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To all People to whom these Presents shall Come.
I being black ob. of Charleston in the County of Washington and date
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Send Greeting. Know Ye, That I the said [illegible] for and in consideration of the sum of
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the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge and say that I am thereby fully satisfied contented and paid and thereof and of every part and parcel
thereof do absolutely assign and release and forever quit claim the said [illegible]
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by these presents do freely fully and absolutely give grant bargain sell allow enfeoff convey and confirm unto
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To have and to hold the said granted and bargained premises with all the appurtenances privileges and commodities to
the same belonging or in any way appertaining to
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and to them only proper her benefit and behalf hereof forever. And I
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for myself my heirs executors and administrators
do covenant promise and grant with the said [illegible]
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that at the time some and behalf owner of the above bargained
premises and
lawfully seized and possessed of the same in my
own proper right as good perfect and absolute estate of inheritance
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premises in manner as aforesaid. And that the said [illegible]
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heirs and assigns shall and may from time to time and at all times forever hereafter by these and every of these presents lawfully possessly and
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Furthermore
the said [illegible]
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against the lawful claims or demands of any persons or persons whatsoever forever to warrant secure and defend by these presents [illegible]
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Signed sealed and delivered in presence of
Charles Cape
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and demands of all persons forever. Moreover the condition of this indenture is that if I the said
Wm. D. Cross or any other person for me shall Will and lawfully pay, or cause to
be paid a certain promissory note for the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars
of Crown value thereto accessory signed by me, and pay for said owing Dollars or
all and reasonable costs thereof this said deed shall be null and void, and therefore
be renewed in full force and virtue. Further I the said Wm. D. Cross do hereby
nominate and appoint Stephen G. Perry Executor of said promising Bank or his
successors or assigns to said paying time and lawful attorney, irrevocable
with full power of substitution & revocation at any time of the day said note
shall become due according to the tenor thereof or any renewals of
said note and remain unpaid for the space of ten days in my name or
or in the name remains so to hold the said premises at public auction
for giving notice thereof for at least three weeks by posting lawful
in streets or more public places in the village of North Providence and
upon such sale shall in my name or name or named in this deed or their own name
or names execute a good and sufficient deed or deeds of conveyance
into the use the most resonant amounts of moderately so as to root in
the purchaser or purchasers these or these in simple in the
premises and may collect and secure that the purchase money, and of the
paying all the costs and expenses of such sale and the residue and
such other money as may remain to me the said grantor, or to pay the wishes
to me, to my heirs, or to some other person, hereby ratifying all things legally
done in the premises by my said attorney or attorneys for the purpose stated
aforesaid. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this document
being of Sept. 1866
In presence of
Paul M. Clarke
Lawrence McDenis
Revenue Stamp
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Wm. D. Cross L.S.
[Signature]
Washington St.
In Charlestown in said County, on this 18th day
of September
then personally appeared Wm D. Cross subscriber to
the foregoing instrument and acknowledged the same to be his free
and voluntary
act and deed
Before me
Paul M. Clarke
Justice of the Peace
Received for Record Sept 20th 1866
at 10 o'clock A.M. and Recorded by C. Coles, Cross J. Clrk
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