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Know all men by these presents that I Joseph Stanton on of Charlestown in the County
of Washington Foreman in the Consideration of the sum of Three hundred Dollars paid me by James
Collins of the same town and County Blacksmith whose the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge
and there with fully satisfied paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid and paid 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Heirs of Samson Perry Land and also one lot of void Land lying in said Charlestown
containing Eight Acres all be the same more or less left Boundid as follows Northly on the House of
John Browning Southly on Joseph Stanton junk Land and Westly on a hay horse and east
ly on a block with shop Standing on the North side of the street now called on south Stanton land
50 rods and all the said Boundries run with all the privileges to the same
belonging with the same said Joseph Stanton the North side and Right corner and the
James Collins acting as my Executor and Administrator have made an agreement with the
Joseph Stanton to forbid the conveying here in the house over the ownership of the premises
and have good right and title to all and Desise of the same and can Lawfully sell dispose
and project the same in any other person right having in my own self full power to act and dispose
of the same and that the said Joseph Stanton forever hereafter have here me exactly
Enjoy the same Furthermore the said James Collins for himself for his Heirs Collectors and
Administrators forever waive and desist the same against the Large Claims demands or
of any person and Hannah Collins wife of the same James Collins for the consideration
agreeing with all her right title and power of power and rights of the before demand
Premises witness here on the said Joseph Stanton to his house and all legible signatures
Provided. Notwithstanding that if the said James Collins any his Executor administrator
Shall not and fully pay to the said Joseph Stanton his Heirs successors above stated
or oppose the full and just sum of three hundred Dollars to be paid in the following
Installments that is to wit the first hundred Dollars to be paid the 25th of March 1801 the
second hundred Dollars to be paid the 25th of March 1802 with lawful Interest for the same until
paid Then this deed as a null Entire Notion of void however Date with these presents
given by me to the said Joseph Stanton for Consideration to pay the same sums and
Interest at the terms Yearly and shall be void otherwise shall remain in full
force and virtue In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this
16th day of February in the year of our Lord 1809
Signed sealed and delivered
In Presence of us
Samuel Perry
P.H.C. ozald
Acknowledged before me 16th of Feby 1809
By R. P. Cosey J.P.
Personally appeared in Charlestown in Washington County the
within named James Collins and Hannah Collins his wife and
acknowledged the within Instrument to be their voluntary act
and deed hand and seal thereunto affixed before me on the subtract
this 16th day of February AD 1809
Attest R. P. Cosey Justice of the peace
Know all Men by these presents that I the Honorable Clerk of the Court of the within named
Mortgage have paid the sum of three hundred dollars the amount of the mortgage to the term and manner
of some of funds’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’