Deed to Emma Smith and Others, 12 July 1843, as Recorded in Nauvoo Registry of Deeds
Source Note
JS as trustee-in-trust for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Deed for property in , Hancock Co., IL, to , , , , and , 12 July 1843; sealed by JS; witnessed by ; certified by , 15 July 1843. Version copied 20 July 1843 in Nauvoo Registry of Deeds, Record of Deeds, bk. A, pp. 200–201; handwriting of ; CHL.
in Block number one hundred and forty three Also Block number one hundred and forty four Also Lot number one in Block number one hundred and forty five Also Lot number three in Block number one hundred and forty seven. Also Block number one hundred and fifty five Also Lot number two in Block number one hundred and fifty nine And also Lot number one in Block number one hundred and sixty 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 , , , and parties of the second part their heirs and assigns for ever And the said Joseph Smith, party of the first part, his assigns and successors in office, the aforesaid premises, unto the said , , , , and parties of the second part, their heirs and assigns, against the claim or claims of all and every person whomsoever, do and will warrant and for ever defend by these presents. In testimony whereof the said Joseph Smith party of the first part hath hereunto set his hand and seal the day and year above written. Joseph Smith L. S. As sole Trustee in trust for the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of —
State of Illinois, s.s. [scilicet] I a Justice of the Peace, in and for the city of , in said County, do certify that Joseph Smith, whose signature appears to the foregoing Deed, and who is personally known to me to be the person described in, and who executed the same, did acknowledge that he had executed the said conveyance for the uses and purposes therein mentioned. Given under my hand and seal, this fifteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three. J. P. L. S.