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3/9/1938 · DEED · book 27 page 264 doc 54@27/264

From COLLINS JOSEPHINE R life, RATHBONE WILLIAM C DEC life
To BARBER WILLIS R, BARBER DELIA E life
Premises five (5) acres, more or less · Tract bounded by land of Langworthy's heirs, Alva Taylor, and Billings D. Macomber (Charlestown)
Index description SEE DOC

Back — where this land came from

heir William C. Rathbone
“the only heir-at-law, of William C. Rathbone, deceased”
no book and page cited; the source is named, not recorded here
read by: gemma
deed Joseph N. Taylor book 13 p 599 Charlestown
“conveyed by deed from Joseph N. Taylor to my father, William C. Rathbone”
the cited instrument is not in the index we hold (not_in_index)
read by: gemma

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

◀ 1926 · DEED · PAUL EDITH TAYLOR; PAUL HARRY F → COLLINS JOSEPHINE RATHBUN · book 22 p 264
◀ 1924 · DEED · DUCKWORTH CARRIE E; DUCKWORTH MILTON; CARMICHAEL GEORGE A → RATHBONE WILLIAM B · book 21 p 361
◀ 1926 · DEED · ELLIS WILLARD J; ELLIS LACY TAYLOR → COLLINS JOSEPHINE R · book 22 p 257
◀ 1926 · DEED · BRAYMAN ELLEN R → COLLINS JOSEPHINE R · book 22 p 258
◀ 1926 · DEED · PAUL EDITH TAYLOR; PAUL HARRY F → COLLINS JOSEPHINE R · book 22 p 260
◀ 1926 · DEED · ELLIS WILLARD J; ELLIS LACY TAYLOR → COLLINS JOSEPHINE R · book 22 p 261
◀ 1926 · DEED · BRAYMAN ELLEN R → COLLINS JOSEPHINE R · book 22 p 263
◀ 1906 · DEED · MACOMBER BILLINGS D BY ATTORNEY → COLLINS JOSEPHINE R · book 15 p 416

Forward — where this land went

⛔ The record we hold stops here: no later instrument we have read cites this one, and no later conveyance by the grantee is linked by name. The index is complete to 1987, but only about half the instruments of 1936-1965 have been transcribed (some 6,000 were never imaged), and nothing after 1965 has been, so a citation to this deed may sit in a page not yet read.

The instrument's own words

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264 I, JOSEPHINE R. COLLINS, of the Town of Hopkinton, County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, the only heir-at-law, of William C. Rathbone, deceased, late of the Town of Westerly, for consideration paid, grant to WILLIS R. BARNES and DELIA R. BARNES, husband and wife, and to the survivor of them and unto the heirs and assigns of said survivor, as joint tenants and not as tenants in common, both of the town of Westerly, said County and State, with QUIT-CLAIM COVENANTS That certain real estate situated in Charlestown, County of Washington in the State of Rhode Island, and described as follows: A certain tract or parcel of land situated in said Town of Charlestown, con- taining by estimation five (5) acres, more or less, bounded and described as follows: Commencing at a marked stone in the bottom of the wall adjoining land, now or formerly, of Albert Langworthy's heirs and running due west, bounded northerly by land formerly of Alva Taylor; on the east by land, now or formerly, of said Lang- worthy's heirs; on the south and west on land formerly of Billings D. Macomber, or however otherwise the same may be bounded or described. Meaning and intending to convey the premises conveyed by deed from Joseph N. Taylor to my father, William C. Rathbone; said deed bearing date of March 2nd, 1881 and recorded in the Records of Land Evidence, in said Town of Charlestown, Book No. 13, at Pages 599 and 600; reference to said deed and the records thereof being hereby had and made and the same made a part hereof for a more complete and particular description of the premises hereby conveyed. The consideration of this deed is less than one hundred dollars. I hereby covenant that I am a widow. WITNESS my hand this 7th day of March, 1938. JOSEPHINE R. COLLINS STATE OF RHODE ISLAND ) County of Washington ) In Hopkinton on the 7th day of March, 1938 before me personally appeared Josephine R. Collins, to me known and known by me to be the party executing the fore- going instrument, and she acknowledged said instrument, by her executed, to be her free act and deed. RAY V. P. BROWNING Notary Public. Received for record March 9th, A. D. 1938 at 9:00 o'clock, a. m., and recorded by Town Clerk

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.