Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to Lewis C. Bidamon, 9 April 1851–A [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.]
Source Note
, Deed for Property in , Hancock Co., IL, to Lewis C. Bidamon, 9 Apr. 1851, U.S. v. Joseph Smith III et al. (United States Circuit Court for the District of IL 1852). Copied 10 Mar. 1856; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 43, pp. 383–384; 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 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. Bidamon Bryant Gilbride John Griffith[s] William Powers Christopher E Yates William McLennan Joseph Sibley, J. C Hoagland [Hogeland] Julia [Julius] C Wright George Beagle J A Chadsey Christian Bidamon and others were defendants by which decree the sum of $7870 23 was found to be due from Joseph Smith deceased by Judgement 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 Lands and Lots 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 10 [Township] 7 [north Range] 8 [West]
SW [frac] qr 19 [Township] 6 8 [West]
SE qr 26 [Township] 6 <7> [north Range] 8 [West]
SW qr 25[Township] 7 [north Range] 8 [West]
W hf of NE qr 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 [Block] 102
Lots 1, 2, 3 & 4 in [Block] 103
Lots 1, 2 & 3 in [Block] 104
Lots 1, 2, 3 & 4 in [Block] 105
Lots 1, 2, 3 & 4 in [Block] 106
Lots 1, 3 & 4, and Lo[t] 2 Except 61¾ feet wide north side of NW qr in Block 107.
Lot 4, N qr of Lot 3 and all of Lot 2 except 50 feet square in <the> NW corner in Block 108
Lots 1 & 2 in Block [Block] 111
[Lots] 1 & 2 [in Block] 112
[Lots] 1 & 2 [in Block] 113
[Lots] 1, 2, 3, & 4 [in Block] 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 fifths of Lots 1, 2 & 3 in Block [95]
[The undivided four fifths of Lots] 1, 2, 3 & 4 [in Block] [96]
[The undivided four fifths of Lots] 1 2 3 & 4 [in Block] [97]
[The undivided four fifths of Lots] 1 2 3 & 4 [in Block] [98]
[The undivided four fifths of Lots] 1 & 2 [in Block] [99]
[The undivided four fifths of Lots] 4 [in Block] 104
[The undivided four fifths of Lots] 2 & 3 [in Block] 109
[The undivided four fifths of Lots] 1 2 3 & 4 [in Block] 1[10]
[The undivided four fifths of Lots] 3 [in Block] 1[11]
[The undivided four fifths of Lots] 3 [in Block] [112]
[The undivided four fifths of Lots] [3 & 4 in Block 113]
[The undivided four fifths of Lots] [1, 2, & 4 in Block 131]
[The undivided four fifths of Lots] [1 & 2 in Block 135]
[The undivided four fifths of Lots] 2, 3 [& 4 in Block] 1[36]
[The undivided four fifths of Lots] 1, [2, 3, & 4] [in block] 1[37]
All the above lots and Blocks in the Town (now [city)] of in Said according to the plat of [said ]. [p. 383]
TEXT: Tape rendered portions of the text illegible. Missing text has been supplied from descriptions of the property in other U.S. v. Joseph Smith III et al. deeds.