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Whereas the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island at their
January Session 1811, authorized Thomas Cummock a member
of the Narragansett tribe of Indians to sell under the advice and direction
of Joseph Gavitt Esq. of Providence at the right, title and interest
of the said Thomas Cummock and to the one and the one half part of
piece of land in said State known as the "Old Home" containing in the all five
acres of land more or less and bounded North by the Chunkey
of Narragansett Indians South by the land of Henry Gorton with a road on
of Indian tracks West on land of Henry Gorton with a road on
a highway or highway on either side East on land of Henry Gorton with a
highway running through it, the land being a part of the land
of the Indians in said town and the other half belonging to the
said Ruth Cummock the wife of the said Thomas Cummock said Ruth being
authorized in the time and conditions mentioned in the write
tion of the assembly all requisite deeds having
Now therefore all men may know that I said Thomas Cummock by the auth
ority aforesaid and by the hands made under the advice and consent of the said
Joseph Gavitt certify by my signature hereunto affixed and in consideration
of the sum of fifty dollars paid me by myself named Arthur
Cummock of land Narragansett tribe of Indians of the town of Wickford hereby
acknowledge in hearty grant and convey unto said Arthur and his heirs
all my right title and interest in and to the one and the one half part of
the premises above described with all appurtenances or Buildings there
to belonging
To be held to and hold the same to paid taxes and his heirs according
to the laws customs and usages which regulate the affairs of said
tribe
In Testimony whereof we have hereunto affixed our hands and
seals this Eleventh day of May in the Year one thousand eight hundred
and forty one In the presence of us as witnesses
Alexander G. Dicke
Wm Winston
John Martin
Samuel Winston
new witness to the signatures
of Rhode Island
Wiskeon Territory
Brown County
ss
Be it known to all men that on the 11th day of May in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty one before me
Alexander Stone a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Brown under
ly also came the within named grantor Thomas Cummock and to me known
and acknowledged that the within deed to be free and voluntary act for
the purposes therein expressed and the said Thomas Cummock being
examined separated and apart from her husband acknowledged the
lands to be her free and voluntary act and deed without any fear or force
pressure and coercion that the lands should be conveyed according to
law. In Testimony whereof I have recount to my hand the day and year first
above written
Thomas May 11th 1842
By Wm Aaron J.P.
Alexander Stone Justice of the Peace
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