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Deed from Robert and Mary Crane McQueen, 20 February 1843

Source Note

Robert McQueen

8 Aug. 1808–13 Dec. 1886. Miller, miner, farmer. Born in New York City. Moved to Warren Co. (later Henderson Co.), Illinois, by 1836. Cofounded Shokokon, Warren Co., with Charles A. Smith. Elected justice of the peace in Warren Co., 1838. Married Mary P. ...

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and
Mary Crane McQueen

ca. 1820–27 Dec. 1899. Born in Pennsylvania. Moved to Henderson Co., Illinois, by Oct. 1842. Married Robert McQueen, 6 Oct. 1842, in Henderson Co. With her husband, signed deed to sell lots to JS in Shokokon, Henderson Co. Migrated to California, 1849, and...

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, Deed for property in
Shokokon

Located on east bank of Mississippi River, about twenty-five miles upriver from Nauvoo. Laid out by Robert McQueen and Charles A. Smith, 1836. Location for landing rafts of lumber cut in Wisconsin Territory forests. Population never exceeded 300. JS visited...

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, Henderson Co., IL, to JS, 20 Feb. 1843; printed form with manuscript additions possibly in the handwriting of
Robert McQueen

8 Aug. 1808–13 Dec. 1886. Miller, miner, farmer. Born in New York City. Moved to Warren Co. (later Henderson Co.), Illinois, by 1836. Cofounded Shokokon, Warren Co., with Charles A. Smith. Elected justice of the peace in Warren Co., 1838. Married Mary P. ...

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; signatures of
Robert McQueen

8 Aug. 1808–13 Dec. 1886. Miller, miner, farmer. Born in New York City. Moved to Warren Co. (later Henderson Co.), Illinois, by 1836. Cofounded Shokokon, Warren Co., with Charles A. Smith. Elected justice of the peace in Warren Co., 1838. Married Mary P. ...

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and
Mary Crane McQueen

ca. 1820–27 Dec. 1899. Born in Pennsylvania. Moved to Henderson Co., Illinois, by Oct. 1842. Married Robert McQueen, 6 Oct. 1842, in Henderson Co. With her husband, signed deed to sell lots to JS in Shokokon, Henderson Co. Migrated to California, 1849, and...

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; witnessed by
John Cowan

25 Apr. 1781–7 Nov. 1853. Farmer. Born near Harpers Ferry, Berkeley Co., Virginia (later in West Virginia). Son of James Cowan Sr. and Mary Russell. Moved near Lebanon, Hamilton Co., Ohio, Nov. 1800. Married first Miss Sewell, ca. 1801. Married second Sarah...

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and
Joseph Barnes

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; certified by
Joseph Barnes

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, 20 Feb. 1843, and by
Alfred Knowles

10 Dec. 1809–9 July 1886. Sailor, schoolteacher, merchant, farmer, court clerk, probate judge, politician. Born in Hampden, Hancock Co., Maine. Son of Amasa Knowles and Mercy (Marcy) Simpson. Married first Arletta Whitney, 10 Apr. 1833, in Monroe, Waldo Co...

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on behalf of John McKinney, 25 Apr. 1843; two pages; JS Collection, CHL. Includes docket and notations.
Single leaf, measuring 12⅞–13⅛ × 12⅛ inches (33 × 31 cm). The leaf was unevenly cut along the top and bottom edges. Once the deed form was completed, signed, witnessed, and certified, it was folded and docketed for filing. The document has undergone conservation.
Likely on 22 April 1843, the deed was presented to the Henderson County, Illinois, recorder’s office in
Oquawka

Village located on eastern bank of Mississippi River about 42 miles northeast of Nauvoo, Illinois. County seat. Terminus of Peoria and Oquawka Railroad. Population in 1858 about 2,500. JS twice hid from enemies at home of James Taylor a few miles northeast...

