The instrument's own words
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Know all men by these presents, that I Mordecai M. Jenkins of Johnston
in the county of Washington, state of Rhode Island hereinafter called the grantor
in consideration of ten dolls to me paid by my granted A. Partlow of stafford in
the county of Tolland, state of connecticut hereinafter called the grantee, the
receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, do sell convey and assign unto
sell and convey unto the said grantee, and his heirs and assigns forever,
the following described land and lots of land in the Town of North Kingstown
County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, on East Beach, so called, and
bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the southwest corner of
the premises named grantor's lot in the field side of a way or pass-
way extending west 34 1/2 poles to a fence of P. H. the Town
boundary line south 20 rods and then north 11 1/2 perches running linearly
50 feet thence running north westerly 107 feet beach land, is called,
travel boundary southerly 50 feet to a road of town, thence south easterly 180 feet
to point out place of beginning. The same being set by a 37 0 on a piece of
land made by J. H. Mason, civil engineer and 1/2 and also received
at 37 0 piece of land and it was determined with civil engineer and
dated August 1923, on the north side to be held in the form overall of said
granter's lot a road of way to the South side second, and also
saying it was the way to the ocean beach, over some rocky land, had been made
to said posts or further on the premises description of the premises
perfectly conveyed.
To have and to hold all the said granted
premises, with all the rights privileges and appurtenances
thereunto belonging unto and to the use of the said grantee and
his heirs and assigns forever. And I the said grantor do
hereby, for myself and for my heirs, executors and administrators,
covenant with the said grantee and his heirs and assigns forever,
that I am lawfully seized in fee simple of the said granted
premises, that the same are free and clear in all encumbrances,
that I have good right full power and sufficient authority
to sell and convey the same in manner aforesaid, that
the said grantee and his heirs and assigns shall by these
presents quiet lines possessedly and peacefully and without
any molestation the said premises, and that I the said grantor will
warrant and my heirs, executors and administrators, will
warrant and defend the same to the said grantee and
his heirs and assigns against the lawful claims and
demands of all persons, and for the
convenience hereafter, I Mrs. R. Jenkins wife of the
said grantor husband 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
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...and we this 18th day of August in the year of our
lord 1.8.23 and nine hundred and twenty three
executed in the presence of
clerk N. W. Williams
Harold M. Simmons L.S.
Lena B. Simmons L.S.
State of Rhode Island
county of Providence
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at Hopkinton on this 18th day of August, A.D. 1923
before me personally appeared Harold M. Simmons and Lena B.
Simmons known to be said H. M. Simmons, to me known and known our
eye me to be the parties executing the foregoing instrument and
they did acknowledge said instrument By them executed to be
their act and deed.
Kelvin N. Williams
Henry Potter
Received for record August 31 1923 at 4.45 o'clock PM.
and recorded by George S. Colgrove Town clerk
I, who will all men know That I, Phoebe E. Potter, of the town
of Westerly, in the county of Washington, and state of Rhode
Island, as guardian of the person and estate of Hulma
sonnie champagne moore, of said town of Westerly, by virtue
of authority vested in me, by the Probate court of said
town of Westerly, and for land in consideration of the sum
of sixty two and forty one hundredths dollars ($62.41)
to me paid, as such guardian by Howard H. Howard, of
the town of Charlestown, in said county of Washington, the
receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby grant,
bargain, sell and convey unto her, the said Howard H.
Howard, her heirs and assigns forever, all the right, title
and interest which said Hulma sonnie champagne moore,
more, has, the same being an undivided one eighteenth
(1/8) subject to the owner right of Phoebe E. Potter, and am
undivided the ninety fourth (94th) part not subject to any other
right in and to a certain tract of land illustrated in said
whereforeton, containing approximately one hundred (100) acres lying on
from tenths (5/10) rods, and is designated on plat of
Indian Reservation "on file in Town Clerks office in said
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