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Know all men by these presents that we Jane P. Green
William & Hannah G. Earnshaw and Hannah G. Earnshaw wife of said
William to all of Charleston S.C. for and in consideration of the
sum of one dollar to us paid by Henry S. Green of said Charleston
the receipts whereof we do hereby acknowledge, have remised, released
and forever quitclaimed and by these presents do remise release and
forever quit claim unto the said Henry S. Green his heirs and assigns
forever all the right title interest property claim and demand which
we now have or of right ought to have or claim or claim unto to a certain tract
of land situated in said Charleston containing by estimation twenty
five acres more or less and bounded as follows commencing at
the corner by the Washington School house as called these first corner
& Westerly on the highway to land of William Ho. Green thence
Northerly in said land to land of Whitepike bring a stone wall following
Easterly bounding Northerly and thence Northerly bounding
Westerly on land of Whitepike bring to a stone wall following
said wall Easterly bounding Northerly on land of the heirs of Jane
Green to a small pond thence a Northerly course to the highway
thence by said highway to the first mentioned corner or however
otherwise bounded Also a tract of swamp land situated in said
comprising three acres more or less bounded Northerly by land
of heirs of Henry Moore land bounded Easterly by land of Charlotte A. Fisher
Southerly by land of Mary T. Kenyon on the West by land of
Joseph & Benjamin B. Coons Also a tract of marsh land situated in
said land bounded on the South by the "Three Brooks" Creek
by land of Mrs. M. Conning South by land of George M. Moore
West by land of Charles J. Green and however other side of
tracts may be bounded to have and to hold the same with
all the rights privileges and appurtenances thereunto appertaining
to the said Henry S. Green his heirs and assigns forever And
we the aforementioned grantors for ourselves and our heirs
executed and administrators be covenant with the said Henry
S. Green his heirs and assigns that we will warrant and
defend the aforesaid premises to the said Henry S. Green
this here deed and assigns forever against the lawful claims and
demands of all persons claiming by through or under us
And Amaranta the Green wife of said Jane P. Green in
consideration of the sum paid as aforesaid does hereby release
and forever quitclaim unto the said grantor his heirs and
assigns all my right of dower in land to the aforementioned
premises In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our
hands and seals this month day of November in the year
of our lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty seven.
Signed sealed and delivered
in presence of
Oscar G. Earnshaw Jason P. Green S.S.
George R. Reese Amaranta the Green S.S.
William G. Earnshaw S.S.
Hannah G. Earnshaw S.S.
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State of Rhode Island
Washington
In Charlestown in said county, on this ninth day
of November AD 1847 the above named Jason P. Green and William
N. Earnshaw personally appeared before me and acknowledged the
foregoing instrument by them signed to be their free and voluntary act
and deed, and then and there the above named Keziah F. Earnshaw
wife of said William N. Earnshaw, also personally appeared before
one and was by me examined privately and apart from her husband
and while so privately and apart I showed and explained to her the
foregoing instrument but her by signed, and she acknowledged the same
to be her free voluntary act and deed, and declared to me
that she did not wish to retract the same.
George L. Converse
Notary Public
Received for record Nov 10th 1847 at 9 o'clock A.M.
and recorded by George L. Converse Town Clerk
I know all men by these presents That we Henry S. Green
William N. Earnshaw and Keziah F. Earnshaw wife of said
William N. of Charlestown R.I. for and in consideration of the
sum of two hundred dollars to us paid by Jason P. Green of said
Charlestown, the receipt whereof we do hereby acknowledge have
remised released and forever quitclaimed and by these presents
do remise release and forever quitclaim unto the said Jason P.
Green his heirs and assigns forever, all the right title interest
property claim and demand which we now have or of right
ought to have or claim in and to a certain tract of land situated
in said Charlestown containing eight acres more or less and
bounded as follows commencing at the highway bordering by land thus
day conveyed to Henry S. Green by him heirs of Keziah Green at
a stone wall thence northerly as said wall runs boundary bounding
by said Henry S. Green land to another wall thence easterly
by said Henry S. wall to a point near a dam way thence a straight line
northerly to a lane way there on or said lane easterly to land of the
granite company thence southerly and thence easterly by land of the
granite company to the highway thence southerly and thence westerly to the
highway to the first mentioned bound To have and to hold the
same with all the rights privileges and appurtenances thereunto
appertaining to the said Jason P. Green his heirs and assigns
forever And we the aforementioned grantors for ourselves and for
our heirs successors and appointed ministers do covenant with the said
Jason P. Green his heirs and assigns that we will warrant and
defend the aforesaid premises to the said Jason P. Green his
heirs and assigns forever against the lawful claims and demands
of all persons claiming by through or under us. And
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