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Know all men by these Presents that I Stephen Browning of Charlestown County of
Washington State of Rhode Island Providence for Consideration of the sum of Nineteen Dollars
and Ninety Cent paid one by me Whereas I Stephen Browning of Charlestown County and State aforesaid
of the Baptist church witnessed I do hereby acknowledge I do hereby Grant Bargain sell
and convey unto the said Witnesses i.e. Joseph Harris the Deacon and Officer governs over ordained
of the First church in Charlestown County noting few members, viz. the said [illegible]
Browning at the North west corner of said land running East on the highway, to the west
boundary of Joseph Harris’s land; thence South easterly on the highway to the highway
Westly boundary of the said land; thence North Westly on the said highway, and to the
containment whereas all the said land is within the said walls and fences, and i do agree by this
and following that the said Joseph Harris shall maintain the fences around the said Boundaries, then the said
Browning shall be a.
To Have and to Hold the said Grant and Conveyed Premises with the Privileges and App
urtenances thereunto belonging to the said Witnesses i.e. Joseph Harris the Deacon and Officer governs
thereunto forever, to transfer their uses and benefits to the Covenant with the said Witness i.e. Joseph Harris the Deacon Officer
and Administration the said Covenant with the said Witness i.e. Joseph Harris the Deacon Officer’s
say that Samuel Browning and i as of the Covenant that they are from all Encumbrances and
that i will Warrant and defend to the Covenant and the said Witness i.e. Joseph Harris the Deacon and his
governs against all claims of all persons unto them In Witness whereof i have set my hand and seal
and delivered the same for the signature therein contained the twenty seventh of October 1802
Signed Sealed and Delivered in presence of
Stephen Browning
One Witness
[illegible] for the church Wardens for Charlestown, April 1802.
Recorded June the twenty seventh 1802.
1802 the within a foregoing Instrument to be his free Witness and seal and
Samuel Stanton Dep. Reg.
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