JS and , Deed for property in , Hancock Co., IL, to , 6 Sept. 1841; signed by JS and ; witnessed by ; certified by . Version copied 14 May 1846 in Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. P, pp. 169–170; unidentified handwriting; Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL.
paid the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged Do hereby grant bargain sell convey and Confirm unto the said her heirs and assigns forever all that tract or parcel of land situate and being in the county of in the State of and known as lot three and the west quarter of Lot four in block number One hundred and forty one as laid down on the plat of the city of Together with all and singular the appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining To Have and To Hold the above described premises unto the said her heirs and assigns forever And the said Joseph Smith and his wife their heirs and assigns the aforesaid premises unto the said her heirs and assigns against the claim or claims of all and every persons whomsoever do and will warrant and forever defend by these presents In testimony whereof the said Joseph Smith and his wife of the first part have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year above written
Joseph Smith (LS)
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I a Justice of the peace of 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 Conveyed Voluntarily freely and without Compulsion of her said husband Given under my hand and seal this sixth day of September in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty One