PUBLIC NOTICE
STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF SUMTER
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER
Pursuant to the power of sale contained in the Security Deed executed by JESSE DICKERSON HARMON AND WILLIAM HARMON to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS GRANTEE, AS NOMINEE FOR ACOPIA, LLC in the original principal amount of $150,
228.00 dated August 3, 2021, and recorded in Deed Book 1612, Page 52, Sumter County records, said Security Deed being last transferred to NEWREZ LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING in Deed Book 1661, Page 23, Sumter County records, the undersigned will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash, before the Courthouse door in said County, or at such other place as lawfully designated, within the legal hours of sale, on 3/3/2026, the property in said Security Deed and described as follows:
TRACT ONE:
ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND CONSISTING OF
1.49 ACRES IN LAND LOT 220 OF THE 17TH LAND DISTRICT OF SUMTER COUNTY, GEORGIA, BEING
MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: START AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE CENTER LINE OF STATE ROUTE NO. 308, WHICH IS THE BONDS TRAIL ROAD AND THE NORTH LAND LOT LINE OF LAND LOT 220 OF THE 17TH LAND DISTRICT OF SUMTER COUNTY, GEORGIA, AND FROM THENCE GO SOUTH 27 DEGREES, 45 MINUTES EAST,
287.7 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE GO SOUTH 70 DEGREES 17 MINUTES WEST
40.5 FEET TO A POINT; FROM THENCE GO SOUTH 27 DEGREES 45 MINUTES EAST
129.3 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING WHICH IS A POINT ON THE WEST MARGIN OF THE RIGHT OF WAY OF BONDS TRAIL ROAD; FROM THENCE GO SOUTH 70 DEGREES 17 MINUTES WEST
617.98 FEET TO A POINT; FROM THENCE GO NORTH 88 DEGREES 15 MINUTES EAST
680.82 FEET TO A POINT ON THE WEST MARGIN OF THE RIGHT OF WAY OF BONDS TRAIL ROAD; FROM THENCE GO NORTH 27 DEGREES 45 MINUTES WEST A DISTANCE OF
212.09 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. ALL IS MORE PARTICULARLY SHOWN ON A PLAT OF SURVEY FOR MARK ISRAEL, DATED MAY 25, 1993, PREPARED BY KENNETH EARL DUNMON, SURVEYOR, GEORGIA REGISTERED NO. 1526, WHICH PLAT IS FOUND OF RECORD IN PLAT CABINET B, SLIDE 124-F, IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT OF SUMTER COUNTY, GEORGIA, AND SAID PLAT IS MADE A PART OF THIS DESCRIPTION BY SPECIFIC REFERENCE THERETO.
TRACT TWO:
THAT CERTAIN TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND LYING AND BEING IN LAND LOT 220 IN THE 17TH LAND DISTRICT OF SUMTER COUNTY, GEORGIA, BEING
COMPRISED OF
2.11 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: START WHERE THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LAND LOT 220 IS INTERSECTED BY THE CENTER LINE OF THE PUBLIC ROAD WHICH TRAVERSES SAID LAND LOT AND GO THENCE SOUTH 27 DEGREES 45 MINUTES EAST ALONG SAID CENTER LINE
287.7 FEET; THENCE GO SOUTH 70 DEGREES 17 MINUTES WEST A DISTANCE OF
40.5 FEET TO THE WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY OF SAID PUBLIC ROAD WHICH IS THE POINT OF BEGINNING; FROM SAID POINT OF BEGINNING GO SOUTH 70 DEGREES 17 MINUTES WEST 724 FEET; THENCE GO SOUTH 27
DEGREES 45 MINUTES EAST
111.1 FEET TO A FENCE; THENCE GO NORTH 86 DEGREES 7 MINUTES EAST ALONG SAID FENCE
66.3 FEET; THENCE GO NORTH
70 DEGREES 17 MINUTES EAST 663 FEET TO THE WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY OF SAID PUBLIC ROAD; AND THENCE GO NORTH 27 DEGREES 45 MINUTES WEST ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY
129.3 FEET BACK TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
SAID PROPERTIES AS DESCRIBED IN BOTH TRACTS ABOVE ARE SUBJECT TO ALL EASEMENTS, RIGHTS OF WAY AND RESTRICTIONS ON RECORD.
Said property being known as: 1678 GA HWY 308 S, SMITHVILLE, GA 31787
To the best of the undersigned’s knowledge, the party or parties in possession of said property is/are JESSE DICKERSON HARMON AND WILLIAM HARMON or tenant(s).
The debt secured by said Security Deed has been and is hereby declared due and payable because of, among other possible events of default, failure to pay the indebtedness as provided for in the Note and said Security Deed. The debt remaining in default, this sale will be made for the purpose of paying the same and all expenses of sale, including attorney’s fees (notice of intent to collect attorney’s fees having been given).
Said property will be sold subject to the following: (1) any outstanding ad valorem taxes (including taxes which are a lien, whether or not yet due and payable); (2) the right of redemption of any taxing authority; (3) any matters which might be disclosed by an accurate survey and inspection of the property; and (4) any assessments, liens, encumbrances, zoning ordinances, restrictions, covenants, and matters of record superior to the Security Deed first set out above.
Said sale will be conducted subject to the following: (1) confirmation that the sale is not prohibited under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code; and (2) final confirmation and audit of the status of the loan with the holder of the Security Deed.
The name, address, and telephone number of the individual or entity who has full authority to negotiate, amend, and modify all terms of the mortgage is as follows:
NEWREZ LLC D/B/A Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing
75 Beattie Place, Suite 300
Greenville , SC 29601
866-825-2174
Note that pursuant to O.C.G.A. §
44-14-162.2, the above individual or entity is not required by law to negotiate, amend, or modify the terms of the mortgage.
THIS LAW FIRM IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
NEWREZ LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING,
as Attorney-in-Fact for
JESSE DICKERSON HARMON AND WILLIAM HARMON
Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC
13010 Morris Rd., Suite 450
Alpharetta, GA 30004
Phone: 470-321-7112
Firm File No. 24-231210 - LiM
Americus Times Recorder:
Feb. 4, 11, 18 and 25, 2026
24-231210/104549