Marion progress., 1949-11-24
NOTICE
North Carolina
Mcdowell County

NOTICE
North Carolina
Mcdowell County
Under and by virtue of an order
of the Superior Court of Mcdowell
County. made in a special proceed
ings entitled j. L. Nichols, Admin
istrator c. t. a. of the of the Estate
Of Ebert G. Goforth, deceased,
petitioner, versus Frank Labon Co
forth, widower; Logan C. Co.
forth and wife, Media Goforth;
Grover C. Goforth and wife, Fay
Goforth; Rebecca Lee Goforth, a
single woman; Margaret Goforth,
a single woman; Mrs. Bertha Co.
forth Merrilla and husband, Arthur
Merrilla; Ben Goforth and wife,
Blanche Goforth; Mrs. Ella Goforth
Parker and husband e. w. Parker;
Mrs. Selena Goforth Connor, wild
ow; John W. Goforth and wife, Es-
telle Goforth; Bonnie Beal, a minor;
Letha Beal, single woman, indi-
vidually, and Letha Beal, guardian
of Bonnie Beal minor, respond
ents, the undersigned commission
er viii on the 3rd day of December,
1949 at twelve o'clock noon at the
door of the courthouse in Marion,
North Carolina, offer for sale to
the highest bidder for cash, upon an
opening bid of s192.5O for the First
Tract as hereinafter described,
S363.00 for the Second Tract as
hereinafter described, and s3O.8O
for the Third Tract as hereinafter
described, but subject to the confir-
nation of the Court, three certain
tracts or parcels of land lying in
Glenwood Township, Mcdowell
County, North Carolina, and more
particularly described as follows:
First Tract: Approximately IS
acres of mountain land listed for
taxation as sc acres mountain or
chard, at the value of $4,000, con-
sisting of two contiguous tracts of
land described as follows: 1) Be-
ginning at pine and pointers.
formerly red oak, near the corn
er of the old field, this point being
located about S. 70 deg. E. so pol
es from the third corner of E. G.
Goforth's other tract and runs w.
81 poles to a chestnut on the west
side of the mountains, this point
being located about S. SO deg. w.
27 poles from said corner of the
other tract, then running N. so
poles to a blackgunl, then E. 81
poles to a poplar, then South, cross
ing spring branch to the begin
ming, containing rs acres more or
less, and being the same tract of
land as was conveyed by deed to
E. G. Goforth from M. B. Garden
and wife, said deed being recorded
in the office Of the Register of
Deeds of Mcdowell County in Deed
Book 22 at page 436. (2) Begin
ming on a rock, Lewis Haney's
corner and runs w. 13O poles to a
stake, then S. IS poles to a stake,
then East 130 poles to Haney's line
and rock corner, then North with
said line to the beginning, contain
ing 40 acres more or less exclud-
ing the lappage of E. G.. Goforth's
other tract, and being the same
land as was conveyed to E. G. Co
forth from Alberta Higgins by deed
as recorded in Deed Book % at
page 344.
Second: Seven lots in the Town
of Glenwood, North Carolina val
ued for taxation at $294.O0 and de-
scribed as follows: Lots number 3
and q on Depot Street, eact lot
measuring so feet frontage by 200
feet depth; Lots number 3, 4, and
S on Main Street, each lot measur-
ing SO feet frontage by 200 feet
depth; Lots number and on
Main Street, each lot measuring 90
feet frontage by 200 feet depths.
4o1 90 ocraS
of mountain land, formerly a part
of the E. G. Goforth home place,
which is listed for taxation as ~
acres of the value of $l2O.O0, and
being the same land which was con-
veyed to E. G. Goforth by j. l.:
English and wife, by deed recorded
in Deed Book Is at page 497, and
further described as follows: BE-
ginning on a black oak, E. u. 10
forth's N. E. Corner in Mrs. Dob
sons line, thence E. with her line
81 poles to a stake and pointers on
top Of a ridge below some rock
cliffs, thence S. 38 poles to stake
and pointers in w. A. Goforth's
line. thence S. 73 deg. W. with his
line 48 and Il poles to a pine, ms
corner. thence S. 57-h deg. w. 22
noles and 9 links to double sour
wood corner, thence N. 81 deg. ".
81 poles to a hickory corner IN w.
A. and E. G. Goforth line, thence
n. with E. G. Goforth line SO poles
more or less to the beginning, con-
tanning 29 acres, more or less
This 18th day of November l949.
E. C. CARNES,
Commissioner.