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Corp. Court of Alexandria: City of Alexandria vs Jacob Ball Records by Meg Bryant. February 3, 2011.

Meg Bryant
February 3, 2011

File 74 – 85


Corp. Court of Alexandria: City of Alexandria vs Jacob Ball
Chancery No. 10208
Feb 25, 1960
Jacob Ball: Title 741 – 80, 81 and 84

Margaret Alice Ball Thornton and Louise Ellen Ball – heirs

J. Randolph F. Davis, atty at law

Mar 8, 1960, court date to ascertain property and amount of taxes, value of property

No record of will or inheritance tax to estate of Jacob Ball

Testimony by Charles R Blunt, realtor and auctioneer re Jacob Ball property
Says the property is ¾ acre and valued at $2,000
Describes area as “a small colored subdivision … The properties that
surround it [Ball] property are small colored houses that are in bad
condition.”

Commissioner’s Report re Chancery No. 10208
“property … is identical property which was conveyed to Jacob Ball by Deed
dated Sept. 7, 1912 and of record in Deed Book N, No. 7, p 430 of the Fairfax
County, Virginia Land Records.”

Decree confirming sale of J. Ball property to Richard L and Mary E H Ruffner for
$3,000 (at auction), paid to V. Floyd Williams and J. Randolph F. Davis,
special commissioner’s of sale

Description: Property begins at NE line of Old Braddock Road, said stake being N. 73 degrees 18’ West 10.58 feet from a set stone at SW corner of the property of Robert Adams; thence with the NE line of said road, N. 73 degrees 18’ West 89.96 feet to a stake, then departing from said road N. 2 degrees 25’ W 369.62 feet to a stake; thence S. 2 degrees 25’ E 399.08 feet along the west side of the road which leads to School House, to the point of beginning, containing ¾ of an acre a shown upon the plat attached to deed dated Sept. 7, 1912 and recorded at Fairfax County, Virginia Court House in Liber N, #7, page 430.

April 15, 1960, Deed of Bargain and Sale
Ruffners purchased the property at public auction on April 12, 1960

Davis-Ruffner Title Corp., dated Jan 1, 1959 and signed by City Collector, Case No. 29066, regarding payment of taxes, describes Jacob Ball property as Lot __, Block 4, on Alexandria Assessment Map 3953 and says it is a portion of the Harriet Shorts property

Jacob Ball deed of sale to Ruffners received in Clerks Office of the Corp. Court of City of Alexandria on Apr 22, 1960

Final decree re Chancery No. 10208 is dated May 11, 1960

Ruffners sell the property to David and Bertha Schrott on May 17, 1960, for $3,100; Inst. No. 2085

Schrotts sell property, identified as Lot 3953-4, on Aug 7, 1962 to City of Alexandria for $5,000; Case No. 40659

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