The Deed Walker · From Ninigret · Charlestown, Rhode Island land evidence, 1738 to today
Trail: 12004

3/14/1816 · DEED · book 5 page 276 doc 12004

From BROWNING GEORGE life, BROWNING RUTH life
To TUCKER SIMEON life
Consideration Seven Dollars
Premises one Certain Lott of Land (Charlestown, Washington county)
Also on this page: DEED CONGDON JOHN R · RELEASE RATTENNI ELLA EST

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

◀ 1813 · DEED · BROWNING CLARK; BROWNING PATTY → BROWNING GEORGE · book 5 p 156
◀ 1813 · DEED · BROWNING JOHN; BROWNING MERCY → BROWNING GEORGE · book 5 p 153
◀ 1813 · DEED · BROWNING HAZARD → BROWNING GEORGE · book 5 p 155

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

▶ 1821 · NOTICE · TUCKER SIMEON; STANTON DANIEL; HAZARD JEFFERY → KINYON SAMUEL; GREEN BROWNING · book 5 p 461
▶ 1823 · LEASE · WILCOX EDWARD; TUCKER SIMEON → TUCKER SIMEON; WILCOX EDWARD · book 6 p 27
▶ 1825 · DEED · CLARKE RUTH; BROWNING CHRISTOPHER; TUCKER DORCAS; TUCKER SIMEON; TUCKE → CROSS JOHN · book 6 p 95
▶ 1838 · DEED · TUCKER SIMEON → TUCKER JOHN; TUCKER BENJAMIN · book 6 p 442
▶ 1839 · DEED · TUCKER SIMEON → NEW YORK PROVIDENCE AND BOSTON RAIL ROAD CO · book 6 p 500
▶ 1849 · DEED · TUCKER SIMEON; TUCKER DELIGHT; TUCKER SAMUEL; TUCKER BETSEY; TUCKER HO → · book 7 p 351
▶ 1862 · DEED · TUCKER JOHN; TUCKER SARAH G; TUCKER ELIZABETH; TUCKER SIMEON; TUCKER S → · book 8 p 395

The instrument's own words

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246-A Know all Men By these Presents That I George Browning of Charlestown in the county of Washington and State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations am an free man and consider ation of the sum of Seven Dollars done and paid by Simon Tucker of Charlestown county of said State aforesaid am I the said George Browning aged 40 years hereby give grant bargain sell & convey and assign to the sd Simon Tucker his heirs and assigns forever one Certain Lott of Land being in Charlestown in Washington county and State aforesaid bounded by Estimation thus describing one corner be the Summons as life end and butted and bounded as follows Northerly between the Beginning Milestone and the buttery and Easterly on the Common Land southerly to some other first mentioned bounds To have and to hold the sd Land granted and premises with the Privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging the sd Simon Tucker his heirs and assigns forever to him his heirs and tenure and by these forever and the sd George Browning giving sole right my Next Relation and Determinations as Tenant to the common with the sd Simon tucker his heirs and tenure and assigns That I am lawfully seized in fee of the Premises that they are my pure all monuments that I have and Right to sell and convey the shore the said Common Tenure that as aforesaid and that I will Warrant and Defend the same against all other land Simon Tucker his heirs and assigns forever Against the lawful Claims and Demands of all Persons and the said Ruth Browning wife of the said George Browning for the consideration above written has Read up all my right her part of Court and bound of thirds of and to the before Simon and assigns forever Simon Tucker his heirs and assigns forever. In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our Hands and Sealer this 16th Day of March 1806. Signed Sealed and Delivered in Presence of Joshua Cord Valley Cord George Browning L.S. Ruth for Browning L.S. witness Washington sc to Court at Charlestown March 16 1806. I provided appear the within named George Browning And Ruth Browning his Wife Negroes and related to the within and following Instrument and Acknowledged the same their free Voluntary Act and hand and Seal thereunto Affixed Before Joshua Cord Justice Peace Threaded March 18 1806 Jos P. Cross J. C. Lh

The page as recorded

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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.