The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-12-30
NOTICE OF SALE
OF VALUABLE PROPERTY

DdFe county DOdIu VI EuuCdllOIl
at a duly assembled meeting
thereof held on the 9Th day OF
November 1866, and pursuant to
the provisions of G.S. Section 115-
126 of North Carolina, and amend
ments thereto, the schoolhouse and
schoolhouse site hereinafter de-
scribed being in the opinion of the
said Board unnecessary for public
school purposes, the undersigned
will, on Monday the 9th day of
January 1856 at 1900 o'clock
Noon, at the Courthouse Door in
Manteo, Dare County, North Caro-
lima, offer for sale at public auc-
ton to the highest bidder for cash
the building and site described
hereinafter:
All that certain tract or parcel
of land, together with the build
ings and improvements there
on, lying and being in the
Village of Buxton in Hat
teras Township, Dare County,
North Carolina, adjoining the
lands of the A. z. Scarborough
Tract, Walter w. DamewoOd, C.
H. Gray Tract, C. p. Gray and
others, and bounded as follows:
Beginning at an iron pipe, sit
uated in and marking the North
east corner of the Walter w.
DamewOOd lands in the Village
of Buxton, said beginning point
being also in the West line of the
A. z. Scarborough Tract and also
being 49S feet North A deg. West
along the A. u. Scarborough
Tract West line from an iron
pipe situated in and on the North
margin or right of way of the
paved road leading through the
Village of Buxton known as he
"New Road, said point on the
New Road being the Southeast
corner of the Damewood prop
erty, running thence from the
beginning point along the Walter
w. DamewOOd North line South
Sc deg. West $50 feet to an iron
pipe in the c. II. Gray Tract
East line, said iron pipe also be-
ing in and marking the North
west corner of the DamewOOd
property; thence along the c. H.
Gray Tract East line North A
deg. West $40 feet along line
of chopped trees to an iron pipe
in the C. p. Gray South line;
thence along the c. p. Gray
South line North sc deg. East
along a line of chopped trees $50
feet to an iron pipe in the A. u.
Scarborough Tract West line;
thence along the A. z. Scar
borough Tract West line South
4 deg. East $40 feet to the point
of beginning.
For a more particular descrip-
ton of the lands above described
see map or plat thereof made by
David Cox, Jr., Surveyor, OctO-
Der "a, 1852 and designated
MAP of Buxton School Lot, and
duly recorded in Map Book 2,
page 16, office of the Register
of Deeds of Dare County, North
Carolina.
Said lands comprising the
lands conveyed to the Dare COun-
ty Board of Education by the
following deeds:
(a) Deed from A. T. Gray and
wife, Elizabeth Gray, to County
!, Board of Education of Dare
/ County, North Carolina, dated
April %, 1904 and duly recorded
in Book "J", page 500, Dare
County Registry;
(b) Deed from c. p. Gray and
wife, Odessa S. Gray to Board
of Education of Dare County,
dated August 8, 1880 and duly
recorded in Book Is, page PIT,
Dare County Registry;
(c) Deed from c. p. Gray and
wife, Odessa S. Gray to Board
of Education of Dare County,
dated November %, 1888 and
duly recorded in Book 81, page
11S, Dare County Registry.
The successful bidder at saiC
sale will be required to make casl
deposit of 10 per cent of the
amount bid as evidence of goot
faith.
The Dare County Board of Edu
cation hereby reserves the RICH
to reject any and all bids made al
the above sale because of the in
adequacy thereof or for any othel
reason. The said sale is likewise
subject to the approval and con
lfirmation of the Board of Educa
ton of Dare County.
This the 5th day of December
1855.
DARE COUNTY
BOARD OF EDUCATION
By MARY l.. EVANS
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