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Deed to Julia M. Smith and Others, 21 December 1841
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JS and , Deed for property in , Hancock Co., IL, to , , , and , 21 Dec. 1841; handwriting of ; signatures of JS and ; certified by and ; two pages; private possession.
Historical Introduction
Historical Introduction
See Historical Introductions to Deed to Julia M. Smith and Others, 17 Mar. 1842 and Deed, Samuel and Sabrina Davenport Canfield, to Emma Smith, 1 Oct. 1836.
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I a Justice of the Peace, in and for said , 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 conveyd, voluntarily, freely, and without compulsion of her said husband.
Given under my hand and seal, this Thirtieeth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty one.
J. P. L. S.
State of Illinois)
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Recorders Office
1st January 1842
I Recorder of Said , Do hereby Certify that the within Deed and certificate of acknowledgment were this day duly Recorded in Book K on Page 21
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Fees 1.00 [p. [2]]
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Certification in handwriting of Ebenezer Robinson.
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TEXT: “L. S.” enclosed in a hand-drawn representation of a seal.
Certification in handwriting of Chauncey Robison.