The instrument's own words
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160. This 24th day of May A.D. 1870 then Jason P. Greene
& Hannahsale Crescent personally appea[red] before me
and acknowledged the within Instrument by them
signed to be their free and voluntary act and deed
Charles Gopes
Town Clerk
Received for record May 29th 1873.
at 4 o'clock P.M. and recorded by Florence I. Talcott
Know all presently these presents That I George S
Davis of the month in the County of Washington and
State of Rhode Island for and by consideration of the
sum of one dollar to me paid by George W. Holburton
of Charlestown one of the cornerity good State approved the
receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge have remised
released and forever quitclaimed, and by these presents
do remise release and forever quitclaim and quitconvey unto the said
George W. Holburton his heirs and assigns forever, all
the right title interest property claim & demand
which I now have or of right ought to have or claim
in and to a certain lot of land situated free in said
Charlestown with a dwelling house in the corner standing
containing by my estimation fifty acres more or less bounded
on the east by a highway easterly partly by land of
George [illegible] & partly by the land of their Stephen
Talcott, and westerly by land of John D. Browning or
South Kingston road southerly by land of said heirs of
Stephen Talcott and westerly by land of Jamieson
Johnson, and land of Jason W. Allen and hourly D
Green or otherwise boundary To have and to
hold the same with all the rights privileges and
appurtenances thereunto or thereby appertaining to
the said George W. Holburton his heirs and assignees
forever. And I the aforementioned George S. Davis for
myself and for my heirs executors and administrators
agree covenant with the said George W. Holburton his
heirs and assigns that I will warrant and defend the
aforesaid premises to the said George W. Holburton
his heirs and assigns against the lawful claims
and demands of all persons claiming by through or
under me. And I Mary E. Davis wife of
the said George S. Davis for the consideration paid
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do accordance do hereby release quit claim to the
said George W Hodson Burton his heirs and assigns forever
all my right of Dower in and to the aforementioned
premises. In Testimony whereof we have hereunto
set our hands and seals this 29th day of May in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy five.
Signed sealed and delivered
in our presence of
George G Conveyor
Charles Cross
State of Rhode Island etc
Washington Co.
for Charleston this 29th
day of May A.D. 1875. Then George A Davis and
Mary E Davis his wife personally appeared before
me and acknowledged the within instrument by
them signed to be their free and voluntary act and
deed
Charles Cross
Justice of the Peace
Received for record May 29th 1875 at
20 minutes past 4 oclock PM and recorded by C Jones clk
Know all men by these presents that we Alson B Clarke
and Hannah Clarke his wife (heirs of right of said Hannah of
Williamette Lee son J Joseph and Nancy B Kopie his wife
(in right of said Nancy B) of Charlestown N. S Samuel B Hopkins
of said Charlestown and Samuel B Hopkins of Hopkinton St.
for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred dollars to us
paid by Billings B Maunoir of Charlestown aforesaid the receipt
whereof we do hereby acknowledge do hereby remise release and
forever quit claim unto the said Billings B Maunoir for his heirs
and assigns forever all the right title interest property claim and
demand which we now have or of right ought to have or claim
as heirs of now heap of Joseph Welch 2nd late of said Charlestown deceased
in and to a certain lot of land situated in Charlestown aforesaid for a
description of which reference is hereby made to a deed of the same from
Samuel Shepard and Elizabeth Shepard to said Joseph Welch dated
November 29 the 1823 and recorded in Book No 6 page 246
Land Evidence in said Charlestown
To have and to hold the same with all the rights privileges