The instrument's own words
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Know all men that I Joseph Covoss of Charlestown Rhode Island in
consideration of my sons George W Covoss, Samuel J Covoss, Stephen R Covoss
& William D Covoss of said town having agreed & undertaken to pay all the
debts which I now partly owe amounting to about seventeen hundred
Dollars but be the same more or less & for diver other good and valuable
considerations do hereby give grant bargain sell and convey unto the
said George Samuel Stephen & William their persons and assigns all the
right title and interest of mine how a and to have now or in the future
part of land in said Charlestown where I now live and where formerly
belonged to my father Samuel containing two hundred and fifty acres
more or less and bounded Northwly by lands of Risdon Chappell
East on land of heirs of Lewis Henry & heirs of Henry Green South
on land of James R Green Robert Clark heirs of Samuel Gavitt
& Wm Gale & Mat on Basquet creek or however otherwise bound
ded dead & also all my right title and interest in and to three tracts of
lands lying between the outlets of West Covoss Home & all
other or my lands land I may own in said town however bounded
referred here in to the Records for further descriptions thereof
with all buildings & appurtenances to it attaching that knowing that I
Ruth R Covoss wife of the Grantor for said consideration do here by re
lease to said George Samuel Stephen & William their persons & assign
my right of dower in the premises
Save and hold the same to said George W Covoss Samuel
Samuel Covoss Stephen R Covoss & William D Covoss their persons
in me assign forever and it is understood by the parties that in
the tract of two hundred & fifty acres here conveyed there is a part
of my sister Sarahs right which I have not purchased and that
George W Covoss now owns there an undivided third parts of one lot
included within the bounds above
In testimony whereof we have here to set our hands & seals this
day of January 1854
Signed sealed and delivered
in presence of
Robert Clark
Joseph T G Griffin
Joseph Covoss L D
L T
Washington St Cha Charlestown January 9th 1854
Personally came before me Joseph Griffin Covoss and acknow ledged the proceeding
instrument to be by him signed to be his free and voluntary act
Joseph T G Griffin
Justice of the Peace
Received Jan 24th 1854
by Chal Covoss Clerk
Know all men that we George W Covoss, Samuel J Covoss, Stephen R
Covoss & William D Covoss sons of Joseph Covoss of Charlestown Rhode Island
in consideration of our said father having this day conveyed to us the lands
herein after described & for all other goods & valuable considerations as hereby
give grant bargain sell and convey unto our said persons and assigns for
and during the term of the natural life of said Joseph Covoss the following
manner tracts of Land in said Charlestown namely one tract of land
containing two hundred and fifty acres more or less bounded North
on land of Risdon Chappell East on land of the heirs of Lewis heir
you & heirs of Henry Green South on land of James R Green Robert
Clark William Card & heirs of Samuel Gavitt & West on Basquet