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Know all men that I Benjamin Green of Charlestown in the County of Washington
and State of Rhode Island in consideration of the sum of Twenty five dollars paid me
by Percival Davis for my sufficient answer to the receipt of which I here by acknowledge
my hand giving selling and convey unto the said Davis his heirs and assigns for a
term of five years from the date hereof a certain lot of cedar standing on the pine
land now owned by said Christopher [illegible] containing by estimation about one acre
a half and is situated Eastwardly from the house where I now live and is distinct
and separate from the main sawmill
To have and to hold the same during said term of five years to the said
Davis his heirs and assigns with a privilege to cut and take away all the rim
on said premises without hire until the end of five years and no other stuff except what is
necessary to get the cedar and at the end of said five years the said premises
together with all the stuff that may remain therein shall revert to the said Benjamin
Green his heirs or assigns
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal this 28
day of August 1862
Signed Sealed and delivered before signing & sealing Benjamin Green L.S.
In presence of
Charles Cross
Washington Co
Charlestown Aug. 2nd 1862
Personally appeared Benjamin Green and acknowledged the preceding instrument
to be his hand signed to be his free act and deed
Before me
Charles Cross
J. Clerk
Received for Registry Augth 2nd 1862
at 10 o'clock & filed and recorded
By Charles Cross J. Clerk
Know all men by these presents that we Stephen & Williams and
Sam & Williams his wife Sarah therefore D Palmer and Jonathan R Palmer his
wife both of Kingston in the County of Washington and State of
Connecticut Benjamin Green and Abraham R Babcock his wife of South Kingstown
County and State of Rhode Island and Cumberland town Kingston and Mary Babcock
his wife of Chicago State of Illinois in consideration of the sum of 200 dollars
paid to us in hand by Percival Davis of North Kingstown of the State of Rhode Island
receipt whereof the secretary acknowledged as preceding given quit claim and sell all undue
unto the said Percival by the Babcock the ore ordinance of the following described
property or hearts of land situated in Charlestown County of Washington State of
Rhode Island bounded on the North by land of Christopher [illegible] on the East by
land of Henry Allen on the South by land of Edward Miller North by land of
Jonathan [illegible] with a deficiency of [illegible] through the pines Also one lot called North
bounding bounded East by land of [illegible] North by land of John Potter West by land
of the heirs of Edward Miller West by land of Edward Miller North by boundary line of
the heirs of Edward Miller East by land of Edward Miller South by the Main road until
but bounded North by land of Henry Allen East boundary line from [illegible] to the land of
Benjamin Green North from the land of Babcock to Edward Miller North from the land of
Benjamin Green North on one lot containing by estimation forty acres bounded North by
Benjamin Green South by land of John Potter Also one More lot
bounded by estimation thirty acres bounded East by boundary line of James Clark
North by land of Edward Miller
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