Deed to Julian Moses, 21 May 1842, as Recorded in Nauvoo Registry of Deeds

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Deed to Julian Moses, 21 May 1842, as Recorded in Nauvoo Registry of Deeds
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JS as trustee-in-trust for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Deed for property in
Nauvoo
Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....
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, Hancock Co., IL, to Julian Moses, 21 May 1842; sealed by JS; witnessed by
William Clayton
17 July 1814–4 Dec. 1879. Bookkeeper, clerk. Born at Charnock Moss, Penwortham, Lancashire, England. Son of Thomas Clayton and Ann Critchley. Married Ruth Moon, 9 Oct. 1836, at Penwortham. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Heber...
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; certified by
Samuel Smith
13 Mar. 1808–30 July 1844. Farmer, logger, scribe, builder, tavern operator. Born at Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vermont. Son of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack. Moved to Royalton, Windsor Co., Vermont, by Mar. 1810; to Lebanon, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, 1811...
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. Version copied 20 July 1843 in Nauvoo Registry of Deeds, Record of Deeds, bk. A, pp. 202–203; handwriting of
George Walker
15 Dec. 1806–after 1870. Bookkeeper, clerk, rope maker, laborer. Born in Burslem, Staffordshire, England. Moved to Lancashire, England, before 1832. Married Catherine Burgess, before 1832, in Lancashire. Moved to Salford, Lancashire, before 1840. Baptized...
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; CHL.

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Nauvoo Registry of Deeds, Deed Record Book A, 1840–1843 Deed to Julian Moses, 21 May 1842
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[Joseph Smith to Julian Moses Deed for L[ot] 3 in B[lock] 139 of the City of
Nauvoo
Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....
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TEXT: The recorder added this notation to the left margin of the following page when copying the deed into the deed record.

This Indenture made and entered into this twenty first day of May 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
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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, and State of Illinois of the first part, and Julian Moses of the 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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and State aforesaid, of the second part. Witnesseth, that the said Joseph Smith, party of the first [p. 202]
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TEXT: The recorder added this notation to the left margin of the following page when copying the deed into the deed record.

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