In testimony whereof the said and his wife of the first part, have hereunto set their hands and seals, the day & year first above written.

Signed sealed & delivered In presence of [blank]

State of Illinois)

Hancock County)

City of )

I a Justice of the peace in & for the City of , County and state aforesaid, do certify that 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, & examined seperate and apart from her said , acknowledged that she had executed the same, and relinquished her dower <​to​> the premises therein conveyed voluntarily, freely, and without compulsion of her said .

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal, at the City of , this first day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four.

to Mary Wood pt L. 2. B. 9. ad. to —

This Indenture made and entered into this fourteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four Between and his wife of the county of & state of of the one part, and Mary Wood of the and aforesaid, of the other part, Witnesseth, that the said and his wife, for and in consideration of the sum of Two thousand Dollars to them in hand paid, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, do hereby grant, bargain, sell, convey and confirm unto the said Mary Wood, her heirs & assigns forever, all that tract or parcel of land, situate and being in the county of in the state of , viz: beginning at the North west Corner of Lot No two (2) in Block No nine (9) in [p. 209]