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1/12/1866 · DEED · book 9 page 70 doc 3988

From CLARK FRELOVE life
To DAVIS GEORGE F life
Consideration four hundred
Premises fifty acres or less · land with dwelling house and other buildings (Charleston)

Back — where this land came from

unknown Stephen Clark
“being the land formerly owned by Stephen Clark now deceased.”
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

◀ 1866 · MORTGAGE DISCHARGE · DAVIS P JR → CLARK ROBERT S; CLARK MERINDA; CLARK FRELOVE · book 9 p 60
◀ 1865 · MORTGAGE DISCHARGE · DAVIS P JR → CLARK ROBERT S; CLARK FRELOVE; CLARK MARINDA · book 8 p 397

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

▶ 1867 · MORTGAGE · DAVIS GEORGE F; DAVIS M ELLA → HOLBURTON GEORGE W · book 9 p 73
▶ 1875 · DEED · DAVIS GEORGE F; DAVIS MARY E → HOLBURTON GEORGE W · book 10 p 160
▶ 1884 · DEED · DAVIS GEORGE F; DAVIS MARY E → JOHNSON GEORGE A · book 11 p 243
▶ 1888 · DEED · DAVIS GEORGE F; DAVIS MARY E → GREENMAN HARRIET · book 12 p 17

The instrument's own words

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70 [Signed, Sealed and delivered] Thomas Austin S.S. [in presence of] Sarah Austin S.S. James B. Brandall Washington St. in Charleston seen and bailed boundary on this M. S. Greene 25th day of September 1842. Then personally appeared Thomas Austin subscriber to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged the same to be his free and voluntary act and deed. Before me M. S. Greene Public Notary. KNOW ALL MEN by these presents that I Grace Globe Clerk of Charleston in the county of Washington and State of Rhode Island for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred and twenty five dollars to me paid by George S Davis of said Charleston the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge have remised released and forever quit claimed and waived free release of novice releases released and quit claim until now to the said George S Davis his heirs and assigns forever all of the right title interest property claim and demand whatever I now have or of right ought to have or claim in and to a certain piece of land situated in said Charleston with a dwelling house and other buildings thereon newly constructed wanting enclosure by a hedging Cactus partly by hand of James B Brown partly by hand of Stephen Clark and partly by hand of John D Browning on the South boundary line on the East by the boundary of David Stephen Clark and on the West by the bounds of the houses of Jonathan Brown and the house of Anthony Holden or whoever thereof the same may be bounded extending by estimation fifty acres or less being the land formerly owned by Stephen Clark now deceased. To have and to hold the same with all the rights privileges and appurtenances thereof or thereunto appertaining to the said George S Davis his heirs and assigns forever. And I the aforementioned Grace Globe for myself and for my heirs rescued and all persons claiming by tenure or under me do solemnly whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the fifth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty two Signed sealed and delivered [Revenue Stamp] Grace Globe Clerk S.S. in presence of No 50 Charles Cross Robert P. Clark State of Rhode Island ss Washington St. [illegible] See Charleston this 5th day of January At Newport then Huston Clark personally appeared before me and acknowledged the mortgage [illegible] signature to be her free and voluntary act and deed Charles Cross Justice of the Peace Received for record Jan, 12th 1866 at 3 o'clock P.M. and Recorded by Chas Cross Town Clerk

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.