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D. Ebelman and acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be her
free act and deed before me the day and year above written
Gilbert M. Rathburn
Attorney Public.
Know all men by these presents, that one Emma
& Carter (widow) and George W. Booth both of Charlestown in the
county of Washington and state of Rhode Island, being as law
of Martha & Condy booth late of said Charlestown, deceased, hereinafter
called the Grantors, in consideration of ten dollars to be paid by
Hiram H. Knight of Richmond in said county and state hereinafter
called the Grantee the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged do
hereby grant bargain sell and convey unto the said Grantee
and his heirs and assigns forever four certain tracts of land
situated in the village of Carolina in said Charlestown First
tract containing one half acre bounded and described as follows
beginning at a stake five feet stores of the highway way ten rods
Southerly from the Southeast corner of land owned by
Edward Allen, thence measuring westerly thirty rods with land
Newyons North side twenty rods bounded Northerly on land
belonging to George & James Cowan a public highway to a stake
land owned through the south westerly boundary westerly by land bounded
of said owner from road to a stake and thence thence westerly
bounding Southerly on land evenly owned James Cowan, twenty
rods to the highway thence North easterly bounding easterly in said
highway to the place of beginning Second tract containing
sixty centimes one half acre over lots bounded and described
as follows commencing at the Southwest corner of the lot above
described, thence at right angle easterly with the south line of said lot
Southerly eight rods to a stake and thence three at right
angle again easterly to the highway thence Northerly by said
highway to the southeast corner of the lot first above described
thence by the north and west lines of said first lot to the Southwest
corner thence to place of beginning The said Grantee his
heirs and assigns to hold and maintain all the has have
annexed His lot first herein described For a further explanation
of these here reference is hereby made to clear deed me
from Benjamin Hume to William G. Gove on record in said
Charlestown in Land Evidence Book No 11 page 221 and one
from George & James to said William G. Gove recorded in said
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Book 11 page 332
To have and to hold, the said granted
tenements, with all the rights, privileges and appurtenances thereunto
belonging, unto and to the use of the said grantees, and our heirs and
assigns forever.
And we the said grantors, do hereby for ourselves
and for our heirs, executors and administrators, covenant with the said
grantees and their heirs and assigns that we are lawfully seized in fee
simple of the said granted premises, that the same and held free from
all incumbrances that are known with good right full power and lawful authority
to warrant and convey the same as premises as aforesaid that the said
grantee and his heirs and assigns shall by these presents of all time
henceforth peaceably and quietly have and enjoy the said premises, and
that we and our heirs, executors and administrators
shall warrant and defend the same to the said grantee and his
heirs and assigns forever against the lawful claims and demands
of all persons.
And for the consideration aforesaid,
I Maria G. Cross wife of the said Simon St. Cross do hereby release
all my right of dower in and to the said granted premises unto the
said Grantee and his heirs and assigns forever.
In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and
seals this 30th day of April in the year of our lord one thousand
nine hundred and twenty three.
Emma E. Barber L.S.
George St. Cross L.S.
Maria G. Cross L.S.
Signed in the presence of
Albert B. Brown
Dustin L. Brown
State of Rhode Island
County of Washington
In Cohasset on the 30th day of April 19
1923, before me personally appeared Emma E. Barber, George St.
Cross and Maria G. Cross to me known and known by me
to be the parties executing the foregoing instrument and they
acknowledged said instrument by them executed to be their
free act and deed.
George St. Cross
Henry Pallas
Received for record May 8th 1923 at 9.15 o'clock A.M.
and recorded by George Inman, Town Clerk