him by Item Four Of the Will OF
N. B. Ballou, which is recorded in
Will Book E, at Pages $40 to 313,
in the office of the Clerk Of Sup
erior Court of Ashe County, to
which Will reference is hereby
made for a description of said
property by metes and bounds,
and further being the lands con-
veyed and his title thereto con-
firmed in fee simple, with the
exception of the reservation OF
the mineral rights to T. E. Ballou
by that certain judgment entitled,
L. H. Witherspoon, and others,
against Mantha Ballou, and 9TH
ers, which judgment IS docketed
in the office of the Superior
Court of Ashe County, Judgment
Docket D, pages 129 to 1872, in
elusive, to which docketed judg--
ment further reference is hereby
made for more specific descrip-
ton of the property herein con-
veyed.
SECOND TRACT: That certain
tract of land situate in Ashe
County, Walnut Hill Township,
North Carolina, adjoining the
lands of T. E. Ballou, J. A. Bal
lou, C. L. Blevins, ct al, contain
ing 81 acres 116 poles and spe-
officially described in deed from
N. F. Ballou, ct al to T. E. Ballou,
recorded in the office of the Reg
lister of Deeds of Ashe County, IN
Book Re-, Page 49,. to which
recorded instrument reference is
hereby made for a description OF
said property by metes and
bounds.
THERE'S excepted from the ope-
ration of this sale and the lands
above described the following
tract of land allotted to T. E. Bal
lou as his homestead exemption.
Beginning on Black Walnut
near Clint Blevins corner and
running with the top of a ridge
and fence known as the line Of
Joe and Tom Ballou line, N. So
w. ga poles to a stake in said
line; thence North ~ West "a
poles to a stake in said line;
thence N. 49, w. 371s poles to a
large Black Oak; thence South
So w. with the fence and edge
of woods "a poles to a stake, in
a branch; thence S. with said
fence and woods 81 poles to a
stake in a branch; thence S. 14'
E. with said fence and woods. 80
poles to White Oak on a ridge;
thence-S. 40 E. with said fence
and woods S poles to Red Oak
on top Of a ridge; thence S. 80
poles to a stake on top of ridge
near a large White Oak and in
Uriah Ballou's line, known as the
johnson line, now J. A, Ballou
line, E. with said Ballou line II
poles to stake in said line;
thence S. 60 E. with said line Is
poles to a stake in said line;
thence S. 40 E. with said line 80
poles to a Black Oak, Ester Hur-
ley and Ballou's corner; thence
S. So E. with Hurley's line 8
poles to a stake and a wire fence;
thence N. 49, E. with Ester Hur-
ley's line Sc poles to a Spanish
Oak near or at Clint Blevins and
Hurley's corner on a ridge; thence
N, 81 West with Clint Blevins'
line and fence AZ poles to a pop
lar on ridge in said line; thence
N. As w. with said fence and
line l6 poles to a stake; thence