5/26/1855 · DEED · book 8 page 96 doc 10730

96 Whereas the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island at their June Session D 1854 Authorised Caleb & Stanton Joseph Stanton & Moses Stanton Members of the Narragansett Tribe of Indians to Sell their portions of a certain tract of Land lying in Colleton in said State with a dwelling house and barn thereon formerly belonging to Jane Stanton several acquired a Narragansett Woman & to convey absolute & other deeds of the same Now therefore know all men by these presents that I the said Joseph Stanton (having purchased of the said Moses Stanton his interest therein) by the authority aforesaid and in consideration of the sum of One thousand dollars paid me by Thomas Huston wife of Caleb Stanton after payment of the receipts whereof I do hereby acknowledge as hereby bargain sell & convey unto the said Thomas Huston his Heirs and Assigns forever all that my title & interest whilst alone now have and to have in that land the same containing by measurement twenty acres as the same more or less and bounded as follows to wit Beginning at the south west corner and running Northly by Line of the Money Henry Bent & Susan Robins to running Northly by Line of the Money Henry Bent & Susan Robins Bands of Caleb Hudson running Northly bounded Line of Money Henry Champlin to the line of Hannah Pridgen from whence Northly to the first mentioned corner Then bounding south from whence Southly to the first mentioned corner Then bounding south on the North by Land of the Money Henry Champlin bent on Land of Patience Michael Stanton on the south by Line of the Money Henry Bent & Susan Robins and West on the land of the Money Henry Champlin To Have and to Hold the same to hold the same with all the privileges and appurtenances there unto the said Thomas Huston his Heirs and Assigns forever And I Eliza E Stanton wife of the said Joseph Stanton for & in consideration of the authori named sum of Money paid my said Hub same as aforesaid to be there forever remise release and forever quitclaim all my right of dower & power of threes in the premises within described to the said Thomas Huston his Heirs & Assigns forever In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and Seals this 24 th day of May in the year 1855 Joseph Stanton L S Eliza E Stanton L S Signed Present of Harriet B Dixon Nathan H Dixon State of Rhode Island etc Washington Co Westerly, May 24 th 1855 Personally appeared Joseph Stanton who execute the above Deed and acknowledged the same to be his free voluntary act and Deed Before me Nathan H Dixon Justice of the Peace Recorded Mar 26 th 1855 by Chas Cross D C