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along with an accompanying power of attorney granted to
Amasa Lyman

30 Mar. 1813–4 Feb. 1877. Boatman, gunsmith, farmer. Born at Lyman, Grafton Co., New Hampshire. Son of Roswell Lyman and Martha Mason. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Lyman E. Johnson, 27 Apr. 1832. Moved to Hiram, Portage Co....

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. The deed was recorded by 25 April 1843 and was then likely returned to JS or Lyman. By 1973 the document had been included in the JS Collection at the Church Historical Department (now CHL).
1

See the full bibliographic entry for JS Collection, 1827–1844, in the CHL catalog.


Footnotes

  1. [1]

    See the full bibliographic entry for JS Collection, 1827–1844, in the CHL catalog.

Historical Introduction

On 20 February 1843,
Robert

8 Aug. 1808–13 Dec. 1886. Miller, miner, farmer. Born in New York City. Moved to Warren Co. (later Henderson Co.), Illinois, by 1836. Cofounded Shokokon, Warren Co., with Charles A. Smith. Elected justice of the peace in Warren Co., 1838. Married Mary P. ...

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and
Mary Crane McQueen

ca. 1820–27 Dec. 1899. Born in Pennsylvania. Moved to Henderson Co., Illinois, by Oct. 1842. Married Robert McQueen, 6 Oct. 1842, in Henderson Co. With her husband, signed deed to sell lots to JS in Shokokon, Henderson Co. Migrated to California, 1849, and...

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of Henderson County, Illinois, deeded thirty-nine town lots in
Shokokon

Located on east bank of Mississippi River, about twenty-five miles upriver from Nauvoo. Laid out by Robert McQueen and Charles A. Smith, 1836. Location for landing rafts of lumber cut in Wisconsin Territory forests. Population never exceeded 300. JS visited...

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, Illinois, to JS. Robert McQueen and Charles Smith founded the town in 1836, but, despite their boosterism, Shokokon had not attracted many settlers.
1

The day he registered the Shokokon town plat, McQueen also contracted with Illinois governor and land speculator Joseph Duncan to sell town lots, though it is unclear whether Duncan ever acted on the contract. (Warren Co., IL, Deed Records, 1817–1908, vol. 2, pp. 344–345, 361–362, 16 July 1836, microfilm 1,329,671, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; History of Mercer and Henderson Counties, 888–889.)


Comprehensive Works Cited

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

History of Mercer and Henderson Counties: Together with Biographical Matter, Statistics, etc. . . . Chicago: H. H. Hill and Co., 1882.

Many of the early residents apparently suffered from considerable illness due to the swampy environment and soon abandoned Shokokon.
2

History of Mercer and Henderson Counties, 893, 1199, 1214.


Comprehensive Works Cited

History of Mercer and Henderson Counties: Together with Biographical Matter, Statistics, etc. . . . Chicago: H. H. Hill and Co., 1882.

Nevertheless, McQueen continued to reside in the region and operated a mill, later referred to as McQueen’s Mills, a few miles south of town.
3

Henderson Co., IL, Deeds, 1841–1893, vol. 4, p. 78, 22 Apr. 1849, microfilm 1,392,776, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.


Comprehensive Works Cited

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

In 1843 McQueen apparently arranged for another local resident,
John Cowan

25 Apr. 1781–7 Nov. 1853. Farmer. Born near Harpers Ferry, Berkeley Co., Virginia (later in West Virginia). Son of James Cowan Sr. and Mary Russell. Moved near Lebanon, Hamilton Co., Ohio, Nov. 1800. Married first Miss Sewell, ca. 1801. Married second Sarah...

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, to approach JS regarding the possibility of a Latter-day Saint settlement in Shokokon. On 10 February, Cowan met with JS in
Nauvoo

Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....

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, Illinois, and invited him to send a missionary and immigrants north to Shokokon. That afternoon JS discussed Cowan’s suggestion at a meeting with the
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

Members of a governing body in the church, with special administrative and proselytizing responsibilities. A June 1829 revelation commanded Oliver Cowdery and David Whitmer to call twelve disciples, similar to the twelve apostles in the New Testament and ...

