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Deed, JS and Emma Smith to JS as Trustee-in-Trust, 5 October 1841
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JS and , Deed for property in , Hancock Co., IL, to JS as trustee-in-trust for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 5 Oct. 1841; handwriting of ; signatures of JS and ; witnessed by and ; certified by and ; docket in handwriting of ; notation in handwriting of ; four pages; JS Collection, CHL.
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See Historical Introduction to Deed to Emma Smith, 13 June 1842.
and four in Block No one hundred and fifty nine; Also Lots No one, two, three & four in Block No one hundred and sixty; Also Lots No one & two in Block No one hundred and sixty one; To have and to hold the foregoing described premises, with all the appurtenances thereto belonging or in any wise appertaining, unto the said Joseph Smith party of the second part as sole trustee in trust for the , his successors in office and assigns forever. And the said Joseph Smith and his wife said parties of the first part; their heirs and assigns, the aforesaid premises, unto the said Joseph Smith party of the first <second> part as sole trustee in trust for the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, his successor[s in office and assigns] against the claim or claims of all and every [person whomsoever do] and will warrant and forever defend by thes[e presents.]
In Testimony whereof, the said Joseph Sm[ith and his] wife parties of the first part; have hereunto se[t their hands and] seals, the day and year above written.
Joseph S[mith]
Signed sealed and delivered in presence of
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I a justice of the peace of said , do certify that Joseph Smith and 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 having been by me made acquainted with the contents of the said deed, and examined seperate and apart from her said husband, acknowledged that she had executed the same, and reliniquished her dower to the premises therein conveyed, voluntarily, freely, and without compulsion of her said [husband].
Given under my hand and seal this fifth day of October in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty one
J. P. L. S. [p. [3]]
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TEXT: A piece has been torn or cut from the page with text missing from this and the following five lines; text supplied from Deed, JS and Emma Smith to JS as Trustee-in-Trust, 5 October 1841, as Recorded in Hancock County Deeds.
Signatures of JS and Emma Smith.
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TEXT: There were probably seals following JS’s and Emma Smith’s signatures.
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TEXT: Emma Smith’s signature is badly faded, but can be seen under ultraviolet light.
Signatures of Ebenezer Robinson and Willard Richards.
Signature of Ebenezer Robinson.
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TEXT: “L. S.” enclosed in a hand-drawn representation of a seal.