Certificate, 2 August 1841 [Gray v. A. Allen]

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Certificate, 2 August 1841 [Gray v. A. Allen]
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William D. Abernethy
8 Apr. 1801–3 July 1850. Postmaster, storekeeper, sheriff, farmer. Born in Harwinton, Litchfield Co., Connecticut. Son of William Conant Abernethy and Azubah Dexter. Moved with family to Jacksonville, Morgan Co., Illinois. Cofounded Augusta, Hancock Co., ...
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Carthage
Located eighteen miles southeast of Nauvoo. Settled 1831. Designated Hancock Co. seat, Mar. 1833. Incorporated as town, 27 Feb. 1837. Population in 1839 about 300. Population in 1844 about 400. Site of acute opposition to Latter-day Saints, early 1840s. Site...
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], Hancock Co., IL, 2 Aug. 1841, Gray v. A. Allen (Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court 1841); printed form with manuscript additions in handwriting of
William D. Abernethy
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; docket by S. Otho Williams, [
Carthage
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, Hancock Co., IL, 2 Aug. 1841]; notation by
Chauncey Robison
27 Mar. 1805–4 Nov. 1891. Clerk, postmaster, farmer. Born in Oneida Co., New York. Son of Charles Robison and Jerusha Rebecca Kellogg. Moved to Hancock Co., Illinois, 1829. Registrar in land office in Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois. Moved to Carthage, Hancock...
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, 2 Aug. 1841; notation presumably by Melancton S. Carey, [ca. 2 Aug. 1841]; dockets by unidentified scribe, [ca. 2 Aug. 1841]; notation by unidentified scribe, 22 July 1842; two pages; Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm 1,637,612 at FHL. Includes seal.

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Docket in handwriting of S. Otho Williams.
James Gray) Certificate of Purchase

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Adolphus Allen
ca. 1790–ca. 31 Mar. 1857. Physician. Likely born in Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania. Son of Nathaniel Allen and Lydia Stevens. Married Arvilla Skinner, 29 Mar. 1836. Among first settlers in Hancock Co., Illinois. Deeded land to JS, Sept. 1841. Living in...
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August 2d 1841

Docket in unidentified handwriting.
Hancock
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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Notation in handwriting of Chauncey Robison.
Entered of Record 2nd August 1841

C[hauncey] Robison
27 Mar. 1805–4 Nov. 1891. Clerk, postmaster, farmer. Born in Oneida Co., New York. Son of Charles Robison and Jerusha Rebecca Kellogg. Moved to Hancock Co., Illinois, 1829. Registrar in land office in Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois. Moved to Carthage, Hancock...
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Recorder

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Notation presumably in handwriting of Melancton S. Carey.
Recorded in Book of Old Certificates, Page 46 & 47.

M. S Cary [Melancton S. Carey]. Recorder

Notation in unidentified handwriting.
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Carthage
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July 22nd. 1842 from Joseph Smith per hand of
William Clayton
17 July 1814–4 Dec. 1879. Bookkeeper, clerk. Born at Charnock Moss, Penwortham, Lancashire, England. Son of Thomas Clayton and Ann Critchley. Married Ruth Moon, 9 Oct. 1836, at Penwortham. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Heber...
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Five hundred & forty eight dollars and Sixty two cents in full for Redemption of the within Lands viz The West half of the North West quarter of section five and the North West quarter of the South East quarter of section Six Township five North of Range eight West of the 4h principal Meridian

Wm. D. Abernethy
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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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Certificate, 2 August 1841 [Gray v. A. Allen]
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S. Otho Williams
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Chauncey Robison
Melancton S. Carey
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Docket in handwriting of S. Otho Williams.
Notation in handwriting of Chauncey Robison.
Notation presumably in handwriting of Melancton S. Carey.
Notation in unidentified handwriting.