JS and , Deed for property in , Hancock Co., IL, to Mary Ann Bosley, 26 Jan. 1844; in Hancock County Deed Book P, pp. 437–438; unidentified handwriting; Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL.
executed the said conveyance for the uses and purposes therein mentioned And the said having been by me made acquainted with the contents of 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 In testimony whereof I <the said notary> have hereunto set my hand and affixed my notorial seal at the City of this twenty sixth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four