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Newspaper
Waycross Headlight
Location
Waycross, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1886
Page
8
A damaged OCR fragment details meeting dates in April November with references to Moridage Lofice Charlton Cainjm and a recurring cadence on Mondays and Tuesdays. It mentions planning a venue in May and December and continuing for two weeks or longer as business requires.
A tax sale notice for Ware County Georgia sets the sale of property for unpaid taxes for 1885, with foreclosure by public auction at the courthouse in Waycross on the first Tuesday of June, listing a Seventh District lot and other parcel details, including a description of the lien and bid procedures. The notice names a tax collector and urges payment to avoid sale.
The sheriff reports parcels in several districts including the Ninth, Eleventh, Twelfth and Thirteenth with numbers such as 17, 23, 30, 35, 57, 69, 70, 71, 81, 103, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 80, 81, 185, 253, 381, 404, 540, 541, 606, 40, 259, 260, 532, 336, 410, 479, and 478, all sold for unpaid taxes for the year 1885 in various districts.
George A Dame's estate administrator petitions discharge and asks the court to grant him letters of dismission. The notice cites all cons, heirs, and Fors to show cause why he should not be discharged on the first Monday in June 1886. Court to hear objections and proceed with final settlement.
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