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State of Rhode Island
County of Washington
In Charlestown, on the 20th day of July, A.D. 1823
before me personally appeared Burdett White and Lena B. White
one known and known me to be the parties executing the
following instrument and they acknowledged said instrument
by their hand sealed, to be their free act and deed.
George La Cour,
Notary Public.
Received for record July 21 @ 1823 at 9 o'clock PM
and recorded by George La Cour, Town Clerk
KNOW ALL MEN by these presents, that I John
Tussman of the Town of Charlestown, County of Washington,
and State of Rhode Island, hereinafter called the grantor,
in consideration of One dollar and natural love and affection,
to one paid by me to Katherine Tussman my daughter of
said Charlestown, hereinafter called the grantee, the receipt
whereof is hereby acknowledged, do hereby give grant bargain
sell and convey unto the said grantee, her heirs and
assigns forever an undivided one half interest in a certain
tract of land, with all the buildings and other improvements
thereon standing, situated in said town of Charlestown,
County of Washington, and State of Rhode Island, containing
as heretofore said forty twenty (20) acres more or less bounded
as follows, to wit: On the North by the Panucut Lake and
land now or formerly of Nathan Dixon, on the East by land
now or formerly of John land, on the West by land
formerly of Silence Lake and on the South by Benjamin
Brown, or however otherwise the same may be bounded and
described, being that tract of land known as the "Hoppie"
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placed, and being the undivided half of the same property conveyed to
this grantor and her Grantee by Thomas & Thompson sr, in deed dating
October 1913 and recorded in the land Records of said Town
of Colchester in Book 14, at page 291, evidence being had evidence
to said deed and the record thereof and the same are made a part of these
presents.
To have and to hold, the aforesaid
premises, with all the privileges and appurtenances thereunto 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, do covenant with
the said Grantee and her heirs and assigns, that I have lawfully
gotten full right of the said Grantor's premises: that the same
be free from all incumbrances except a mortgage to the Washington
Trust Company of Westerly R.I. to secure a note of five hundred
($500) dollars: 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 by her
tenement at all times hereafter peacefully and quietly be let and
enjoy the same 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 all and every lawful claims and demands of
all persons except as aforesaid.
In witness whereof above covenants set my hand and
seal this 23d day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and twenty three.
Signed and sealed in the presence of
Chester Bindhorn
Frank H. Coey,
John Lucanan SS
State of Rhode Island
County of Washington
On this 23d day of July A.D. 1923, before
me personally appeared John Lucanan who acknowledged
to be the party who executed the foregoing instrument and
said that she acknowledged said instrument by her hand sealed,
to be her free act and deed.
Frank H. Coey,
Notary Public,
Received for record July, 24th 1923 at 10 o'clock a.m.,
and recorded by George G. Corney Town Clerk
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