11/8/1856 · DEED · book 8 page 154 doc 10791

Know all men that I Christopher S. Crandall of Johnston R. hode State, in con- sideration of the sum of five hundred dollars paid me by Benjamin Tucker trader of said Town, the receipt of which I acknowledge, do hereby give grant bargain sell and convey unto said Tucker his Heirs and assigns, all the right title and interest I have in and to a certain piece of land in said town containing thirty square acres or more or less and bounded Northly, and easterly on other side of the highway, Northerly on the sawmill brook & Westerly on a highway, or however bounded the line commencing at the pine tree small brook forming the south boundary about one hundred and seven rods east to a stone, thence North about one hundred and twenty rods fast to a stone the line running parallel to the center of the road and then by the road Northerly about sixty seven rods fast to the brook & then by the brook to the place of beginning, north by east seventy rods and all privileges rights & appurtenances and the right for the grantor other line is appointed to maintain the dam at its present height the said Tucker his Heirs & assigns have covenanted forever making and maintaining all partition fences between said land and other land of the owner of the land bordering it. To have and to hold said land to convey premises & appurtenances to said Tucker his Heirs & assigns forever, furthermore it further agreed to the parties that the said Tucker his Heirs & assigns may straighten and deepen the course of the brook from the bridge of the Northwest corner of the premises let said brook run straight as a line both in width and brook for the same time some time hereafter clear out and deepen the same, and the same may from time to time thereafter clear out and deepen the same, and the said Crandall hereby grants & conveys for said consideration to the said Tucker his Heirs and assigns all his right title & interest in and to any land lying along the east side of the road, the center of the river when straightened, and the present course of the river, when straightened, to the line between said parties, and to have and hold said land to convey to said Tucker his Heirs and assigns having by deed of the same date con- veyed his land lying South of said Straightened course to said Crandall, the property being part of the land the frontier bought of the heirs of Caleb Mason. Witness my hand and seal the 3d day November AD 1856 Christopher S. Crandall LS Executed in presence of C. R. Potter Jason Chapin Southkingston Nov 3 1856 Christopher S. Crandall acknowledged the foregoing to be his free act and deed, hand & Seal before me C R Potter Public Notary Received for Record Nov 4th 1856 at 1 O'clock P.M. Recorded Nov 8th 1856 Chas. Tuttle Cross S. Clk