Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to John Rice, 9 April 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.]
Source Note
, Deed for Property in , Hancock Co., IL, to John Rice, 9 Apr. 1851, U.S. v. Joseph Smith III et al. (United States Circuit Court for the District of IL 1852). Copied 5 June 1851; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 31, pp. 300–[301]; handwriting of ; Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL. Includes seals.
S 1/4 3 & 4 on 88, S 1/4 3 & 4 89 S 1/4 3 & 4 90, 2 & 3 100 1 on 101
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 Bidaman [Bidamon], his wife Elisha Dixon her husband Solomon Kime [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] Bryan[t] Gilbride John Griffith[s] William Powers Christopher E Yates William 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 debt 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, NW frac qr sec 10 township 7 North rang[e] 8 West
SW frac qr [sec] 19 [township] 6 [North range] 8 [West,] SE qr [sec] 26 [township] 7 [North range] 8 [West]
SW qr [sec] 25 [township] 7 [North range] 8 [West,] W hf of NE qr [sec] 35 [township] 7 [North range] 8 [West]
the south qr of lot 3 & 4 in blocks 88, 89 & 90 all of lot 1 in block 63 lots 1, 2 & 3 in [block] 100 lot 1 in [block] 101 lot 1 in 102 lots 1, 2, 3 & 4 in 103 lots 1, 2 & 3 in 104 lots 1, 2, 3 & 4 in 105 lots 1, 2, 3 & 4 in 106 lots 1, 3 & 4 and lot 2 except 61¾ feet wide North side of North W qr in block 107, lot 4 N qr of lot 3 and all of lot 2 except 50 feet square in the NW corner block 108 lots 1 & 2 in 111 lots 1 & 2 in 112 lots 1 & 2 in 113 lots 1, 2, 3 & 4 in 115 lots 1, 2, 3 & 4 in 128 lots 1, 2, 3 & 4 in 129, lot 3 in 134 lot 1 in 136 lot 1 & 2 & 3 except 75 feet wide E side in block 150 lots 2 & 3 in block 151 Block 153—
The undivided four fifth of lots 1, 2 & 3 in block 95 the undivided four fifths of lots 1, 2, 3 & 4 in block 96
[The undivided four fifth of lots] 1, 2, 3 & 4 [block] 97 [the undivided four fifths of lots] 1, 2, 3 & 4 [block] 98
[The undivided four fifth of lots] 1 & 2 [block] 99 [the undivided four fifths of lots] 4 [block] 104
[The undivided four fifth of lots] 2 & 3 [block] 109 [the undivided four fifths of lots] 1, 2, 3 & 4 [block] 110
[The undivided four fifth of lots] 3 [block] 111 [the undivided four fifths of lots] 3 [block] 112
[The undivided four fifth of lots] 3 & 4 [block] 113 [the undivided four fifths of lots] 1, 2 & 4 [block] 131
[The undivided four fifth of lots] 1 & 2 [block] 135 [the undivided four fifths of lots] 2, 3 & 4 [block] 136
[The undivided four fifth of lots] 1, 2, 3 & 4 [block] 136 <137> all the above lots and blocks in the town (now City) of in said according to the plat of said , And Whereas by said decree the undersigned was appointed a Special Commissioner to sell and convey said lands under said decree, first giving due notice of the time place and terms of said sale and of the property to be sold, and Whereas as such Commissioner I gave due notice of said sale as required in said decree by advertisement of the time place and terms of said sale and of the property to be sold by publication for four weeks successively in Quincy Whig and Popular Tribune two newspapers published one in the County of and the other in the County of in said State of Illinois the first of said publication in each paper being more than five weeks prior to said sale and stating in said advertisement [p. 300]