Milford chronicle., 1956-04-27

for sale by way of public auction, on
SATURDAY, MAY 5th, 1856
AT 200 p. M, .. S. r.
In Front of the Court House, at
Georgetown, Delaware.
The following tracts of land, in the
some valuable standing timber:
NO. AL that tract of land situ-
ated in Georgetown Hundred, Sussex
County, Delaware, at or near the will
of the Delaware, Maryland and Vir-
ginia Railroad Company said to con-
tain forty-two (42) acres more or less,
and being tract No. of the lands of
Reuben Donovan as shown in Par.
tition Proceedings in the records of
the Orphans Court of Sussex County;
being the same lands conveyed to
Houston White Company by deed of
Frances <, Maher, single woman, of
record in Deed Book No. 426, page 80.
NO. 2-All that tract of land situ-
ated in Georgetown Hundred, Sussex
County, Delaware, adjoining lands of
James M. Tunnel, Howard Burton,
lands of Benjamin Gray and James
NJ Tunnel, and others, containing
eighty $500 acres of land, improved by
story and a half dwelling and other
outbuildings; being the same con-
deed of Virgie p. Culver, of record in
Deed Book 404, page 81.
NO. 3-All that certain tract of land
situated in Georgetown Hundred
aforesaid adjoining lands, now or late
of James Abbott, Joseph Workman,
Henry t. Messick and containing sew
enty (70) acres and lying on the pub
Redden Road to the Milton-Rob-
bins Road; being the same conveyed
to Houston-Whi Company by deed
of Virgie p. Culver of record in Deed
BooK No. 404, page 81.
NO. All that tract of land situ-
ated in Cedar Creek Hundred, in, the
County aforesaid and lying on the
Easterly side of the Coleman dupont
Boulevard right of-way which leads
from Milford to Georgetown and being
on the West side of the State Road
leading from F1eatown to Glendale
adjoining lands of the State Forestry
Department and lands of others, con-
tanning ninety-seven (9D acres more
or less, EXCEPTING and RESERV-
ING therefrom the following describ
ed portions of land:
(a) All of a certain tract, piece or
parcel of land, lying and being sit
uate in the Hundred, County and
State aforesaid, described as follows,
to-wit: Beginning on the Southerly
side of a Public Road known as the
Cedar Creek Road, leading from Flea
corner of lands of Jane Benson, thence
with Southerly edge of said Public
Road Westerly one thousand thirty
nine and One-half 10391R1 to a cedar
stake, a corner for other lands of
grantor and at the Eastern edge of
a wire fence of poultry yard,
thence with wire fence of SAID poul-
try yard Southerly straight line to
a red cedar stake at edge of School
House Branch Ditch, thence with said
ditch in its several courses to a prong
ditch, thence following said prong
ditch in an Easterly direction to a
with prong aforesaid Easterly to the
Westerly edge of State Road leading
from Georgetown to Milford, thence
with State Road Northerly to a stake,
corner for lands of Jane Benson,
thence with said Benson lands North
erly to the place of beginning, con-
tanning twenty-five acres of land more
or less. This being the same lands
c. Murphy, by deed bearing date. the
18th day of June, 1922, of record in
Deed Book 254, page All.
(b) All that certain tract, piece or
parcel of land situated in Cedar Creek
Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware,
which was conveyed by James Murphy
to Coleman DUPONT Road, Inc, by
deed dated January 8, 1912, of record
ing 1.266 acres, more or less, the metes
and bounds of which is more partic
ularly described in said deed.
The entire acreage of this tract to
be sold being approximately seventy
INFORMATION with respect to tim
Der on the above tracts will be given
by Rodney Wilson, Ellendale,s Della
ware. Telephone-Milford $3.50.
TERMS: Twenty per cent of the
purchase price will be demanded on
the day of sale, the balance to be paid
within thirty days thereafter upon
delivery of deed.
Houston White Company will pay
for the cost of preparing the deed but
the purchasers win be required to pay
for the revenue stamps on the deeds.
CARROLL LONG, Auctioneer
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