JS as trustee-in-trust for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Deed for property in Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, to Theodore Turley, 25 Jan. 1844; in Nauvoo Registry of Deeds, Book B, 111–112; handwriting of ; CHL.
As Sole Trustee in Trust for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Signed sealed and delivered in presence of
State of Illinois, , ss. 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 of court, this 25 day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four,