Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to Jabez A. Beebee, 18 December 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.]
Source Note
, Deed for Property in , Hancock Co., IL, to Jabez A. Beebee, 18 Dec. 1851, U.S. v. Joseph Smith III et al. (United States Circuit Court for the District of IL 1852). Copied 8 Jan. 1852; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 32, pp. 449–[449a]; unidentified handwriting; Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL. Includes seals.
Whereas at the July Term AD 1851 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 Bidaman [Bidamon], his wife Mat[t]hew McClaughry and others were defendants by which decree the sum of $6546.55 was found to be due from Joseph Smith deceased by judgment, to said complainants, after deducting the amount hitherto made by sale under a former decree rendered in this case and the real estate hereinafter described, with other real estate, adjudged to be liable for the payment of the said debt, and ordered to be sold for the payment of the same
And whereas by said decree, was appointed a Special Comissioner to sell and convey said real estate, under said decree, first giving due notice of the time, place and terms of sale <said> sale and of the property to be sold and whereas, as such Comissioner, I gave due notice of said sale as required by said decree, by advertisement of the time, place and terms of said sale and of the property to be sold by publication in the “Warsaw Signal[”] a weekly news-paper printed in the County of aforesaid, said publication having been made on the 11h day of October and continued for four successive weeks, stating in said publication that said sale would be held on the 8h day of November AD 1851 at the door of the Court House in in said : and whereas I did on the said Eighth day of November AD 1851, at said place above named, offer for sale at public to the highest bidder for Cash the following described real estate, and Jabez A Beebee of became the purchaser of the same bidding therefor the sum of 75$ for the said Lot which was the highest bid made for the same [p. 449]