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Know all Men by these presents that I Isaac Potter of Charlestown in the
county of Washington and state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantation am an owner for
and in consideration of the sum of Two hundred Dollars done in hand well and truly
paid by Jesse boundary I B Charterman in the County and state aforesaid and grant the right
whereof I am a sole owner for my part for the said Jesse Charterman contented and paid have given
grantis transferred and sell full and to the said Jesse boundary and his heirs forever one
certain piece or part of parcel of Land lying in Charlestown aforesaid containing by
estimation three hundred and ten acres of the land has the tenure more or less by the following
tenure boundary and is bounded and described as follows beginning at the northeast
corner boundary of her land by a highway three miles running southeasterly by Gideon Potter's
land until it comes to a stone heap and then runs south east until it touches the corner of a lot of land
belonging to James and Nathan Thrasher lately residing in the same land easterly a stone
wall to the North East by the highway three miles running south westerly to a stone heap in the
land of eastern in cedar swamp a westerly by a highway that land to run northwest to the article
stone to the first mentioned stone all the tract of the said land that formerly belonged
to John Cup by deed there existing a lot of land that the said Jesse Charterman has bought
of him
And all and their heirs male grants and bargains promised the whole with the
Privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any of their appertaining and how the
said Jesse boundary has delivered and gave in possession as his and his heirs there only forever with the
full power and authority of the same by my pen and signature lines and testament too
the Government and with the said Jesse boundary has his heirs successors and administrators that at
and before the revealing and signing of this instrument that have good right full power
and authority in capacity to sell and dispose of the same and any claims and claims of the same
in any instance to alien in fee simple and that the some is free and clear of all encumbrances
and manners of incumbrances that now or shall disturb or in any manner or make
void this present Indenture and that I save for myself my heirs executors and administrators too
instructors to be convenient and agree with the said Jesse boundary as his heirs successors and
Administrators and Assigns forever than and there and agree to them in the
Quiet and peaceable possession of the above described Premises and that the said Jesse
Potter and his heirs forever have the consideration above described shall be lawfully
yielded up and forever reserving all my rights way down and doors of these premises now have
or shall have all the above described Premises forever and limited in the hand the
above Considerated under him in this write and assigned forever in witness whereof
we have hereunto set our hands and placed our seals this first day of June in the
Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ten 1812
Signed Sealed and Delivered
in the Presence of
Daniel Edwards
Edward Hovey
Records July 20, 1812
Isaac Potter
Ethir Potter
witnessed and delivered
signing & sealing
Westtown June 1st 1812
I say
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Then appeared the aforesaid named Isaac Potter and as he read
the aforesaid instrument to be his voluntary Act and Bad hand
signed this instrument to be his voluntary Act and Bad hand
and seal - Before Daniel Edward Justice of the peace