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State of Rhode Island and Providence
County of Providence Sc. I, the President of said county and state
on this 23d day of February 1867 personally came Edwin Knowles and
acknowledged the written and foregoing instrument by him signed to be his
free and voluntary act and deed
Before me Charles Watson
Public Notary
[illegible] (Sworn & filed on 17th et 19th at North Smithfield and entered
in the town book Town Book]
Know all men by these presents that we Henry M Kelly and
Sarah A Kelly the wife of the said Henry the wife of inhabitants of Coventry George
H Knowles and Mary I Knowles the wife of Constantine, Constantine
Charles E Vars and Addie A Vars his wife and William D Vars and Hattie
A Vars the wife of William Rhode Island, for and in consideration of the
sum of Eight Thousand Dollars paid for and in consideration of the
sum of Eight Thousand Dollars paid for and in consideration of the
sum of Eight Thousand Dollars paid for by George W Ward of Charleston
Rhode Island the receipt whereof we hereby acknowledge to be fully
true and forever quitclaim unto the said George W Ward his heirs and assigns
forever all the right title and interest which we or some have in and to a
certain lot of land lying in said Rhode Island containing forty acres more
or less with a dwelling house and other buildings thereon Namely: Northly
by the First Prov Coast roadly on land of John B Browning Southly by the lands
of George M Ward and Benjamin Brown Westly by the Smith Brook and Eastly
done, also one other tract of land in said town containing eighty five acres
more or less together with all water rights in the wood cut upon said lot -
said lot is bounded North by Chief boundary enclosed by Samuel Curry East by
lands of George M Kenyon south by lands of Robert H Kenyon and West by
land of the town of Smithfield Also a tract of swamp forty five acres in said
town containing twenty acres more or less bounded North and East by land
of James A Kenyon South by the Post Road West by land of J. G. Ward
and the road and bound also all the water rights on said Tracts
To have and to hold the same belonging or in any wise appertaining to the
said George W Ward his heirs and assigns forever to his and their only
uses before begun and hereof before - We the aforesaid Henry
M Kelly Sarah A Kelly George H Knowles Mary I Knowles Charles
E Vars and Addie A Vars William D Vars and Hattie A Vars do covenant and
with the said George W Ward his heirs and assigns forever to his and their only
uses warrant and defend the foregoing premises to the said George W
Ward his heirs and assigns against all persons claiming by through or under us
In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 11th
day of March A.D. 1867
Henry M Kelly L.S.
Sarah A Kelly L.S.
William D Vars L.S.
Hattie A Vars L.S.
In the presence of
[illegible]
Warren M Manning
Hattie M Manning
[illegible] Knowles
Edwin Hiscox
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Joseph Chubuck T. S. Giles C. Vars L. S.
Charles Cross Abby F Vars L. S.
Francis Sheffield George H. Horrie L. S.
[illegible] Mary P Horrie L. S.
State of Connecticut
New London County of Lebanon March 11th 1867
Personally appeared Henry M Kelly one of the signers and seals of The
foregoing instrument and acknowledged the same to be his free act and
deed and also at the 11th day of March 1867 personally appeared
Sarah A Kelly wif of said Henry M Kelly and being of age examined
separately and also apart from her husband acknowledged that she
executed the same free without any fear or compulsion by her said
husband Before me George D Spence Justice of the peace
State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
Washington Co In Mutford In said County this 18th day of March, AD
1867 personally appeared William D Vars one of the signers of the foregoing
instrument and acknowledged his signature to the same to be his free and
voluntary act and deed also at the same time and place personally
appeared Harriet N Vars wif of said Wm Vars and being examined
by me privately and apart from her said husband also acknowledged their
signature to the within instrument to be her free and voluntary act & deed
Before me Mumford & Knowles
Justice of the peace
State of Rhode Island & Providence Pl
County of Washington to wit Easttown this 19th day of
March 1867 personally appears Rhoda C Vars one of signers of the
foregoing instrument and acknowledges the same to be her free act
and deed At the same time Abby F Vars wif of said Charles
& Vars alone of the signers of said instrument being examined by me
surely and apart from her said husband after having said
instrument shown and explained to her by me she being so apart
declared the same to be her free act and deed and that she
not wish to retract the same Before me Charles Cross Justice of the peace
State of Connecticut
County of New London In Storrsville this 24th day of March
1867 Personally appeared George H Horrie and Mary P Horrie and seals
of the within instrument and authorized the same to be their free act and
deed at the same time Mary P Horrie wife of said George H Horrie being
by me examined privately and apart from her said husband after having said
instrument shown and explained to her by me she being so apart
declared the same to be her free act and deed and that she did not
wish to retract the same before me Francis Sheffield Justice of the peace
Received for records May 2nd 1867 at 9 o'clock Ruth and recorded by E. R.
Town Clerk
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