Praecipe, 29 May 1844 [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B]

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Introduction to City of Nauvoo v. F. M. Higbee, F. M. Higbee v. JS–A, F. M. Higbee v. JS–A on Habeas Corpus, and F. M. Higbee v. JS–B Praecipe, circa 7 May 1844–A [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B] Praecipe, circa 7 May 1844–B [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B] Summons, 8 May 1844 [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B] Subpoena, 8 May 1844–A [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B] Subpoena, 8 May 1844–B [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B] Declaration, circa 9 May 1844 [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B] Plea, 20 May 1844 [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B] Docket Entry, Plea, 21 May 1844 [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B] Affidavit, 23 May 1844–A [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B] Affidavit, 23 May 1844–B [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B] Affidavit, 23 May 1844–C [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B] Docket Entry, Motion and Change of Venue, 23 May 1844 [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B] Affidavit, 24 May 1844 [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B] Docket Entry, Motion Set Aside, 24 May 1844 [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B] Pleas, circa 28 May 1844 [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B] Replication, circa 28 May 1844 [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B] Demurrer, circa 28 May 1844 [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B] Docket Entry, Pleas and Demurrer, 29 May 1844 [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B] Docket Entry, Demurrer Sustained, 29 May 1844 [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B] Bill of Costs, 9 August 1844 [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B] Bill of Costs, 10 August 1844 [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B] Transcript of Proceedings, 10 August 1844 [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B] Case File Wrapper, circa October 1844 [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B] Praecipe, 29 May 1844 [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B]
Praecipe, 29 May 1844 [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B]
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Chauncey L. Higbee
7 Sept. 1821–7 Dec. 1884. Lawyer, banker, politician, judge. Born in Tate Township, Clermont Co., Ohio. Son of Elias Higbee and Sarah Elizabeth Ward. Lived in Fulton, Hamilton Co., Ohio, 1830. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1832...
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and
William Marr
5 Feb. 1817–5 Sept. 1844. Lawyer. Born in Scarborough, Cumberland Co., Maine. Son of Robert P. Marr and Olive Plaisted. Graduated from Bowdoin College, 1839, in Brunswick, Cumberland Co. Graduated from Harvard Law School, 1842. Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co...
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on behalf of
Francis M. Higbee
1820–after 1850. Attorney, merchant. Born in Tate, Clermont Co., Ohio. Son of Elias Higbee and Sarah Elizabeth Ward. Moved to Fulton, Hamilton Co., Ohio, by 1830. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1832. Moved to Jackson Co., Missouri...
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, Praecipe, [
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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], IL, to
McDonough Co.
Formed from Pike Co., 1825, organized 1829. Population in 1835 about 2,900. Population in 1840 about 5,300.
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Circuit Court Clerk [James M. Campbell], [
Macomb
Incorporated as city, 1841. McDonough Co. seat. JS’s brother Don Carlos Smith lived nearby Macomb, 1839. Branch of church organized in city, June 1839.
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], McDonough Co., IL, 29 May 1844, F. M. Higbee v. JS–B (McDonough Co., IL, Circuit Court 1844); handwriting of
Chauncey L. Higbee
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; docket by
Chauncey L. Higbee
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, [
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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, IL, 29 May 1844]; notation by unidentified scribe, [
Macomb
Incorporated as city, 1841. McDonough Co. seat. JS’s brother Don Carlos Smith lived nearby Macomb, 1839. Branch of church organized in city, June 1839.
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, McDonough Co., IL], 14 Aug. 1844; two pages; McDonough County Circuit Court Files, Illinois Regional Archives Depository vault, Archives and Special Collections, Leslie F. Malpass Library, Western Illinois University, Macomb.

Historical Introduction
See Introduction to City of Nauvoo v. F. M. Higbee, F. M. Higbee v. JS–A, F. M. Higbee v. JS–A on Habeas Corpus, and F. M. Higbee v. JS–B.
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Docket in handwriting of Chauncey L. Higbee.
Higbee
1820–after 1850. Attorney, merchant. Born in Tate, Clermont Co., Ohio. Son of Elias Higbee and Sarah Elizabeth Ward. Moved to Fulton, Hamilton Co., Ohio, by 1830. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1832. Moved to Jackson Co., Missouri...
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Precipie
“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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J. Smith

Notation in unidentified handwriting.
Issued on & filed Augt 14 1844

[James M.] Campbell [p. [2]]
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