Deed to Lydia Dibble Granger, 15 March 1843, as Recorded in Hancock County Deeds
Source Note
JS as trustee-in-trust for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Deed for property in , Hancock Co., IL, to , 15 Mar. 1843; sealed by JS; witnessed by ; certified by . Version copied 20 May 1846 in Hancock County, IL, Deed Records, vol. P, pp. 295–[296]; unidentified handwriting; Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL. Includes seals.
the claims or claims of all and any person whomsoever do and will warrant and forever defend by these presents. In testimony whereof the said Joseph Smith party of the first part has hereunto set his hand and seal the day and year above written
Joseph Smith seal
As sole trustee in trust for the church of Jesus christ of Latter day Saints
Signed sealed and delivered
in presence of
State of Illinois
ss. [scilicet]
I a Justice of the peace in in for the City 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 acknowledge that he had executed the said conveyance for the uses and purposes therein mentioned
Given under my hand and seal this sixth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three