Sale of Valuable Real and Personal Property

 
At July Term of Anson County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions the Subscriber obtained letters of administration on the estate of Hugh McKenzie, Esq, dec'd and at October Term of said county, an order was granted, authorizing the said administrator to expose to public sale all the personal estate of said Hugh McKenzie, dec'd, and in obedience to said order, I will offer for sale at Morven, in said county, at public auction, on Tuesday the 3d day of January next, between eighteen and twenty three likely NEGROES, consisting of men, women, boys and girls, some of which are valuable house servants, and all, so far as I can learn, are under excellent character. A credit of nine months will be given, and purchasers will be required to give bond and unquestionable security.
                                               JOSLPH MEDLEY, Administrator
                                               Hugh McKenzie.

                                                   -ALSO-

By virtue of a decree of the Court of Equity for said county, made at September Term in the case of the petition of Eliza L. Wilson, and Cornelia McKenzie, by her guardian Joseph Medley, the Clerk and Master of said Court will expose to public Auction at Morven, on the 3d day of January 1837, all the real Estate of Hugh McKenzie, dec'd, and mentioned in said petition, consisting of the Dwelling House and all necessary out houses attached to said lot, all of which are in good repair, and a pleasant and healthy situation for a family residence; also that large Store and Ware House at Morven, being one of the best stands in the county for a mercantile establishment; also one Tract of Land on the south side of the north prong of Jones’ Creek, containing 78 acres more or less; also several other tracts of land contiguous to Moron; all of which will be more fully described on the day of sale.                                                                   W. E. TROY, C. & M. E.
A credit of 12 months will be given, the purchaser giving bond and approval security.
November 8th,                                                    52—tff

It is said that Hugh McKenzie was the man who named Morven, NC and that the town was named after his mother's Scottish town of Morven.

Hugh died on 5 Sept. 1830 from injuries sustained in a run-a-way horse accident.
 
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[1] Cheraw gazette. volume, November 08, 1836, Page 206, Image 2, Column 5
[2] http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/anson/obits/m/mckenzie1211ob.txt
[3] Find A Grave Memorial# 40239966