Deed from Willard and Jennetta Richards Richards, 23 February 1843
Source Note
and , Deed for property in , Hancock Co., IL, to JS as trustee-in-trust for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 23 Feb. 1843; printed form with manuscript additions in handwriting of ; signatures of and ; witnessed by ; certified by , 20 Mar. 1843; certified by , 23 Apr. 1845; docket in handwriting of ; notation in handwriting of ; one page; JS Collection, CHL.
THIS INDENTURE MADE AND ENTERED INTO, This Twenty third day of February in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three between and —— his wife, of the county of and State of of the FIRST part, and Joseph Smith, as sole Trustee in Trust for the , of the county of , and State of of the SECOND part, Witnesseth, that the said and his wife, party of the FIRST part, for and in consideration of the love and good will they bear to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, of which the said Joseph Smith, party of the SECOND part, is sole Trustee in Trust, and also for the sum of one dollar, to them in hand paid, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, do hereby grant, bargain, sell, convey, and confirm unto the said Joseph Smith, as sole Trustee in Trust for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, party of the SECOND part, his successors in office and assigns forever, all that tract or parcel of land, situate and being in the county of in the State of known and described as follows, to wit. a part of Lot number four (4) in Block number one hundred and fifty (150) of the city of , commencing at the South east corner of said Lot and running thence North fifty feet, thence West fifty feet thence South fifty feet, thence East fifty feet to the place of beginning
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 Joseph Smith, party of the SECOND part, his successors in office and assigns forever. And the said and his wife, party of the FIRST part, their heirs and assigns, the aforesaid premises, unto the said Joseph Smith, as sole Trustee in Trust, &c. party of the SECOND part, his successors in office 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 and his wife, party of the FIRST part, have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year above written.
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Signed sealed and deliveredin presence of
STATE OF ILLINOIS,)
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I, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the City of , in said 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, and examined separate 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 .
Given under my hand and seal this twentieth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three