1811 DEED book 5 p 58

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

◀ 1801 · DEED · LARKIN KINYON; LARKIN RAINNY → ALLEN JAMES · book 4 p 311

◀ 1798 · DEED · SCOTT GEORGE; SCOTT MARY; PIPER JOHN BY ATTORNEY; PIPER FRANCES BY ATT → ALLEN JAMES · book 4 p 247

Forward — where this land went

⛔ The record we hold stops here: no later instrument we have read cites this one, and no later conveyance by the grantee is linked by name. The index is complete to 1987, so the gap is in the words: deeds of this era seldom cite book and page, and only about half the instruments of 1936-1965 have been transcribed (some 6,000 were never imaged), so a citation to this deed may sit in a page not yet read.

Bounded by

The instrument's own words

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Know all Men by these Presents that I James Boven of Charlestown in the County of Washington in the State of Rhode Island Geoman Do sell and assign for and consideration of the Sum of five hundred Dollars to be in Hand received and truly paid by Gen Allen of the Same Town County and State Foregoing Gentleman the Right whereas it is my full voluntary Act and Content have Given Granted Reserved and by these presents do Give Grant Bargain and Sell fully freely and Absolutely Convey and Confirm unto him Gen Allen alone Certain Parts of Land and Messuages lying and being in the Town of Charlestown aforementioned containing by Estimation of the Area precise measure and in Short and Rounded as follows 1819 / Beginning at the southly Corner of that Tree on the easterly Side of the Highway by the Northeasterly Side of a Broad Road known by the Name of the Passage Brook Road where the Bridge is Brook on the Highway aforesaid and from there Northeasterly Down stream Said Brook as well as said Brook near home to the Lot of Olon Howard conveyed Land and Parcel boundedly by said Lot and the said Broad road and there Northeasterly bounding Westerly by said Olon Howard’s Conoidal land as far North as Parallel line with Brook will make the distance 1 number of Rods across from there Northeasterly bounding easterly by a Remainder of the aforesaid Land to the Aforementioned Highway then Southeasterly as south westerly bounding Easterly by said highway to the first Mentioned Tree To Have and to hold the above Grant Bargained and Decreased Premises together with all the Pertinences and appurtenances belong to the same belonging or in any way appertaining land unto the said Gen Allen as an absolute Estate of Inheritance in fee simple and to the said James Allen’s heirs successors Executor and Administrator’s forever and convey and bargain the above Demised Premises to him the Gen Allen against all manner Claims and Demands of any Person or Persons whatsoever Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Affixed my seal this Twenty Fourth Day of December in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and Eleven. 1811 Signed Sealed and Delivered In Presence of Elizabeth Allen Sam L Boven. James Allen State of Rhode Island Washington County Charlestown Presented Decbr 24th 1811. Pronounced affirmed James Allen signatory and seal of the Above Instrument and acknowledged the Same to be his Act and Deed with the Hand and Seal thereunto Affixed before me Sam L Boven Justice Peace

The page as recorded

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.