| From the Jacksonville (Ala.) Republican |
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| August 15, 1863 |
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| Public Sales of |
| Railroad Lands |
| The Lands belonging to the Alabama &
Tennessee Rivers Railroad Company amounting to upwards of 300,000 acres,
situated in the vicinity of the company's railroad, embracing large
tracts of superior timbered lands, will be sold to the highest bidder
for cash, at the following times and places, to-wit: |
| The Lands situated in Dallas, Autauga and
Perry counties at Plantersville, on Tuesday, October 6, 1863. |
| The Lands in Bibb county at Randolph on
Friday, October 9 |
| The Land in the lower part of Shelby
county up to the north boundary of township 18, at Montevallo on Tuesday
October 13. |
| The Lands in the upper part of Shelby
county, from Shelby Springs to Coosa river, at Columbiana on Thursday,
October 15. |
| The Lands in Talladega county, at
Talladega on Tuesday, October 20. |
| The Lands in Calhoun county at
Jacksonville on Friday, October 23. |
| Maps exhibiting the Lands in Calhoun,
Talladega and Shelby counties are placed in the offices of the Probate
Judges of those counties; those of the Lands in Bibb at the Randolph
depot; and those of the Lands in Perry, Autauga and Dallas counties at
the store of Thomas S. Driskell, Plantersville. |
| Soldiers or their families and widows in
occupancy of Lands, on or before the 7th day of July, 1863, will be
entitled to purchase forty acres at $1.25 per acre, on making proof of
occupancy and payment on or before the 1st day of October next to A. M.
Goodwin, the Treasurer of the Company, at Selma. Applications may be
made to the Treasurer in person or by letter, accompanied by proper
affidavits of the applicant and two other respectable persons, setting
forth the facts required to be proved. |
| By order of the Board of Directors. |
| Thos. A. Walker, President |
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