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Know all Men By these Presents that I Stephen J Griffin of
Charlestown in Washington County sc Physician Do grant and in consideration
of the sum of four hundred Dollars to me in Hand witness and truly paid by hereby
Stanley of Charlestown in Washington County gentleman the said Stanley to whom I do
hereby acknowledge the receipt of and that I am lawfully seized Statutes and tenured in
fee Simple Given Granted and Assigned and led into him the said Stanley for
his heirs Descendants Domestics and Assigns forever this one half of a
Dwelling house Where I now live and reside being the west part of
said house With one fourth of an Acre of Land adjoining Thereof lying
to the west of the said house Not to include any Other dwellings than above
I now live and reside.
And I do grant and to hold the above Granted and Assigned Premises together
the appurtenances Privileges and Commodites to the same forever lasting on my
above Assigns forever into the said sum paid four hundred Dollars to me and Assigns
forever and I the said Stephen J Griffin sc in Do conveyance and agree forever
sign me my hand my Seal and Witnessed’s’ to the said Stanley for
his heirs and Assigns forever for the Witness of Tenure and Defend to
these Presents all and the aforesaid Assigned and Assigned Premises against all and all
Claims or Demands of my Person or Persons Directors and Savannah Griffin
wife of the said Stephen J Griffin both the said consideration above mentioned
said up and concord and set free all Right of hours and Powers of mine in the above
Granted and Assigned Premises to him the said Stanley for his heirs and Assigns
forever. Provided Nowth the following Presents upon Condition Not to say
that if the said Stephen J Griffin and his heirs hereafter’s’ upon Consideration sum of four hundred
Dollars’s’ Domestication or Assigns the before mentioned sum of four hundred
Dollars on the Twenty fifth Day March in the Year One Thousand and Eight
hundred and forty three then the above and foregoing instrument shall be null and
void and of none value the above to remain in full force and virtue.
In Witness whereof I the Stephen J Griffin and Savannah his wife have set our
hands and seals this 28 Day of Decr 1841
Signed Sealed and Delivered in Presence of
Joseph Bunting sc
Hon Church sc
Stephen J Griffin
Savannah Griffin
State of Rhode Island & Washington Co Signed at Charlestown Done Decr 1841 personally came
Stephen J Griffin and Savannah his wife and signed the above and foregoing instrument of their
own voluntarily Act and Deed hand and seals
Dated Decr 28 1841 for Me’s’ of E’s’
Before Hon Church Justice Peace
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