Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to Gustavus Lewengren, 8 April 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.]
Source Note
, Deed for Property in , Hancock Co., IL, to Gustavus Lewengren, 8 Apr. 1851, U.S. v. Joseph Smith III et al. (United States Circuit Court for the District of IL 1852). Copied 1 May 1851; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 31, pp. [121]–[123]; handwriting of ; Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL. Includes seals.
Whereas at the December Term AD 1850 of the Circuit Court of the for the District and state of , a decree was rendered in a suit in wherein the were complainants and , and heirs at law of Joseph Smith deceased, Lewis C Bidamon his wife, Elisha Dixon her husband Solomon Keim James Downing M Shifkin John Tillson Sophus K Holstein Henry Swank, Michael Beagle Anton Wittick J[ohn] L Hanna W[illiam] Hanna Mary Eagan John M Eagan her husband Michael S[ch]midt [blank] S[ch]midt his wife Jabez J Piggott James Clark Reuben H Loomis John Wilkie John C. Bidaman [Bidamon], Bryant Gilbride John Griffith[s] William Powers Christopher E Yates William McLennen [McLennan] Joseph Sibley J C Hogeland Julia [Julius] C Wright George Beagle J A Chadsey Christian Bidaman [Bidamon] and others were defendants by which decree the sum of $7870.23. was found to be due from Joseph Smith deceased by Judgment to the said Complainants and the following described lands and town lots adjudged to be liable to the payment of said debts and ordered to be sold for the payment of the same all said lots and lands being situated in the County of and State of to wit
SW qr of the SE qr of sec 6, Township 5 north Range 8 West