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Know all men by these presents that I Benjamin Thomas Sq of Charleston in the county of
Charleston and State of Massachusetts in consideration of the sum of one hundred dollars to
me paid by Francis Davis pr of Charleston aforesaid the receipt whereof I do hereby,
acknowledge as follows, give grant sell and convey unto the said Francis Davis pr
his heirs and assigns forever a certain lot of land lying in said Charleston containing
approximately one hundred acres for the same more or less for the boundaries of which
a survey is hereby attached March 4th 1862 and recorded in Book 8th Land Evidence Records in
Charleston page 319.
To have and to hold the same with all the privileges not
appurtenances to the same belonging to the said Francis Davis pr his
heirs and assigns forever And I the said Benjamin Thomas Sq for myself
his heirs equipped & administrators do covenant with the said Francis Davis pr
his heirs and assigns that I am the true sole and rightful owner of the aforementioned
premises, that they are free from all incumbrances and that I will warrant and
defend the same to the said Francis Davis pr his heirs and assigns forever
against the rightful claims and demands of all persons
Provided however that this deed is on consideration that if I the said
Benjamin Thomas my executors Administrators or assigns shall fail or cease to be
paid to the said Francis Davis pr his executors Administrators or assigns the
aforesaid sum of one hundred dollars on demand, together with the lawful
interest thereon accruing this deed shall be as null and void as not having been
given by me the said Benjamin Thomas to the said Francis Davis pr
for said sum of one hundred dollars and bearing
certificate with these presents shall be null void therefore
be it so enacted in full force and virtue
In as witness whereof I have hereunto set my seal
and that this 30th day of February 1862
In presence of (witnessed before signing & sealing)
Charles Cross Benjamin Thomas LS
John Condison
Washington Sq Charleston Jan 30th 1862
Personally came Benjamin Thomas signer
and Sealer of this foregoing instrument and acknowledged
before me this time to be his free act and deed
Before me Charles Cross Town Clerk
Received for Record Jan 30th 1862
at 3 O'clock P.M. and
Recorded by Charles Cross C. Clerk
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