JS and , Deed for property in [Nauvoo], Hancock Co., IL, to , 8 Dec. 1840; signed by JS and ; witnessed by and James Reynolds; certified by James Reynolds. Version copied 19 Apr. 1841 in Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. I, pp. 195–196; unidentified handwriting; Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL.
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assigns the aforesaid premises unto the said his heirs 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 Joseph Smith and his wife of the first part, have hereunto set their hands and seals, the day and year above written
Joseph Smith L S
L S
Signed Sealed and delivered in Presence of
James Reynolds
State of Illinois)
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I, James Reynolds 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 executed the Same, and relinquished her dower to the premises therein Conveyed voluntarily, freely, and without Compulsion of her Said husband.
Given under my hand and Seal, this twenty third day of December in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty.