JS as trustee-in-trust for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Deed for property in , Hancock Co., IL, to , , and on behalf of the , 29 May 1843; sealed by JS; witnessed by ; certified by . Version copied 21 Dec. 1843 in Nauvoo Registry of Deeds, Record of Deeds, bk. B, pp. 41–42; handwriting of or ; CHL.
As sole Trustee in Trust for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Signed sealed and delivered in presence of . State of Illinois, , ss. [scilicet] I, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the city of , in said county, do certify that Joseph Smith, whose signature appears to the foregoing deed, and, who is personally known to me to be the person described in, and who executed the same did acknowledge that he had executed the said conveyance for the uses and purposes therein mentioned. Given under my hand and seal, this 29th. day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand and eight hundred and forty-three. J. P. L. S