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Know all men by these Presents that I Silas Knowes of Charlestown in the
County of Washington State of Rhode Island & Provs Yeoman for and in Consideration of the sum
of five Hundred and twenty the forty Dollars and fifty Cents cash and promissory notes paid and promised by Edward Howie
and Samuel Stanton both of the same town and County aforesaid to me paid and promised, the Receipt whereof
I do hereby acknowledge and thank them I have granted bargained sold and conveyed and do hereby grant
sell bargain sell and convey unto them Henry Howie and Samuel Stanton their heirs and assigns
for ever the following described piece of Land lying in Charlestown containing by Measurement Sixty acres
and some odd’s or more all lying in and about the dwelling House then standing there and is bounded easterly to
the North by
Christopher Champneys land bounded southerly on Foley’s land bounded westerly on
the North by
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lands and Northerly on the [illegible] roads and to the South by [illegible] and to the same bounding
lines the same abutting
and joining others to the south the said Edward Howie and Samuel Stanton their heirs and assigns
and Assigns forever to possess the said property in fee simple bought and paid for as aforesaid And the said
and Assigns forever to possess the said property in fee simple bought and paid for as aforesaid And the said
Edward Howie and Samuel Stanton their heirs and assigns hereby agree with me the said
Silas Knowes and Stanton that the heirs and assigns that the same would be sued in for Simple of the Premises
and will warrant Seize and Defend the same to the said Howie and Stanton their heirs
and Assigns forever against the claims of all persons --- and Hannah Knowes my wife
of the said Silas Knowes says that she joins in the consideration above expressed by her seal hereunto set
her right of Dower and Homestead in the said piece of land and with the said Premises to the said
Edward Howie and Samuel Stanton to hold as aforesaid.
Provided that these Premises are Contingent on the Condition that the said Silas Knowes his heirs
persons Stanton or their Assigns shall and lawfully try and cause to be tried to the said Edward Howie and
or Samuel Stanton the said sum of five hundred and forty Dollars and fifty Cents in law
or in the form of a law or obligation in the following proportions Edward Howie one
hundred and forty five Dollars and seventy five cents and to Samuel Stanton four hundred and ten
and seventy five cents on the twenty fifth day of March One thousand Eight hundred and twenty
with Interest from the date of signing this Indenture to the said payment Eighty cents every year to the said
sum be paid forward whereas and in that case that this Deed of Bargain and sale is to be Null and Void
to return to be and remain in full force and virtue in every sense in all ways In witness whereof we have done set
our hands and Seals this 19 Day of March 1827.
[Signed] Silas Knowes
[Signed] Hannah [illegible]
[Signed] Mary [illegible]
By [illegible]
Nathan Taylor
Elias Stanton
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State of Rhode Island Co of Washington for St Charlestown the 20th day of March 1827
acknowledged the foregoing Instrument to be their signed to this fee
Voluntary act and Deed land and sale with the premises contained
Deposed
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Certd to be a true copy of the above written Formally conveyed some times Silas Knowes & Hannah his wife and
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