Deed from Edward and Ann Standley Hunter, 17 February 1843
Source Note
and Ann Standley Hunter, Deed for property in , Hancock Co., IL, to JS as trustee-in-trust for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 17 Feb. 1843. Version copied [between 2 and 30 Mar. 1843] in Nauvoo Registry of Deeds, Record of Deeds, bk. A, pp. 96–98; unidentified handwriting; CHL.
< to Joseph Smith for L 2 in Block 127 of the City of >
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, of which the said Joseph Smith, party of the Second part, is sole Trustee in Trust, and also for the sum of one dollar, to them in hand paid, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, do hereby grant, bargain, sell, convey, and confirm unto the said Joseph Smith, as sole Trustee in Trust for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, party of the Second part, his successors in office and assigns forever, all that tract or parcel of land situate and being in the county of in the State of known and described as follows, to wit. Lot number two in Block number one hundred and twenty seven of the city of together with all and singular the appurtenances thereunto belonging, or in any wise appertaining. To have and to hold The above described premises unto the said Joseph Smith, party of the Second part, his successors in office and assigns forever. And the said and Ann his wife, party of the First part their heirs and assigns, the aforesaid premises, unto the said Joseph Smith, as sole Trustee in Trust, &c. party of the Second part, his successors in office and assigns against the claim or claims of all and every person whomsoever, do and will warrant and forever defend by these presents. In Testimony Whereof, the said and Ann his wife, party of the First part, have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year above written.
seal
Ann Hunter seal
Signed sealed and delivered in presence of
State of Illinois,)
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I, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the City of , in said do certify that and Ann, his wife whose signatures appear to the foregoing deed, and who are personally known to me to be the persons described in, and who executed the same, did severally acknowledge that they had executed the said conveyance for the uses and purposes therein mentioned. And the said Ann Hunter his wife having been by me made acquainted with the contents of the said Deed, and examined separate and apart from her said , acknowledged that she had executed the same, and [p. 97]