The Deed Walker · From Ninigret · Charlestown, Rhode Island land evidence, 1738 to today
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6/29/1960 · DEED · book 37 page 290 doc 6554@37/290

From CORNELL JOSEPHINE A, CORNELL FRANK H JR
To POTTER HAROLD, POTTER MYRA K
Premises one (1) acre, more or less · parcel with buildings on northerly side of State Highway (Carolina, Wood River Junction, Charlestown)
Also on this page: DEED CORNELL FRANK H JR; CORNELL JOSEPHINE A

Back — where this land came from

deed Stewart D. Hopkins book 30 p 193 Charlestown
“Being the same premises conveyed by deed of Stewart D. Hopkins dated September 30th, 1946”
◀ Follow back 1946 · DEED · HOPKINS DOROTHY L; HOPKINS STEWART D → CORNELL FRANK H JR; CORNELL JOSEPHINE A · book 30 p 193
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The grantor's earlier acquisitions, by name — the man, not necessarily this land

◀ 1960 · DEED · POTTER HAROLD; POTTER MYRA K → CORNELL FRANK H JR; CORNELL JOSEPHINE A · book 37 p 290
◀ 1960 · RELEASE · WASHINGTON TRUST COMPANY → CORNELL FRANK H JR; CORNELL JOSEPHINE A · book 30 p 654
◀ 1946 · DEED · HOPKINS DOROTHY L; HOPKINS STEWART D → CORNELL FRANK H JR; CORNELL JOSEPHINE A · book 30 p 193

Forward — where this land went

The grantee's later conveyances, by name — the man, not necessarily this land; the one that cites this deed as its source is the land

▶ 1960 · DEED · POTTER HAROLD; POTTER MYRA K → SILINSKI THEODORE · book 37 p 160
▶ 1960 · DEED · POTTER HAROLD; POTTER MYRA K → CAHILL JOHN T · book 37 p 265
▶ 1960 · DEED · POTTER HAROLD; POTTER MYRA K → GARDINER JOHN HERBERT; GARDINER MABEL I · book 37 p 285
▶ 1960 · DEED · POTTER HAROLD; POTTER MYRA K → OHEARN JAMES G; OHEARN MARGARET · book 37 p 287
▶ 1960 · DEED · POTTER HAROLD; POTTER MYRA K → NASSE CHARLES W; NASSE CHARLOTTE C · book 37 p 288
▶ 1960 · DEED · POTTER HAROLD; POTTER MYRA K → CORNELL FRANK H JR; CORNELL JOSEPHINE A · book 37 p 290
▶ 1960 · DEED · POTTER HAROLD; POTTER MYRA K → BEMIS FREDERICK E JR; BEMIS BETTE L · book 37 p 300
▶ 1962 · DEED · POTTER HAROLD; POTTER MYRA K → CAMPBELL CLAIRE P; CAMPBELL VICTOR D · book 38 p 292
▶ 1962 · DEED · POTTER HAROLD; POTTER MYRA K → GUNTER DEWEY S; GUNTER JUANITA M · book 38 p 302
▶ 1962 · DEED · POTTER HAROLD; POTTER MYRA K → GREEN HORACE JR; GREEN FLORA M · book 38 p 457
▶ 1963 · DEED · POTTER HAROLD; POTTER MYRA K → HOXSIE ITA MARIE; HOXSIE MARY ITA · book 39 p 50
▶ 1963 · RELEASE · POTTER HAROLD; POTTER MYRA K → PEARSON WALTER H · book 36 p 631
▶ 1964 · DEED · POTTER HAROLD; POTTER MYRA K → CARANO LOUIS D · book 40 p 39
▶ 1967 · DEED · POTTER HAROLD; POTTER MYRA K → CONE CHARLES E; CONE RUTH E · book 42 p 152
▶ 1967 · DEED · POTTER HAROLD; POTTER MYRA K → DUPUIS LORRAINE G; DUPUIS ROBERT E · book 42 p 165

