The Deed Walker · From Ninigret · Charlestown, Rhode Island land evidence, 1738 to today
Trail: 11854

7/14/1812 · DEED · book 5 page 110 doc 11854

From NARRAGANSETT INDIAN TRIBE life, HARRY AUGUSTUS life, NOCAKE GIDEON life, SEKETOR BENJAMIN life, PAUL LODOWICK life, COMMECK JOSEPH life
To HAMMER HANNAH life
Consideration Seven Dollars and Sixty Six cents
Premises Four Acres and thirteen rods · Lots of land bounding on the Highway and Cov. meadow (Charlestown, Pawtucket)
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Back — where this land came from

This is the first alienation
The grantor is the sachem or the tribe, so this instrument is where this ground enters the town's land evidence. Behind it stands the reserved tract of 1709 — the Narragansett reservation, about 64 square miles, carved out of the roughly 130,000 acres of "vacant lands" Ninigret quit-claimed to the Colony on 28 March 1709 (State Records, Land Evidence 3, p. 273; Tucker 1877, pp. 23–24) — and, before the reservation, the Narragansett country itself. There is no earlier deed to follow; the land is followed from here by its bounds and its abutters. From Ninigret — every such instrument ▸
indian General Assembly of said State
“By Virtue of an Act of the General Assembly of said State passed at Bristol December”
no book and page cited; the source is named, not recorded here
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The grantor's earlier acquisitions, by name — the man, not necessarily this land

◀ 1805 · DEED · HARRY CHRISTOPHER; HARRY CLOWE → HARRY AUGUSTUS · book 4 p 447

Forward — where this land went

The grantee's later conveyances, by name — the man, not necessarily this land; the one that cites this deed as its source is the land

▶ 1818 · DEED · HAMMER HANNAH → SEKETER DANIEL · book 5 p 398

The instrument's own words

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110 To all Men By these presents witness that we Augustus Perry, Gideon Noacheh Joseph Cornwell, Benjamin Shutes and Ledowich Paul the Presen members of the Council of the Narragansett Indian Tribe of Charlestown County of Washington and State of Rhode Island sc &c By Virtue of an Act of the General Assembly of said State passed at Bristol December encompassing said Council limited the Superintendence & Direction of Daniel Mawhitt Ledowich Main and Poly Coffe for to do in formala of the common consent of sd Tribe as shall be necessary & proper for the Detriment of said Tribe and for sd Consideration the sum of twenty Dollars and fifty Cents to be paid to us in hand write and truly paid by Kanah Hannah Narragansett an Indian woman of Charlestown &c the Right thereof and Acknowledge and to our full Satisfaction and Content, HAVE given, granted bargained and sold and his will be his the sd Kanah Hannah Narragansett her heirs Assigns for forever Certain Lots of Land situate in the Town of Charlestown containing by Description Four Acres and thirteen rods in the same manner as is late known as & denoted as Follows beginning the Highway that runs east of Charlestown on the north side of Cov. meadow to called thinn bounding on the said Leading a Straight line south west and east to a stone wall rods to a heap of stones thence easterly by a rope lot about twenty four rods to a heap of stones by the side of the Highway that leads to Pawtucket bounding bounding on sd Highway to a heap of stones by the sd road and so to sd stone wall about twenty four rods, thus having a true corners piece of Land 20/1800 acres and to have the aforesaid Demise and lease and premises together with all and singular the liberties appurtenances and hereditaments thereunto belonging or any anywise appertaining from all incumbrances whatever whatsoever held held in Kanah Hannah Narragansett her heirs and Assigns forever. And we the said August Perry Gideon Noacheh Joseph Cornwell, Benjamin Shutes and Ledowich Paul for and sufficient slow and and sufficient’s our join in Office’s powers and the Superintendence and Direction of Daniel Mawhitt Ledowich Main and Poly Coffe for to sign as Approved and Concurred with the above Demise and lease and bargain and premises to her the sd Kanah Hannah nor her heirs and Assigns against the all adverse claims Demands any person or persons whomsoever forevers hereafter in Warrant and cure and day by these Presents Witness Our hands set whereat our hands set our hands and seal and sealen done in sd Captaincy this 28th Day of December anno 1812 Signed Sealed & Delivered in Presence of Joseph Cornwell Stephen Gidion Augustus Perry Joseph Cornwell Gideon Noacheh Ledowich Paul Washington to State of Rhode Island & Forwards to Ledowich Paul At Charlestown Mar 4th Day 1812 Personally appeared the above named signers and sealen’d acknowledged this demise and lease and bargain instrument to be their free voluntary act and hand and sealen Before me Asa Chace Justice Peace Provided July the 18th 1812 By Poly Coffe clk for sd Tribe The within Indenture is approved by the Committee Witness our hands Ledowich Main Committee Poly Coffe clk

The page as recorded

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