Fee Bill, circa August 1841 [Gray v. A. Allen]

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Introduction to Gray v. A. Allen Bond, Adolphus Allen to James Gray, 9 March 1837 Bond, Adolphus Allen to James Gray, 9 March 1837, Copy Praecipe, 24 March 1841 [Gray v. A. Allen] Summons, 24 March 1841 [Gray v. A. Allen] Declaration, circa 20 April 1841 [Gray v. A. Allen] Demurrer, circa 3 May 1841 [Gray v. A. Allen] Docket Entry, Confessed Demurrer, Leave to Amend Declaration, and Judgment, 10 May 1841 [Gray v. A. Allen] Case File Wrapper, circa May 1841 [Gray v. A. Allen] Certificate, 2 August 1841 [Gray v. A. Allen] Certificate, 2 August 1841, Copy [Gray v. A. Allen] Docket Entry, Execution, circa 2 August 1841 [Gray v. A. Allen] Fee Bill, circa August 1841 [Gray v. A. Allen] Receipt, 25 July 1842 [Gray v. A. Allen]
Fee Bill, circa August 1841 [Gray v. A. Allen]
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Fee Bill, [
Carthage
Located eighteen miles southeast of Nauvoo. Settled 1831. Designated Hancock Co. seat, Mar. 1833. Incorporated as town, 27 Feb. 1837. Population in 1839 about 300. Population in 1844 about 400. Site of acute opposition to Latter-day Saints, early 1840s. Site...
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, Hancock Co., IL, ca. Aug. 1841], Gray v. A. Allen (Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court 1841); Hancock County Circuit Court, Fee Book E, p. 229; handwriting of S. Otho Williams; Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL.

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James Gray)

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Adolphus Allen
ca. 1790–ca. 31 Mar. 1857. Physician. Likely born in Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania. Son of Nathaniel Allen and Lydia Stevens. Married Arvilla Skinner, 29 Mar. 1836. Among first settlers in Hancock Co., Illinois. Deeded land to JS, Sept. 1841. Living in...
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Plaintiffs Costs

Clerks fees

Filing 4 papers 25 Issuing Summons 50 Docketing Suit 12½ 87½

Entering plaintiffs Appearance 12½ Attorney 12½ Entering Judgment 25 50

Assessing Damages 25 Issuing Docketing & filing
Fi fa [fieri facias]
Abbreviated “fi. fa.” It is a writ of execution “that lies for him who has recovered any debt or damages. . . . It is a command to the sheriff, that of the goods and chattels of the party he cause to be made the sum recovered by the judgment.”
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68¾ Entering She[r]iffs return 12½ 1 06¼

Making & Entering Bill costs [.]37½ Copy same [.]25 62½

Docketing Judgment [.]12½ Satisfaction [.]25 Certificate & Seal [.]50 87½ 3 93¾

Sheriffs fees
W[illiam] D. Abernethy
8 Apr. 1801–3 July 1850. Postmaster, storekeeper, sheriff, farmer. Born in Harwinton, Litchfield Co., Connecticut. Son of William Conant Abernethy and Azubah Dexter. Moved with family to Jacksonville, Morgan Co., Illinois. Cofounded Augusta, Hancock Co., ...
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Serving Summons 50 Mileage 1.00 return 12½ 1 62½

County
Formed from Pike Co., 1825. Described in 1837 as predominantly prairie and “deficient in timber.” Early settlers came mainly from mid-Atlantic and southern states. Population in 1835 about 3,200; in 1840 about 9,900; and in 1844 at least 15,000. Carthage ...
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Docket fee 2 50

$8 06¼

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Fee Bill, circa August 1841 [Gray v. A. Allen]
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