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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, ASA CHURCH, of the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, for consideration paid, grant to ASA C. CHURCH and LAURA E. CHURCH, husband and wife, both of said Town, County and State, and to the survivor of them and unto the heirs and assigns of said survivor as survivor, as JOINT TENANTS AND TENANTS IN COMMON, with WARRANTY CONVEYANCE
That certain tract or parcel of land situated in said Town of Charlestown, bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the northerly side of the Post Road, so-called; said point being the southeasterly corner of the premises hereby conveyed and also the southeasterly corner of land formerly of Henrietta Bloomer; thence running westerly, bounded southerly by the land of Henrietta Bloomer by said Post Road, a distance of seventy-five (75) feet; thence turning and running possibly north, or northwesterly, a distance of seventy-five (75) feet; thence running southwesterly, a distance of seventy-five (75) feet; thence running distant from and parallel to said Bloomer land, a distance of one hundred feet, more or less, to a stone wall; thence running easterly, bounded northerly by said stone wall; a distance of five (5) feet; thence running northerly and forever of said Bloomer; a distance of seventy-five (75) feet; thence running easterly, bounded southerly by said Bloomer land, a distance of two hundred (200) feet, more or less, to the point and place of beginning, or however otherwise the same may be bounded or described.
The Grantees, their heirs and assigns, shall erect and forever maintain a lawful fence along the westerly line of the premises here-by conveyed.
I, KATIE D. CHURCH, wife of the Grantor, release to said Grantees, all my right of dower and all other interest in the aforesaid described premises.
WITNESS our hands this 1st day of May, A. D. 1940.
ASA CHURCH
KATIE D. CHURCH
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND }
County of Washington }
In Charlestown, on the 1st day of May, A. D. 1940, before me personally appeared Asa Church and Katie D. Church, husband and wife, both to me known and known by me to be the parties executing the foregoing instrument, and they acknowledged said instrument, by them executed, to be their free act and deed.
LINTON L. BROWN
Notary Public
Consideration less than $100.
Received for record May 2nd, A. D. 1940 at 9:00 o'clock, a. m., and recorded by
[Signature]
Town Clerk