7/7/1882 · NOTICE · book 11 page 51 doc 4751

State of Rhode Island & p. Washington ss In Charlestown in said county, on this 30th day of June AD 1882 The above named Nimrod & Elizabeth [illegible] personally appeared before me, and acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be their signed seal and voluntary act and deed. George L. Cross Law Clerk Received for record June 30th 1882 at 8 1/2 o'clock P.M. and recorded by George L. Cross Law Clerk To the Honorable the Supreme Court sitting in and for the County of Washington, at its February term AD 1881 The undersigned Commissioners appointed under Chapter 800 of the Public Laws of the State of Rhode Island entitled an act to abolish the civil authority and tribal relations of the Narragansett Tribe of Indians, in accordance with section 4 of the said Chapter 800 of the Public Laws respectfully report That the said Commissioners, first being duly engaged by support the Constitution and laws of the State of Rhode Island and the Constitution of the United States deal faithfully, and impartially to discharge the duties of the said State of Commissioners until said Chapter 800 of the Public laws being passed after having received from the Council of said Narragansetts list of individuals claiming claim of title of all the Legitimate tribal rights and lands under the said tribe to the said State of Rhode Island, appointed boundary June 26th AD 1880 at 10 o'clock A.M. at the time and the Indian Meeting House in the town of Charlestown as the place for hearing all persons claiming to have an interest in the proceeds of the said lands sold to the said State of Rhode Island and such notice of time and place of said hearing according to the provisions of section 3 of said Chapter 800 of the Public laws, which said notice were given in the form hereunto annexed and in manner following to wit now more than thirty days notice of the above time and place of said hearing having been given to the town council of the town of Charlestown by reading the original whereas the annexed notice is a true copy the said town council in person and like wise notice was given to the Council of the said Narragansett Tribe of Indians in this manner now more than thirty days before the said meeting and further the said Commissioners caused to be published notice of said hearing in the County of Washington in the newspaper known in newspapers viz, to the Narragansett Weekly on May 22nd AD 1880 and the succeeding issues of said paper once a week to the said 20th day of June and in the "Providence Herald"

52 May 25th 1880 and the succeeding issues of said newspaper to the day of hearing, in two newspapers published in the City of Providence to wit in the Providence Daily Journal on May 18th 1880 and certain times once on each alternate day to the date of said greeting, in the Providence Evening News on May 18th 1880 and certain times once on each alternate day to the day of said meeting, and also in the Narragansett Bay Gleaner published in the County of Kent in one newspaper published in the County of Newport viz in the Newport Mercury on May 21st 1880 each week to the said day of hearing and the said Commissioners posted the like notices thereof upon the doors of the said Court house and upon the door of the said Town Hall in Charleston and have further posted the like notices in addition thereto in many frequented places in the said town of Charlestown and in the form following thereto: And the said Commissioners met at the said Sunday meeting House in the town of Charlestown on the second Monday in the forenoon on the said 26th day of June and then and there have all persons interested or applicants who have desired to be heard and all persons claiming to have an interest in the premises of the said land sold to the state of Rhode Island void their witnesses and other evidences and those objecting to their claims and the said Commissioners afterwards certificated and signed hearing to be held on Wednesday July 11th 1880 at nine o'clock A.M. at Gamest Hall in Charlestown in said town of Charlestown, notice of which on advancing hearing, were publicly given by the said Commissioners at the close of said hearing at said Meeting House on said 26th day of June and further notifying by publishing notice thereof in the said newspapers as aforesaid within the notice of said hearing of June 24th had been published during the time between said first hearing and said adjourned hearing held on said 11th day of July at 9 o'clock A.M. in said Gamest Hall in said Charlestown the said Commissioners heard all persons claiming a share in said money, as aforesaid, and afterwards on said 14th day of July at said hearing the said Commissioners adjourned said hearing for a further time and fixed hearing of said claimants to Wednesday July 18th 1880 at 9 o'clock A.M. in said Gamest Hall in said town of Charlestown, due notice of which adjourned and final hearing given at said hearing of July 14th day said hearing was further published in the newspapers in the same manner as the previous hearings, and on said 18th day of July at 9 o'clock A.M. the said Commissioners met at said Gamest Hall in said town of Charlestown and heard all persons claiming an interest in said premises of said land who appeared and desired to be heard and afterwards then and there no other persons claiming as aforesaid appeared and wished to be heard and the said hearing was then and there closed. And the undersigned Commissioners by virtue of the discretion and power vested in them by the said Assembly Gov of the State Sans do find and determine that the persons whose names hereafter follow, appeared to be members of said evidence presented at said public hearings, to be members of said Narragansett tribe of Indians and said Commissioners do find and