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, and the quorum approved Cowan’s request.
4

Minutes, 10 Feb. 1843; JS, Journal, 10 Feb. 1843.


On 14 February,
Cowan

25 Apr. 1781–7 Nov. 1853. Farmer. Born near Harpers Ferry, Berkeley Co., Virginia (later in West Virginia). Son of James Cowan Sr. and Mary Russell. Moved near Lebanon, Hamilton Co., Ohio, Nov. 1800. Married first Miss Sewell, ca. 1801. Married second Sarah...

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returned to
Nauvoo

Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....

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, and the next day JS,
Orson Hyde

8 Jan. 1805–28 Nov. 1878. Laborer, clerk, storekeeper, teacher, editor, businessman, lawyer, judge. Born at Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. Son of Nathan Hyde and Sally Thorpe. Moved to Derby, New Haven Co., 1812. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, ...

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, and
Parley P. Pratt

12 Apr. 1807–13 May 1857. Farmer, editor, publisher, teacher, school administrator, legislator, explorer, author. Born at Burlington, Otsego Co., New York. Son of Jared Pratt and Charity Dickinson. Traveled west with brother William to acquire land, 1823....

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accompanied Cowan north to Henderson County.
5

JS, Journal, 14–15 Feb. 1843.


On 16 February, the party stopped at McQueen’s Mills and ate a midday meal before continuing on to
Shokokon

Located on east bank of Mississippi River, about twenty-five miles upriver from Nauvoo. Laid out by Robert McQueen and Charles A. Smith, 1836. Location for landing rafts of lumber cut in Wisconsin Territory forests. Population never exceeded 300. JS visited...

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. According to JS’s journal, when the men arrived at Shokokon, JS “veiwd the place” and determined that it was “very desirable for a city.” They then returned to McQueen’s Mills, where JS preached to “a large & attentive audience” of local residents for two hours.
6

JS spoke on Revelation 19:10, showing that “any man who denied his being a prop[h]et was not a prea[c]her of righteousness.” His journal reports that the congregation was “well pleased” at his discourse—a statement echoed by Pratt, who noted in his autobiography that “the crowded congregation seemed deeply interested—most of them being strangers to ‘Mormonism.’” (JS, Journal, 16 Feb. 1843; Pratt, Autobiography, 365, italics in original.)


Comprehensive Works Cited

Pratt, Parley P. The Autobiography of Parley Parker Pratt, One of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Embracing His Life, Ministry and Travels, with Extracts, in Prose and Verse, from His Miscellaneous Writings. Edited by Parley P. Pratt Jr. New York: Russell Brothers, 1874.

That night JS dined with
Michael Crane

15 May 1787–7 Nov. 1847. Farmer, land speculator. Born in what later became Wayne Township, Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania. Son of George Washington Crane and Catherine Quiggle. Married first Ann Pfouts, ca. 1815, possibly in Lycoming Co. Married second Maria...

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,
Mary McQueen

ca. 1820–27 Dec. 1899. Born in Pennsylvania. Moved to Henderson Co., Illinois, by Oct. 1842. Married Robert McQueen, 6 Oct. 1842, in Henderson Co. With her husband, signed deed to sell lots to JS in Shokokon, Henderson Co. Migrated to California, 1849, and...

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’s father and the owner of several lots in Shokokon.
7

Allaman, “Joseph Smith’s Visits to Henderson County,” 49; Henderson Co., IL, Deeds, 1841–1893, vol. 1, p. 43, 22 June 1841, microfilm 1,392,775, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.


Comprehensive Works Cited

Allaman, John Lee. “Joseph Smith’s Visits to Henderson County.” Western Illinois Regional Studies 8, no. 1 (Spring 1985): 46–55.

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

The party then returned to Nauvoo the next day.
8

JS, Journal, 16–17 Feb. 1843.


