Deed to Julia M. Smith and Others, 21 December 1841, as Recorded in Hancock County Deeds
Source Note
JS and , Deed for property in , Hancock Co., IL, to , , , and , 21 Dec. 1841; signed by JS and ; certified by . Version copied 1 Jan. 1842 in Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. K, pp. 21–22; unidentified handwriting; Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at Family History Library. For more complete source information, see the source note for Deed to Robert Peirce, 28 Feb. 1842.
the appurtenances thereunto belonging, or in anywise appertaining. To Have and to hold the above described premises unto the Said and , their heirs and assigns forever. And the said Joseph Smith and his wife their 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 first above written Signed Sealed and delivered in presence of—
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I a Justice of the Peace in and for 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 separate 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 thirtieth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty one