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6/17/1876 · CORRECTIVE DEED · book 10 page 239 doc 4475

From BURDICK GEORGE life
To FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH AND SOCIETY life
Premises one half an acre · lot of land (Charlestown, Ones Mills)

Back — where this land came from

deed Joseph H. Cross
“deed to George H. Bundich Gdn for a certain lot of land”
no book and page cited; the source is named, not recorded here
read by: gemma

Forward — where this land went

⛔ The record we hold stops here: no later instrument we have read cites this one, and no later conveyance by the grantee is linked by name. The index is complete to 1987, so the gap is in the words: deeds of this era seldom cite book and page, and only about half the instruments of 1936-1965 have been transcribed (some 6,000 were never imaged), so a citation to this deed may sit in a page not yet read.

The instrument's own words

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Whereas, on the 22d day of April A.D. 1803, Joseph H. Cross of Charlestown in the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, made and executed a deed to George H. Bundich Gdn for a certain lot of land situated in said Charlestown containing one half an acre bounded and described as follows, beginning at the highway and at the Southwest corner of the initial ground three running westerly bounding southerly on said highway six rods, thirteen rods northerly bounding on hand of the Grantor and the heirs of George W. Cross deceased Eleven rods and Eleven links thirteen Easterly, bounding northerly on said Cross land and right at square to said initial ground, three Southerly bounding Easterly on said initial ground to the Place of beginning, To have and to hold the said granted land bargained premises with all the appurtenances, privileges and commodities to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining, unto him the said George H. Bundich Gdn his heirs and assigns forever, In Trust however, and upon the express condition, and for the purpose most hereinafter declared and for no other purpose whatsoever, That the said George H. Bundich Gdn in his heirs or assigne shall sell and will convey at the request of the trustees of the First Baptist Church and Society at Ones Mills nr said Charlestown, rt however the same shall have been created a corporation by the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island execute and deliver to said church and society their successors and assigns a good and sufficient deed of the same premises hereby conveyed and thereon warrant and assure the same to said corporation free from all encumbrances And whereas it was intended and instructed by the said Joseph H. Cross the Grantor mentioned in said deed, That said granted premises should be conveyed in trust as aforesaid to George Bundich and not to George H. Bundich Gdn Now Therefore know all men that I George Bundich being the person meant as grantee in said deed of trust as aforesaid in consideration of the sum of one dollar paid while by said First Baptist Church and society, the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, do by these presents sell transfer and convey unto said church and society their successors and
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assigns forever all the right, title interest and claim which I have, or which was intended to be conveyed by said Joseph S. Cross to said George B. Burdick Jr. in trust as aforesaid in and to said disposed bed and granted premises. To have and to hold the same, with all the rights Privileges and appurtenances to the same belonging to the said Church and Society their successors and assigns, forever. And I the said George Burdick Jr for myself and for my heirs executors and administrators, to covenant with the said Church and Society their successors and assigns, that I do forever warrant and defend, the aforessaid premises to the said Church and Society their successors and assigns forever against all lawful claims or demands of all all persons claiming the same by right or under me, or undre the said George B. Burdick Jr. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 17th day of June 1786. In presence of Abel St Stanton George Burdick Jr. Charles Cross Washington Co Charlestown June 17th 1786 Personally appeared George Burdick and acknowledged the foregoing Instrument by him signed to be his free and voluntary act and deed Before me Charles Cross Justice of the Peace Received for record June 17th 1786 at 10 o'clock PM, and recorded by Chas Cross Town Clerk

The page as recorded

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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.