n mentioned in said Bond and the interest thereon has been fully paid by the said Joseph Smith and your to the said Erie Rhoades in his lifetime and to the lawful administrator of said Rhoades since his decease and the full amount due on the notes in said Bond specified, that the full and entire interest in said Bond and the equity by virtue of said Bond to the said lands therein mentioned, is fully and entirely vested in your by lawful assignment, in writing, on the back of said Bond duly made on or about the Eleventh day of October AD. 1841. by the said Joseph Smith to your for a valuable consideration as in said assignment is expressed, all of which will more fully appear by reference to said Bond and the endowments and written assignment thereon, here shown to your Honor in open court. Your would further state that the said Erie Rhoades after the execution of said Bond and before the time specified therein for the making and delivering of a deed for the premises therein mentioned, died intestate <​without having executed & delivered a deed for the lands mentioned in said Bond according to the tenor & effects thereof​> to wit, on or about the Octo [blank] day of [blank] AD 1842 leaving Eunice Rhoades [Eunice Wright Rhodes] his widow relict, and Orrin Rhoades [Rhodes], who is of lawful age and Alonzo Rhoades [Rhodes], William W. Rhoades [Rhodes], Robert B. Rhoades [Rhodes], and Helen Rhoades [Rhodes] and Alvin Rhoades [Rhodes] his children <​who are​> minors, under the age of twenty one years, his children and heirs at Law him surviving his legal representatives and all of whom reside in the said County of , and your would further State that one Hugh Rhoades [Rhodes], who now resides in Knox County Illinois, is lawful administrator of the said Erie Rhoades deceased having <​duly​> taken out letters of administration, in the proper court of probate, on the estate of the said Erie Rhoades deceased and taken upon himself the burden of the administration thereof.