1875 DEED book 10 p 139

Back — where this land came from

This is the first alienation
The grantor is the sachem or the tribe, so this instrument is where this ground enters the town's land evidence. Behind it stands the reserved tract of 1709 — the Narragansett reservation, about 64 square miles, carved out of the roughly 130,000 acres of "vacant lands" Ninigret quit-claimed to the Colony on 28 March 1709 (State Records, Land Evidence 3, p. 273; Tucker 1877, pp. 23–24) — and, before the reservation, the Narragansett country itself. There is no earlier deed to follow; the land is followed from here by its bounds and its abutters. From Ninigret — every such instrument ▸

heir Sarah Benedict

“heirs of Sarah Benedict”

no book and page cited; the source is named, not recorded here

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The grantor's earlier acquisitions, by name — the man, not necessarily this land

◀ 1864 · AGREEMENT · NARRAGANSETT INDIAN TRIBE; CROSS GEORGE W → CROSS GEORGE W; NARRAGANSETT INDIAN TRIBE · book 8 p 506

◀ 1854 · CERTIFICATE · NARRAGANSETT INDIAN TRIBE → NARRAGANSETT INDIAN TRIBE · book 8 p 68

◀ 1846 · MORTGAGE · AUSTIN SUSAN → NARRAGANSETT INDIAN TRIBE; STANTON MOSES; STANTON ANN · book 7 p 203

◀ 1845 · MORTGAGE · AUSTIN SUSAN → NARRAGANSETT INDIAN TRIBE; STANTON MOSES; STANTON ANN · book 7 p 189

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

▶ 1888 · LEASE · BROWNELL STEPHEN; BROWNELL HENRIETTA H; BURDICK GEORGE F → BURDICK GEORGE F; BROWNELL HENRIETTA H; BROWNELL STEPHEN · book 11 p 524

▶ 1889 · DEED · BURDICK GEORGE F → BURDICK GEORGE · book 12 p 132

▶ 1891 · DEED · BURDICK GEORGE F → BURDICK GEORGE · book 12 p 322

Bounded by

The instrument's own words

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139 Whereas the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island, at its February session of 1865, authorized the heirs of Sarah Benedict to sell a certain tract of land in the Narragansett Indian reservation in the town of Charlestown. Now therefore know all men by these presents that we Obed S. Olney, Guardian of Esprit S. Olney and Millicent Olney and Preston S. Olney all of the town of Barrington in the State of Connecticut, and all the heirs of Sarah Benedict by the authority aforesaid and under the control and direction of Gordon H. Meigs Commissioner of the Narragansett Tribe of Indians, and for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred dollars to be paid by Henry G. Benedicts of said Charlestown, do hereby bargain sell and convey unto the said George G. Benedicts his heirs and assigns forever all our right title and interest in and to said tract of land, it being that part of said tract containing unresolved acres more or less and bounded as follows: North by another part of said tract curved by Nelson Crispin's line which has been set off from the boundary of Sarah Benedicts lot in the year 1805 East on a highway, West by the brother part of said tract off to Preston Olney and south by a wall partly by Narragansett Pond and partly on Indian land, or however otherwise the same may be bounded. To have and to hold the same, with all the rights privileges and appurtenances thereunto or thereto appertaining to the said Henry G. Benedicts his heirs and assigns forever. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 18th day of January Ad 1875. In presence of George B. Cross Charles Cross Olney S. Olney Guardian L.S. Preston S. Olney L.S. Gordon H. Meigs Commr L.S. of Narragansett tribe State of Rhode Island ve County of Washington Sc In Charlestown the 18th day of January 1875 Olney S. Olney, in his capacity of Guardian and Preston S. Olney, personally appeared before me and freely acknowledged the foregoing instrument by them signed to be their free and voluntary act and deed Charles Cross Justice of the Peace Received for record Jan 20th 1875 at 12 oclock AM and recorded by Charles Cross Town Clerk

The page as recorded

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.