Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to United States, 9 April 1851–A [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.]
Source Note
, Deed for Property in , Hancock Co., IL, to , 9 Apr. 1851, U.S. v. Joseph Smith III et al. (United States Circuit Court for the District of IL 1852). Copied 2 Sept. 1851; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 31, pp. [587]–[589]; 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. 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] Bryant 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 lands and lots [p. [587]]