Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to Reuben Barton, 10 April 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.]
Source Note
, Deed for Property in , Hancock Co., IL, to , 10 Apr. 1851, U.S. v. Joseph Smith III et al. (United States Circuit Court for the District of IL 1852). Copied 11 June 1852; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 34, pp. [205]–206; unidentified handwriting; 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. 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, Ma[r]y 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 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:
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 [Block] 101
lot 1 [Block] 102
lots 1, 2, 3 & 4 in [Block] 103
lots 1, 2, & 3 in [Block] 105 <104>
lots 1, 2, 3 & 4 in [Block] 105
lots 1, 2, 3 & 4 in [Block] 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 in Block 108
lots 1 & 2 in [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 [Block] 128
lots 1, 2, 3 & 4 in [Block] 129
lot 3 in [Block] 134
lot 1 in [Block] 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