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A TRACT OF LAND IN THE WEST HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 28 TOWNSHIP 3 NORTH RANGE 8 WEST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, TO-WIT: BEGINNING AT A STONE SET 2020 FEET SOUTH AND 1257 FEET EAST OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SECTION 28, TOWNSHIP 3 NORTH RANGE 8 WEST, AND RUNNING THENCE SOUTH 76 DEGREES 59 MINUTES WEST 76.0 FEET TO A STONE, THENCE SOUTH 70 DEGREES 47 MINUTES WEST, 143.2 FEET TO AN IRON PIPE, THENCE NORTH 244.5 FEET THENCE EAST 208.7 FEET TO THE HALF QUARTER SECTION LINE, THENCE SOUTH ALONG SAID HALF QUARTER SECTION LINE 178.4 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, BEING A PART OF THE WEST HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 28, TOWNSHIP 3 NORTH RANGE 8 WEST, MADISON COUNTY, ILLINOIS: EXCEPTING THEREFROM A TRACT OF LAND CONVEYED BY VERNON R. PHLEGER AND WIFE TO HIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS OF TOWNSHIP 3 NORTH, RANGE 8 WEST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, MADISON COUNTY, ILLINOIS BY WARRANTY DEED DATED OCTOBER 25, 1927 AND RECORDED IN THE RECORDER'S OFFICE OF MADISON COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN BOOK 600 PAGE 387; ALSO EXCEPTING THEREFROM THAT PARCEL CONVEYED BY VERNON R. PHLEGER AND BARBARA L. PHLEGER, HUSBAND AND WIFE, TO JOHN HENRY GILLASPY AND MARGARET LLOYD GILLASPY, HIS WIFE, BY WARRANTY DEED DATED NOVEMBER 18, 1947 AND RECORDED NOVEMBER 19, 1947 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 113-3232 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 1037 AT PAGE 592 MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: A PART OF THE WEST HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 28 TOWNSHIP 3 NORTH, RANGE 6 WEST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A STONE DESCRIBED AS BEING 2,020 FEET SOUTH AND 1,257 FEET EAST OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 28, AND WHICH STONE IS ON THE EAST LINE OF THE WEST HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 28, NORTH 649.8 FEET FROM THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID HALF-QUARTER SECTION; THENCE NORTH ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID HALF-QUARTER SECTION 178.4 FEET; THENCE WEST 101.8 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 12 DEGREES 09 MINUTES EAST, 197.3 FEET; THENCE NORTH 76 DEGREES 29 MINUTES EAST, 62.0 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING ALSO EXCEPTING THE COAL AND MINERALS UNDERLYING ALL OF THE ABOVE DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE; IN MADISON COUNTY, ILLINOIS.