August 25, 1830

Harmony, Pennsylvania
George H. Noble v. Joseph Smith. Joseph Smith executed a promissory note payable to George H. Noble for $190.95 to enable Joseph to purchase from his father-in-law, Isaac Hale, thirteen acres and the home where Joseph and Emma had been living and where he had translated much of the Book of Mormon. See entry for April 6, 1829.
Sources: 
A Study of the Origins of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the States of New York and Pennsylvania, Larry C. Porter, p. 134
LDS Church Archives, Joseph Smith Legal Papers series 
Deed from Isaac and Elizabeth Hale, 25 August 1830 
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch, 
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