EQUITY COURT SALES
STATE OF SC
GREENVILLE COUNTY
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
Pursuant to Court Decree in Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC Plaintiff(s) vs. Steven Mercer, Defendant
Additional Defendants: Candace Mercer The United States of America, acting by and through its agent, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC and Discover Bank
I will sell at public auction to highest bidder at County Court House on 11/02/2026 at 11:00 a.m. the following property: All that piece, parcel or tract of land in the State of South Carolina, County of Greenville, north of Travelers Rest, being shown as 3.0 acres on plat entitled "property of Lewis Blayne Darnell" prepared by W.R. Williams Jr., surveyor, and having according to said plat, the following metes and bounds to wit: Beginning at a nail-in-cap in the centerline of Robertson Road (which point is approximately one half (1/2) mile to Mill Road) thence 5.14-59E., 400.7 feet to an iron pin; thence S. 76- 41W., 422.8 feet to a nail-in-cap in the centerline of Robertson Road; thence N.09-44E., 15 feet to nail-in-cap; thence N. 05-33E., 100 feet to a nail-in cap; thence N. 07-42E., 200 feet to a nail-in-cap; thence N.20-24E., 60 feet to a nail-in-cap; thence N. 55-29-E., 75 feet to a nail-in-cap; thence N.68-33E., 200 feet to a nail-in-cap being the point of the beginning. Said plat is also recorded in Book 10-S at Page 24. This being the same property conveyed to Steven Mercer and Candace Mercer by deed from Lewis Blayne Darnell dated November 5, 2008 and recorded on November 10, 2008 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Greenville County, South Carolina, in Book 2346 at Page 737.TMS map: 0504020101104
THE STREET ADDRESS IS: 78 Robertson Road, Travelers Rest, SC 29690
The total judgment debt set forth in the Order is $55,012.58.
(THE ORIGINAL FILE CAN BE VIEWED IN THE CLERK OF COURT'S OFFICE)
This property will be sold subject to any past due or accruing Property taxes, assessments, existing easements and restrictions of record and any other senior encumbrances.
This property will be sold subject to the following mortgage(s)/ senior encumbrances: None
The successful bidder must pay interim interest from the date of the Sale through date of compliance at the rate of 4.625%.
Each successful bidder other than plaintiff at time bid is accepted will be required to deposit with Master as evidence of good faith 5% of bid in cash or certified check at the time of bid. In event purchaser fails or refuses to comply with terms of sale within 20 days from close of bidding, deposit shall be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to Plaintiff's debt, and the Master shall forthwith re-advertise and resell said property upon the same terms on some subsequent sales day at the risk of former purchaser until obtaining full compliance with sale.
Additional Bidder Requirements:
Bidding will not remain open after the sale.
Terms of sale - cash; purchaser to pay for deed and stamps.
Additional Terms of sale:
Attention is drawn to the Court Order on file with the Clerk of Court for Greenville County. The terms and conditions of the actual Court Order, to the extent of any inconsistencies, control over any terms or conditions contained in the Notice of Sale.
Charles B. Simmons, Jr.
Equity Court Judge
This notice will run in the Greenville Journal on: 10/16/2026 , 10/23/2026 , and 10/30/2026
Austin Blackwell, Esq.
Bell Carrington Price & Gregg, LLC
339 Heyward Street, 2nd Floor
Columbia, SC 29201
(803) 509-5078