Minutes, 15 November 1842 [State of Illinois v. D. Brown and Edwards]
Source Note
Minutes, , Hancock Co., IL, 15 Nov. 1842, State of IL v. D. Brown and Edwards (Nauvoo, IL, Mayor’s Court 1842); handwriting of ; two pages; Nauvoo, IL, Records, CHL.
Wm+— In Spring last <or Summer, assisted & got &> hauled Logs for , <some 16 others 17 ft long> & left them on the Bank of the .— was lately brought to Edward’s House & there saw 9 Logs which were 9 of the Logs belonging to knew them by marks, which he described, + knew some of the short ones as being the same Timber as the rest of the Raft, some of them he knew by being marked & being longer than the rest, were soft Wood,
By the Ct— there were some Logs at the on the Beach, & he believed <that> they were all hard Timber, or Some of them, he did not considerd them s, but they might have been his.—
Isaac R. Clark, does not know s Logs, saw Logs hauled, but don’t know who they belonged to.
.— Saw some Logs at Edward’s which were s, they were marked, & he helped to get them for him.
Thomas Kelsy.— hauled part of the Logs out of the , & knows some of them, that are now at Edwards
Saml P. Kelsey— hauled part of the Logs out of the , & believes part of them are s, & saw them at Edward’s.— [p. [1]]