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Know all men by these presents that I Augustu S Lewis of Charlestown
on the County of Washington state of Rhode Island declared for and in consideration of the
Sum of Two Dollars to wit and other valuable parcels by Joseph S Lewis of Charlestown Com
mon we Say expressy do hereby relinquish set over and assign to the said Jo
seph S Lewis his heirs and assigns forever as follows certain lot of land lying and situated in
the said Charlestown a butter and premises as follows beginning as the whole tract does on the
line boundary to Ward's land and extends by the said line direct line and straightly
quite in line taken by compass bearing and purity in part of the grants mentioned
amongst the boundary by the West line comes to a post first marking reference made the
Lot boundary continuing on that line south west to a post and further more the
said Augustu S Lewis do hereby make my heirs administrators and assigns forever to renounce
any right title of the said Land to the said Joseph S Lewis his heirs and assigns aforesaid
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal apposed my seal the 5th day
of December A.D. 1848 thirteen hundred and forty eight In presence of
Joseph R Boggs
William Henry Pope
Augustus S Lewis
Charlestown Dec 10 1848 personally appeared the above Sign and seal
and upon oath acknowledged the same to be his acting act and deed and seal and has
for the purpose above written
Augustu S Lewis’s Hand and Seal
August, day 31 1848
by Hon Thawson J. C.
30 All people to whom these presents shall come Know it
that I Jared Babcock of Charlestown on the County of Washington state of
Rhode Island based on the consideration of the Sum of five dollars to wit in hand
paid by daniel Benedict of Charlestown a sufficient receipt of the same which day shall
by acknowledgement duly execute seal and deliver above hereby give and hand the sum
Common Benedict his heirs and assigns forever as follows certain lot of piece of land situated
amongst on a piece of any other man's lot and piece is bounded on the North by the boundary
of the West line of the grantor’s estate South line to the Road to the East
entirely direction west until it reaches an old stone wall the last line of the said piece runs the
the West line until new standing on the old stone wall the last line of the said piece runs the
the Eastbound line of West’s land to a stake on the North
IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal apposed my seal the 5th day
of May 1848 thirteen hundred and forty eight In presence of as witnesses
Martha Benton
Martha Babcock
Jared Babcock
State of Rhode Island
County of Washington
Acknowledged by me in Charlestown on the 10th of May 1848 personally came the within
named Jared Babcock and being duly sworn oath acknowledged the within deed to
be his voluntary act and seal his hand and seal of signing theirs
Charlestown May 10 1848
by Hon Thawson J. C. Clerk
Before Hon John Thawson J. Clerk