The instrument's own words

page 1 · read by Gemma vision
290 We, Frank H. Cornell, Jr. and Josephine A. Cornell, husband and wife, both of the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, for consideration paid, grant to HAROLD POTTER and MYRA K. POTTER, husband and wife, both of said Town, County and State, with QUIT-CLAIM COVENANTS (Description, and Incumbrances, if any) That certain piece or parcel of land, containing one (1) acre, more or less, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, situated on the northerly side of the State Highway leading westerly from the Village of Carolina to the Village of Wood River Junction, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point on the northerly side of said State Highway at the southerly corner of the premises now or formerly the property of a certain William F. Sherman, et ux; thence running northerly, bounded westerly by said Sherman's land, a distance of 340 feet, more or less, to a line now or formerly the property of a certain George W. Briggs, et ux; thence running northerly by said Briggs' land, a distance of 125 feet; thence turning and running southerly, bounded easterly by land of Fred H. Kenyon, et ux, a distance of 185 feet; thence turning and running easterly, bounded northerly by said Briggs' land, a distance of 125 feet; thence turning and running southerly, bounded westerly by said Sherman's land, a distance of 340 feet to the place of beginning; thence turning and running southerly, bounded southerly by said State Highway, a distance of 125 feet, to the point and place of beginning. Being the same premises conveyed by deed of Stewart D. Hopkins dated September 30th, 1946 and recorded in the Record of Land Evidence, Town of Charlestown, in Book No. 30 at Page 193. No Internal Revenue Stamps are required. We, Frank H. Cornell, Jr. and Josephine A. Cornell husband & wife release to said grantees all right of curtesy & dower and all other interest in the aforesaid premises. WITNESS our hands this 23rd day of May 1960. FRANK H. CORNELL, JR. JOSEPHINE A. CORNELL STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, ETC. County of Washington On Charlestown on the 23rd day of May 1960 before me personally appeared Frank H. Cornell, Jr. and Josephine A. Cornell, husband and wife, both to me known and known by me to be the parties executing the foregoing instrument, and severally acknowledged said instrument, by them executed, to be their free act and deed. LINTON L. BROWN Notary Public Received for record June 29th, A. D. 1960 at 9:25 o'clock, a. m., and recorded by [Signature] Town Clerk ---- We, HAROLD POTTER and MYRA K. POTTER, husband and wife, both of the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, for consideration paid, grant to FRANK H. CORNELL, JR. and JOSEPHINE A. CORNELL, husband and wife, both of said Town, County and State, as JOINT TENANTS and not as Tenants-in-Common, with WARRANTY COVENANTS (Description, and Incumbrances, if any) That certain real estate situated in the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, and described as follows: That certain lot or parcel of land, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, situated on the northerly side of the State Highway that leads westerly from the Village of Carolina to the Village of Wood River Junction, bounded and described as follows: That certain lot shown and delineated as Lot Number 23 (twenty-three) Frank H., Jr. & Josephine A. Cornell, on that certain plat entitled, "Plat of Property of Fred H. Kenyon and Bausa B. Kenyon Carolina - Charlestown, R.I., Scale 1" = 80 Ft. November 30, 1960. Rossi & Lewis, Engineers. Note: This Plat Supersedes all previous Plats Filed Revised - April 6, 1960" said plat being Filed in the Office of the Town Clerk of said Town of Charlestown. The consideration for this deed is such that no Internal Revenue Stamps are required. We, Harold Potter and Myra K. Potter husband and wife the grantors release to the grantees all our right of curtesy and dower and all other interest in the aforesaid premises. WITNESS our hands this 23rd day of May 1960. HAROLD POTTER MYRA K. POTTER STATE OF RHODE ISLAND County of Washington On Charlestown on the 23rd day of May 1960 before me personally appeared Harold Potter and Myra K. Potter, husband and wife, both to me known and known by me to be the parties executing the foregoing instrument, and severally acknowledged said instrument, by them executed to be their free act and deed. LINTON L. BROWN Notary Public Received for record June 29th, A. D. 1960 at 9:26 o'clock, a. m., and recorded by [Signature] Town Clerk

The page as recorded

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