According to JS’s journal, upon arriving at JS’s home in
Nauvoo

Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....

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,
Cowan

25 Apr. 1781–7 Nov. 1853. Farmer. Born near Harpers Ferry, Berkeley Co., Virginia (later in West Virginia). Son of James Cowan Sr. and Mary Russell. Moved near Lebanon, Hamilton Co., Ohio, Nov. 1800. Married first Miss Sewell, ca. 1801. Married second Sarah...

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“proposed to give me [JS] 1/4 of city lots in
Shokokon

Located on east bank of Mississippi River, about twenty-five miles upriver from Nauvoo. Laid out by Robert McQueen and Charles A. Smith, 1836. Location for landing rafts of lumber cut in Wisconsin Territory forests. Population never exceeded 300. JS visited...

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.”
9

JS, Journal, 17 Feb. 1843.


Although the wording in JS’s journal suggests that these lots were to be a gift, Cowan actually offered to sell the lots to JS. The journal does not record a reply, but JS seems to have agreed to Cowan’s proposal and terms. Cowan then apparently returned to Henderson County to finalize the sale with
Robert McQueen

8 Aug. 1808–13 Dec. 1886. Miller, miner, farmer. Born in New York City. Moved to Warren Co. (later Henderson Co.), Illinois, by 1836. Cofounded Shokokon, Warren Co., with Charles A. Smith. Elected justice of the peace in Warren Co., 1838. Married Mary P. ...

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. Someone, possibly McQueen, prepared a deed using a form that was printed at
Burlington

Located in southeastern Iowa on west bank of Mississippi River. Site selected for construction of fort, 1805. Area settled, ca. 1833, by Europeans. Laid out, 1834. Incorporated 1837. Designated capital of Wisconsin Territory, 1837; capital of Iowa Territory...

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, Iowa Territory, across the
Mississippi River

Principal U.S. river running southward from Itasca Lake, Minnesota, to Gulf of Mexico. Covered 3,160-mile course, 1839 (now about 2,350 miles). Drains about 1,100,000 square miles. Steamboat travel on Mississippi very important in 1830s and 1840s for shipping...

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from Shokokon, by the “Hawkeye Office,” a publishing company that printed newspapers, books, and other documents. The deed granted 39 lots in Shokokon to JS in exchange for $1,230. On 20 February, both McQueens signed the deed before a justice of the peace in Henderson County. The 39 lots (of a total of 240 in Shokokon) represented less than the quarter of the town Cowan had apparently proposed earlier. Additionally, at over $31 per lot, JS paid nearly three times as much as the only other known investor in the town at the time.
10

In 1841 Robert McQueen deeded fifteen lots to his father-in-law for $200. The only other recorded deeds related to Shokokon date from April 1849, when McQueen was preparing to leave Illinois for California. On that occasion, McQueen sold a number of lots at a rate of between $16.50 and $25 per lot—still considerably less than JS paid. (Henderson Co., IL, Deeds, 1841–1893, vol. 1, p. 43, 22 June 1841, microfilm 1,392,775; vol. 4, pp. 81–82, 88–89, 95, 118, 125, 244, microfilm 1,392,776, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.)


Comprehensive Works Cited

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Cowan returned to Nauvoo on 22 February and again met with JS, presumably to give him the signed deed.
11

JS, Journal, 22 Feb. 1843.


Footnotes

  1. [1]

    The day he registered the Shokokon town plat, McQueen also contracted with Illinois governor and land speculator Joseph Duncan to sell town lots, though it is unclear whether Duncan ever acted on the contract. (Warren Co., IL, Deed Records, 1817–1908, vol. 2, pp. 344–345, 361–362, 16 July 1836, microfilm 1,329,671, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; History of Mercer and Henderson Counties, 888–889.)

    U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

    History of Mercer and Henderson Counties: Together with Biographical Matter, Statistics, etc. . . . Chicago: H. H. Hill and Co., 1882.

