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10/9/1860 · DEED · book 8 page 332 doc 10997

From WARD JAMES L life
To WARD MARY H life
Premises dirty eggs more or less; twenty acres more or less · lot of land and one third of swamp land (Charlestown, Mill Brook)

Back — where this land came from

This instrument states no source of title that we have read yet.

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

◀ 1860 · DEED · WARD SAMUEL; WARD MARY H → WARD JAMES L · book 8 p 331
◀ 1856 · DEED · LEWIS JOSEPH H; LEWIS NANCY → WARD JAMES L; WARD SAMUEL · book 8 p 138

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

▶ 1860 · DEED · WARD SAMUEL; WARD MARY H → WARD JAMES L · book 8 p 331
▶ 1867 · DEED · WARD SAMUEL; WARD MARY H → DAVIS PRESERVED JR · book 9 p 188

The instrument's own words

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332 Know all men by these present parts that I James L Ward of Charles town in the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island land for and in consideration of the sum of nine hundred dollars to me paid by Mary M Ward wife of Samuel Ward of said Charlestown the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge here remise release and forever quit claim and by these presents remise release and forever quit claim unto the said Mary M Ward her heirs and Assigns for- ever all that right title interest property and claim which I now have or may have of right be in or to a certain lot of land lying in Charlestown bounded on the North by continuing by estimation forty perches more or less on a line with the road leading east to the other holdings bounded north on this Northern side of the highway on the East by the land of John B Manning and bounded on the East by the land of Thomas M Wake and bounded on the on the North by the land of Thomas M Wake and bounded on the East on the West by the lot of James G Cross and Mill Brook in one lot being land lying on said east town containing by estimated dirty eggs more or less and bounded on the North by the land formed formerly owned Samuel Ward east by bounded opposite to Highway bounded east by land of Thomas A Pearson half lane bounded on the North of the road the Charlestown bounded All the right title and interest which I now have one third of swamp land in said town containing by estimation twenty acres more or less bounded north by William P Stockton further North east by land of J P G & G Cross & land of parson L Turner North by the highway of Charlestown otherwise either way since late my boundary To Have and to hold the same with all the rights privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging or pertaining to the said Mary M Ward her heirs and Assigns forever And I the aforementioned James L Ward for myself and for my Heirs Executors and Administrators do covenant and agree for Mary M Ward her heirs and Assigns that I will warrant and defend the aforementioned premises to the said Mary M Ward her Heirs and Assigns forever against the lawful claims and demands of all persons attorney by throughput or unless me In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this ninth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and sixty Signed Sealed and delivered in presence of Charles Cross Parish H Church James L Ward L S Washington S Charlestown Aug 9th 1860 Personally came James L Ward Signer and Sealer of the within instrument and acknowledged The same to be his free act and Deed Before me Charles Cross S Clerk Recorded for Deeds Aug 9th 1860 by O Atick S CM Recorded Oct 9th 1860 by Chas Cross S CM

The page as recorded

No page image on Zara for this instrument (the portal holds it: book 8 page 332).

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.