Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-07-31
Trustees Sale

Trustees Sale
= OF =
= 436' ACRES, =
More or Less
In Upper Montgomery County
In the Potomac River Valley
Two Adjoining Farms
Also Is Acres of Wood Lot
In Frederick County
By virtue of the power and
authority contained in a decree of
the Circuit Court for Montgomery
County, sitting as a Court of
Equity, dated the 9th day of July,
in the year 1947, passed in a cause
where in Stella H. Shreve, ct al.
are plaintiffs and Benjamin F..
Shreve, ct al. are defendants, the
same being No. 12,772 Equity. The
undersigned as Trustees therein
named for the purpose, will, on
Saturday, the 23rd day of
August, in the year 1947
AT THE HOUR OF ELEVEN
O'CLOCK A, M, at the front door
of the Montgomery County Court
House in Rockville, Maryland, offer
for sale at public auction all the
land decreed to be sold, to wit:
Parcel No. being a parcel of
land known as part of a tract
known as "Rich Bottom, "The
Slipe", "Cool Spring., Versailles,
ETC., containing 221 acres, 3 roods,
g square perches of land. This par
lx1el has mile frontage on the c..
Fand 0. Canal and 8 acres on the
Potomac River. 1t is improved
with large bank barn in fair re-
pair and fairly large house which
is now untenable but can be re-
stored to a delightful home. Fences
are fair and there are $50 acres of
tillable land.
Parcel No. being parcel of
land known as part of tract
known as Versailles, "Willets
Delay, THE Resurvey on Sub
urbs", "The Resurvey on Cores Ad-
venture, Park, "The Resurvey on
Merediths Hunting Quarter, "Will-
sons Inheritance, ETC., containing
PA acres, 25 perches of land, more
or less. This parcel is improved
with 25 #. x 40 #. bank barn
with wagon and corn sheds at
tached. 1t also has adequate
chicken houses, garage and black
smith shop. The residence is a. de-
hghtful Z room frame 2 story
dwelling with basement. 1t was
built in 1880 and has electricity
bath, hot water heat and all mod
ern conveniences. There is also ar
old stone slave quarter in COCO
repair. - ,,.,,,,E
The above two parcels lie con-
tiguous to each other and comprise
delightful rolling farm which
would be highly productive under
intensive cultivation, They are
k@eituated on the road from Dicker-
son to Whites Ferry, 21a miles
west of Dickerson Station ON the
b. q O. r. R. and are only about
an hour by automobile from down
town Washington. They command
an excellent view of the Blue Ridge
Mountains, Sugar Loaf Mountain
and the Valley of the Potomac.
Parcel No. .3-This is wood lot
containing about Is acres lying
near Mt; Ephiam in Frederick
county. There are no improve
ments.
This land was conveyed to Ben
lamin F. Shreve,r ,et al. by deed
from William G. Baker, Assignee,
dated March 81, 1902 and recorded
June 30, 1903 among the land rec
ords for Montgomery County.
Maryland, in Liter T. D. rs at
Folio $50 to which deed reference
is made for more particular and
complete description and is the
property on which Carroll A..
Shreve and Margaret E. Shreve
Fisk now reside.
70 reach property, proceed North
from Rockville on Route % through
&Beallsville to Whites Ferry Road.
WEST on Whites Ferry Road one
fourth mile. Then North in Lane
to property.
TERMS OF SALE: One-third
cash, one-third in one year, one
tnird In two years or all cash upon
ratification of sale by the court, at
tle option of purchaser, the credit
portion to bear interest at the rate
OF 6% per annum from the date of
sale and to be secured to the salts
faction of the Trustees, State and
county taxes to be adjusted to the
date OF ratification of the sale. A
deposit Of 100000 (Cash or GER
tined check) will be- required when
the property is knocked down All
costs of conveyancing including
State stamps, to be paid bv the
purchaser. Parcels will be offered
separately and as whole.
r. EDWIN BROWN
fl JOHN E. OXLEY.
RASTT 7 Cam