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73 E 7.4 ch. to “6”, a stake in a.pile of rocks at the edge of the woods; thence N 16 1/2 E 9.5 ch. to 5 , a stake in a pile of stones 0.3 ch. S.W. of a targe Sassafras Tree; thence, along the rail fence, N 21 1/2 W 12.5 ch. to “4”, a stake in a pile of stones; thence, leaving rail fence, S 88 1/4 W 6.1 ch. to “3”, a stake in a pile of rocks at the S.W. corner of Bruce's garden; thence N 15 W 1.8 ch. to “2”, a stake in a pile of stones at the corner of Bruce’s yard; thence N 7 E 6.6 ch. to the beginning and containing 145 ACRES more or less.”
The above descirbed tract or parcel of land is the same land devised by W. G. Wood to Solomon Bruce for life with the remainder to those persons who may be the heirs of Solomon Bruce at the time of the death of Solomon Bruce, and is the same land set off unto said Solomon Bruce and his heirs by partition in the Chancery Cause of C. J. Miller, Jr., et als. vs. Jonas Altber, et al, being Chancery File #1997 in the Circuit Court of Rappahannock County, Virginia.
The right of way to the 145 acre tract of land hereinbefore described, across the lands of Jonas Altber, is set forth as follows:
“Beginning at “2” on plat, a stake in a pile of rocks corner to Solomon Bruce and Jonas Altber at the North West corner of said Bruce’s yard and running with an old rock fence, S 86 1/4 W 9.2 ch. to a stake at the East side of a gap in the rock fence; thence N 78 1/4 W 6.3 ch. to a point in the rail fence; thence, leaving the fence, N 32 W 2.65 ch.; N 3 W 1.8 ch. to a point in the Altber-Hildrup division line 0.62 ch. from “M” on the plat an iron pipe in a pile of stones.
The above description is of the Right of Way’s left boundary line and said Right of Way shall be TWENTY (20) FEET wide.”
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