The Deed Walker · From Ninigret · Charlestown, Rhode Island land evidence, 1738 to today
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6/1/1818 · AGREEMENT · book 5 page 379 doc 12110

From LEWIS JOSEPH H life, SHEFFIELD SAMUEL life, SHEFFIELD JAMES life, SHEFFIELD GEORGE life
To SHEFFIELD GEORGE life, SHEFFIELD JAMES life, SHEFFIELD SAMUEL life, LEWIS JOSEPH H life
Consideration Twenty Dollars
Premises none · Division of line fence between farms (Shifflets farm, Lewis farm)
Also on this page: DEED CARD JOSHUA JR

Back — where this land came from

deed Thomas Shifflets and Joseph Shifflets
“bought of Thomas Shifflets and Joseph Shifflets the same that he bought of Robert Comps heirs”
no book and page cited; the source is named, not recorded here
read by: gemma

The grantor's earlier acquisitions, by name — the man, not necessarily this land

◀ 1817 · DEED · SHEFFIELD NATHANIEL → SHEFFIELD SAMUEL · book 5 p 311
◀ 1817 · DEED · SHEFFIELD THOMAS → SHEFFIELD JAMES; SHEFFIELD GEORGE; SHEFFIELD SAMUEL 2ND · book 5 p 359
◀ 1815 · DEED · PECKHAM ANNA; PECKHAM ROBERT C → LEWIS JOSEPH H · book 5 p 229
◀ 1812 · DEED · HOXSEY JOSEPH → LEWIS JOSEPH H · book 5 p 92

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 · LEWIS MARGARET; LEWIS JOSEPH H → BABCOCK JARED · book 5 p 367
▶ 1820 · MORTGAGE · LEWIS JOSEPH H → PERRY HOXSIE · book 5 p 438
▶ 1821 · MORTGAGE · LEWIS JOSEPH H → LEWIS SIMEON P · book 5 p 452
▶ 1821 · MORTGAGE · LEWIS MARGARET; LEWIS JOSEPH H → PERRY HOXSIE · book 5 p 455
▶ 1821 · DEED · LEWIS JOSEPH H; LEWIS PEGGY → FOSTER JOHN JR · book 5 p 459
▶ 1822 · DEED · SHEFFIELD JAMES; SHEFFIELD LYDIA → SHEFFIELD SAMUEL 2ND · book 6 p 6
▶ 1823 · DEED · LEWIS MARGARET; LEWIS JOSEPH H → PERRY SUSANNA · book 6 p 23
▶ 1823 · DEED · LEWIS JOSEPH H; LEWIS PEGGY → LEWIS AUGUSTUS J · book 6 p 37
▶ 1827 · DEED · LEWIS JOSEPH H → · book 6 p 146
▶ 1846 · MORTGAGE · LEWIS MARGARET; LEWIS JOSEPH H → LAND HOLDERS BANK; POTTER ELISHA R · book 7 p 220
▶ 1856 · DEED · LEWIS JOSEPH H; LEWIS NANCY → WARD JAMES L; WARD SAMUEL · book 8 p 138
▶ 1857 · DEED · LEWIS JOSEPH H → LEWIS NATHANIEL; LEWIS WALTER R · book 8 p 182

