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Apr 26, 1843

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April 26, 1843 ~ Wednesday

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Business/Financial - Hancock County Land Deed, 26 April 1843
THIS INDENTURE MADE AND ENTERED INTO, This twenty sixth day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty three between Wilford Woodruff and Phebe his wife, of the county of Hancock and State of Illinois of the FIRST part, and Joseph Smith, as sole Trustee in Trust for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, of the county of Hancock, and State of Illinois of the SECOND part, WITNESSETH, that the said Wilford Woodruff and Phebe 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 there 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 Hancock in the State of Illinois known and described as follows, to wit. the North half of Lot number four in Block number Twelve of Kimballs Second addition to Nauvoo together with all and singular the appurtenances thereunto belong, or in any wise appertaing. 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 Wilford Woodruff and Phebe 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 Wilford Woodruff and Phebe his wife, party of the FIRST part, have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year above written. Signed sealed and delivered in presence of E. Robinson. Wilford Woodruff [SEAL.] Phebe W. Woodruff [SEAL.] STATE OF ILLINOIS HANCOCK COUNTY, ss. I, Ebenezer Robinson, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the City of Nauvoo in said county do certify that Wilford Woodruff and Phebe W. 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 Phebe W. Woodruff having been by me made acquainted with the contents of the said Deed, and examined separate and apart from her said husband, acknowl- edged 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-sixth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-Three. E. Robinson, J. P. [L. S.]

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Wilford assists in publication of the Nauvoo Neighbor (published until Saints leave Nauvoo in 1846).

Apr 26, 1843