Bill in Chancery, circa 31 July 1843 [Clayton v. E. W. Rhodes et al.]
Source Note
and on behalf of , Bill in Chancery, , IL, [ca. 31 July 1843], Clayton v. E. W. Rhodes et al. (Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court, in Chancery 1843); handwriting of ; docket by , [, IL, ca. 31 July 1843]; notation by , [, Hancock Co., IL], 31 July 1843; notation by unidentified scribe, [ca. 31 July 1843]; four pages; Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL. Includes seals.
In the Circuit Court for said To the Term of October 1843
To the Judge of said <the> fifth Judicial Circuit in sitting in and for the County of
Your Petitioner of the County of represents that one Erie Rhodes late of said County of , now deceased, in his lifetime, on or about the sixteenth day of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty one made his certain Bond and contract in writing, and delivered the same to one Joseph Smith of said county of and which said Bond and contract is here set forth in these words
“Know all men by these presents, that I Erie Rhodes of the County of and State of am held and firmly bound unto Joseph Smith of the and aforesaid in the penal sum of three thousand dollars, for the payment of which well and truly to be made I bind myself, my heirs, executors and administrators firmly by these presents
Now the condition of the above obligation is such that, whereas the said Erie Rhodes, has this day sold unto the said Joseph Smith one hundred and fifty three and one half acres of Land, at ten dollars per acre lying and being in the County of and aforesaid, as follows, to wit, one hundred and twenty nine and a half of the North East quarter of Section Eight in Township Six north Range Eight West of the principal meridian Also twenty four acres in the South West corner of the North West quarter of Section nine Township and Range as above and am to receive in payment for the same fifteen hundred and thirty five dollars in manner following, to wit, one hundred dollars in hand the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged. Two hundred dollars on the Sixth day of October next; Seven [p. [1]]