The instrument's own words
page 1
924
To All People to whom these Presents shall come Send Greetings
Whereas my Writ of summons an Original Writ against Nathaniel S. Croft
Charlestown in the County of Washington State of Rhode Island had at the
of George White of Westerly in the County of Washington made returnal
and duly returned at the Attorney General's Court Dec 1834 of the County of
whereas in said County of Washington I Justice D. Carter Chief Justice
hington in the aforesaid County of Washington’s Session on the
District of the Sheriff of said County of Washington did on the first
day of December AD 1833 at the time of the day about 4 o'clock’s’
Any return on an Original writ at Charlestown’s Court attached
the Bill Petition & Prayer that the said Nathaniel S. Croft then had in order to
several debts in parcels of Land situated in said Charlestown and bounded
described as follows viz) one lot containing seventy acres be the same more
with two dwelling houses and any buildings thereon is bounded Northe
on Sudan Road 1/2 yardly on the Southside’s’ Eastly on the Southside’s’
land of Simon Gorton’s’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’
page 2
325.
And to the said Premises and appurtenances at the times of the Aforementioned
terms on said original Writ. TO HAVE and to HOLD the said Premises and
of appurtenances to the said Jos. H. George & Co. their Heirs and Assigns forever.
In Witness whereof I set my hand and seal this 18th day of January 1835 at Kingston town aforesaid.
Signed, sealed and delivered
in the presence of
John T. Nichols
[illegible]
Joshua B. Carter's Sheriff's Deputy. (S.S)
Entered January 21st 1835 State of Rhode Island
1835 day
and attestation 1835
of Washington County of [illegible] Jos. H. George & Co. personally appeared
the above named Joshua B. Carter and acknowledged the preceding
Instrument to be his free Voluntary act and Deed Before me.
John T. Nichols Just. Peace.
Know All men by these presents That I Isaiah Burdick of the
Town of Charlestown and County of Washington and State of Rhode Island
in Consideration of fifteen Dollars received my full satisfaction of
the Give Grant Bargain Sell and Convey
Dan King of said Charlestown to the said Grant Bargain Sell and Convey
Dan King of said Charlestown to the said Dan King their Heirs and Assigns forever, All my Right
of [illegible] in and unto a certain Lot of Land being a few rods wide
(at the West end) in width and in unto a certain Lot of Land being a few rods wide
of [illegible] Neighbors on the north side with the road called "the
of adjoining A piece of Land to B. D. Brown stating it being the same Lot that I
hundred of the Land Dan King with a school House therean Standing
thenon, and Containing by Estimation about one Eighth of an Acre to the
same more or less. &c.
TO HAVE and to Hold the above Granted and Quitclaimed Premises unto
the said Dan King their and their Assigns forever, to their own proper use
and behalf. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and seal this 27th day of January 1895.
Isaiah Burdick (S.S)
And Abigail Burdick wife of the said Isaiah Burdick, in Consideration
aforesaid hath fully and Surrendered all her rights of Dower and power of [illegible]
in and unto the before described Premises unto the said Dan King their
Heirs and Assigns forever.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 27th day
January 1895.
Abigail Burdick (S.S)
Samuel Stanton
Entered Feb. 2nd 1895 State of Rhode Island & Co.
County of Washington town of Charlestown on the 29th day
of February in the year 1895 personally appeared the within
named Isaiah Burdick and acknowledged the within Instru-
ment by him signed to be his free & Voluntary act and Deed
and his Seal. Before
Samuel Stanton Just. of Peace.
The page as recorded
