Deed to Thomas Dollinger, 2 November 1842, as Recorded in Nauvoo Registry of 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 Thomas Dollinger, 2 Nov. 1842; sealed by JS; witnessed by ; certified by . Version copied [after 5 Feb. 1846] in Nauvoo Registry of Deeds, Record of Deeds, bk. B, p. 339; unidentified handwriting; CHL.
Deed to Thomas Dollinger, 2 November 1842, as Recorded in Nauvoo Registry of Deeds
Page 339
No 590
Jos. Smith to Tho. Dollinger
p[ar]t of Lot one B[lock] 138
This Indenture made and entered into this second day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty two between Joseph Smith as sole Trustee in Trust for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints of the County of and State of Illinois of the first part and Thomas Dollinger of the county of and State aforesaid of the Second part Witnesseth that the said Joseph Smith party of the first part for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred and twenty five dollars to him in hand paid the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged do hereby grant, bargain, sell, convey and confirm unto the said Thomas Dollinger party of the second part his heirs and assigns forever all that tract or parcel of land situate and being in the county of in the State of Illinois Known and described as follows—to wit The North Half of the South East quarter of lot No one in Block number one hundred and thirty eight of the city of Together with all and singular the appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining—To have and to Hold the above described premises unto the said Thomas Dollinger party of the second part his heirs and assigns forever. And the said Joseph Smith party of the first part his assigns and successors in office the aforesaid premises unto the said Thomas Dollinger party of the second part his heirs and assigns against the claim or claims of all and every 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 Latterday Saints
Signed Sealed and delivered in presence of
State of Illinois
ss [scilicet]
I, a Justice of the peace in and 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 second day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty two