Land Sale: Stonecastle (1874)

 Alexandria Gazette (Va)
19 November 1874

VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE

By virtue of a deed of trust from John S. Owens, bearing date the 8th day of July, 1865, and of record in the Clerk's office of the County Court of Prince William county, to secure the payment of a certain debt therein mentioned, I shall, on Tuesday, the 24th day of November next, at Haymarket, offer at public sale that valuable farm known as STONECASTLE.

This farm lies in Prince William county, about three miles north of Haymarket, a station on the W.C.,V.M. & G.S.R.R., containing about seven hundred and thirty-five acres of land of most excellent quality, with abundance of wood; is well watered, and the improvements are comfortable.

The terms of sale will be: One third cash, one third in one year, and one third in two years, with interest on deferred payments from day of sale. Title to be retained until the whole is paid. Sale to take place at 12 m.

THOS. HENDERSON, Truste.

Prince William co., oct 20--eots

[In PWCo Deed Book 30, pg. 266 Deed of Trust from Owens to Henderson, Mary M. Owens "thro: Cuthbert Owens her Trustee purchased of Thomas Henderson the tract of land in Prince William County, known as "Stone Castle" on the "24th day of Nov. 1874." --cgl]