The instrument's own words
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Know all men by these Presents, That I John Henry E
Brown of Charlestown County of Washington, State of Rhode
Island and for and in consideration of the sum of One Dollar to
me paid by Edward I lone of North Kingstown county and
said amount the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge
have remised, released and forever quitclaimed, and by these
presents do remise, release and forever quitclaim unto him
the said Edward I lone his heirs and assigns forever
all the right, title, interest property claim and demand
which I have have or of right ought to have or claim, in
and to my undivided interest in the Homestead estate of the
late dated I lone deceased of said town of Charlestown
said estate is situate on road which runs between Jones
mills and called and Naval Home Junction. To have and
to hold the same with all the rights Privileges and
appurtenances hereunto appertaining To him the said Edward
I lone his heirs and assigns forever, And I the aforementioned
John E Brown for myself all for my heirs, executors and
administrators do covenant with the said Edward I lone his heirs
and assigns That I will warrant and defend the afone-
described premises to the said Edward I lone his heirs and
assigns forever, against the lawful claims and demands of
all persons claiming by title or under me. And I
Shelby E Brown wife of the aforesaid grantor in consideration
of the sum paid as aforesaid hereby release and forever quit-
claim unto the said grantee his heirs and assigns every any
right or claim I may have in and to the aforementioned premises,
In Testimony Whereof we have hereunto set our hands
and seals this seventeenth day of January in the year of our
lord, One thousand eight hundred and eighty Three,
Signed, sealed and delivered
in presence of
Nathan Sawyer
John A. kinship
John Edward Brown L.S.
Shelby E Brown L.S.
State of Rhode Island, ss. In Providence on this
seventeenth day of January AD 1883 the above named
John E Brown personally appeared before me, and as for and’s
acknowledged the foregoing instrument by him signed to be his free
and voluntary act and deed, and then that the above named Shelby
E Brown wife of the above named John E Brown also personally
appeared before me, and being by me examined carefully and found
from her said husband acknowledged the same instrument shown
and explained to her wife by me, to be her free and voluntary act
and deed and declared it to her that she signed it wishing to retract
it same
John A. kinship Notary Public L.S.
Received for record Jany 20th 1883 at 4:30 oclock Phil L.S.
and recorded by George LeGasse Town Clerk
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and whereas said tax has not been paid.
And in consequence thereof I, said William D. Cross, Collector as aforesaid, by virtue of
authority vested in me as aforesaid and pursuant to the statutes in such case provided, did give
notice for three weeks prior to sale in the Westerly Sun, a newspaper published in the town of
Westerly, Rhode Island, said notice appearing in said paper on October 21 and November 1, 1955,
there being no newspaper published in said Town of Charlestown, in accordance with statutory provi-
sions relating to such notice, and I further did post a copy of said notice, and did post similar
notices in four public places in said Town, viz: Post Office, Cornhusk, N. I. Wright's Garage,
South County Bank and at the intersection of the roads leading from Charlestown to North Charles-
town, R. I., all located in said Town of Charlestown, that the estate described in said notice,
(at the Town meeting held on the 2nd day of April, 1955, it was voted that the taxes due and un-
interest, costs and expenses thereon, would be sold at public auction to the highest bidder at the Town
Hall in said Town of Charlestown, on the 7th day of December, A. D. 1955, at one o'clock P. M.
(Eastern Standard Time), a copy of which said notice is attached hereto and made a part hereof.
And whereas I, said William D. Cross, Collector as aforesaid, did cause notices or notices of
said levy and time and place of sale to issued to said Edward L. Lee, whom upon said notice or notices
were in accordance with the statutes in such case provided, and I further did cause notice of said
to sale said by mailing registered mail, return receipt requested, address to said Edward L. Lee,
at his last known address, namely 146 South Main Street, Westerly, Rhode Island, the time and
place of said sale.
And whereas, no person appearing to receive said estate or to pay said taxes, I, by request
of Collector as aforesaid, did on the 7th day of December, A. D. 1955, at one o'clock P. M., Eastern
Standard Time, at the Town Hall, in said Town of Charlestown, pursuant to said notice and levy,
proceeded to sell at public auction to the highest bidder, the right, title and interest of said Edward L.
to pay said taxes, interest, costs and expenses, pursuant to public auction to Virginia P. Choinere and
William A. Prescott, both of the Town of Westerly, Rhode Island, being the highest bidders therefore in
the amount of $16.84 said amount being paid to me in cash.
Now therefore, I, William D. Cross, Collector of Taxes as aforesaid, in consideration of the
premises of and said sum of $16.84 to me paid, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, and pursuant
to the statutes in such case provided, do hereby grant, bargain, sell and convey unto Virginia P.
Choinere and William A. Prescott, both of the Town of Westerly, Rhode Island, as joint tenants,
and not as tenants in common, one-half interest in and to Lot Number 1133 or Acres Plot 16, in
the Town of Charlestown, R. I.
To HAVE AND To HOLD the same with all the privileges and appurtenances thereto belonging to said
Virginia P. Choinere and William A. Prescott, both of the Town of Westerly, Rhode Island, as joint
tenants in common and as tenants by the entirety, to their own proper use, benefit and behoof forever,
subject, however, to all rights of redemption provided by law.
WITNESS my hand and seal as Collector as aforesaid this 13th day of December, A. D. 1955.
WILLIAM D. CROSS (L.S.)
Collector of Taxes for the Town of Charlestown.
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
COUNTY OF WASHINGTON
In Charlestown, this 13th day of December, A. D. 1955, personally appeared said William D. Cross,
Collector as aforesaid, to me known and known by me to be the party executing the foregoing instrument,
and acknowledged the above instrument to him signed and sealed to be his free act and deed in his
said capacity.
Before me
LINTON L. BROWN
Notary Public
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.
TOWN OF CHARLESTOWN, R.I.
From the Collector's
Sale Book
The aforesaid deed from
William D. Cross, Collector
of Taxes for the Town of
Charlestown, to Virginia P.
Choinere and William A.
Prescott, both of Westerly,
R.I., for a certain parcel of
land in Charlestown, being
Lot No. 1133 or Acres Plot
16, was recorded in the
Town's Collector's Sale
Book on the 7th day of
December, 1955, and the
sale was confirmed by the
Town Council on the 13th
day of December, 1955.
Maynard A. [Signature]
Town Clerk
Received for record December 13th, A. D. 1955 at 11:10 o'clock,
a. m., and recorded by
[Signature]
Town Clerk