The instrument's own words
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Subscribed and sworn to before me at North Kingstown in
said County and State, this 24th day of March AD, 1897
A. H. Menceman
[illegible]
Received for record March 24, 1897 at 6.15 oclock P.M.
and recorded by George Colbourn Town Clerk
Know All Men by these presents, that I Charles
J. Greene of Richmond, County of Washington and State of
Rhode Island hereinafter called the Grantor in consideration
the sum of one (1$) dollar and other good and valuable consideration
s to me paid by Lucella E. Goss wife of Mortimer E. Goss
of the City and County of New Dorchester State of Connecticut
hereinafter called the Grantee, the receipt whereof is hereby
acknowledged, do hereby give, grant bargain sell and convey
unto the said Grantee and his heirs and assigns forever
a certain tract of land situated in the Town of Charlestown
and the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island,
containing by estimation seventy five acres be the same
one or more with dwelling houses and other buildings
thereon, and is bounded as follows, Beginning at the South
east corner of said tract at a stake and stones, thence
running Northeasterly bounded in the Northeast partly by
land of George Carmichael and heirs of Abby C. Carmichael
and partly by a highway until it comes to land of Underwood
Estates thence running Northeasterly bounded on the
Northeast by said Estates land until it comes to land
formerly owned by Dennis Green and now owned by said
Estates thence running Southeasterly bounded on the Southeast
by said Gates land until it comes to the corner of the "Five
Dot" (so called) thence running Southwesterly bounded on the
Northwest by said Gates land until it comes to land of
Geo. H. Dyson, thence running Southeasterly bounded on the
Southeast by said Dyson land partly and partly by land
formerly belonging to Lucius Matson until it comes to a highway,
thence in said highway to the place of beginning, a house is
the same may be formed, it being the property mortgaged
to the Kingstown Savings Bank by Darwin Evans and
Phebe lo Evans his wife Nov 12 1889 and sold by said
Bank at a mortgage sale Mar. 19 1897 to the said Cohas
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I, Greene, for a further assignation of said property referenced above
to be had to the Real Estate mortgage Books of said town of Charlestown
to have and to hold the abovegranted premises with all the
privileges and appurtenances thereto belonging unto and to the
use of the said Grantee and her heirs and assigns forever,
And I the said Grantor do hereby, for myself and for
my heirs, executors and administrators, covenant with the
said grantee and her heirs and assigns that I am
lawfully seized in fee simple of the said granted premises,
that the same are free from all incumbrances that I have
good right, full power and lawful authority to sell and
convey the same in manner as aforesaid; that the said
Grantee and her heirs and assigns shall be and by these presents
at all times hereafter peaceably and quietly, have and
enjoy the said premises, and that I the said grantor, will
and my heirs, executors and administrators shall, warrant
and defend the same to the said grantee and her heirs
and assigns forever against the lawful claims and
demands of all persons. And for the consideration
aforesaid I Phoebe L. Ennis, widow of Vernon Ennis late
of Charlestown above named do hereby release all my
right of dower in and to the said granted premises into
the said Grantee and her heirs and assigns forever,
In Witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands
and seals this twenty fifth day of March in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety seven,
Signed and sealed in presence of
Jennie Ennis
John Hopkins
Ichabod Greene L.S.
Phoebe L. Ennis L.S.
State of Rhode Island
County of Washington
In Richmond on the twenty fifth day of March
A.D. 1897 before me personally appeared Ichabod Greene and
in Charlestown on the said twenty fifth day of March A.D.
1897 before me also personally appeared Phoebe L. Ennis to
me known and known by me she to be the parties executing the
foregoing instrument and acknowledged said instrument by
their executed, to be their free act and deed,
John Hopkins
Notary Public L.S.
Received for record March 25. 1897 at 10.20 o'clock A.M.
and recorded by George G. Lorres John Black