The Deed Walker · From Ninigret · Charlestown, Rhode Island land evidence, 1738 to today
Trail: 11169

7/9/1864 · DEED · book 8 page 497 doc 11169

From DAVIS ELIZABETH life, DAVIS PRESERVED JR
To CARD HENRY C life
Consideration twent
Premises two line seven rods · tract of land bounded by Cove bank and water (Charlestown)

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

◀ 1862 · DEED · GREEN BENJAMIN → DAVIS PRESERVED JR · book 8 p 413
◀ 1864 · MORTGAGE · THOMAS BENJAMIN → DAVIS PRESERVED JR · book 8 p 475
◀ 1863 · MORTGAGE ASSIGNMENT · CHURCH SARAH A; GREEN BENJAMIN; CROSS CHARLES ADMINISTRATOR; CHURCH AS → DAVIS PRESERVED JR · book 8 p 428
◀ 1862 · MORTGAGE · THOMAS BENJAMIN → DAVIS PRESERVED JR · book 8 p 394
◀ 1862 · MORTGAGE · CLARK ROBERT S; CLARK FREELOVE; CLARK MARINDA → DAVIS PRESERVED JR · book 8 p 397
◀ 1860 · DEED · CARD JOSHUA P → DAVIS PRESERVED JR · book 8 p 307
◀ 1860 · MORTGAGE · MACOMBER BENJAMIN; MACOMBER PENELOPE C → DAVIS PRESERVED JR · book 8 p 337
◀ 1856 · CERTIFICATE · PERRY SAMUEL ESTATE OF → BROWNING SARAH; PERRY SAMUEL; MACOMBER PENELOPE C; DAVIS ELIZABETH; DA · book 8 p 148
◀ 1851 · LEASE · KINYON THOMAS A; DAVIS PRESERVED JR → DAVIS PRESERVED JR; KINYON THOMAS A · book 7 p 410

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

▶ 1867 · DEED · CARD OLIVE L; CARD HENRY C → WARD GEORGE H · book 9 p 230
▶ 1872 · DEED · CARD OLIVE L; CARD HENRY C → WEBSTER BETHEUEL · book 9 p 169
▶ 1873 · LEASE · CARD HENRY C → HOPKINS JOHN J · book 10 p 105
▶ 1873 · LEASE · CARD HENRY C → NELSON JAMES · book 10 p 113
▶ 1873 · DEED · CARD OLIVE L; CARD HENRY C → MITCHEL JESSE D · book 9 p 175
▶ 1876 · LEASE · CARD HENRY C → GREEN AMOS P · book 10 p 197
▶ 1877 · MORTGAGE · CARD HENRY C → PERRY WALTER · book 10 p 371
▶ 1879 · FORCLOSURE DEED · PERRY WALTER; CARD HENRY C → KENYON JAMES N · book 10 p 476
▶ 1879 · FORCLOSURE DEED · PERRY WALTER; CARD HENRY C → CHURCH JOSEPH C; PERRY WILLIAM H · book 10 p 479

The instrument's own words

page 1
497 Know all men by these present that I Samuel Davis jr of Charlestown in the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island bind for and in consideration of the sum of twenty five dollars paid me by Henry C Covey & Co of said Charlestown the sole right of which I have by tenure and acknowledge do hereby bargain sell and convey unto the said Henry C Covey & Co his heirs and assigns forever certain tract of land lying in said Charlestown containing by acre two line seven rods more or less the same more or less and is bounded and described as follows being beginning at a stake bank of Cove bank of said Henry C Covey bounding thence running Southerly bounding Estate of said Davis land until it comes to a post and will come to land of said Henry C Covey bounding thence running Northerly bounding Water on said Davis land to a stake and stone stones thence running Easterly bounding North West on land of the said Henry C Covey to the place of beginning The said Henry C Covey is to make and follow maintain at all the time fence between said lot and land of the grantor I do have and to hold the same with all the privilege and appurten ances manifold to the same belonging to him the said Henry C Covey his heirs and assigns forever And I the said Samuel Davis jr for myself my heirs executors and administrators or covenant unto the said Henry C Covey his heirs and assigns that at all and before the ensuing hereof I am the true sole and lawful owner of the above described premises that they are free from all encumbrances and that I will warrant and defend the same to him the said Henry C Covey his heirs and assigns forever against the lawful claims and demands of all persons And I Elizabeth Davis wife of the said Samuel Davis jr for the consideration aforesaid paid me said husband do hereby relinquish to the said Henry C Covey his heirs and assigns forever all my right of Dower and power of thirds in and to the documents premises In witness whereof we hereunto set our hands and seals this ninth day of July AD 1864 S Davis jr L.S. Elizabeth Davis L.S. In presence of Charles M. Brendick Charles Cross Washington Co Charlestown July 9th 1864 Personally appeared Samuel Davis jr and Elizabeth Davis his wife and personally acknowledged the foregoing instrument to have been signed to be their free and voluntary act and deed before me Charles Cross Town Clerk Received for record July 9th 1864 at 10 oclock AM and recorded by Charles Cross S. Clerk

The page as recorded

page 1

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.