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Know all Men That These Presents witness that I Riley Card of
Charlestown in Washington County and State of Rhode Island Providence
Plantations fireman, in Consideration of the Sum of One dollar in Hand paid to
William Card of Charlestown in Washington County & State of Rhode Island
and Providence Plantations fireman, My Aunt’s brother, I hereby Absolutely
Have Released and forever Quit Claimed and by these
Presents remise Release and forever Quit Claim send unto the said
William Card his heirs and Assigns forever a certain Piece of Land lying
in Charlestown in Washington County & State of Rhode Island aforesaid
containing by Estimation four Acres to be the Same more or less and is
bounded as followeth Wounded on the Highway to the North, on the East
West Land of [illegible] of the Surveyors of the County on the South An
Land of Asher Card and 26 Rods Road of Joshua Tucker Given
Asher’s Card East End the North to a Stone and Stone There N. 2
W. 20 Rods to a Pole Card’s Land. S. N. 51 Rod. to a Pole Land.
Land Then Northwards to the Highway Bound. as per Card’s Land
To Have and to Hold the Same Together with all the
Privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging to be the said
William Card his heirs and Assigns forever. And Given and Set right
of the aforesaid Riley Card in the said estate above described’s’
up and Surrendered any right Bound and Part of Hand.
and to be the before Named and Assigned Premises to the said
William Card his heirs and Assigns forever.
Witness whose hand have hereunto Set and Seal.
and Seal this 14th Day of March 1815.
Signed Sealed and Delivered
In presence of
J. Coffey Card
Jeffrey Champlin
Riley Card (LS)
Doreas Card (LS)
Washington for S. District at Charlestown March 14th 1815.
Personally Appeared the within Named Riley Card and Doreas Card
his wife, signers and sealers to the within instrument and
acknowledged the Same before this free February Act and
Did Hands and seals there Affixed Before.
Joshua Card Justice of the peace
Recorded August 31 1815.
W. P. 60 pp T. C.