JS and , Deed for property in , Hancock Co., IL, to Philinda Merrick, 24 Mar. 1842; signed by JS and ; witnessed by and ; certified by . Version copied 4 May 1842 in Nauvoo Registry of Deeds, Record of Deeds, bk. A, pp. 20–21; handwriting of ; CHL.
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 Twenty fourth day of March in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty Two