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6/29/1960 · DEED · book 37 page 290 doc 6555@37/290

From POTTER HAROLD, POTTER MYRA K
To CORNELL FRANK H JR, CORNELL JOSEPHINE A
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 POTTER HAROLD; POTTER MYRA K

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 · CORNELL JOSEPHINE A; CORNELL FRANK H JR → POTTER HAROLD; POTTER MYRA K · book 37 p 290
◀ 1960 · DEED · KENYON MAUDE B → POTTER HAROLD; POTTER MYRA K · book 37 p 279
◀ 1960 · DEED · GARDINER JOHN HERBERT; GARDINER MABEL I → POTTER HAROLD; POTTER MYRA K · book 37 p 284
◀ 1960 · DEED · OHEARN JAMES G; OHEARN MARGARET; OHEARN MARGARET E → POTTER HAROLD; POTTER MYRA K · book 37 p 287
◀ 1960 · DEED · NASSE CHARLES W; NASSE CHARLOTTE C → POTTER HAROLD; POTTER MYRA K · book 37 p 288
◀ 1959 · MORTGAGE · PEARSON WALTER H → POTTER HAROLD; POTTER MYRA K · book 36 p 630
◀ 1958 · DEED · KENYON MAUDE B → POTTER HAROLD; POTTER MYRA K · book 36 p 350
◀ 1957 · DEED · GREENHALGH FLORENCE F LEWIS → POTTER HAROLD; POTTER MYRA K · book 36 p 152
◀ 1957 · DEED · KENYON MAUDE B → POTTER HAROLD; POTTER MYRA K · book 35 p 615
◀ 1957 · DEED · FISHER EMILY M → POTTER HAROLD · book 35 p 673
◀ 1954 · DEED · STANLEY ANNIE T; STANLEY ARTHUR JR → POTTER HAROLD; POTTER MYRA K · book 34 p 292
◀ 1950 · DEED · PERRY MALCOLM D; PERRY MILDRED E → POTTER HAROLD; POTTER MYRA K · book 32 p 161
◀ 1945 · DEED · RINKER DORETTA; RINKER JOHN R → POTTER HAROLD; POTTER MYRA K · book 29 p 405
◀ 1944 · FORCLOSURE DEED · GREENE EUNICE E; MARTIN MARJORIE B; MARTIN HORACE P → POTTER HAROLD; POTTER MYRA K · book 29 p 197

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 · CORNELL JOSEPHINE A; CORNELL FRANK H JR → POTTER HAROLD; POTTER MYRA K · book 37 p 290
▶ 1977 · DEED · CORNELL JOSEPHINE A; CORNELL FRANK H JR → FACER WILLIAM A; YATES SUSAN ANN · book 56 p 968
▶ 1960 · MORTGAGE · CORNELL JOSEPHINE A; CORNELL FRANK H JR → WASHINGTON TRUST COMPANY · book 37 p 291

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 owned by a certain [?] of the heirs of William P. Sherman, et seq; thence running northerly, bounded westerly by said Sherman's land, a distance of 340 feet, more or less, to a stone, thence running easterly, bounded northerly by land of [?] and [?] Wright, a distance of 185 feet, thence running southerly, bounded easterly by said Wright's land, a distance of 125 feet; thence turning and running southerly, bounded easterly by land of Fred H. Kenyon, ut seq, a distance of 185 feet, thence turning and running easterly, bounded northerly by said Kenyon's land, a distance of 125 feet at the place of beginning; thence turning and running southerly, bounded southerly by said State Highway, a distance of 125 feet, to the point of place and 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 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 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 Rondo 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 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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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.