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Know all men by these presents that I Stephen Holloway of Charlestown
in Washington County and State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantation
in consideration of the Sum of Ten Dollars to me Paid by Gideon Holloway of the same
town in Washington County and State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantation
whose the Receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge have Remised Released
and forever Quitclaimed and do by these presents Remise Release and forever Quit
claim unto the Said Gideon Holloway his heirs and Assigns forever a Certain
lot or Parcel of Land lying in Charlestown in Washington County and State of
Rhode Island and Providence Plantation Containing By Estimation Thirty five Acres
or thereabouts the Same more or less it being half the half of the Farm of Joseph Holloway late
of the Same Town the said part bounded beginning at the highway
at a Stake and Stone and thence at the bend of the highway thence bounded Easterly to a
Stake and Stone about it on the Corner of the Farm a Straight line and to be
run on the Same Course a Course East and seven from thence Bounded Easterly
to the George Gorton's land thence Southerly to the Said Gideon Holloway's land thence
Northerly to the Highway thence Northerly on the highway to the first mentioned
land Bound. To Have and To Hold the Same Together with all the Privi
leges and Appurtenances thereunto belonging to the said Gideon Holloway his
heirs and Assigns forever and furthermore Hannah Holloway wife of the aforesaid Stephen
Holloway for the Consideration above written do yield up and surrender all
my Right of Possession and Power of this and of the before Described and bar
gain and remise to him the Said Gideon Holloway his Heirs and Assigns
In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our Hands and Seals this Horticultural
day of September 1817
Signed Sealed and Delivered
in Presence of
Joshua Card Jr
Noah Holloway
Stephen Holloway L.S.
Hannah her
Holloway mark L.S.
Washington County To wit at Charlestown September the 10th 1817
Personally Appeared the above Named Stephen
Holloway and Hannah Holloway his wife Signers
and Sealers to the above and foregoing instrument
and Acknowledge the Same to be their free Volun
tary act and Deed hands and Seals thereto Affixed
Before
Joshua Card Jr Justice Peace
Recorded September
10th D. 1817
by Samuel Barton T.C.