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Know all men that I Elijah Kenyon of Richmond in the County of
Washington State of Rhode Island, in consideration of several hundred and fifty
dollars paid me by Joseph A. Dallam of the town aforesaid, the receipt of which
is hereby acknowledged, have given granted bargained sold delivered in fee simple
conveyed and confirmed and do hereby absolutely sell grant devise
sell alienate, dispose convey and confirm unto the said Joseph his heirs and
assigns forever a certain Parcel of land situated in the town of Richmond
said State Rhode Island containing by estimation nearly acres more or less
with a dwelling house and barn thereon it lying the North part of a
tract of land I bought of the heirs of Blake & Josue Blake known as the
Berry farm and said tract is bounded as follows beginning at Moore
stone at the South east corner of said tract at the South east line of the
at a point where a wall comes in from the East to beat said South east line of the
line by the North side of a bog or swamp thence East 44 rods 14 links
to a stone wall in the North 81 degrees east 34 rods to
the land of William Bond store to stone in the ground boundary on the
South by the land of the grantor Namely on of William Bond, South by
on land of Stephen Cole land in the South east line and land of
William Drewing to the first point mentioned above
So have and hold the said premises with all the privileges and
appurtenances thereunto the said Joseph his heirs and his assigns forever
And I the said Elijah for myself my heirs executors administrators
do covenant and agree with the said Joseph his heirs and assigns that
at and before the executing and delivery hereof I am the true sole and
lawful owner of the premises aforesaid that the same is free from all encumbrances
that I have a good right to sell and convey the premises as aforesaid, and
that I will warrant and defend the said land to the said Joseph his
heirs and assigns forever against the lawful claims and demands of all
persons
And I Mary A. Kenyon wife of said Elijah Kenyon in consideration
of the sum of teny dollars paid by husband as aforesaid do hereby relinquish
my right of dower in the premises above conveyed
In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and affixed
our seals at Richmond aforesaid This second day of May AD 1865
Signed and Sealed
in presence of
Allert S. Potter
Jonathan A. Potter
Elijah Kenyon L.S.
Mary A. Kenyon L.S.
State of Rhode Island
Washington co
Richmond May 2nd 1865
Personally appeared the within named Elijah Kenyon and his wife
Mary A. Kenyon and acknowledged the within instrument to be their free
voluntary act and deed, hands and seals
Before me
Dennis S. Sturtef
Allert S. Potter
Public Notary
$1.00
Received for Record May 18th 1866 at 12 oclock AM
and Recorded by Letitia Leresse Town Clerk