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322 Know all men by these presents that I Benj. F.
Wilcox of the town of Charlestown County of Washington State
of Rhode Island do hereby in consideration of twenty five
dollars paid me in hand by Oliver E. Vars of Westerly
Washington County State of Rhode Island the receipt whereof
I do hereby acknowledge do hereby grant bargain
sell and convey unto the said Oliver E. Vars his heirs and
assigns forever one certain piece of marsh and water beach
land lying in the town of Charlestown containing by estim-
ation three acres the same more or less and bounded as
follows Northerly by the Charlestown pond Southerly by
the Atlantic ocean Easterly by Benj. F. Wilcox and Wester
ly by the heirs of Christopher B. Coffin To have and to
hold the said granted and bargained premises with
all the privileges appurtenances thereunto belonging
to him the said Oliver E. Vars his heirs and assigns
forever and I Benj. F. Wilcox for myself my heirs executed
administrators do covenant with the said Oliver E. Vars
his heirs and assigns forever that I am lawfully seised
in fee of the said premises that they are free of all encum-
brances that I have good right to sell and convey the
same to said Oliver E. Vars to hold as aforesaid also that
I will warrant and defend the same to said Oliver E.
Vars his heirs and assigns forever against the lawful
claims and demands of all persons
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand &
sig[n] at Newport R.I. this 14th day of Dec. 1876.
Signed sealed & delivered
in presence of Benjamin F. Wilcox L.S.
Enoch H. Vars
James H. Cook
Washington, S[t]
In Westerly on this 14th day of December
AD 1876, the above named Benj. F. Wilcox personally appear
before me and acknowledged the foregoing instrument by
him signed to be his free and voluntary act and deed
L.S. Enoch H. Vars
Notary Public
Received for record March 8th 1877 at 7 oclock P.M.
and recorded by Chas Cross Town Clerk
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