JS and , Deed for property in , Hancock Co., IL, to , 30 Dec. 1841; signed by JS and ; witnessed by and John Adams; certified by . Version copied 21 Dec. 1842 in Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. L, pp. 8–9; unidentified handwriting; Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL.
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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 Joseph Smith and his wife of the first part have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year above written
Joseph Smith LS
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Signed Sealed and delivered in the presence of)
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John Adams,)
<Recorded 21 Decem 1842>
State of Illinois)
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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 knowns 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 perposes therein mentioned and the said having been by me made acquainted with the Contents of the said deed: and Examined separate and apart from her said husband acknowledged that she had executed the same and relinquished her dower to the premises therein conveyed with voluntarily freely and without compulsion of her said husband. Given under my hand and seal this first <Third> day of January in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty one [two].