The instrument's own words
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Know all men by these presents that I Ernest
Champlin of Charlestown in the county of Washington State of
Rhode Island administrator on the estate of David S. Dewoll
late of said Charlestown deceased by virtue of authority vested
in me by the court of probate of said town of Charlestown and
for and in consideration of the sum of five hundred dollars
to me paid by Maria I. Perkins wife of George E. Perkins of the
city and county of Providence State aforesaid the receipt
whereof I do hereby acknowledge to be hereby grant bargain sell
and convey unto the said Maria I. Perkins her heirs and
assigns forever all the right title and interest which said
David S. Dewoll at the time of his decease had in and to
a certain tract of land situated in said Charlestown
formerly the property of Jbt Taylor deceased containing thirty
acres more or less with half a dwelling house and half a
corn house house and stable being the West half of the
dwelling house and the North half of the corn house and
bounded as follows beginning at a small gate at
the Post Road thence a straight course through the center
of the chimney in said house thence the same course
Northly until it comes to a stone in a wall marked
"B" at the southeast corner of Edward Milops Samuel
Taylor lot thence Easterly as the wall now stands until
it comes to Obadiah Taylor land thence southly on said
Obadiah Taylor land until it comes to Joseph Garrid land
thence Easterly and southly on said Garrid land until
it comes to the Post Road thence Easterly on said road
to the first mentioned bound or gate or however
otherwise bounded Reserving the burying ground on
the premises hereby conveyed 35 x 30 feet in area meaning
and intending to convey to the said grantee all the real
estate which said David S. Dewoll had seized possessed of
and which I now hold To have and to hold the
aforementioned premises with all the privileges and appurtenances
thereunto to her and said Maria I. Perkins her heirs and assigns
forever to her and their only use benefit and behalf
In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and
seal in my capacity as administrator this 11th day of July
Recorded 1898
By [illegible] In presence of
George Colones Ernest Champlin L S
Administrator
State of Rhode Island
County of Washington I Charlestown this 11th
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day of July 1878. Ernest Champlin to me known and
known by me to be the party who executed the foregoing deed
personally appeared before me and acknowledged the foregoing
instrument by him executed to be his free act and deed,
George L. Cooney
Whitney Dubles
I Ernest Champlin administrator in the estate of Daniel
S. Devell deceased am oath before and say that I have been
authorized by the Court of Probate of Charlestown R.I. to sell
the above described property at either public or private sale,
and if sold at private sale for a sum not less than three
hundred dollars, and that I have sold the same at private
sale, that I am duly qualified to sell as aforesaid and
that I have in all respects conformed to the directions of
said Court and that the above statements are correct.
Ernest Champlin
Administrator
Subscribed and sworn to in Charlestown this 19th day of
July 1878 Before me George L. Cooney
Whitney Dubles
Received for record Sept. 14, 1878 at 9.30 oclock A.M.
and recorded by George L. Cooney Town Clerk
Know All Men by these presents that
I William ownes, Town Treasurer of the town of Charlestown
in the county of Washington, State of Rhode Island for this
purpose duly authorized in consideration of the sum of one
dollar to me paid by Joseph Sabordt and Annie Lo
Sabordt his wife of Providence in said county State the
receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged do hereby remise
release and forever quitclaim unto them the said Joseph
and Annie Sabordt their heirs and assigns forever all
the right title interest property claim and demand which
said Charlestown town had, has or of right ought to have or claim,
in and to a certain tract of beach land situated in said
Charlestown bounded and described as follows, beginning
at the southwest corner of said tract by land of Daniel S