The Deed Walker · From Ninigret · Charlestown, Rhode Island land evidence, 1738 to today
Trail: 4547

11/3/1877 · DEED · book 10 page 362 doc 4547

From NARRAGANSETT INDIAN TRIBE life, WATSON ALBERT life
To BURDICK CHARLES life
Premises land subject to Narragansett District Commissioners approval (Charlestown)

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 ▸
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“said land by resolution passed January Session 1875”
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

▶ 1887 · DEED · BURDICK CHARLES; BURDICK SARAH → BURDICK CHARLES JR; BURDICK HENRY P · book 11 p 463
▶ 1887 · MORTGAGE DISCHARGE · BURDICK CHARLES → CHAMPLIN MARY A; CHAMPLIN NATHAN · book 10 p 562
▶ 1903 · DEED · BURDICK GERTRUDE; BURDICK CHARLES → BURDICK HENRY P · book 14 p 410
▶ 1906 · DEED · BURDICK GERTRUDE; BURDICK CHARLES; BURDICK HENRY P; BURDICK SARAH → LYMAN RICHARD E · book 15 p 348
▶ 1906 · DEED · BURDICK GERTRUDE; BURDICK CHARLES; BURDICK HENRY P; BURDICK SARAH → CHOMOWAUKE LODGE · book 15 p 432
▶ 1913 · DEED · BURDICK MARY T; BURDICK CHARLES; BURDICK GEORGE; HOXSIE PERRY G; BROWN → HOXSIE EDWARD E · book 17 p 403
▶ 1916 · DEED · BURDICK GERTRUDE; BURDICK CHARLES → HOXSIE RUTH E; BURDICK MARY T · book 18 p 326
▶ 1920 · DEED · BROWN EDWARD; BURDICK GERTRUDE; HOXSIE EDWARD E; BURDICK MARY T; BURDI → HOXSIE PERRY G · book 19 p 309
▶ 1921 · DEED · BURDICK GERTRUDE; BURDICK CHARLES → STOKES J G PHELPS · book 19 p 443
▶ 1921 · DEED · BURDICK GERTRUDE; BURDICK CHARLES → STOKES J G PHELPS · book 19 p 470
▶ 1922 · DEED · BURDICK GERTRUDE; BURDICK CHARLES → STOKES J GRAHAM PHELPS · book 20 p 106
▶ 1922 · DEED · BURDICK GERTRUDE; BURDICK CHARLES → STOKES J G PHELPS · book 20 p 177
▶ 1922 · DEED · BURDICK GERTRUDE; BURDICK CHARLES → COLLINS JAMES C · book 20 p 187
▶ 1922 · DEED · BURDICK GERTRUDE; BURDICK CHARLES → STOKES J G PHELPS · book 20 p 358
▶ 1923 · DEED · BURDICK GERTRUDE; BURDICK CHARLES → THORP HOWARD E · book 21 p 12
▶ 1923 · DEED · BURDICK GERTRUDE; BURDICK CHARLES → THORP HOWARD E · book 21 p 15

The instrument's own words

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362 extract Faylor his heirs and assigns forever against the lawful claims and demands of all persons claiming by, through, or under me in Possession whereof i have hereunto set my hand and seal this 30th day of October in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty seven Signed sealed and delivered in my presence George W. Faylor L.S. Saml H. Cross
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said land by resolution passed January Session 1875, Subject to the approval of the Narragansett District Commissioners To have and to hold the same, with all the rights, privileges and appurtenances thereunto appertaining to them the said Charles Benedict his heirs and assigns forever. And I the aforementioned Albert Watson, for myself and for my heirs, assigns and administrators, do covenant with the said Charles Benedict his heirs and assigns that I will warrant and defend the aforesaid premises to the said Charles Benedict his heirs and assigns forever against the lawful claims and demands of all persons claiming by, through or under me In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal this eighth day of October witness my hand and seal one thousand eight hundred and seventy, seven Signed Sealed and delivered In presence of Charles Cross Albert Watson L S State of Rhode Island &c Washington Co In Charleston in said County on this eighth day of October A.D. 1877 the above named Albert Watson personally appeared before me and acknowledged the foregoing instrument his hand signed to be his free and voluntary act and deed Charles Cross Justice of the Peace Warranty R. I. I hereby affirm the foregoing Oct 15th 1877 Signed M. H. Cross Commissioners of the Narragansett Tribe Received for Record November 3d, 1877 at 2 O'clock P.M. and recorded by Charles 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.