Bounded by

George Sheffield · Moses Long · John Foster · Luther Sheffield

The instrument's own words

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079 Know all men by these presents that I Shadrach Card of Charleston in the Count of Washington and State of Md. called and Providence Plantations Labours in Consi dera tion of the sum of Twenty Dollars to me paid by Joshua Card of Charleston in Washingto n do hereby acknowledge the Receipt whereof I do hereby Release and Forever Quit claim and by these presents remise Release and forever Release and forever Quit claim Card for his heirs and Assigns forever Three Lots of land tide of lots lying in Charlestow n and the other Lot lying in Charleston districton bordering on Estimation Districtes acres be the same more or less Setting in the Land owned by Lydia Card late of Charleston deceased and by me said lydia first lot lying in Quantitation with part of the existing House there Standing on the Northly side of Joshua Card (on the West and then North and on the South of the Chain of Joseph Card bordering on the by Joshua Card land) bounded on the North by Noah Boyes land, bounded on the North side by Joshua Card and some other [illegible] Card land, on the South and East by land of Joshua Card this Lot lying in Quantitation bounded on the South and West by land of John Taylor’s land by land of Eugene Card’s land and on the East by land of Luther Whitfield’s land and to all the the Same together with all the privileges and Appurtenances thereunto belonging to him and his heirs and assigns forever; and also to leave and to hold my part after the Joshua Card for his heirs and assigns forever; and also to leave and to hold my part after the Executor of the Estate of Lydia Card deceased now in the hands of Elsinore Card Promise that the estate. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Nineteenth day of May 1888 Shadrach Card (seal) Signed Sealed and delivered in presence of Jeffrey Card (witness) Sally Card (witness) Washington for St at Charleston on the 18th day of May 1888 before Appear Shadrach Card Signer and appear to me the within Instrument and Acknowledge the same To be his free and Voluntary act and deed Seal thereof affixed for the purpose there contained Before me Samuel Stanton D. Clerk Recorded May 27th 1888 by Samuel Stanton D. Clerk Charleston December 18th 1879 Know all men by these presents that I Samuel Jones and George Shifflets has agreed On a Division of line fence between the same that they bought of Thomas Shifflets and Joseph Shifflets the same that he bought of Robert Comps heirs, Bounding as I shall describe mention Bordering at the Northwest Corner of Shifflets farm bounded on Thomas Moore’s Northly southly line; Duty on the side beginning at the North Corner and from there South Twenty two hundred and forty seven paces till it comes to a Large Rocky pasture under the way, and partly in Lewis farm which is agreed by Shifflets and Joseph Lewis to be marked for a Bound Rock, marked they’ll set the distances the same more or less. Shifflets agrees to make maintain and support the first part fence that I have once more mentioned. thus taking the North part of the line fence that now is between their farms. Secondly Joseph Lewis agrees to make maintain and Support the other part of the line fence between the two farms, Beginning at the Rocky
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080 body marked the Eps from thence running Southly to the Sea at Love - into county; make maintain and support a good fence some on both of this bound- Saml. Sheffield James Sheffield George Sheffield Jos. H. Lewis Westerly, March 31st 1818 I Certify putting this instrument on Record at the time of the within Date by forgetting it. Jos. H. Lewis Inspector Deeds The Above and foregoing Instrument was Recorded June 5th 1818 by me Samuel Stanton Clrk Know All men by these presents That Rely Cross of Charlestown County of Washington sta- Date of Rhode Island his present on Consideration of the sum of one hundred and fifty Dollars paid him by Joseph Potter now residing in Charlestown the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge and bind by myself George Bargain Bell and company unto the said Joseph Potter his heirs & assigns forever Certain Lot of and Street in Charlestown County & State aforesaid Containing the following bounds and is bounded Beginning at and running Easterly on the Brook that runs out of the Cove Swamp into the Mille pond; thence running Southly bounding Easterly and Southly and Swamp thence bounding Southly and easterly on the Granite land to the mille pond; thence bounding on the mille pond until it reaches a Stump of a Pine first mentioned above; and in to be bounded a West- erly bound for one league to make sure few Acres with a Straight Line Across’s land. To Have and to Hold the 3 Granted and Bargained Premises with the Privileges and Appurtenances thereunto belonging the said Joseph Potter his heirs and assigns forever to his use and benefit forever. And I the sd Rely Cross for my own heirs Executors and Administrators do Covenant with the sd Joseph Potter his heirs & assigns That the same Premises shall be forever quieted free from all manner bur- dens so that I will warrant and defend the same To the sd Joseph Potter his heirs and his assigns forever Against the Lawfull Claims of all persons In Witness Whereof I have set my hand and Seal this 31st Day of March in the year 1818 Rely Cross LSS Signed Sealed and Delivered in presence of Samuel Stanton fr Isa Church Recorded June 5 1818 by Samuel Stanton T. H. Clrk Washington for Ct April 11th 1818 Personally came Rely Cross Subscriber to the foregoing providing Instrument and acknowledged the same to be his Voluntary Act & Deed Seal and Seal Before Isa Church Justice Peace

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.