  2. [2]

    History of Mercer and Henderson Counties, 893, 1199, 1214.

    History of Mercer and Henderson Counties: Together with Biographical Matter, Statistics, etc. . . . Chicago: H. H. Hill and Co., 1882.

  3. [3]

    Henderson Co., IL, Deeds, 1841–1893, vol. 4, p. 78, 22 Apr. 1849, microfilm 1,392,776, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.

    U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

  4. [4]

    Minutes, 10 Feb. 1843; JS, Journal, 10 Feb. 1843.

  5. [5]

    JS, Journal, 14–15 Feb. 1843.

  6. [6]

    JS spoke on Revelation 19:10, showing that “any man who denied his being a prop[h]et was not a prea[c]her of righteousness.” His journal reports that the congregation was “well pleased” at his discourse—a statement echoed by Pratt, who noted in his autobiography that “the crowded congregation seemed deeply interested—most of them being strangers to ‘Mormonism.’” (JS, Journal, 16 Feb. 1843; Pratt, Autobiography, 365, italics in original.)

    Pratt, Parley P. The Autobiography of Parley Parker Pratt, One of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Embracing His Life, Ministry and Travels, with Extracts, in Prose and Verse, from His Miscellaneous Writings. Edited by Parley P. Pratt Jr. New York: Russell Brothers, 1874.

  7. [7]

    Allaman, “Joseph Smith’s Visits to Henderson County,” 49; Henderson Co., IL, Deeds, 1841–1893, vol. 1, p. 43, 22 June 1841, microfilm 1,392,775, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.

    Allaman, John Lee. “Joseph Smith’s Visits to Henderson County.” Western Illinois Regional Studies 8, no. 1 (Spring 1985): 46–55.

    U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

  8. [8]

    JS, Journal, 16–17 Feb. 1843.

  9. [9]

    JS, Journal, 17 Feb. 1843.

  10. [10]

    In 1841 Robert McQueen deeded fifteen lots to his father-in-law for $200. The only other recorded deeds related to Shokokon date from April 1849, when McQueen was preparing to leave Illinois for California. On that occasion, McQueen sold a number of lots at a rate of between $16.50 and $25 per lot—still considerably less than JS paid. (Henderson Co., IL, Deeds, 1841–1893, vol. 1, p. 43, 22 June 1841, microfilm 1,392,775; vol. 4, pp. 81–82, 88–89, 95, 118, 125, 244, microfilm 1,392,776, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.)

    U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

  11. [11]

    JS, Journal, 22 Feb. 1843.

Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation.
*Deed from Robert and Mary Crane McQueen, 20 February 1843
Deed from Robert and Mary Crane McQueen, 20 February 1843, as Recorded in Henderson County Deeds

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Warrantee Deed, withot dower.
Printed at the Hawkeye Office,
Burlington

Located in southeastern Iowa on west bank of Mississippi River. Site selected for construction of fort, 1805. Area settled, ca. 1833, by Europeans. Laid out, 1834. Incorporated 1837. Designated capital of Wisconsin Territory, 1837; capital of Iowa Territory...

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, Iowa.
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In 1838 newspaper publisher James Edwards transferred his printing establishment from Fort Madison, Iowa Territory, to Burlington. He began publishing the Iowa Patriot in 1839, changing its name to the Hawk-Eye and Iowa Patriot later that same year in part to honor the recently deceased Sauk chief Black Hawk. (History of Des Moines County, Iowa, 416–419, 425.)


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The History of Des Moines County, Iowa, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, &c., a Biographical Directory of Citizens . . . Chicago: Western Historical Co., 1879.

THIS INDENTURE, Made the Twentieth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three between
Robert McQueen

8 Aug. 1808–13 Dec. 1886. Miller, miner, farmer. Born in New York City. Moved to Warren Co. (later Henderson Co.), Illinois, by 1836. Cofounded Shokokon, Warren Co., with Charles A. Smith. Elected justice of the peace in Warren Co., 1838. Married Mary P. ...

