Notice of Pendency of Action, Summons, Amended Order for Service by Publication

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA 
COUNTY OF SPARTANBURG
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
C.A. No. 2026CP4203394
(Non-Jury)
David A. Keller, as Trustee of the David A. Keller Revocable Trust dated May 9, 2023, Plaintiff,
v.
Nathan Aaron Batchelor; Michael L. Batchelor; Bradford E. Webster a/k/a B.E. Webster; Jesse Heywood Wildeman; Audrey Anne Wildeman; and John Doe and Mary Roe, representing all unknown persons or entities having or claiming to have any right, title, interest, estate in, or lien upon, the Subject Property identified herein, Defendants.
Notice of Pendency of Action
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been or will be commenced, in the Spartanburg County Court of Common Pleas, Seventh Judicial Circuit, upon Plaintiff’s Complaint, as set forth in the above caption, against the above-named Defendants, seeking, by declaratory judgment, to quiet title in and to the below described premises.  Said premises were, at the time of the commencement of the action, and at the time of filing this notice situated in the County of Spartanburg, and described as follows: 
 All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land in the County of Spartanburg, State of South Carolina, located at Poplar Springs, and being shown and designated as a dirt road which runs from the intersection of lands now or formerly of Jeff A. Edge with lands now or formerly of Bradford Webster, and lands now or formerly of Jeff A. Edge with lands now or formerly of Frank J. Kuhn, to the intersection of Kuhn Road and Vausha Road, on Survey for Jeff A. Edge, by Wolfe  & Huskey, Inc. - Engineering and Surveying, dated October 6, 1990, and recorded in Plat Book 111, page 483, Register of Deeds Office for Spartanburg County, South Carolina; said dirt road being approximately fifty (50) feet in width, and is described as follows: 
 Beginning at an iron pin located within the intersection of Kuhn Road and Vausha Road; thence running inside of Vausha Road, S62°44’E 52.89 feet to an iron pin at the corner of land now or formerly of Frank J. Kuhn; then turning and running with the line of land now or formerly of Frank J. Kuhn, the following courses and distances: S46°27’W 83.02 feet to an iron pin; thence S59°30’W 208.02 feet to an iron pin; thence S64°53’W 204.86 feet to an iron pin; thence S71°13’W 128.79 feet to an iron pin; thence S85°03’W 76.69 feet to an iron pin; thence N 82°06’ W 49.95 feet to an iron pin; thence N72°01’W 116.62 feet to an iron pin; thence N 89°35’ W 15.88 feet to an iron pin; thence S54°06’W 83.02 feet; thence S30°20’W 156.35 feet to an iron pin; thence S46°15’W 113.07 feet to an iron pin; thence S37°20’W 101.11 feet to an iron pin; thence S26°11’W 350.39 feet to an iron pin (match line); thence continuing with the line of land now or formerly of Frank J. Kuhn, the following courses and distances:, S35°59’W 444.70 feet to an iron pin; thence S38°10’W 232.80 feet to an iron pin; thence S27°05’W 253.02 feet to an iron pin; thence S14°17’W 134.01 feet to an iron pin; thence S10°13’W 140.02 feet to an iron pin at the corner of land now or formerly of Jeff A. Edge; thence crossing the dirt road to an iron pin at the corner of land now or formerly of Jeff A. Edge with land now or formerly of  Bradford Webster, and following the line of land now or formerly Bradford Webster, the following courses and distances: N10°13’E 130.95 feet to an iron pin; N14°16’E 141.11 feet to an iron pin; thence N27°05’E 263.76 feet to an iron pin; thence N38°10’E 235.30 feet to an iron pin; thence N36°01’E 439.53 feet to an iron pin (match line), and being the corner of land now or formerly of Bradford Webster with land now or formerly of David  A. Burnett; thence following the line of land now or formerly of David A. Burnett, the following courses and distances:, N26°11’E 352.34 feet to an iron pin; thence N37°21’E 109.90 feet to an iron pin; thence N46°15’E 109.97 feet to an iron pin; N30°19’E 159.90 feet to an iron pin; thence N54°09’E 109.89 feet to an iron pin; thence S89°39’E 39.96 feet to an iron pin; S72°03’E 119.98 feet to an iron pin; thence S82°03’E 39.93 feet to an iron pin; thence N85°02’E 65.00 feet to an iron pin; thence N71°14’E 119.94 feet to an iron pin; thence N64°52’E 199.74 feet to an iron pin; thence N59°32’E 199.88 feet to an iron pin; thence N46°27’E 60.00 feet to an iron pin in the intersection of Kuhn Road and Vausha Road, being the point of beginning. 
