Release of Dower, 22 July 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.]
Release of Dower, 22 July 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.]
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and Lewis C. Bidamon, Release of Dower, , Hancock Co., IL, to , 22 July 1851, U.S. v. Joseph Smith III et al. (United States Circuit Court for the District of IL 1852). Copied [ca. 17 July 1852] in Transcript of Proceedings, U.S. District Court for the District of Illinois, Complete Records, 1837–1856, vol. 4, pp. 679–681; handwriting of ; Records of District Courts of the United States, Record Group 21, National Archives at Chicago, Chicago. Includes seals.
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the use of the , to have and to hold the same unto the said their Grantees and assigns forever.
In witness whereof we have hereto set our hands and seals the day and year aforesaid.
L. C. Bidamon (seal)
(seal)
In presence of
G[eorge] Edmunds Jr.
| State of Illinois) | ss [scilicet] |
| ) |
I. Milton M. Morrill an acting Justice of the Peace of said do hereby certify that on this 22d day of July A. D. 1851 before me came personally at, Hancock County Illinois, and Lewis C. Bidamon her husband to me personally known to be the real persons described in and who executed the foregoing release of Dower contained on this sheet of paper and severally acknowledged that they executed the same for the uses and purposes therein expressed, and the said wife of said Lewis C. on a private examination by me seperate and apart from her said husband acknowledged that she had executed the same freely and voluntarily without fear or compulsion of her said husband and thereby relinquished her dower in said premises and I certify that I fully explained and made known to her the contents and effects of said relinquishment.
In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal at Hancock County Ill, the day and year aforesaid.
M. M. Morrill J. P. (seal) [p. 681]
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