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Mary P [Crane] McQueen

ca. 1820–27 Dec. 1899. Born in Pennsylvania. Moved to Henderson Co., Illinois, by Oct. 1842. Married Robert McQueen, 6 Oct. 1842, in Henderson Co. With her husband, signed deed to sell lots to JS in Shokokon, Henderson Co. Migrated to California, 1849, and...

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of the county of Henderson and State of
Illinois

Became part of Northwest Territory of U.S., 1787. Admitted as state, 1818. Population in 1840 about 480,000. Population in 1845 about 660,000. Plentiful, inexpensive land attracted settlers from northern and southern states. Following expulsion from Missouri...

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of the first part; and Joseph Smith of the City of
Nauvoo

Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....

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—
of the county of
Hancock

Formed from Pike Co., 1825. Described in 1837 as predominantly prairie and “deficient in timber.” Early settlers came mainly from mid-Atlantic and southern states. Population in 1835 about 3,200; in 1840 about 9,900; and in 1844 at least 15,000. Carthage ...

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and State of
Illinois

Became part of Northwest Territory of U.S., 1787. Admitted as state, 1818. Population in 1840 about 480,000. Population in 1845 about 660,000. Plentiful, inexpensive land attracted settlers from northern and southern states. Following expulsion from Missouri...

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of the second part, WITNESSETH, that the said parties of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum of Twelve Hundred and thirty-dollars— lawful money of the
United States of America

North American constitutional republic. Constitution ratified, 17 Sept. 1787. Population in 1805 about 6,000,000; in 1830 about 13,000,000; and in 1844 about 20,000,000. Louisiana Purchase, 1803, doubled size of U.S. Consisted of seventeen states at time ...

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, to them in hand paid, by the said party— of the second part, the receipt whereof is hereby confessed and acknowledged, have granted, aliened, remised, released, enfeoffed and confirmed, and by these presents do [blank] grant, alien, remise, release, enfeoff and confirm unto the said party of the second part, and to his heirs and assigns forever, All Those certain Lots in the Town of
Shokokon

Located on east bank of Mississippi River, about twenty-five miles upriver from Nauvoo. Laid out by Robert McQueen and Charles A. Smith, 1836. Location for landing rafts of lumber cut in Wisconsin Territory forests. Population never exceeded 300. JS visited...

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. Viz In Lot Block No one (1) Lot No seven (7). Block No (3) three. lots Nos five (5) eight (8). nine (9). Bbock [Block] No (4) four, lots No (1) one, (2) two, and three (3). Block No (5) five, Lots (4) four (5) five and (8) eight Block No six (6) Lots No six (6) seven (7) and ten (10) Block No seven (7) Lot No eight (8) Block No nine (9) Lots No one (1) two (2) and three (3). Block No ten 2 (10) Lots No One (1) four (4) and seven (7). Block No eleven (11) Lot No nine (9). Block No fourteen (14) Lot No (7) seven. Block No fifteen (15) Lots No three (3) and eight (8) Block No sixteen (16) Lots No six (6) seven (7) and ten (10). Block No eighteen (18) Lots No two (2) and three (3). Block No twenty (20) Lots No One (1) and four (4) Block No twenty one (21) Lots No four (4) five (5) and eight (8). Block No twenty two (22) Lots five (5) eight (8) and (10). Block No twenty three <​(23)​> Lot No five (5) and Block No twenty four (24) Lot No six (6) the lots being on section twenty seven (27) in township nine (9) north of Range (six) 6) west of the fourth principal meridian.
Together with all and singular the hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging, or in any wise appertaining, and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, rents, issues and profits thereof; and all the estate, right, title, interest, claim and demand whatsoever of the said parties of the first part, either in law or equity, of, in and to the above granted premises, with the said hereditaments and appurtenances.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the above mentioned and described premises, with the appurtenances, and every part and parcel thereof, to the said party of the second part, his heirs and assigns forever. And the said
Robert McQueen

8 Aug. 1808–13 Dec. 1886. Miller, miner, farmer. Born in New York City. Moved to Warren Co. (later Henderson Co.), Illinois, by 1836. Cofounded Shokokon, Warren Co., with Charles A. Smith. Elected justice of the peace in Warren Co., 1838. Married Mary P. ...

