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Executors Sale
OF THE HISTORIC JOHN BROWN
FARM

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By virtue of a power of sale con
tanned in the last will and testament
of Florence v. Ankeney, deceased, |
| the undersigned executors of said
last will and testament, will sell at
pubic sale in front of the Court !
House in Hagerstown, Washington
| County, State of Maryland on Tues |
day, June 4, 1916, between the hours
IoG one and three o'clock p. m. all !
that farm or tract of land known as
the JOHN BROWN FARM" being
situate and lying in Samples Manor
in Washington County, State Of
Maryland, being known by the name
of "Antietam Iron Works" and be- |
ginning for the same at stone
Istanding on the road leading from
Harpers Ferry to Rohrersvlle and
at the end of the twenty fifth line
of part of the said land conveyed |
by j. S. Nichols and j. Meredith, |
trustee, to Robert Kennedy by deed
dated the 4th day Of December,
1852, said stone being also a corner
Iof G.. Hoifmaster's lot and running
from said stone north sixty-one and !
ione-half degrees, east fourteen and |
one-half perChes in said lot, thence |
north forty -four degrees west four
teen and one-half perches, south |
Ififty-three degrees west twelve and
Iseven-tenths perches to a stake at !
Icorner of George Holfmaster's lot
and with ii south fifty-three degrees
south twenty-five perches to a
stake and stone, south thirty one
land one-half degrees east four
perches to a locust tree on the east
Iside of the road leading from Rob |
Irersvlle to Harpers Ferry, then
south flfty-siX degrees west fourteen
and eight-tenths pcrches to a stone |
at corner Of II. Myers lot and re-
IVersing on line thereof north fifty |
one degrees west siXty-four and
one-half perChes to a stone north /
thirty and one-half degrees east
nineteen and one-half perches to
stone, a corner of Showmans land
north seventeen and one-half de |
Igrecs east fifty-seVen and one-half
pcrChcs to q stone, north twenty-five |
and one-half degrees east thirty |
four and three-fourths perches to |
q stone north thirty-siX and one-half I
degrees east tWenty-four perches to |
la hickory tree south siXty-siX de /
Igrccs east fifty and One-half perchcs |
to small chestnut tree north |
.eighty-nlnC degrees east ten and
.OnC-ScVenth pcrchcs to a white oak /
tree north seventy degrees cast
seven and thrcc-iOurths pcrChcs to |
la small pine tree north siXty-seVen /
and one-haIf degrees east thirty
nine and ninc-tenths pcrChcs to y
small white oak tree south sixty /
seven and OnC-haIf degrees east
tlftY-siX and One-half pcrChes to a
small white oak sapling, south /
sixty -seVcn and OnC-haf degrees
least one hundred eight and onc-half
perches to poplar sapling marked
"Y' on the north side and "t'' on
the south side standing at or near
the end of twenty-five perches in
the thirty-second Cor north thirty
three degrees east seventy perches) |
line Of the aforesaid deed from J. S. J
Nichols and j. Meredith to Robert |
IF. Kennedy, then reversing the line
of the said deed south thirty-thrce !
degrees west twenty-five pcrches to |
Ia stake south thirty degrees west
twenty-five perches to a maple sap
ling marked with twelve notches, |
south thirty-siX and one-half de- |
grces Wtst sixteen and pne-half |
.perches to a stake north siXty-tWo
degrees west Twenty-Five perches |
to a stone pile, south forty-fve de- |
.grees west fifteen and one-half
perches to stone, north fifty nine |
and onc-half degrees west one humid T.
red one perches to the place Of be-
ginning, containing one hundred
.eighty-fVe and three-fourths acres
of land, more or less. Also another |
tract of land adjoining the above /
and described in deed from Charles
IF. Wenner and wife to Mahlon T. /
Holmes dated July 1st. A. D. 1878, /
and recorded in Liber No n, folio
100, one of the Land Records of the
said Washington County, reference (
to which deed is hereby made land
contained in the following bounds, /.
courses and distances not namely
containing siXty-one acres and four
teen square perches of land, more
or less, excepting two and one-half
acres conveyed to J. w. Drenner by
deed dated June 18th, A. d. 1881 and
about one acre sold to J. Lewis Also
another tract lying and being sit /
uate along the public road leading
from RohrersVille to Harpers Ferry
through Samples Manor" beginning
IOT LIle ueoCIIpLIOl VI Tie OuJIulco
embracing the same, at a stone
planted on the east side of the coun-
ty road at the end of twenty and
two-tenth perches on the eight line
of deed from Jacob Marker, trus-
tee, to Mahlon T. Holmes dated
April 10, A. D. 1874 and running
thence north forty-nine and one-hah
degrees west sixty-four and seven
tenth perches to stone, thence
south thirty-three degrees west
t w mt y -four and eight-tenths
perches to a stone thence south
forty nine and one-half degrees east
sixty-two perches to stone planted
on the east side of said county road
thence north forty degrees east
twenty-five and two-tenths perches
to the place of beginning, contain
ing nine acres and one hundred
fifty-six perches Of land, more or
less, and containing in the aggre-
gate two hundred fifty-three acres
and fifty perches of land, more or
less; the improvements consisting
of a two story brick and weather
boarded house containing five