Tax Map No.:  p/o 5-44-00-005.00
Spartanburg, South Carolina 
Dated: July 2, 2026
/s/ Shane W. Rogers        
Shane W. Rogers (S.C. Bar No. 16701)
Johnson, Smith, Hibbard & Wildman Law Firm, L.L.P.
220 North Church St., Suite 4 (29306)
Post Office Drawer 5587
Spartanburg, S.C. 29304-5587
Telephone: (864) 582-8121
Facsimile: (864) 585-5328
Attorney for Plaintiff David A. Keller, as Trustee of the David A. Keller Revocable Trust dated May 9, 2023
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA 
COUNTY OF SPARTANBURG
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
C.A. No. 2026CP4203394
(Non-Jury)
David A. Keller, as Trustee of the David A. Keller Revocable Trust dated May 9, 2023, Plaintiff,
v.
Nathan Aaron Batchelor; Michael L. Batchelor; Bradford E. Webster a/k/a B.E. Webster; Jesse Heywood Wildeman; Audrey Anne Wildeman; and John Doe and Mary Roe, representing all unknown persons or entities having or claiming to have any right, title, interest, estate in, or lien upon, the Subject Property identified herein, Defendants.
Summons
 TO THE DEFENDANT ABOVE-NAMED:
 YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to this complaint upon the subscriber, at the address shown below, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the complaint, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint.
Spartanburg, South Carolina 
Dated: July 2, 2026
/s/ Shane W. Rogers        
Shane W. Rogers (S.C. Bar No. 16701)
Johnson, Smith, Hibbard & Wildman Law Firm, L.L.P.
220 North Church St., Suite 4 (29306)
Post Office Drawer 5587
Spartanburg, S.C. 29304-5587
Telephone: (864) 582-8121
Facsimile: (864) 585-5328
Attorney for Plaintiff David A. Keller, as Trustee of the David A. Keller Revocable Trust dated May 9, 2023
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA 
COUNTY OF SPARTANBURG
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
C.A. No. 2026CP4203394
(Non-Jury)
David A. Keller, as Trustee of the David A. Keller Revocable Trust dated May 9, 2023, Plaintiff,
v.
Nathan Aaron Batchelor; Michael L. Batchelor; Bradford E. Webster a/k/a B.E. Webster; Jesse Heywood Wildeman; Audrey Anne Wildeman; and John Doe and Mary Roe, representing all unknown persons or entities having or claiming to have any right, title, interest, estate in, or lien upon, the Subject Property identified herein, Defendants.
Amended¹ Order for Service by Publication
 This matter is before the Court pursuant to a Motion to Appoint Guardian ad Litem nisi and for an Order of Service by Publication filed by the Plaintiff on September 8, 2026 and subsequent Affidavit Related to said motion, filed October 13, 2026.  Upon reading said motion and Affidavit of counsel, I find that service by publication is necessary and proper under the circumstances.
 IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that publication of the Notice of Pendency of Action, Summons, as well as this Order, be made for a period of not less than once a week for three weeks; in the Spartan Weekly newspaper, which is a paper of general circulation printed in the County where the premises is located, and which is most likely to give notice of the persons served.
 IT IS SO ORDERED.
 ¹ This Amended Order for Service by Publication has been filed to remove the erroneous reference to the publication of the Complaint in the Order for Service by Publication filed on October 16, 2026.  Anyone who wants to view the Complaint can do so on the Spartanburg County Clerk of Court’s website - https://publicindex.sccourts.org/ Spartanburg/PublicIndex/PISearch.aspx.
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