Milford chronicle., 1959-08-21

Rain or Shine
on the premises located on the Can
mons CrOSSing-Atlanta Highway about
Il tn mile West of CannonS Crossing,
wit:
All that certain farm or tract of land
situate in Northwest Fork Hundred,
Sussex County, State of Delaware, ly-
ing on the Northerly. side of State
Highway Route No. 18 leading from
Cannon's Crossing to Atlanta, more
particularly described as follows: BE-
GINNING at a stake set in the North
erly right of way line of said State
Highway at a corner for this and
the line of Howard F. Swain two
courses as surveyed in July, A. d.
1859, North 271s degrees East $40 feet
to corner stake; and thence North
IA degrees West 1853 feet to a private
road; thence with said road (bearingS
as surveyed about February, A. d.
1909) North 1519 degrees East about
277.88 percheS to the run of a stream
or ditch; thence with said stream the
following lines: South 741h degrees
East percheS, thence South 48 de-
grees East 8 perches, thence South
80 degrees East IL perches, thence
South SO degrees East Is perches to a
corner now or formerly indicated by a
small marked maple on the South side
of said stream; thence leaving said
stream and running with the line of
land now or formerly of Chester H
Truitt, South 1512 degrees West about
299 perches to the Northerly right of
way line of the aforesaid State High
way leading from Cannon's Crossing
to Atlanta; thence with the same in a
Northwesterly direction about 1871
perches to the place of beginnings con-
tanning 79 acres, be the same more or
less, improved with a two story frame
dwelling house and outbuildings there
on.
Being a part of the same land which
William H. Ridgaway and Mary M.
George F. Swain by deed dated March
2, 1909, and recorded in Deed Book
Volume 167, page Asa.
Subject, however, to those two GER
tain easements granted by George F.
Swain and Maggie b. Swain, his wife,
to Eastern Shore Public Service Com
pany, by deed dated July 81, 1941, and
recorded in Deed Book 331, page 405,
and by deed dated August 27, 1941,
and recorded in Deed Book SS1, page
maintenance of an electric pole line
and facilities on said land along the
aforesaid State Highway.
Said property being sold as the
land late of George F. Swain, by his
Executors under the power of sale
vested in them by the will of the said
George F. Swain, deceased, probated
and now of record in the Registers
Office of Sussex County in VIII Book
81, page 33.
THERE is EXCEPTED from this
sale the growing or standing crops
and a corn crib on said land which be
longs to Nelson Gilbert, who shall have
the right to enter, harvest and remove
the same at the end of the present
crop year.
TERMS: Twenty per cent of the
purchase money will be demanded on
the day of sale, and the purchaser
shall pay the balance of the purchase
money on or before the Eighteenth day
of September, A. d. 1859 at HOO
o'clock A. M and in default thereof
the percentum paid on the day of
sale will be forfeited. The purchaser
will be required to pay the cost and
expense of the deed, including revenue
GEORGE r. SWAIN, JR.
JOHN n. SWAIN and
Executors of the Will of
George F. Swain, deceased
John r. Hastings, Auctioneer
Lawrence c. Elliott
Attorney for Executors
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