determine that the said persons are each equitably entitled to one equal proportionate share of said five Thousand Dollars to be paid by the State of Rhode Island as purchase money for the common Indian lands of said Narragansett tribe of Rhode Island to wit: Gideon S. Anmons, 58 years of age 16.56 Joseph Anmons, 70 " 16.56 Samuel A. Anmons, 51 " 16.56 Alexander R. Anmons, 32 " 16.56 George S. Anmons, 24 " 16.56 Mary E. Anmons, 23 " 16.56 Clarence S. Anmons, 3 " 16.56 Zephirine Anmons, 30 " 16.56 Emma S. Anmons, 22 " 16.56 Keziah Anmons Com Jan 26th 1876 16.56 Hezekiah Brown, 69 " 16.56 Lewis E. Brown, 22 " 16.56 Myrtle P. Brown, 23 " 3 months 16.56 Elliot E. Brown, " 16.56 Lanna P. Brown, 20 " 16.56 Ellen S. Brown, 14 " 16.56 Dehuree Brown, 40 " 16.56 Mansfield S. Brown, 26 " 16.56 George A. Brown, 24 " 16.56 Esther R. Brown, 27 " 16.56 Esther Brown, 3 " 16.56 Henry H. Brown, 29 " 16.56 Zechariah Brown, 25 " 16.56 Thaddeus Brown, 7 " 16.56 Frederick W. Brown, 5 " 16.56 Theodone Brown, 3 " 16.56 John E. Brown, 33 " 16.56 Lucile E. Brown, 19 " 16.56 Clyde G. Bent, 39 " 16.56 Joseph H. Bent, 49 " 16.56 William Le Bent, 33 " 16.56 Ida F. Bent, 5 " 16.56 Joseph Brandt, 8 " 16.56 Anna Babcock, 37 " 16.56 D. A. Babcock, 18 " 16.56 Emma Babcock, 14 " 16.56 Sophillia Babcock, 12 " 16.56 Anna Babcock, 8 " 16.56 Minnie Babcock, 5 " 16.56 Cora Bell Babcock, " 16.56 Frances Babcock, 6 months 16.56 Edward S. Lone, 36 " 16.56 Mary George, 49 " 16.56 Otto H. Lone, 7 " 16.56 Annie H. Lone, 2 " 16.56

54 Sarah L Bone - 22 years of age B16,3,6 Mary R Bone " 23 " " 16,3,6 Arabella Bone " 6 " " 16,3,6 Charles L Bone " 30 " " 16,3,6 Henrietta F Bone " 10 " " 16,3,6 Frederick Bone " 8 " " 16,3,6 Mary Jane Bone " 44 " " 16,3,6 Lydia Champlin " 39 " " 16,3,6 Samuel R Champlin " 31 " " 16,3,6 Henry Champlin " 60 " " 16,3,6 Sarah Champlin " 76 " " 16,3,6 Mary R Champlin " 29 " " 14,3,6 Thomas V Champlin " 53 " " 16,3,6 Eliza Champlin " 70 " " 16,3,6 Mary Champlin " 40 " " 16,3,6 Betsey Champlin " 63 " " 16,3,6 William Champlin " 35 " " 16,3,6 George R Champlin " 23 " " 16,3,6 Lota Champlin " 21 " " 14,3,6 Abraham R Champlin " 44 " " 16,3,6 Sarah Champlin " 37 " " 16,3,6 Regina Champlin " 16 " " 16,3,6 Abraham J Champlin " 13 " " 16,3,6 Grace A Champlin " 11 " " 16,3,6 Frederick J Champlin " 9 " " 14,3,6 James R Champlin " 14 " " 16,3,6 Terza Champlin " 29 " " 16,3,6 Samuel Champlin " 38 " " 14,3,6 Priscilla Champlin " 45 " " 16,3,6 Susan Champlin " 42 " " 16,3,6 Benjamin R Champlin " 38 " " 16,3,6 Ellen M Champlin " 17 " " 16,3,6 Jane P Champlin " 14 " " 16,3,6 Walter R Champlin " 9 " " 16,3,6 Mary H Carpenters " 48 " " 16,3,6 Elizabeth Congdon " 32 " " 16,3,6 Matilda Congdon " 73 " " 16,3,6 Samuel Congdon " 43 " " 16,3,6 Mary A Congdon " 25 " " 16,3,6 Hester L Congdon " 2 " " 16,3,6 Wm H Congdon " 7 " " 16,3,6 Peter S Congdon " 5 " " 16,3,6 Queta Congdon " 4 months " 16,3,6 Martha Brighton " 56 " " 16,3,6 Euphrasia Clarke " 48 " " 16,3,6 Charlotte Carney " 33 " " 16,3,6 Samuel Conway " 12 " " 16,3,6 Helen Conway " 14 " " 16,3,6 Susan Conway " 16 " " 16,3,6

