5/24/1855 · DEED · book 8 page 94 doc 10727

99 Whereas the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island in their January Session AD 1835 authorized Naturah Michael a Member of the Narragansett Tribe of Indians to sell under the advice and direction of George W Cross of Charlestown in said State the one undivided half of a certain lot of Land lying in said Charlestown containing by me dimension bordering acres be the same more or less and is bounded Northerly on lands of Henry Gorton bounded easterly on the Highway Southwesterly on lands of the Heirs of Noah Michael and westerly partly on lands of Aaron Baker and partly on lands of the Heirs of Stacy Santon the same being a part of the surface reserved to the Indians in said Charlestown Now therefore these presents make it known that the said Naturah Michael by the auth ority aforesaid and by and with the advice and consent of the said George W Cross hereby sells and conveys by his hand and seal hereunto affixed and in consideration of the sum of dollar paid to him by Price Bent of said Charlestown the receipt of which he hereby acknowledges to bargain hereby sell and convey unto the said Price Bent his Heirs theirs and assigns forever all my right title and interest in the one half part of the aforedescribed premises the said land and bargained half is to be set off on the North part of said premises To have and to hold the same with all the Privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging to the said Price Bent his Heirs and assigns forever In witness whereof we hereunto set our hands and seals this 24th day of May AD 1833 In presence of Benjamin Brown Charles Cross Naturah Michael George W Cross L S L S Washington Co Charleston May 24th 1833 Personally appeared Naturah Michael one George W Cross and acknowledged they were the witnesses mentioned in the above signed to be their free act and Deed Before me Charles Cross Lawr Clerk Know all men by these presents that I Price Bent of Charlestown born in the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island sell and for and consid eration of the sum of twenty dollars paid me by Benjamin W Brown the said Charlestown the receipt whereof signed to hereunto hereby acknowledge release and forever quitclaim unto the said Benjamin W Brown his Heirs and assigns forever all the right title and interest which I have the day acquired by deed from Naturah Michael in and to a certain tract of Land situated in said Charlestown containing by estimation the same acres or less and is bounded Northerly by land of Noah Brown Charlestown by the Highway Southerly by land of the Heirs of Noah Michael and westerly partly on lands of Aaron Baker partly on lands of the Heirs of Stacy Santon To have and to hold the same with all the privileges and appurtenances thereto belonging to the said Benjamin W Brown his Heirs and assigns forever Witness my hand and seal as a con veyance that of the said Price Bent’s bound ary or cause to be paid to the said Benjamin Brown the Heirs hereafter aforementioned or assigns the aforesaid sum of twenty dollars whether right or wrong from the date hereof together with the Lawful sum of interest thereon arising then the before written Deed as at a certain Note naming even date with