JS as trustee-in-trust for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Deed for property in , IL, to , 17 Mar. 1843; signed by JS; certified by . Version copied 2 June 1843 in Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. L, pp. 245–246; unidentified handwriting; Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL.
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I, a Justice of the Peace 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 this 20th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three.