JS as trustee-in-trust for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Deed for property in , Hancock Co., IL, to Julian Moses, 21 May 1842; signed by JS; witnessed by and ; certified by . Version copied 6 Mar. 1847 in Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. R, pp. 370–371; handwriting of Robert F. Smith; Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL.
I a justice of the peace in and for the Citty of , in said county 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 acknowledg that he had Executed the said conveyance for the uses and purposes therein mentioned Given under my hand and seal this twenty first day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand, Eight hundred and forty two.