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11/17/1955 · DEED · book 35 page 175 doc 4766@35/175

From MURTAGH HATTIE E, MURTAGH JAMES J, TIMPERLEY J WILLIAM, TIMPERLEY RUTH CHACE, TIMPERLEY W WM
To RHODE ISLAND BOY SCOUTS INC
Premises none · Parcel on westerly shore of Pasquotink Pond known as Camp Murtagh (Pasquotink Pond, South County Trail, Charlestown)

Back — where this land came from

deed Robert A. Smith book 32 p 320 Charlestown
“conveyed by deed of Robert A. Smith to these Grantors; said deed bearing date of October 26, 1950”
◀ Follow back 1950 · DEED · SMITH ROBERT A → TIMPERLEY J WILLIAM; MURTAGH JAMES M · book 32 p 320
read by: gemma

The grantor's earlier acquisitions, by name — the man, not necessarily this land

◀ 1954 · DEED · NASON EARL D; NASON MARIE R; WEAVER JULIA V; WEAVER MILLARD K → TIMPERLEY J WILLIAM; TIMPERLEY RUTH C · book 34 p 343
◀ 1950 · DEED · SMITH ROBERT A → TIMPERLEY J WILLIAM; MURTAGH JAMES M · book 32 p 320
◀ 1937 · DEED · MURTAGH JAMES J → MURTAGH HATTIE E · book 27 p 1
◀ 1951 · MORTGAGE DISCHARGE · SMITH HARTLEY → TIMPERLEY J WILLIAM; TIMPERLEY RUTH CHASE · book 29 p 105
◀ 1949 · DEED · COLUMBIA NARROW FABRIC CO → TIMPERLEY J WILLIAM; TIMPERLEY RUTH CHASE · book 31 p 572
◀ 1943 · MORTGAGE DISCHARGE · FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OF PROVIDENCE → TIMPERLEY J WILLIAM; TIMPERLEY RUTH C · book 28 p 445
◀ 1941 · DEED · COLUMBIA NARROW FABRIC COMPANY; CLARK GEORGE P TRUSTEES; CLARK HENRY G → TIMPERLEY J WILLIAM; TIMPERLEY RUTH C · book 28 p 440
◀ 1941 · TAX SALE RETURN · CROSS WILLIAM D; DAVID JOSEPH B; GILMARTIN EUGENE R; CENTRAL TOOL CO; → CHARLESTOWN TOWN OF; LASKEY HOWARD G; TIMPERLEY J WILLIAM; TIMPERLEY R · book 28 p 474
◀ 1941 · TAX COLLECTOR'S DEED · DAVID JOSEPH B → TIMPERLEY J WILLIAM; TIMPERLEY RUTH CHASE · book 28 p 483
◀ 1939 · TAX COLLECTOR'S DEED · LINDBERG HAROLD → WEIS ELMER M; MURTAGH JAMES J · book 27 p 561
◀ 1939 · DEED · BRADY JOHN E → MURTAGH JAMES J; WEISS ELMER M · book 27 p 602
◀ 1937 · MORTGAGE · CHAMPLIN RAYMOND W; CHAMPLIN BERTHA T → MURTAGH JAMES J · book 26 p 626
◀ 1936 · DEED · REILLY THOMAS F; REILLY ANNA T → MURTAGH JAMES J · book 26 p 523
◀ 1932 · AGREEMENT · MURTAGH JAMES J; GOBEILLE ALFRED A; CONNERY WALTER → CONNERY WALTER; GOBEILLE ALFRED A; MURTAGH JAMES J · book 25 p 71

Forward — where this land went

Today — the assessor's parcel

15C LAURI DRIVE map 27 lot 27
owner of record: RHODE ISLAND BOY SCOUTS · EX-CHARTER MDL-01
the assessor cites book/page 0035/0175 (RI BOY SCOUTS INC, 11/17/1955)
12/07/2005RHODE ISLAND BOY SCOUTSbook 290 p 968
11/17/1955RI BOY SCOUTS INCbook 35 p 175
12/14/1931RI BOY SCOUTS INCbook 25 p 58
the assessor's card ↗

The instrument's own words

page 1 · read by Gemma vision
175 We, JAMES J. MURTAGH, of the Town of Richmond, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, and J. WILLIAM TIMPERLEY, of the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, for consideration paid, grant to RHODE ISLAND BOY SCOUTS INC., a Rhode Island corporation with its office and principal place of business in the City and County of Providence, State of Rhode Island, with WARRANTY CONVEYANCE That certain parcel or tract of land, situated in the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, and bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the westerly shore of Pasquotink Pond so-called; said point being the southerly boundary of the premises herein conveyed; and the westerly boundary of a parcel of land of Rhode Island Boy Scouts Inc., thence running westerly, bounding southerly partly land of said Rhode Island Boy Scouts Inc. thence running westerly, bounding southerly partly land of [?] formerly, of Michael Piettila Boy Scouts Inc. thence running westerly, to a stove pipe nail marking the boundary, etc., at a distance of 1400 feet, more or less, to a stove pipe nail marking the boundary, etc., running southerly, along the westerly shore of a small brook, a distance of 300 feet, more or less, to the southerly shore of a small brook, thence running east, in an easterly direction, along the southerly shore of said Pasquotink Pond, a distance of 1400 feet, more or less, or until it ceases to be said Pasquotink Pond; thence running northerly, bounding westerly land of Rhode Island Boy Scouts Inc., a distance of 300 feet, more or less, to the point of place and beginning, or however otherwise the same may be bounded or described. The Grantors, for themselves and assigns, are hereby granted a right-of-way, in common with others, with vehicles or on foot, over and across a strip of land 25 feet in width from the westerly boundary of the State Highway, commonly known as the South County Trail, to the above described premises. Said strip of land or right-of-way, being bounded easterly by land of Eino Witelsa et ux and westerly by land of [?] and us. The above described premises are subject to the following restrictions: No part or parts of the above described premises, or buildings hereafter erected or placed thereon, shall be used for commercial or trade purposes or purposes of any kind. This conveyance is made subject to the right of the easement of the Narragansett Electric Company in above described premises. The above described tract shall be known as "Camp Murtagh," and shall be held by said Rhode Island Boy Scouts Inc. for the use, benefit and use of the Boy Scouts and members of Troop 1 - Richmond. The operation and management of the aforementioned Troop 1 shall be under the direction and management of the Troop Committee of Troop 1, Richmond, Town of Richmond, State of Rhode Island. Meaning now intending to convey the same premises conveyed by deed of Robert A. Smith to these Grantors; said deed bearing date of October 26, 1950 and recorded in the Records of Land Evidence, said Town of Charlestown, in Book No. 32, Page 320. The consideration for this deed is such that no Internal Revenue Stamps are required. We, HATTIE E. MURTAGH, wife of JAMES J. MURTAGH, and RUTH CHACE TIMPERLEY, wife of J. WILLIAM TIMPERLEY, release to said Grantee all our rights of dower, respectively, and all other interest in and to the aforementioned premises. WITNESS our hands this 16 day of November, 1955. JAMES J. MURTAGH HATTIE E. MURTAGH W. Wm. TIMPERLEY RUTH CHACE TIMPERLEY STATE OF RHODE ISLAND COUNTY OF WASHINGTON In Charlestown on the 16 day of November, 1955, before me personally appeared James J. Murtagh, Hattie E. Murtagh, J. William Timperley and Ruth Chace Timperley, to me known and known by me to be the parties executing the foregoing instrument, and severally acknowledged said instrument, by them executed, to be their free act and deed. LINTON L. BROWN Notary Public Received for record November 17th, A. D. 1955 at 9:00 o'clock, a. m., and recorded by [?] Town Clerk

The page as recorded

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