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and
2

TEXT: Possibly “or and”.


Mary P McQueen

ca. 1820–27 Dec. 1899. Born in Pennsylvania. Moved to Henderson Co., Illinois, by Oct. 1842. Married Robert McQueen, 6 Oct. 1842, in Henderson Co. With her husband, signed deed to sell lots to JS in Shokokon, Henderson Co. Migrated to California, 1849, and...

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for their— heirs, executors and administrators, do [blank] covenant, grant, bargain, promise and agree, to and with the said party of the second part, his heirs and assigns, to warrant and forever to defend, the above granted premises, and every part and parcel thereof, now being in the quiet and peacable possession of the said party of the second part, against the said parties of the first part, their heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, and against all and every other person or persons claiming or to claim the said premises, or any part thereof.
In witness whereof, the said parties of the first part have hereunto set their hands and affixed their seals the day and year first above written.

Signatures of Robert McQueen and Mary Crane McQueen.


Robt McQueen

8 Aug. 1808–13 Dec. 1886. Miller, miner, farmer. Born in New York City. Moved to Warren Co. (later Henderson Co.), Illinois, by 1836. Cofounded Shokokon, Warren Co., with Charles A. Smith. Elected justice of the peace in Warren Co., 1838. Married Mary P. ...

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Seal
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TEXT: Both instances of “Seal” are enclosed within hand-drawn representations of seals.


Mary P. McQueen

ca. 1820–27 Dec. 1899. Born in Pennsylvania. Moved to Henderson Co., Illinois, by Oct. 1842. Married Robert McQueen, 6 Oct. 1842, in Henderson Co. With her husband, signed deed to sell lots to JS in Shokokon, Henderson Co. Migrated to California, 1849, and...

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Seal
Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of

Signatures of John Cowan and Joseph Barnes.


John F. Cowan

25 Apr. 1781–7 Nov. 1853. Farmer. Born near Harpers Ferry, Berkeley Co., Virginia (later in West Virginia). Son of James Cowan Sr. and Mary Russell. Moved near Lebanon, Hamilton Co., Ohio, Nov. 1800. Married first Miss Sewell, ca. 1801. Married second Sarah...

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)
Joseph K Barnes

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)

Certification in the handwriting of Joseph Barnes.


State of Illinois)
SS
4

“SS” is a legal abbreviation for scilicet, a Latin adverb meaning “that is to say, to wit, viz.” (“Scilicet,” in Jones, Introduction to Legal Science, appendix, 28.)


Comprehensive Works Cited

Jones, Silas. An Introduction to Legal Science: Being a Concise and Familiar Treatise . . . to Which Is Appended a Concise Dictionary of Law Terms and Phrases. New York: John S. Voorhies, 1842.

Henderson County)
I,
Joseph K Barnes

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, a justice of the Peace of said County do certify that
Robert McQueen

8 Aug. 1808–13 Dec. 1886. Miller, miner, farmer. Born in New York City. Moved to Warren Co. (later Henderson Co.), Illinois, by 1836. Cofounded Shokokon, Warren Co., with Charles A. Smith. Elected justice of the peace in Warren Co., 1838. Married Mary P. ...

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and
Mary P

ca. 1820–27 Dec. 1899. Born in Pennsylvania. Moved to Henderson Co., Illinois, by Oct. 1842. Married Robert McQueen, 6 Oct. 1842, in Henderson Co. With her husband, signed deed to sell lots to JS in Shokokon, Henderson Co. Migrated to California, 1849, and...

