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Power of Attorney to Amasa Lyman, 28 February 1843, as Recorded in Henderson County Deeds

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JS, Power of Attorney, to
Amasa Lyman

30 Mar. 1813–4 Feb. 1877. Boatman, gunsmith, farmer. Born at Lyman, Grafton Co., New Hampshire. Son of Roswell Lyman and Martha Mason. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Lyman E. Johnson, 27 Apr. 1832. Moved to Hiram, Portage Co....

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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], 28 Feb. 1843. Version copied [ca. late Apr. 1843] in Henderson Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 1, pp. 311–312; handwriting of
Alfred Knowles

10 Dec. 1809–9 July 1886. Sailor, schoolteacher, merchant, farmer, court clerk, probate judge, politician. Born in Hampden, Hancock Co., Maine. Son of Amasa Knowles and Mercy (Marcy) Simpson. Married first Arletta Whitney, 10 Apr. 1833, in Monroe, Waldo Co...

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; Henderson County Courthouse, Oquawka, IL; microfilm at FHL.

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Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. *Power of Attorney to Amasa Lyman, 28 February 1843

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to grant bargain & sell the same Lots lands tenements & hereditaments or any part thereof granting the same right title interest & claim both in Law & equity as I may have in the same and in my name make execute & deliver good & sufficient deeds & conveyances for the same & also to ask for & receive & recover all such sums of mony as may become due for the same & to do all such acts as an attorney is bound to Do in selling & deeding lands & faithfully securing the payments for the same & collecting the monies arrising from such sales faithfully securing the payments f & whatever else is necessary for the Completion of such Contract & collecting In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 28th day of February 1843
Joseph Smith LS
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TEXT: “LS” enclosed in a hand-drawn representation of a seal.


In presence of
W[illiam] W Phelps

17 Feb. 1792–7 Mar. 1872. Writer, teacher, printer, newspaper editor, publisher, postmaster, lawyer. Born at Hanover, Morris Co., New Jersey. Son of Enon Phelps and Mehitabel Goldsmith. Moved to Homer, Cortland Co., New York, 1800. Married Sally Waterman,...

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W[illard] Richards

24 June 1804–11 Mar. 1854. Teacher, lecturer, doctor, clerk, printer, editor, postmaster. Born at Hopkinton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. Son of Joseph Richards and Rhoda Howe. Moved to Richmond, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, 1813; to Chatham, Columbia Co...

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TEXT: Insertion in left margin, indicating the number of the entry in the deed book.


State of Illinois)
Henderson
<​Hancock​> County

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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I
Robert D Foster

14 Mar. 1811–1 Feb. 1878. Justice of the peace, physician, land speculator. Born in Braunston, Northamptonshire, England. Son of John Foster and Jane Knibb. Married Sarah Phinney, 18 July 1837, at Medina Co., Ohio. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of ...

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a Justice of the Peace for said
County

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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do hereby certify that Joseph Smith whose signature appears to the within letter of attorney is personally Known to me to be the person who executed the same for the use & purposes therein Mentioned Given under my hand & seal this 20th day of March AD 1843
Robert D Foster

14 Mar. 1811–1 Feb. 1878. Justice of the peace, physician, land speculator. Born in Braunston, Northamptonshire, England. Son of John Foster and Jane Knibb. Married Sarah Phinney, 18 July 1837, at Medina Co., Ohio. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of ...

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JP seal
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TEXT: “seal” enclosed in a hand-drawn representation of a seal.


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Power of Attorney to Amasa Lyman, 28 February 1843, as Recorded in Henderson County Deeds
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Footnotes

  1. [1]

    TEXT: “LS” enclosed in a hand-drawn representation of a seal.

  2. [2]

    TEXT: Insertion in left margin, indicating the number of the entry in the deed book.

  3. [3]

    TEXT: “seal” enclosed in a hand-drawn representation of a seal.

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