The Deed Walker · From Ninigret · Charlestown, Rhode Island land evidence, 1738 to today
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1/13/1883 · DEED · book 11 page 127 doc 4797

From SHEFFIELD WILLIAM P JR life
To BAKER A PRESCOTT life
Consideration fifty (50) dollars
Premises twenty eight (28) acres · undivided half part of lot No 26, dobbs house Lot (Charlestown, Indian Reservation Lot Division)

Back — where this land came from

deed Benjamin Tillinghast
“by said Tillinghast conveyed to this grantor.”
no book and page cited; the source is named, not recorded here
read by: gemma
deed Benjamin Tillinghast
“by said Tillinghast conveyed to this grantor.”
no book and page cited; the source is named, not recorded here
read by: gemma

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

◀ 1882 · DEED · THOMAS BENJAMIN → SHEFFIELD WILLIAM P JR · book 11 p 124

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

▶ 1884 · DEED · BAKER A PRESCOTT; BAKER ELLEN T → GREEN BENJAMIN B · book 11 p 252
▶ 1887 · DEED · BAKER A PRESCOTT; BAKER ELLEN T; SHEFFIELD WILLIAM P JR → DYER HERBERT L · book 11 p 417
▶ 1904 · AGREEMENT · BAKER A PRESCOTT; BARKER ROBERT L → BARKER ROBERT L; BAKER A PRESCOTT · book 15 p 127
▶ 1904 · DEED · BUFFUM WILLIAM P; BAKER ELLEN T; BUFFUM JOANNA S; SHEFFIELD MARY S; SH → NINIGRET LODGE · book 15 p 129

The instrument's own words

Attribution under review. The portal's file number is shared by more than one instrument, and the words below could not be placed with certainty on this one by their own evidence (page stamp, parties, dates); they may belong to a neighbouring instrument. Read them as the record of the page, not yet as this deed's own.
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Know all men by these Presents That I William R. Sheffield Jr. of the City and County of Newport and State of Rhode Island in consideration of fifty (50$) dollars paid by A Prescott Baker of the same City the receipt whereof i hereby acknowledge do hereby grant bargain sell and convey unto the said A Prescott Baker and his heirs and assigns one undivided half part of that certain Lot or parcel of Land situated in the town of Charlestown County of Washington and State of Rhode Island aforesaid being lot No 26 in a certain plat entitled "Indian Reservation Lot Division" surveyed and platted by Mr. D. Peirce which said plat is recorded in the records of land Evidence of said town of Charlestown and which said lot I know as the dobbs house Lot and contains twenty eight (28) acres together with the buildings and improvements thereon if any the same premises heretofore conveyed to Benjamin Tillinghast by deed from the State of Rhode Island under Providence Plantations and by said Tillinghast conveyed to this grantor. I reserve to and hold the above granted premises with all the privileges and appurtenances thereto belonging to the said A Prescott Baker and his heirs and assigns to be theirs only forever. And the said William R. Sheffield for myself and any heirs executors and administrators do covenant with the said A Prescott Baker and his heirs and assigns that I am lawfully seized in fee simple of the aforesaid premises that they are free and clear from all encumbrances that I have good right to sell and convey the same to the said Baker with his heirs and assigns forever as aforesaid any that I will and my heirs executors and administrators shall warrant and defend the same to the said A Prescott Baker and his heirs and assigns forever against the lawful claims and demands of all persons In witness whereof I the said William R. Sheffield have hereunto set my hand and seal this first day of January in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and eighty three Signed sealed and delivered in presence of Wm R. Sheffield Jr. S. D. [illegible] Newport ss. Newport Jan 1st 1883 Then personally appeared the above named William R. Sheffield on and acknowledged the above instrument to be his free and good deed Before me Wm R. Sheffield [illegible] Notary Public Received for record Jan. 18th 1883 at 11 oclock Am and recorded by George R. Cross Town Clerk
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208 AFFIDAVIT I, William D. Cross, Collector as above said for the Town of Charlestown, on oath depose and say that the facts stated in the aforesaid deed are true. WILLIAM D. CROSS Collector of Taxes for the Town of Charlestown. Subscribed and sworn to this 13th day of December, A. D. 1955. LINTON L. BROWN Notary Public Before me TOWN OF CHARLESTون, R. I. Tax Collector's List The Collector of Taxes for the Town of Charlestown, Rhode Island, hereby gives notice that the tax list for the year 1954, as approved by the Board of Assessors, has been filed in the office of the Town Clerk, and will be open for inspection by all persons interested from the first day of January, 1955, until the first day of February, 1955, inclusive. All persons who believe that they have been over-assessed, or that any other person has been under-assessed, are hereby notified that they must file their complaints with the Board of Assessors on or before the first day of February, 1955, otherwise such complaints will not be considered. The Board of Assessors will meet to hear all complaints on the first Monday of February, 1955, at twelve o'clock noon, at the Town Hall. [Handwritten/Stamped text appearing upside down and mirrored]: "I, Leo Bernard, Notary Public, admit that this is a true copy of the original document." Received for record December 13th, A. D. 1955 at 11:08 o'clock, a. m., and recorded by [Signature] Town Clerk. TAX DEED KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS That I, William D. Cross, of the Town of Charlestown, in the State of Rhode Island, Collector of Taxes for said Town of Charlestown, send greeting: WHEREAS, the Board of Assessors of said Town tide, as of the thirty-first day of December, A. D. 1953 at twelve o'clock noon, assess valuations on all the ratable real estate and tangible personal property and the ratable incomes of inhabitants of said Town and residents of said Town and non-residents before meeting said valuations, did cause printed notices of the time and place of their meeting to be posted in three public places in said Town and caused the same to be published in a newspaper published in said Town for three weeks preceding the time and place of their meeting to be posted in three public places in said Town and caused the same to be published in a newspaper published in said Town for three weeks preceding the time and place of their meeting to be posted in three public places in said Town and caused the same to be published in a newspaper published in said Town for three weeks preceding the time and place of their meeting to be posted in three public places in said Town and caused the same to be published in a newspaper published in said Town for three weeks 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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.