Milford chronicle., 1962-11-30

of the State of Delaware, November
20, 1862, the undersigned Trustee will
offer for sale, subject to the terms
and conditions hereinafter set forth,
SATURDAY. DECEMBER s, 1862
AT 1. p. M.
at the front door of The Wilmington
Trust Company, Milford. Delaware,
EXHIBIT .'C''
PRATT FARM
| ALL that certain farm situated in
Milford Hundred, Kent County and
| State of Delaware with the house and
| outbuildings thereon erected known
as the Pratt Farm and being Plot
| R in the Plots of the Potter Charity
| Estate t1860) and more particularly
described as follows:
| BEGINNING at a stone placed in
| an old field two (2) perches and fve
hundredths of a perch North ninety
| two (92) degrees West from trim
| med cedar and at corner for land
late of Aaron Williams, deceased and
running thence with a line of that
North sixty-three (63) degrees West
ninety-two and fye-tenths (92.D
| perches to a stonei placed in the Nor
thernmost line of the tract Longfield,
one perch and a half North fifty (50)
and a quarter (A) degrees East from
a wild cherry tree, and corner for
said land late of Aaron Williams, de-
u,
| most line of Longfield North seven
ty-five (75) degrees and thirty-six
| $3.50 minutes East seventy-seven
| CID perches to stone now placed in
said line of Longfield at a corner for
land now or formerly of Doctor James
P. Lof1and, thirty-five $3.50 perches
and four-tenths of a perch South
seventy-five (75) degrees and thirty
six (36) minutes West from a very
large forked Southwestward leaning
old line notchett Black Oak standing
by the South side of a cart road and
thence leaving said line of Longfield
of Lofiand9 North five (5) degrees and
| three-fourths -tA) of a degree West
| ffifty-four (54) perches to corner
of said land of Lofiand in the run Of
/ Irnprov Branch and thence with
and down the run of Improvement
Branch and with letter Q, in an cas-
terly direction about sixty (60) per-
ches more or less to a corner OF
land now or mormerly of Joseph G.
Truitt in the run of said branch at
a footing and thence with land of
Truitt South five (5) degrees and
three-fourths (A) of a degree East
thirty EIGHT (38) perches and six
tenths (6I10) of perch to a stone
placed in the aforementioned north
ernmost line of Longfield near an
angle in bank fence and at a corner
for said land of Truitt and eighteen
QS) perches and four-tenths 4/10)
OF a perch North SeVenty-nVe (1oD
degrees and thirty-six 1850 minutes
East from the before mentioned large
leaning line notched Black Oak which
stands in said Northernmost line of
Longfield and thence with said line of
Longfield again and with said land of
Truitt North seventy-five (75) de-
grees and thirty-six 1850 minutes
East ninety-one (9D perches to a
stone in said line of Longfield at a
corner of said land of Truitt and of
ta ND M or nflt snf 1lpf ~
Paisley and thence with Paisley on
the same course and line of Long
field forty (40) perches further in all
one hundred thirty-one (131 perches
| from the stone near the angle in the
bank fence, to a large stone now
placed at corner of said Longfield
in a line of the tract called The Inn
provement in an old field eight (8)
perches and fifty-seven t5D huns
dredths of perch North three 90
degrees and thirty-eight 1881 min
utes West from a line notched Pop
lar standing in or by the Cripples
edge on the Northwest side of a
small branch leading into Swan Creek,
the said stone being at corner of
land of William Paisley aforesaid and
thence still with Paisley and with the
line between the tracts Dongfield and
Improvement and crossing the afore-
said small branch, South three (3)
degrees and thirty-eight (3S) minutes
East one hundred thirty-two Q32D
perches and seven-tenths of a perch
to a stone now placed by the South
two tracts Improvement and Long
field and for said land of William
Paisley and also for land of Ben
jamin Henderson and thence with
lowing lines to wit: North seventy
three (73l degrees West thirty-eight
(3S) perches crossing a small branch
to stone now placed in a sink where
stood Red Oak, one perch and sew
enteen hundredths of perch North
from the middle of a road and one
fourth tA) of a perch South east
ward from a small old marked and
hacked. Dogwood and thence South
sixtynine (69) degrees and three
fourths (&) of degree West ninety
(90) perches and seven n-tenths t7I10)
of a perch to a stone now placed in
an old cedar field fifty-five 155) hum
dredths of a perch East Southeast
from the middle of a bank fence
and two (2) perches and three-fourths
(A) of a perch North two 90 de-
grees and a half East from two (2l
unmarked Poplars and thence South
seventeen 07) degrees West eighty
one (S1) perches and six-tenths (6n0)
of perch to a stone now placed in
cleared ground in Benjamin Hender-
sons line one perch and four-tenths
(17) degrees East from said Hend-
erson's gcorner stone at the end of
said line which last mentioned stone
is one perch and six-tenths (6/l0D
of perch North siXty-five (65) de-
grees East from the middle of road
and twenty GOD perches and three
fourths t$) of a perch North twen-
ty-four (24) degrees East from a
large old line notched Black Oak in
said Henderson's next line, thence
from the first mentioned stone or
that at the end of the eighty-one (81)
perches and six-tenths (6I10 of a
perch, which is at a corner of the
before mentioned land late of Aaron
late of Williams and along the North
east side of lane North fifty-two
(52) degrees West sixty-two 16A
perches and six-tenths (6u0) of
lane at a corner of said land late of
Williams between a Cedar and a
Cherry tree in front of the late
dwelling house of the said Aaron
sixty seven (67) degrees West three
and three-tenths (3.3) perches to
stone planted in the year 1912 in the
division of the lands of SEWN. Hill
of which letter r, and the Williams
land are parts, which said stone is
at the North side or end of a gate
and is corner for four of the di-
visions of the said Hill land, and
thence with and along cart road on
the same course last aforesaid, to
wit: North sixty-seven (67) degrees
West thirty-fou t34) perches from
the stone at the gate or thirty-seven
(37) perches and threetenths (3/10)
of a perch from the stone between
the Cedar and Cherry tree in the
lane, to a stone, now placed in the
rut i'm the North Northeast side of
said cart road and corner for said
land late of Williams as aforesaid
and thence North thirty-five $3.50 de-
grees East eighty-six tS6) perches to
the place of beginning said to contain
one hundred ninety-five Q95) Acres
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