1845 DEED book 7 p 179

Back — where this land came from

This is the first alienation
The grantor is the sachem or the tribe, so this instrument is where this ground enters the town's land evidence. Behind it stands the reserved tract of 1709 — the Narragansett reservation, about 64 square miles, carved out of the roughly 130,000 acres of "vacant lands" Ninigret quit-claimed to the Colony on 28 March 1709 (State Records, Land Evidence 3, p. 273; Tucker 1877, pp. 23–24) — and, before the reservation, the Narragansett country itself. There is no earlier deed to follow; the land is followed from here by its bounds and its abutters. From Ninigret — every such instrument ▸

probate David Marter

“parcels of the late David Marter estate”

no book and page cited; the source is named, not recorded here

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

◀ 1845 · MORTGAGE · AUSTIN SUSAN → NARRAGANSETT INDIAN TRIBE; STANTON MOSES; STANTON ANN · book 7 p 189

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

▶ 1845 · DEED · HOPKINS LUKE → CARD CHARLES M · book 7 p 183

▶ 1858 · MORTGAGE · HOPKINS MARY H; HOPKINS LUKE → MICHAEL BRISTER · book 8 p 247

▶ 1859 · MORTGAGE · HOPKINS MARY H; HOPKINS LUKE → MICHAEL BRISTER · book 8 p 299

▶ 1876 · MORTGAGE · HOPKINS MARY H; HOPKINS LUKE → WILCOX CHARLES W · book 10 p 245

▶ 1877 · MORTGAGE · HOPKINS LUKE → CASE BENJAMIN W · book 10 p 359

The instrument's own words

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129 Whereas the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations at their January Session held at Pill, Authorized I the Manton the Commissioner of the Narragansett Tribe of Indians in Rhode Island to make the sale of the parcels of the late David Marter estate as would be proper to obtain debt due to Isaiah S. Hopk and that a deed or deed s, executed by said bom perience Hadd come a valid title to the lands so sold. Now Therefore Whereas now many’d be fully pertinent that I John Manton the Commissioner as aforesaid, for and consideration of the sums of money owed to me paid by Duke Department of land Charleston. Now accept with gratitude I hereby acknowledge in my capacity as land agent, grant and con vey sell and convey unto Anne the late David Marter’s heirs and assigns all my right power to a tract of land lying off at the south east of said David Marter’s lottery land adjoining the Indian boundary line comprising about eight rods wide as adjoiner commoning at a white oak tree at the North west corner of said lot by said Swamp. Home namely Eastly on the line adjoining the lottery land until it comes to a witness heap of stone five pace from the east pole. Then southerly a straight line by said pole to a stone heap in a few perches to the southeast of the boundary where it now is, then on the line adjoining the lottery land as the line runs to a white Pine tree marked which is the boundary corner of said lot then home northerly on a line pole the boundary line to the point previously bounded. I was onward adding So far as to hold the said land to the said Duke Hopk, Green, Or per successors whereby I execute with my hand and seal in my hand Capacity at Charleston appeared this third day of march 1845 In presence of Joshua Clarke Healths H. Gardner. John Manton comr. L.S. State of Rhode Island And Providence Plantations Washington co. Charleston march third 1845 Personally appeared this within named I John Manton commissioner on aforementioned acknowledged the within deed by him signed to be his true and volum tary act Before me Joshua Clarke Justice Peace Recorded march 7 1845 By John Manton T. Clerk

The page as recorded

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.