JS as trustee-in-trust for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Deed for property in , Hancock Co., IL, to , 20 May 1844. Version copied [2 Nov. 1844] in Nauvoo Registry of Deeds, Record of Deeds, bk. B, pp. 213–214; handwriting of John McEwan; CHL.
As sole Trustee in trust for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints.
Signed Sealed & delivered In presence of
State of Illinois)
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I clerk of the Municipal court in and for the City of , in said , 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 20th. day of May in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four.