55 Ruth Grandall, 99 years of Age 16.56 Nancy Grandall 32 " " " 16.56 Sarah Ann Grandall 11 " " " 16.56 Oliver Grandall 6 " " " 16.56 Kate G Grandall " " " 16.56 Kate G Grandall 3 " " " 16.56 Francis Cooper 49 " " " 16.56 Lucy Cooper 20 " " " 16.56 Addie Cooper 17 " " " 16.56 Susan Ann Faynemouth 32 " " " 16.56 William Faynemouth 17 " " " 16.56 Hannah Faynemouth 47 " " " 16.56 Jos R Faynemouth 21 " " " 16.56 Emma Faynemouth 18 " " " 16.56 Geo C Faynemouth 16 " " " 16.56 Martha H Gardner 49 " " " 16.56 Hannah S Gardner 39 " " " 16.56 Azaleas G Gardner 18 " " " 16.56 Geo C Gardner 16 " " " 16.56 Benjamin H Gardner 13 " " " 16.56 Wm B Gardner 12 " " " 16.56 Ella H Gardner 10 " " " 16.56 Mrs M Gardner, born Dec 18y 1834 37 " " " 16.56 Alexander S Gardner " " " 16.56 Roselia Green 34 " " " 16.56 Wm Green 18 " " " 16.56 Henry N Green 9 " " " 16.56 Sophia H Green 7 " " " 16.56 Alice M Green 5 " " " 16.56 Augustus L Green 3 " " " 16.56 Charles L Green 8 months " " " 16.56 Hannah M Hazard 28 " " " 16.56 Henry P Hazard 5 " " " 16.56 Argile C Hazard " " " 16.56 Sarah Hazard 46 " " " 16.56 Howard B Hazard 20 " " " 16.56 Mammie B Hazard 13 " " " 16.56 Frank B Hazard 30 " " " 16.56 Perry A Hazard 43 " " " 16.56 Caroline Hazard 33 " " " 16.56 Amy Hazard 28 " " " 16.56 Lydia Hazard 35 " " " 16.56 James M Hazard 34 " " " 16.56 Wm R Hazard 38 " " " 16.56 Sarah M Hazard 33 " " " 16.56 Mary Jane Heeline 28 " " " 16.56 Mabel H Heeline 5 " " " 16.56 Ally F Heeline " " " 16.56 Esth Elizabeth H Heeline 33 " " " 16.56 Geo W Heeline 6 " " " 16.56

58 Esther Koehne, 4 years of age 16.36 David A. Koehne, 1 " " " 16.36 Jas. La Koehne, 32 " " " 16.36 Mary E. Koehne, 9 " " " 16.36 Laplace He Koehne, 4 " " " 16.36 Ben F. Koehne, 6 months 16.36 Mary Jane Hopkins, 54 " " " 16.36 Nathaniel Hopkins, 69 " " " 16.36 Ira M. Hopkins, 19 " " " 16.36 Amy Hopkins, 13 " " " 16.36 Mary E. Hopkins, 13 " " " 16.36 Joseph L. Hopkins, 10 " " " 16.36 Susan B. Hopkins, 8 " " " 16.36 Accarade Hopkins, 3 " " " 16.36 Sybil M. Hopkins, 6 months 16.36 Lucinda He Hopkins, 65 " " " 16.36 Drasiley Hopkins, 48 " " " 16.36 Laplace He Hopkins, 17 " " " 16.36 George Heams, 26 " " " 16.36 Georgia He Holton, 32 " " " 16.36 Eliza He Holton, 12 " " " 16.36 Ellen L. Jackson, 18 " " " 16.36 Mary L. Jone, 63 " " " 16.36 Charles Johnson, 44 " " " 16.36 Hydeal Johnson, 20 " " " 16.36 Thomas Johnson, 17 " " " 16.36 Rosa Johnson, 14 " " " 16.36 Eliza Johnson, 7 " " " 16.36 Abby A. Johnson, 33 " " " 16.36 Stephen D. Johnson, 13 " " " 16.36 Charles G. Johnson, 10 " " " 16.36 Rosie M. Johnson, 8 " " " 16.36 Herbert D. Johnson, 7 " " " 16.36 Mary L. Johnson, 4 " " " 16.36 Adely Jackson, 63 " " " 16.36 Agatha Michel, 33 " " " 16.36 Augusta A. Michel, 30 " " " 16.36 John G. Michel, 21 " " " 16.36 Ada F. Michel, 21 " " " 16.36 Bristol Michel, 49 " " " 16.36 Mary A. Michel, 47 " " " 16.36 Walter R. Michel, 24 " " " 16.36 Albert B. Michel, 20 " " " 16.36 Mary La Michel, 18 " " " 16.36 Edwin G. Michel, 15 " " " 16.36 Sarah S. Michel, 8 " " " 16.36 Sarah E. Michel, 4 " " " 16.36 Reginald E. Michel, 4 " " " 16.36 Rhama Mabbone, 108 " " " 16.36 Daniel Moody, 76 " " " 16.36

Mary R. Moody, 67 years of age. $16.36 Effie Moody jr, 40 " " 16.36 Louisa Moody, 18 " " 16.36 Jane Moody, 22 " " 16.36 Elizabeth Brooks Moody, 19 " " 16.36 Annie Moody, 13 " " 16.36 John Moody, 5 " " 16.36 Benjamin S. Area, 35 " " 16.36 Mary Area, 37 " " 16.36 Lucy Area, 72 " " 16.36 John H. Area, 21 " " 16.36 Leora Area, 25 " " 16.36 Baby Area, 3 months " " 16.36 Josiah H. Area, 62 " " 16.36 James H. Area, 29 " " 16.36 George S. Area, 28 " " 16.36 Harvey W. Area, 24 " " 16.36 George H. Area Jr, 20 " " 16.36 Alpheus H. Area, 16 " " 16.36 Mary S. Area, 16 " " 16.36 Enoch S. Area, 8 months " " 16.36 Sarah S. Area, 29 " " 16.36 John F. Area, born March 24th 1820 16.36 Charles E. Area, born Feby 14 1826 16.36 Frank C. Nichols, 49 " " 16.36 Eugenia Nichols, 6 " " 16.36 Mabel Nichols, 4 " " 16.36 Charles Nichols, 2 " " 16.36 Grace Nichols, 3 months " " 16.36 Keziah Nichols, 67 " " 16.36 Olive Nichols, 27 " " 16.36 George Nichols, 33 " " 16.36 Rachel Nichols, 75 " " 16.36 Cydonia Area, 59 " " 16.36 Elizabeth Olney, 48 " " 16.36 Daniel Olney, 71 " " 16.36 Elizabeth Dunnus, 44 " " 16.36 Eugenia M. Berry, 55 " " 16.36 Truman S. Berry, 25 " " 16.36 John R. Berry, 29 " " 16.36 Dean Berry, 16 " " 16.36 Elizabeth Berry, 22 " " 16.36 Joel S. Berry, 7 " " 16.36 Mary S. Berry, " " 16.36 Sophronia Berry, 33 " " 16.36 Billie Pa Berry, " " 16.36 Mary J. Potter, 11 " " 16.36 Sarah S. Peters, 9 " " 16.36 Charles E. Area, 2 " " 16.36

58 Salome Robinson, 41 years of age $16.56 Sarah A Robinson, 60 " " 16.56 Thomas Rogers 76 " " 16.56 Angeline Rogers 68 " " 16.56 Hannah Rice 48 " " 16.56 Angela Rice 21 " " 16.56 Lewis Rice 19 " " 16.56 Leontine Rice 9 " " 16.56 Frederick Rice 7 " " 16.56 Joseph P. Sanfon, 18 " " 16.56 Kate L Sanfon, 16 " " 16.56 Mary L Sanfon, 13 " " 16.56 Rosalie Sanfon, 11 " " 16.56 Hannah M Sanfon, 7 " " 16.56 Jeremiah Sanfon 7 " " 16.56 Daniel Schater 39 " " 16.56 Daniel E Schater by 18 " " 16.56 Mary M Schater, 16 " " 16.56 William R Schater, 14 " " 16.56 William F Schater, 33 " " 16.56 Johannah F Schater, 33 " " 16.56 Nancy E Schater 13 " " 16.56 Inge E Schater, 11 " " 16.56 Alice E Schater, 9 " " 16.56 Florence E Schater, 6 " " 16.56 Ann E Schater, 4 " " 16.56 Sarah E Schater, 2 " " 16.56 Mary E Sullivan, 24 " " 16.56 Mary Sampson 35 " " 16.56 Elizabeth Dias 56 " " 16.56 Nellie Dias 15 " " 16.56 Anna Dias 9 " " 16.56 Geo G Dias 35 " " 16.56 Benjamin Thomas, 58 " " 16.56 Samuel Thomas, 37 " " 16.56 Gentile Thomas, 6 " " 16.56 Bell Thomas, 5 " " 16.56 Constant Thomas, 4 " " 16.56 T D Thomas, 34 " " 16.56 Anna Thomas, 5 " " 16.56 Benjamin F Thomas, 30 " " 16.56 Annie Thomas 9 " " 16.56 Caroline Thomas, 7 " " 16.56 William Thomas, 4 " " 16.56 Lorenzo Thomas 2 " " 16.54 Thomas H Taylor, 50 " " 16.56 Thomas H Taylor Jr 8 " " 16.56 Samuel S Wilcox, 31 " " 16.54 Sally Wilcox, 7 " " 16.54 Amy A Wilcox 7 " " 16.56

Sarah M. Miles, 4 years of age 8 16s 56 Patience M. Miles, 11 " " 16 s 56 Hannah Price, 6 1/2 " " 16 s 56 Sarah Watson, 6 3 " " 16 s 56 Hannah B Watson, 21 " " 16 s 56 Esther Watson, 6 1 " " 16 s 56 Anna Millon, 28 " " 16 s 56 Sarah Preeden, 18 " " 16 s 56 Ada Preeden, 26 " " 16 s 56 George E. Preeden, 2 months " " 16 s 56 Rebecca M Mate, 49 " " 16 s 56 Cecilia S. Watson, 43 " " 16 s 56 And the said Commissioners further report that on the 14th day of May 1800 they received from the Indian Council of said tribe a deed of all the common lands and rights of said tribe to the State of Rhode Island as is provided in section 2d of said Act further 800 of the probable lists and articles said deed had been since duly recorded in the land evidence of the town of Charlestown. That the said Commissioners caused to be surveyed and located the said common lands of said tribe as conveyed to the State of Rhode Island and appointed Wednesday January 5th 1801 at 9 oclock A.M. at the Indian Council Meeting in the town of Charlestown as the time and place of hearing all persons interested in the boundary line between the said common tribal lands granted to the State and the adjoining proprietors and all persons interested in any manner or right of title interest and property of any thing of any nature in or concerning the same; due Notice of which hearing was given to all persons so interested and a suffrage of said time place and at adjourned hearings therefore on the said Commissioners heard all persons so interested; and after hearing all persons as appeared the said Commissioners proceeded to determine and did determine the legatine, extent and boundaries of the said lands conveyed to the State to be as imprinted on the plat face of hereunto attached and made a final report and the said Commissioners have directed suitable stone monuments to be erected at the angles of the said lands so determined. (Signed) Dwight R. Adams George Carnegie Wm Liam Sheffield Washington in Colenbe Office Depone Sheriff dated July 3d 1801 I do certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the Commissioners Report of the land granted by tribe of Indians as on file in said office copy 5.00 John B Clark Clerk Received for record July 7th at 10 oclock A.M. and recorded by George A Cross Town Clerk.