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Know all men by these presents That Bowen Briggs for y Guardianship
of
some County of Washington and State of Rhode Island Providence to the
said
and Estate of Samuel by Bequest a now comp[o]sed principal reserved of
full age, his virtue of authority, assert[ed] me in my capacity by the Hon[orable] Court of Probate
of Washington in said State and in consideration of this sum of One hundred dollars
to me in hand paid by John G. Wilcox of said Charlestown the receipt whereof
is hereby acknowledged, do hereby grant, bargain, sell and convey and
convey into the hands of the said John G. Wilcox, his heirs and assigns forever, all
the right title and interest my said Ward has or may ever hereafter have in and
unto a certain lot or parcel of land located and lying in said Charlestown
containing by estimation two and one quarter acres be the same more or less
bounded by the West side and body of the land of said Ward at the wall now m[ark]ed
with a piece of iron and to boundary as this Grant hereafter set
To have and to hold the said parcel of land together with all the privileges and appurtenances
thereunto belonging to the said John G. Wilcox, And I the said Bowen Briggs for y
do hereby covenant agree to and agree with the said John G. Wilcox, his heirs and assigns
that I am and am empowered by said Court to make full transfer of that I shall
in all respects at all time and conform to the desires of said Court and to the
laws of the State in the premises that I have good right to sell and dispose of and
will warrant and defend the same against all and lawful claims & demands of all
persons whomsoever by myself or my heirs or by thereafter or under me, and
said Deed however in my said capacity as Guardian here by give and said John G.
Briggs for y Guardian has this day given to said John G.
Wilcox my said continuing promise note for the sum of One hundred dollars payable to
him or his order three (3) years from date with interest. Now therefore if the said
Bowen Briggs for y in my said capacity as Guardian or any other person sues me for a
my said Ward shall not well and truly pay or cause to be paid said note & interest according
to the terms and other thereof this said deed to be void otherwise to be null and void and
full force and virtue. In testimony whereof I have hereunto in my said capacity set
my hand & seal this 13. day of May A[n]no 1865
In presence of
[Signature]
Mary G. Briggs
Bowen Briggs for y Guardian h.s.
State of Rhode Island r
Washington Co — Celebrated May 13 1865—
Sherd personally appeared Bowen Briggs for y Guardian as aforesaid & acknowledged
the foregoing instrument be him signed & sealed in his proper capacity to be his free
act & deed
Before me
[Signature] Hanford G. Knowles
Justice of the Peace
Received for Record April 11th 1866
at 12 o'clock PM and Recorded by Eliz. Conn. S. Clerk
On this 31st day of January 1869 I paid of George W. Burgess the amount
to be summed by settlement the full amount of the above Mortgage principal & interest and
hereby discharge the same in full
Witness my hand and seal in presence of
[Signature] Robert B. Brown
John G. Wilcox
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