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WHEREAS, Ashael G. Larkin of the Town of Westerly, in the County of Washington
and State of Rhode Island, and William Johnson of the Town of Brooklyn in the County of
Windham and State of Connecticut, brought a certain bill in equity against John Saunders
of East Greenwich in the County of Kent and State of Rhode Island, and divers other persons
in said bill mentioned, which said bill in equity was filed in the Appellate Division of
the Supreme Court in said State of Rhode Island within and for the County of Washington on
the first day of August, A. D. 1894 and is entitled Equity No. 165 wherein Ashael G. Larkin
and Thomas Johnson are complainants and petitioners, vs John Saunders et als, for partition
of certain real estate belonging to Thomas Johnson, et als in said bill described; And
Whereof upon hearing and consideration thereof the said Court on the first day of December
A. D. 1895 adjudged that the complainants were entitled to partition thereof to be made by
sale of the real estate described in said bill and a division of the proceeds among the
several parties entitled thereto and entered a decree accordingly in said cause and therein
appointed Oliver H. Williams of said Westerly Commissioner to sell the same at public auction
on or before the first day of July, A. D. 1901 in such parcels and at such times as in his
discretion should seem most advisable; And Whereas said Court on to-wit the 25th day of
May, A. D. 1901 entered a further decree extending the time within which said premises should
be sold to the first day of September, A. D. 1901 And Whereas the said Oliver H. Williams
Commissioner as aforesaid, notified the premises hereinafter described for sale at public
auction in accordance with the provisions of said first mentioned decree, and on the 16th day
of August, A. D. 1901 at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, sold the same two to wit the
following described pieces or parcels of land at public auction upon the premises to Welcome
Fidler of the Town of Richmond in the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island for the
sum of one hundred twenty-five ($125) and seventy five and fifty one-hundredths ($17.50) dollars,
respectively, he the said Welcome Fidler being the highest bidder therefore at such sale;
That certain tract or lot of march land situated at Quoonocontaug in the Town of
Charlestown, County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, being the second tract of land
described in said bill and the same was sold to said Welcome Fidler for the sum of one
hundred twenty-five ($125) dollars, the said Welcome Fidler being the highest bidder therefor
at said sale.
And also at the same place immediately after the sale of the land above described tract
of land, a certain tract of march meadow land situated at said Quoonocontaug, being the
third tract of land described in said Bill and the same was sold to said Welcome Fidler for
the sum of seventeen and fifty one and fifty one-hundredths ($17.50) dollars, the said Welcome Fidler
being the highest Bidder therefore, at the said sale
Now Therefore, Know All Men By These Presents, that I, the said Oliver H. Williams,
Commissioner as aforesaid, by virtue of the power and authority vested in me as aforesaid,
by the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, and in consideration of the sum of one
hundred twenty five dollars and seventeen and fifty one-hundredths dollars to be paid by
Welcome Fidler, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, do hereby grant, bargain, sell,
assign and convey unto the said Welcome Fidler his heirs and assigns forever, That certain
tract or parcel of land situated at said Quoonocontaug, in the Town of Charlestown, County of
Washington and State of Rhode Island, containing by estimation three and one-half acres
more or less and bounded and described as follows: One the north by land of Henry Clarke, on
the west by land of Ezekiel Gavitt; on the south and east by Quoonocontaug Breach, or
however otherwise the same may be bounded and described-
Also that certain tract of marsh containing four acres more or less and bounded and
described as follows: Beginning at the northeast corner of said lot, bounded on the east by
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the heirs of Benajah Gavitt and others; southerly by land of Joseph Gavitt until it
comes to a stake and stone in the old creek or beech so called; thence northerly by
lands of Nathaniel Saunders to a stake and stone in the marsh; thence easterly by said
creek or beech and by the heirs of Adward Wilcox to the first mentioned bound; being
the second and third tracts of land described in said bill is equity for partition.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same together with all the privileges and appurtenances
thereof to him the said Welcome Fidler his heirs and assigns forever, to their only use,
benefit and behoof. And I, the said Oliver H. Williams for myself, my heirs, executors
and administrators, do covenant with the said Welcome Fidler his heirs and assigns, that
I was and am empowered by the Court aforesaid, to make sale of said premises and that in
the sale thereof I have pursued the instruction of said Court and the law in the premises.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 16th day of July,
in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine.
