Deed to Lyman Leonard, 28 December 1843, as Recorded in Nauvoo Registry of Deeds

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Deed to Lyman Leonard, 28 December 1843, as Recorded in Nauvoo Registry of Deeds
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JS as trustee-in-trust for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Deed for property in
Nauvoo
Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....
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, Hancock Co., IL, to
Lyman Leonard
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, 28 Dec. 1843; sealed by JS; witnessed by
William Clayton
17 July 1814–4 Dec. 1879. Bookkeeper, clerk. Born at Charnock Moss, Penwortham, Lancashire, England. Son of Thomas Clayton and Ann Critchley. Married Ruth Moon, 9 Oct. 1836, at Penwortham. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Heber...
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; certified by
Aaron Johnson
22 June 1806–10 May 1877. Farmer, gunmaker. Born in Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. Son of Didymus Johnson and Ruhamah Stephens. Joined Methodist church, early 1820s. Married Polly Zeruah Kelsey, 13 Sept. 1827, in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut...
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. Version copied 6 Jan. 1844 in Nauvoo Registry of Deeds, Record of Deeds, bk. B, pp. 49–50; handwriting of
William Clayton
17 July 1814–4 Dec. 1879. Bookkeeper, clerk. Born at Charnock Moss, Penwortham, Lancashire, England. Son of Thomas Clayton and Ann Critchley. Married Ruth Moon, 9 Oct. 1836, at Penwortham. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Heber...
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or
James Whitehead
12 Apr. 1813–27 July 1898. Clerk, farmer. Born in Roughhay, Fulwood, Lancashire, England. Son of Thomas Whitehead and Mary. Married first Jane Marshall Hindle, 25 Jan. 1837, in Preston, Lancashire, England. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
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; CHL.

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Nauvoo Registry of Deeds, Deed Record Book B, 1843–1846 Deed to Lyman Leonard, 28 December 1843
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[Joseph Smith to
Lyman Leonard
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S[outh] 1/2 & S 1/2 of N[orth] 1/2 of L[ot] 3 B[lock] 108 of
Nauvoo
Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....
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TEXT: The recorder added this notation to the left margin of the following page when copying the deed into the deed record.

This Indenture made and entered into, this twenty eighth day of December in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty three, between Joseph Smith, as Sole Trustee in Trust, for the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, of the county of
Hancock
Formed from Pike Co., 1825. Described in 1837 as predominantly prairie and “deficient in timber.” Early settlers came mainly from mid-Atlantic and southern states. Population in 1835 about 3,200; in 1840 about 9,900; and in 1844 at least 15,000. Carthage ...
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, and State of Illinois of the first part, and [p. 49]
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TEXT: The recorder added this notation to the left margin of the following page when copying the deed into the deed record.

Deed to Lyman Leonard, 28 December 1843, as Recorded in Nauvoo Registry of Deeds

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