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To all People to whom these Presents shall Come.
I Ephraim Hunger on of Richmond in the county of Washington and State of Rhode Island
Send Greeting. Know Ye, That I the said Ephraim Hunger: for and in consideration of the sum of
seven Hundred dollars
in hand before the executing hereof well and truly paid by
George W Sturge and Stephen A Sturge of South Kingstown in the County
and State aforesaid
the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge and say that through fully satisfied compensated and paid, and therefore of every part and parcel
thereof do remise acquit and forever quit claim therefore be all the said George W Sturge & Stephen A Sturge there
heirs executors administrators forever to have and to hold the said granted said released conveyed and confirmed; and
by these presents do freely fully and absolutely give grant bargain sell release convey and confirm unto them the
heirs and assign forever
George W Sturge & Stephen A Sturge there
a certain lot or parcel of land lying in agriculture in said county and State of
aforesaid containing about 7 acres 8 perches and 20 rods be the same more or less bounded on the
West hand of James P. Moore and William Court of Co, on the North by land of
Joseph A. Patterson on the East by the South Kingstown turnpike road and land
of William Browning boundary by a fencing running East from the highway near
the Road corner to the Post road near the South East corner the South East corner the South East corner the South East corner the South East corner the South East corner the South East corner the South East corner the South East corner the South East corner the South East corner the South East corner the South East corner the South East corner the South East corner the South East corner the South East corner the South East corner the South East corner the South East corner the South East corner the South East corner the South East corner the South East corner the South East corner the South East corner the South East corner the South East corner the South East corner the South East corner the South East corner the South East corner the South East corner the South East corner the South East corner the South East corner the South East corner the South East corner the South East corner the South East corner the South East corner the South East corner the South East corner the South East 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N. N. Minman witness
[Revenue Stamp]
80.50
State of Michigan
County of Branch ss. I [illegible] on this first day of January, AD one thousand eight hundred and sixty five before me a Notary Public licensed for said County personally came the within named Anna M. Drumond, Meletia M. own Drumond, Mary Ann Mc Donald, William Miner and Anna M. Miner to me the pursuants who executed the foregoing instrument and acknowledged the same to be their free act and deed. And the said Mary Ann & Meletia Drumond and Anna M. Miner upon a separate examination separate and apart from their husbands acknowledged that they executed the same freely and without any fear or compulsion from her husband.
Indged for Branch County, Michigan
[Signature] J. S. Turner, Notary Public
State of Michigan
County of Branch ss. I, Henry N. Lawrence Executor of Branch County and Clerk of the County Court Court there of do hereby certify that I be a citizen of Branch County do certify that I be a witness whom same is exhibited to the certificate of proof of acknowledgment of the instrument above in instrument atas the time of hearing of said proof of acknowledgment a witness Foley Polled in for said County Court commencement and qualified and authorized to take the same that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Notary and verily believe that the signature is well acquainted pertaining to the hand writing or person. I further certify that said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of this state.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court
Signed and Sealed at the City of Coldwater this 14th day of January, AD 1865.
[Signature] Henry N. Lawrence Clerk
per John Murphy, Deputy
State of New York
Charqueconta County ss. I on this first day of January, 1865 before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid personally came Edward Spooner John Rosselle Franklin Frank Bliss and Mary Ann B. Rossen to me to be this some persons who executed the above instrument and acknowledged that they executed the same freely and without any fear from their side the said Mary Ann B. Rossen upon a separate examination separate and apart from her husband acknowledged and acknowledged that she executed the same freely and without any fear or compulsion from her husband.
[Signature] George Murray, Justice of the Peace
State of New York
Charqueconta County Clerk's office
I hereby certify that George Murray before whom the annexed forged or acknowledgment purportedly to have been taken was at the date of the same Justice of the Peace in and for said County and city and was then qualified and authorized to take the same and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that the signature to said instrument is genuine. And the said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of the State of New York
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court
[Signature] C. E. L. Norton Clerk
Said County and the board thereof this 23 day of January 1865.
State of New York
Orange County ss. On this 21st day of January 1865 before me personally
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