Deed to Cleon Elmer, 4 June 1844

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Deed to Cleon Elmer, 4 June 1844
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JS as trustee-in-trust for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Deed for property in
Macedonia
Area settled, 1826. Founded by Latter-day Saints, 1839–1840, following exodus from Missouri. Town platted, Aug. 1840. Post office established, Sept. 1840. Incorporated as Macedonia, Mar. 1843. Renamed Webster, 23 July 1847. Population in 1845 about 380. Crooked...
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, Hancock Co., IL, to Cleon Elmer, 4 June 1844; in Hancock Co., Deed Book O, pp. 298–299; handwriting of
A. W. Blakesley
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; Hancock Co. Recorder's Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL.

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Smith Trustee &c To Elmer

Know all men by these presents that on the fourth day of June in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen hundred and forty four, I Joseph Smith as Sole Trustee in Trust for the Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints of the State of
Illinois
Became part of Northwest Territory of U.S., 1787. Admitted as state, 1818. Population in 1840 about 480,000. Population in 1845 about 660,000. Plentiful, inexpensive land attracted settlers from northern and southern states. Following expulsion from Missouri...
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and County of
Hancock
Formed from Pike Co., 1825. Described in 1837 as predominantly prairie and “deficient in timber.” Early settlers came mainly from mid-Atlantic and southern states. Population in 1835 about 3,200; in 1840 about 9,900; and in 1844 at least 15,000. Carthage ...
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Deed to Cleon Elmer, 4 June 1844
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