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Know all Men by these Presents that James Collins of
Charlestown in the County of Washington State of Rhode Island Providence Plantation Woman
for and in consideration of the sum of fifty Shillings well and truly paid before me the local king hold
by the searchers of the town of the same County and state aforesaid James the hereby granting
thereby conveying and assigning my self lawfully making and assigning the hereby conveyed acquired
the charge bound by my last will and testament aforesaid to her heir hereafter and devisees forever
have given granted given bargained and conveyed sold to the said [illegible] for the sum of [illegible] a piece of land situated lying and being in the town of Charlestown containing eight acres more or less
of high and low land together with the trees there on to have and to hold the said premises and all the
rights and liberties to any belonging there to and to have and to hold the said premises and all the
privileges thereunto belonging unto the said [illegible] her heirs and assigns forever as the
property of the said [illegible] her heirs and assigns forever in the said town of Charlestown in the
said County and in the said State of Rhode Island Providence Plantation to be held by the said [illegible]
together with the said [illegible] forever for the keeping of the sheep from the Tree known as the
Deer's pasture and have and hold the said sheep and all the privileges thereunto belonging
and rights of the same in any open pasture higher hitting the said sheep full pasture bills and
liberties of the same and that the said [illegible] shall have pasture for her sheepster and her devisees for the same
together with the said [illegible] the same agreement shall be forever common to demise of any sort
whatever Not with standing all acts of the said James Collins (and a copy of this instrument shall
stand on the [illegible] the said [illegible] to be performed by the said [illegible] of the said part and for the said consideration
given aforesaid shall be and remain any right of tenure of the heirs of the before described premises
together with the said [illegible] her heirs and assigns forever —
in witness whereof we have hereunto with our hands and seals this tenth Day of February
1803
Signed Sealed and Delivered
in the presence of
[illegible]
Samuel Perry
James Collins
Hannah Collins [seal]
Providence of Charlestown in Washington in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and three I Samuel Perry Justice of the Peace
acknowledge the within to be true in that the said Voluntarily and of her own accord did and declared she has entered into and signed
me the instrument the [illegible] tenth Day of February
Quarterly Court 4th May 1803
by J. S. 6/4 pr per Common C. Peas
Samuel Perry Justice Court Common Pleas
Indenture of Agreement Made and entered into by and between Amos Green of
Charlestown County of Washington in the state of Rhode Island Providence Plantation and
Charlestown County of Washington in the state of Rhode Island Providence Plantation that whereas the said Amos Green & Joseph Lawton of the said town and county did agree and promise that the said Amos Green & Joseph Lawton do
convey and to promise forever to the said Joseph Lawton and his heirs the house and pasture for the full
use and benefit of the same for the term of one year from the date of these presents for the full
payment of a certain sum of money paid by the said Joseph Lawton to the said Amos Green for the
above noted the said Joseph Lawton in Charlestown containing by measurement [illegible]
Acre the said Joseph Lawton to be performed by the said Joseph Lawton for the said term of one year and
after the said term of the said Joseph Lawton is expired the said premises to be returned to the said Amos Green
and to the said Amos Green to have the premises for the remaining part of the said term of one year and
to be held by him and have the premises for the remaining part of the said term of one year and
the said Amos Green to have the privileges of cutting the straw and wood and to make on
a Forge needed the two feet of wood with the liberty of all the likes for the said term and the said
premises on the said date In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals our
this sixth Day of January 1803
Signed Sealed and Delivered
in the presence of
Joshua Coady
Ulphah Coady
Amos Green [seal]
Joseph Lawton [seal]
Entered March 15 1803
by Reg Clerk pr J. S. 6/4
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