Signed and delivered
in presence of
MARGARET N. MAC CIOY
ANNETTE MAC CIOY
COMMISSIONER
Oliver H. Williams
Commissioner.
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
County of Washington, Sc.
In Westerly in said County on this 16th day of July, A. D. 1929 personally
came before me Oliver H. Williams to me known and by me to be known to be the person of that
name designated in and who in his capacity of Commissioner executed the aforesaid
instrument and acknowledged the same to be his free act and deed in his said capacity.
ALEX. C. THOMPSON
Notary Public.
I, Oliver H. Williams of Westerly in the County of Washington and State of
Rhode Island, having been duly sworn on oath depose and say that I am the same person who
executed the foregoing deed and thereindescribed as Commissioner; that I gave notice of
the sale of the premises conveyed in said deed being sold in Court decreed Sense to be published
in the Westerly Daily Sun a public newspaper printed and published in said Westerly, once
a week for more than three consecutive weeks, to-wit: in the issues of that newspaper
printed and dated respectively, July 25, August 1, 8, and 15, A. D. 1931;
That i gave notice of said sale by causing notice thereof to be posted up
in more than three public places in said Town of Westerly, to-wit: In the Town Clerk's
Office; in Milton A. Youngs livery stables; on the Post Road near East Avenue; near
Clarke's Corners so called in the Village of Eastleigh and in divers other places in said
Town of Westerly and in the following public places in said Charlestown; to wit: in the
Town Clerk's Office; in Williams's livery stable; in the Eldridge House and in Fidler's
livery stable and divers other places in said Charlestown, more than three weeks before
the date of said sale; that the premises described in this deed were sold in accordance
with said notice on the premises on the 16th day of August, A. D. 1931 at 5 o'clock in
the afternoon in my presence and under my direction, said premises being the same
described in the second and third divisions of said notice to Welcome Fidler, who was the
highest bidder therefor at said sale, for the sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars
and for the sum of seventeen and fifty one-hundredths dollars respectively; and that I
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have made the foregoing deed to complete said sale.
Commissioner
OLIVER H. WILLIAMS
Commissioner
Subscribed and sworn to at Westerly in said County on this 16th day of July, A. D. 1929,
Before me,
ALEX. C. THOMPSON
Notary Public
[REVENUE STAMP, 50¢]
A true copy of original deed:
Oliver H. Williams, Commissioner
To
Welcome Fidler.
Attest:
OLIVER H. WILLIAMS
Commissioner.
Received for record August 17th, A. D. 1932 at 3:10 o'clock P. M. and
recorded by [Signature]
Town Clerk.
I, TIMOTHY L. MONEY, Collector of Taxes, of the Town of Charlestown, County
of Washington and State of Rhode Island, for the year 1931, in the matter of the real
estate taxed to Frances P. Francis, Lucy E. and Madeline Johnson, and Julia M. Rice,
which said real estate was this day sold by me at Tax Collector's Sale on this date for
the payment of taxes for the said year, 1931, together with interest on said taxes and
the costs and expenses incident to said auction sale or sale. I hereby make the following
return and say:
That said tax was duly ordered assessed in Town Meeting held April 13th, A. D.
1931 at the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents on each one hundred dollars of the
value of the ratable real estate and tangible personal property in the Town of Charlestown;
that said taxes were assessed by the Board of Tax Assessors, of said Town, on the 15th
day of June, A. D. 1931 and a warrant was duly issued by the Town Treasurer of said Town
to the Collector of Taxes, of said Town, to collect the same; that said taxes were due and
unpaid at the date of said sale; that the notice and time of place of said sale was duly
given by advertisement in The Westerly Times Daily Sun, a newspaper published in the Town
of Westerly, R. I., on July 25th, August 1st & 8th 1932 and that like notices were posted in at
least five public places in said Town of Charlestown, viz: Town Clerk's Office, Post Office,
Charlestown, R. I., Crinell's Garage, Mulberry Glen Filling Station, Horseshoe Falls
Ice Cream Parlor for at least three weeks prior to said auction sale or sale. Notice by registered
mail was also sent to all persons interested in said property advertised as aforesaid, that
could or was located by me; that said auction or sale was held at 10 o'clock, a. m., Daylight
Saving Time, on Wednesday, August 17th, A. D. 1932 at the Town Clerk's Office, at
Carolina, R. I., in said Town of Charlestown, in accordance with said notice, and said estates
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