The Deed Walker · From Ninigret · Charlestown, Rhode Island land evidence, 1738 to today
Trail: 9017 › 44@28/660 › 119@28/289

7/24/1940 · TAX COLLECTOR'S DEED · book 28 page 289 doc 119@28/289

From ROURKE JOHN J
To FISHER EDWIN life
Premises Lot 786, Assessors' Plat 16, with dwellings (Charlestown)
Index description AP 16 LOT 786

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

◀ 1937 · DEED · REILLY THOMAS F; REILLY ANNA T → ROURKE JOHN J · book 27 p 171

Forward — where this land went

Follow forward ▶ 1878 · DEED · TUCKER WILLIAM F; TUCKER EMILY S C → TUCKER SARAH A · book 10 p 386
“deed of William E Snacker to Emily S. la Snacker dated July 18th 1817 recorded in Charlestown Book 28 page 289”
cites this instrument as its source · read by gemma

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

▶ 1940 · DEED · FISHER EDWIN; FISHER EMILY M → HAWLEY KATHERINE J · book 28 p 231
▶ 1940 · DEED · FISHER EDWIN; FISHER EMILY M → BROWN HAROLD W · book 28 p 238
▶ 1941 · DEED · FISHER EDWIN; FISHER EMILY M → WALLANDER PAULINE ELLEN · book 28 p 460
▶ 1942 · DEED · FISHER EDWIN; FISHER EMILY M → SWENSON JOHN · book 28 p 660
▶ 1942 · DEED · FISHER EDWIN; FISHER EMILY M → NELSON ALBIN · book 28 p 671
▶ 1944 · DEED · FISHER EDWIN; FISHER EMILY M → BLIVEN EVELYN D · book 29 p 208
▶ 1944 · TAX SALE RETURN · CHARLESTOWN TOWN OF; CLARKE EDWARD M; CROSS CELIA M; CROSS WILLIAM D; → · book 29 p 285
▶ 1968 · ORDER · CREES WILFRED; FISHER EDWIN → TAYLOR FLORENCE MAY; TAYLOR JOSEPH W · book 42 p 626

The instrument's own words

page 1 · read by Gemma vision
289 TO ALL PERSONS TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME: I, WILLIAM D. CROSS, Collector of Taxes, for the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, for the year 1939, SEND GREETING: WHEREAS the taxpayers of said Town of Charlestown, at their annual Financial Town Meeting duly notified and held on the 10th day of April, A. D. 1939, voted and ordered the assessment and collection of a tax on the ratable real estate and tangible personal property of the owners of real and personal estate in said Town of Charlestown; AND WHEREAS, on the 15th day of June, A. D. 1939, the Board of Tax Assessors of said Town made such assessment and fixed the rate therefore of $1.30 on each one hundred dollars value of the ratable real estate and tangible personal property, and the tax bill in due form delivered to me with the warrant duly signed and attached thereto, by the Town Treasurer, of said Town, requiring me to proceed according to Law and collect said tax and place the same in the Town Treasury of said Town. AND WHEREAS, John J. Rourke neglected to pay the tax assessed against him as expressed in said tax bill amounting to Sixty-five dollars ($65.00) and in consequence thereof I did on the 1st day of May, A. D. 1940 levy said warrant upon that certain tract or parcel of land and sum of dwellings and designated as Lot 786, Assessors' Plat 16, and appearing on Original Tax List and Tax Bill, 1939 (also notice of levy served according to law), belonging to said John J. Rourke in said Charlestown, and did advertise the same for sale at four public places in said Town of Charlestown, viz: Wrights Garage, the store of E. C. Brown & Son, Grinnell's Garage and the post Office at Charlestown, R. I. for one more than twenty days previous to said sale, and also in the South County News, a newspaper published in said County for more than twenty days previous to said sale, and on the 13th day of July, A. D. 1940, at one o'clock, p. m., Daylight Saving Time, at the Town Hall, in said Town, I proceeded to sell at Public Auction, by Robert P. Day, a qualified auctioneer, the premises aforesaid, and Edwin Fisher, of said Town of Charlestown was the highest bidder, NOW, KNOW YE, that in consideration of the sum of Eight Dollars Eighty Cents ($8.80) to me paid by said Edwin Fisher the receipt whereof I hereby acknowledge, I do hereby sell and convey unto said Edwin Fisher, his heirs and assigns, forever, all the right, title and interest which said John J. Rourke, had in and to said premises at the time of assessing of said tax, with all the appurtenances thereto belonging; for a description of said premises, reference is hereby had and made to Assessors' Plats and Cards on file in the office of the Town Clerk of said Town of Charlestown and to the Land Evidence Records of said Town. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same to the said Edwin Fisher, his heirs and assigns, Forever, (subject to the right of redemption as provided by law). And I, the said William D. Cross, Collector of Taxes, as aforesaid, do covenant with the said Edwin Fisher, his heirs and assigns, that I have advertised the said property as hereinbefore stated and have complied with the terms of the law regulating the collection of taxes. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 23rd day of July, A. D. 1940. William D. Cross, Collector of Taxes, Town of Charlestown for the year 1939 (L. S.) In the presence of: Linton L. Brown STATE OF RHODE ISLAND) County of Washington ) In Charlestown, on the 23rd day of July, A. D. 1940, before me personally appeared William D. Cross, Collector of Taxes, as aforesaid, to me known and known by me to be the party executing the foregoing instrument, and he acknowledged unto me that he had executed, to be his own free act and deed, individually, and in his official capacity aforesaid. LINTON L. BROWN, Notary Public Received for record July 24th, A. D. 1940 at 11:05 o'clock, a. m., and recorded by [?] Town Clerk
page 2 · read by Gemma vision
[Map image] PLAT OF LOTS IN THE TOWNS OF CHARLESTOWN AND SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. PROPERTY OF HOWARD B. PERRY SURVEYED AND PLATTED BY EDWIN L. HOLLAND, CIVIL ENGINEER. MAY 1936. SCALE 1" = 100' CHARLESTOWN POND PERRY CREEK GREEN HILL POND HIGHWAY H. B. PERRY TOWN OF CHARLESTOWN TOWN LINE TOWN OF SOUTH KINGSTOWN H. B. PERRY HIGHWAY ATLANTIC OCEAN MEAN HIGH WATER LINE TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE, Charlestown, R.I. July 24 1940 RECEIVED AND FILED. TOWN CLERK.

The page as recorded

page 1page 2

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.