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11/9/1928 · DEED · book 23 page 305 doc 8443

From CROSS BESSIE M
To COLE FRED A life, COLE HATTIE W life
Premises one half acre · tract with dwelling house and improvements (village of Charlestown, Charlestown)
Also on this page: MORTGAGE WASHINGTON TRUST COMPANY

Back — where this land came from

This instrument states no source of title that we have read yet.

The grantor's earlier acquisitions, by name — the man, not necessarily this land

◀ 1928 · DEED · COLE FRED A; COLE HATTIE W → CROSS BESSIE M · book 23 p 304
◀ 1927 · DEED · MCCLUSKEY JOHN E; MCCLUSKEY MARY A; FLAHERTY MARY A → CROSS BESSIE M · book 23 p 89
◀ 1927 · DEED · CROSS GEORGE C; CROSS MARY E → CROSS BESSIE M · book 22 p 460
◀ 1927 · DEED · KENYON ALMERON C; KENYON DORCAS A → CROSS BESSIE M · book 22 p 472

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

▶ 1928 · DEED · COLE FRED A; COLE HATTIE W → CROSS BESSIE M · book 23 p 304
▶ 1932 · DEED · COLE FRED A; COLE HATTIE W → BROOKS NETTIE C; BROOKS WALTER E · book 25 p 205

The instrument's own words

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305 I, Perrie M. Coons of Charlestown, Washington county, Rhode Island for consideration paid, agree to freed Alice and Hattie M. Cole husband and wife of said Charlestown, as joint tenants and co tenants in common with quitclaim covenants, that certain real and personal estate situated in Charlestown county of Washington in the state of Rhode Island, and described as follows: a certain tract of land located situated in the village of Charlestown in said Charlestown containing by estimating one half acre or there on with a dwelling house and other improvements thereon bounded as follows: on the North by the land of George G. Browning heir of the heirs of James H. Tucker, Easterly by land of Alice S. Brown, Southerly by land of Alice in the way and on the West by a highway or however otherwise bounded. Witness my hand this seventh day of September 1924 George In Coons Perrie M. Coons State of Rhode Island County of Washington In Charlestown on the 7 day of September 1924 before me personally appeared Perrie M. Coons to me known and known by me to be the party executing the foregoing instrument, and she acknowledged said instrument by her seal sealed, to be her free act and deed. George In Coons, Notary Public Received for record Sept 11, 1924 at 9.30 o'clock a.m. and recorded by George In Coons, Town Clerk Know all men by these presents, that I Elmer H. Darling, of the town of Westerly in the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island for and in consideration of the sum of Twenty Four Hundred (2400) Dollars well and truly paid by the Washington Fruit Company of the town of Westerly County of Washington and state of Rhode Island the receipt hereof is hereby acknowledged by these presents do grant bargain sell convey and assign unto the said Washington Fruit Company, its successors and assigns, forever, those three lots or parcels of land with any buildings and improvements thereon, situated in town of Westerly in the town of Charlestown, in the State of Rhode Island, and bounded and described as follows: 1. That lot of land laid out and defined and described as Lot No. 7 (seven) on that plat entitled "Plat of Cottage Sites on W.H.R. Railroad property.

The page as recorded

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