JS and , Deed for property in , IL, to , 19 May 1841; signed by JS and ; witnessed by; certified by . Version copied 16 June 1841 in Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. I, pp. 309–310; unidentified handwriting; Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL.
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or less 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 his heirs and assigns forever. And the said Joseph Smith and his wife, their h[e]irs and 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.
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Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of
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I, a justice of the peace of said , do certify, that Smith 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 relinquished her dower to the premises therein conveyed voluntarily, freely, and without compulsion of her said husband Given under my hand and seal, this twentieth day of May in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty one