Praecipe, 24 March 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] Receipt, 25 July 1842 [Gray v. A. Allen]
Praecipe, 24 March 1841 [Gray v. A. Allen]
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Little & Williams on behalf of James Gray, Praecipe, to
Hancock Co.
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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Circuit Court Clerk [S. Otho Williams],
Hancock Co.
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, IL, 24 Mar. 1841, Gray v. A. Allen (Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court 1841); unidentified handwriting; docket by unidentified scribe, [
Hancock Co.
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, IL, 24 Mar. 1841]; notations by S. Otho Williams, [
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], 24 Mar. 1841; two pages; Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm 1,521,252 at FHL.

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Docket in unidentified handwriting.
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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Precipe
“The written instructions given by an attorney or plaintiff to the clerk or prothonotary of a court, whose duty it is to make out the writ.”
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Notations in handwriting of S. Otho Williams.
Filed, March 24 1841

S. Otho. Williams, Clerk

Little & Williams
P. Q. [pro querente]
For the plaintiff.
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Praecipe, 24 March 1841 [Gray v. A. Allen]
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Docket in unidentified handwriting.
Notations in handwriting of S. Otho Williams.