Praecipe, circa 2 September 1844–A [W. & W. Law v. E. Smith Administratrix of the Estate of JS]

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Introduction to E. Smith Administratrix of the Estate of JS Praecipe, circa 2 September 1844–A [W. & W. Law v. E. Smith Administratrix of the Estate of JS] Praecipe, circa 2 September 1844–B [W. & W. Law v. E. Smith Administratrix of the Estate of JS] Summons, 3 September 1844 [W. & W. Law v. E. Smith Administratrix of the Estate of JS] Subpoena, 3 September 1844 [W. & W. Law v. E. Smith Administratrix of the Estate of JS] Docket Entry, Continuance, 22 October 1844 [W. & W. Law v. E. Smith Administratrix of the Estate of JS] Motion, circa 24 October 1844 [W. & W. Law v. E. Smith Administratrix of the Estate of JS] Docket Entry, Dismissal, 25 October 1844 [W. & W. Law v. E. Smith Administratrix of the Estate of JS] Docket Entry, Fieri Facias, between 22 November 1844 and 20 February 1845 [W. & W. Law v. E. Smith Administratrix of the Estate of JS] Docket Entry, circa 28 May 1845 [W. & W. Law v. E. Smith Administratrix of the Estate of JS]
Praecipe, circa 2 September 1844–A [W. & W. Law v. E. Smith Administratrix of the Estate of JS]
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Warren & Higbee on behalf of W. & W. Law, 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 [
Jacob B. Backenstos
8 Oct. 1811–25 Sept. 1857. Merchant, sheriff, soldier, politician, land speculator. Born at Lower Paxton, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania. Son of Jacob Backenstos and Margaretha Theis. Member of Lutheran Reformed Church. Married Sarah Lavina Lee, niece of Robert...
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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. 2 Sept. 1844], W. & W. Law v. E. Smith Administratrix of the Estate of JS (Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court 1844); unidentified handwriting; docket by unidentified scribe, [
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. 2 Sept. 1844]; notation probably by
David E. Head
27 Apr. 1818–1 May 1877. Clerk, merchant. Born in Washington Co., Kentucky. Moved to Macomb, McDonough Co., Illinois, ca. 1834. Deputy clerk of McDonough Co. Deputy clerk of Hancock Co., Illinois, circuit court, by 16 May 1843. Clerk of Hancock Co. Circuit...
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, 3 Sept. 1844; two pages; Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court Legal Documents, 1839–1860, Twentieth-Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts, BYU.

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Docket in unidentified handwriting.
W & W. Law

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Emma Smith
10 July 1804–30 Apr. 1879. Scribe, editor, boardinghouse operator, clothier. Born at Willingborough Township (later in Harmony), Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania. Daughter of Isaac Hale and Elizabeth Lewis. Member of Methodist church at Harmony (later in Oakland...
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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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for Subpoenas <Summons>

Notation probably in handwriting of David E. Head.
Filed Sept 3d. 1844

J[acob] B Backenstos
8 Oct. 1811–25 Sept. 1857. Merchant, sheriff, soldier, politician, land speculator. Born at Lower Paxton, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania. Son of Jacob Backenstos and Margaretha Theis. Member of Lutheran Reformed Church. Married Sarah Lavina Lee, niece of Robert...
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Praecipe, circa 2 September 1844–A [W. & W. Law v. E. Smith Administratrix of the Estate of JS]
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David E. Head
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Docket in unidentified handwriting.
Notation probably in handwriting of David E. Head.