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1/6/1846 · MORTGAGE · book 7 page 204 doc 9850

From BROWNING GEORGE life
To KENYON CALEB life
Consideration Three hundred and ninety two dollars and ten cents
Premises one hundred acres · tract of land called Sprague's corner (Charlestown, Sprague's corner)
Also on this page: MISC BROWNING GEORGE · MISC BROWNING GEORGE · MORTGAGE DISCHARGE BROWNING GEORGE

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

◀ 1846 · MISC · KINYON CALEB → BROWNING GEORGE · book 7 p 204
◀ 1836 · AGREEMENT · BROWNING GEORGE; CLARKE THOMAS → CLARKE THOMAS; BROWNING GEORGE · book 6 p 353
◀ 1820 · DEED · BROWNING PATTY; BROWNING CLARKE → BROWNING GEORGE · book 5 p 435
◀ 1813 · DEED · BROWNING JOHN; BROWNING MERCY → BROWNING GEORGE · book 5 p 153
◀ 1813 · DEED · BROWNING HAZARD → BROWNING GEORGE · book 5 p 155
◀ 1813 · DEED · BROWNING CLARK; BROWNING PATTY → BROWNING GEORGE · book 5 p 156

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

▶ 1852 · MORTGAGE DISCHARGE · KENYON CALEB → BROWNING GEORGE · book 7 p 204
▶ 1854 · DEED · KENYON ELEANOR B; KENYON CALEB → CARD CHARLES M · book 8 p 39
▶ 1854 · DEED · KENYON LAFAYETTE; KENYON ELEANOR B; KENYON CALEB; KENYON SARAH ANN → CRANDALL CHRISTOPHER S · book 8 p 56
▶ 1856 · DEED · KENYON AMY A; KENYON LAFAYETTE; KENYON CALEB; VINCENT NICHOLAS; KENYON → · book 8 p 136

The instrument's own words

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304 Know all men that I George Browning of Charlestown in the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island in consideration of Three hundred and ninety two dollars and ten cents paid me by Caleb Tanyon of Charlestown County and State aforesaid the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge to be truly given grant bargain sell and convey unto Caleb Tanyon his heirs and assigns forever a certain tract of land lying in Caleb Tanyons land called Sprague's corner containing one hundred acres bounded Charlestown containing by situation one boundary bounded on the south beginning at the corner of the highway at one shrubbed land running west boundary on the highway until it come to Edge Tuckers land and bounded on the East boundary on the house of Simon Tucker and on the north by the land of Dr. [illegible] Tanyon west on other boundary land will come to land of my late father Tanyon west on other boundary land will come to the full mentioned Bound. All other than let where the pasture and low the full mentioned Bound. and by Low pasture as printed below enclosure’s refer to and said in the same manner as above described beginning at the corner of the highway running southwest on shrubs in black land until it come to the swamp in the Swamp boundary westerly on the swamp until it come to the boundary of Caleb Tanyon On the North by said Tanyon and Dinas come to the boundary of Low pasture On the South by said Tanyon and Dinas front land On the East by Samuel blacks and south partly by blacks and the highway to the full mentioned Bound. or however bounded the said premise now to transfer. And I save and to hold said grant and bargain id promise with the privilege and appurtenances thereof to him said Caleb Tanyon his heirs and assigns forever and I said George Browning for myself my heirs executors and Administrators do covenant with said Caleb Tanyon his heirs and assigns that I am lawfully seised in fee of the premises that they are free of all encumbrances that I do have good right to sell and convey the same to said Caleb Tanyon to hold as aforesaid and that I shall warrant and defend the same to Caleb Tanyon his heirs and assigns against all and lawful claims and demands of all persons. The Condition of the aforesaid written Deed is that if the said George Browning my heirs executors or all immediate shall pay to said Caleb Tanyon his heirs executors Administrators or assigns the sum of Three hundred and ninety Two dollars and four cents on demand together with interest on the sum until paid then the above written deed given by me to said Caleb Tanyon for the payment of the sum aforesaid with interest at the rate aforesaid shall be void Therefore shall remain in full force payment may be made one hundred dollars at a time. Signed sealed and delivered in presence of me John Stanton Samuel Stanton Washington p. [illegible] Charlestown October 8 1845 Automatically appeared before me on the within named George Browning and acknowledged the within deed to be his free and voluntary act John Stanton Jp Witnessed Day 6 1846 Day 27 1846 No 22 Page 3 Browning one By B. Stanton C. Clerk Recorded October 8 1845 payment in part towards the payment of a mortgage dated in the year of 1845 Caleb Tanyon Funded the 8 day of Jan 1846 by John Stanton Jp Charlestown September 1st 1845 Received of George Browning one hundred dollars towards an instrument a mort gage dated which was signed and executed for Caleb Tanyon in the year and date of 1845. (Signed) Caleb Tanyon Recorded by me William W. Perry C. Clerk Nov 5th 1847 y.

The page as recorded

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deed_walker_v1.9_2026-10-10 · the index is the town's own (i2l.uslandrecords.com); transcripts, chains and the assessor's cards are the Perry Machine's reading of it. Where the record we hold runs out, the page says so.