JS and , Deed for property in , Hancock Co., IL, to , 11 Dec. 1841; signed by JS and ; witnessed by ; certified by . Version copied [between 22 Oct. and 31 Dec. 1842] in Nauvoo Registry of Deeds, Record of Deeds, bk. A, pp. 53–54; handwriting of ; CHL.
do certify, that Joseph Smith and his wife, whose signatures appear to the foregoing deed, and who are personally known to me to be the persons described in, and who executed the same, did severally acknowledge that they had executed the said conveyance, for the uses and purposes therein mentioned. And the said having been by me made acquainted with the contents of the 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. Given under my hand and seal, this Eleventh day of December in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty one