Deed to Caroline Louisa Smith and Mary Jane Smith, 1 January 1842
Source Note
JS and , Deed for property in , Hancock Co., IL, to Caroline Louisa Smith and Mary Jane Smith, 1 Jan. 1842; signed by JS and ; witnessed by ; certified by . Version copied 5 Nov. 1842 in Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. K, pp. 562–563; unidentified handwriting; Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at Family History Library.
. 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 Seperate 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 First day of January in the year of our Lord. one thousand eight hundred and Forty two