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his wife whose signature appears 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 use and purposes therein mentioned. And the said
Mary P McQueen

ca. 1820–27 Dec. 1899. Born in Pennsylvania. Moved to Henderson Co., Illinois, by Oct. 1842. Married Robert McQueen, 6 Oct. 1842, in Henderson Co. With her husband, signed deed to sell lots to JS in Shokokon, Henderson Co. Migrated to California, 1849, and...

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having been made acquainted with the contents of the said deed and examined seperate and apart from her said
husband

8 Aug. 1808–13 Dec. 1886. Miller, miner, farmer. Born in New York City. Moved to Warren Co. (later Henderson Co.), Illinois, by 1836. Cofounded Shokokon, Warren Co., with Charles A. Smith. Elected justice of the peace in Warren Co., 1838. Married Mary P. ...

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acknowledged that she had executed the same and relinquished her dower to the premises therein conveyed, voluntarily freely and without compulsion of said
husband

8 Aug. 1808–13 Dec. 1886. Miller, miner, farmer. Born in New York City. Moved to Warren Co. (later Henderson Co.), Illinois, by 1836. Cofounded Shokokon, Warren Co., with Charles A. Smith. Elected justice of the peace in Warren Co., 1838. Married Mary P. ...

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Given under my hand and seal this twentyeth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fourty three
Joseph K Barnes

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Barnes lived on a farm a short distance northeast of Shokokon. (Early Court Commissioner’s Records of Henderson County, IL, 49; Henderson Co., IL, Deeds, 1841–1893, vol. 2, p. 566, 11 Feb. 1847, microfilm 1,392,776, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.)


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Early Court Commissioner’s Records of Henderson County, IL: 1841–1853; Copied from WPA Records at Springfield, IL. [Monmouth, IL]: Warren County, Illinois, Genealogical Society, 1992.

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

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J. P. H C. [justice of the peace for Henderson County] Ill [p. [1]]
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Editorial Title
Deed from Robert and Mary Crane McQueen, 20 February 1843
ID #
2212
Total Pages
2
Print Volume Location
JSP, D11:447–452
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  • Robert McQueen
  • Mary Crane McQueen
  • John Cowan
  • Joseph K. Barnes

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  1. [1]

    In 1838 newspaper publisher James Edwards transferred his printing establishment from Fort Madison, Iowa Territory, to Burlington. He began publishing the Iowa Patriot in 1839, changing its name to the Hawk-Eye and Iowa Patriot later that same year in part to honor the recently deceased Sauk chief Black Hawk. (History of Des Moines County, Iowa, 416–419, 425.)

    The History of Des Moines County, Iowa, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, &c., a Biographical Directory of Citizens . . . Chicago: Western Historical Co., 1879.

  2. [2]

    TEXT: Possibly “or and”.

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    Signatures of Robert McQueen and Mary Crane McQueen.

  4. [3]

    TEXT: Both instances of “Seal” are enclosed within hand-drawn representations of seals.

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    Signatures of John Cowan and Joseph Barnes.

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    Certification in the handwriting of Joseph Barnes.

  7. [4]

    “SS” is a legal abbreviation for scilicet, a Latin adverb meaning “that is to say, to wit, viz.” (“Scilicet,” in Jones, Introduction to Legal Science, appendix, 28.)

    Jones, Silas. An Introduction to Legal Science: Being a Concise and Familiar Treatise . . . to Which Is Appended a Concise Dictionary of Law Terms and Phrases. New York: John S. Voorhies, 1842.

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    Barnes lived on a farm a short distance northeast of Shokokon. (Early Court Commissioner’s Records of Henderson County, IL, 49; Henderson Co., IL, Deeds, 1841–1893, vol. 2, p. 566, 11 Feb. 1847, microfilm 1,392,776, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.)

    Early Court Commissioner’s Records of Henderson County, IL: 1841–1853; Copied from WPA Records at Springfield, IL. [Monmouth, IL]: Warren County, Illinois, Genealogical Society, 1992.

    U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

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