The Deed Walker · From Ninigret · Charlestown, Rhode Island land evidence, 1738 to today
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1/17/1840 · ORDER · book 6 page 539 doc 10190

From KNOWLES JOSEPH M life
To CRANDALL GEORGE N life
Consideration Eighteen Dollars yearly
Premises none · No premises described for Grantor Knowles; transcript contains unrelated court case and a deed from Sanford Cairo. (Charlestown)

Back — where this land came from

This instrument states no source of title that we have read yet.

The grantor's earlier acquisitions, by name — the man, not necessarily this land

◀ 1806 · DEED · GAVIT JOSEPH; GAVIT SARAH → KNOWLES JOSEPH M · book 4 p 467

Forward — where this land went

The grantee's later conveyances, by name — the man, not necessarily this land; the one that cites this deed as its source is the land

▶ 1844 · DEED · CRANDALL GEORGE N → CRANDALL WILLIAM G · book 7 p 161
▶ 1854 · DEED · CRANDALL GEORGE N → PIERCE THANKFUL G · book 8 p 61
▶ 1861 · DEED · TUCKER JONATHAN; TUCKER PATIENCE; CRANDALL GEORGE N; CRANDALL FRANCES → PIERCE THANKFUL G · book 8 p 389

Bounded by

Edward Hospie · Arnold Visean · Edward Ullott · Rose Balcock · Christopher G. Champlin · Anne P. Smith · George S. Stanton · Joshua P. Card

The instrument's own words

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539 At a Court of Common Pleas Began and holden at South Kingstown within and for the County of Washington in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations on the First Monday of February in the Year 1838 it being The fifth day of said month. George McDanell of Charlestown in the County of Washington on Plff. against No. Vernon of Westerly in said County Deft. in Complaint for that said Deft caused the water of Pawtucket River to overflow and flow back upon the Plaintiffs land. Viz a certain tract situate in said Charlestown Containing Ninety Acres more or less bounded westerly in land of the Heirs of Edward Hospie Northey in land of Arnold Visean. Northerly on Foguent Brook and Easterly in land of Edward Utlets. and on this tract situate in said Cha rlestown Containing ten acres more or less Hundred southerly on Foguent Brook Westerly on Pawtucket River Northerly and Easterly in land of the Heirs of Edward Hospie Dec'd by raising his new dam build across said Pawtucket River without law or licens from the Plaintiff and thereby greatly injured the said lands and the Grass and the feed and other Product of said land and praying that a warrant might be issued pursuant to the Statute in such Cases made and provided said Complaint was brought at the August term of this Court 1136 and Continued to this Court which in the fifth day of the term the following Verdict rendered at the Sheriff Court holden near the Premises on the 21st day of September 1837 was readied and ordered to be entered to wit a fine and appraise the Yearly damage done to the Compl anants lands by the said respondents flenage of the Lands stated in the Complaint to be the sum of Eighteen Dollars yearly from the 21st day of September 1831 to this 21st day of September 1837 and the future yearly damage to the said Complainants land to be Eighteen Dollars as long as the respondent dam remains at its present height from this 21st day of September 1837 the same to be paid yearly by said Knowles to said Brandall for flenage of the Complainants lands as stated in the Complaint - And.
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540 And signed & sealed by the Jurors (viz, Eduara Marber (Foreman), James G. Wilson, Benjamin S. Jeffes, Albert Church, Jesse Wilson, Welcome De la perie, James Perry, David Clarks, Edward Jeffes, Bonacham Funk, Samuel Meade, Jonathan S. Gordon, & John Wood). The Court also assigns that Plffs have, and recover of the defendant in addition to the Sum above listed the Sheriff's Cost of suit layed at $ 1.77-29 Execution issued April 11th 1838 and delivered to Joseph Saint Sheriff Washington St. Clerk's Office Court of Common Pleas No. Number 14th 1839 1839 I certify that the preceding is a true Copy from the Book in said Office Witness Matthew White Clerk Recorded January 17th 1840. By John Stanton Town Clerk. Know all men by these Presents That I Sanford Cairo of Charleston District County of Washington and State of Rhode Island sc in consideration of Two hundred Dollars to me paid by Martha M. Gordon of the Same County and these premises, the receipt of which I hereby acknowledge, do hereby remise release and forever quitclaim unto the said Martha M. Gordon her heirs and assigns forever, all the right title and interest which I have in or unto these certain tracts or pieces of land, lying in said Charleston first least being the one twenty first part of Joshua Champlain's farm as it is called, and bounded northerly on the Post Road, Easterly on land of Louis Balch, southerly on the Salt Marsh westerly on lands of Christopher S. Champlain Containing on the Whole Two hundred Acres & two Containing on quarter of an acre and bounded northerly on land of George A. Stanton and on the Post Road on dew westerly on a mill brook Northerly on land of George A. Stanton and on the Post Road on Easterly on land of Joshua P. Cairo. I have granted and to hold all the before described and Quitclaimed Premises, to him the said Martha M. Gordon her heirs and assigns forever, to his and her and them only use and behoof forever, along the same Estate conveyed to by said Martha W. Gordon by deed bearing date January 29th 1839 Witness my hand executed by my hand and seal at Charlestown aforesaid This 19th day of March in the year 1840 Executed in presence of John Stanton

The page as recorded

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deed_walker_v1.9_2026-10-10 · the index is the town's own (i2l.uslandrecords.com); transcripts, chains and the assessor's cards are the Perry Machine's reading of it. Where the record we hold runs out, the page says so.