Signed and sealed in the presence of

Before me Joseph Conway Clerk of the Circuit Court within and for said county personally came and his wife the above named grantors and acknowledged the signing and sealing of the above Deed to be their voluntary act for the uses and purposes therein expressed And the said being examined by me seperate and apart from her said and the contents of the said Deed being fully made known to her upon such seperate examination declared that she did voluntarily sign. seal and acknowledge the same and that she was still satisfied therewith—

In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at my office in Rock Island this 15th day of May A D. 1845

State of Illinois)

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I clerk of the Circuit Court within and for said do certify that whose signature appears to the further going Deed of conveyance and who is personally known to me to be the identical and real person whose name is subscribed to the said Deed as having executed the same this day appeared before me and did acknowledge that he did sign Seal and deliver the same as his free act and Deed for the uses and purposes therein Expressed In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said court at my office in this twenty Seventh day of May A. D 1845

Seal

Joseph Horne & wife [Mary Isabella Hales Horne] to ½ Lot one B 28 Ad—

This Indenture made this Eleventh (11) day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three between Joseph Horne and Mary Isabella [Hales] Horne his wife of the County of and state of of the one part and of the county of and aforesaid of the other part Witnesseth that the said Joseph Horne and Mary Isabella for and in consideration of the sum of Seven hundred and fifty dollars to them in hand paid the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged do hereby grant, bargain, sell, convey, and confirm unto the said his heirs and assigns forever all that tract or parcel of Land situate in the county of in the State of in Lot one and block twenty eight of addition to the city of consisting of the East half of said Lot Together with all and singular the appurtnenaces thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining To have and to Hold the alone described premises unto the said his heirs and assigns forever— And the said Joseph Horne and Mary Isabella his wife the aforesaid premises unto the said his heirs and assigns against the claim or claims of all and every person whomsoever do and will warrant and forever defend by [p. 328]