Praecipe, circa 24 April 1843 [M. F. Thompson v. F. Dixon and E. Dixon]

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Introduction to M. F. Thompson v. F. Dixon and E. Dixon Docket Entry, 1–ca. 6 April 1843 [M. F. Thompson v. F. Dixon and E. Dixon] Praecipe, circa 24 April 1843 [M. F. Thompson v. F. Dixon and E. Dixon] Subpoena, 25 April 1843 [M. F. Thompson v. F. Dixon and E. Dixon] Summons, 26 April 1843 [M. F. Thompson v. F. Dixon and E. Dixon] Supersedeas, 26 April 1843 [M. F. Thompson v. F. Dixon and E. Dixon] Agreement, 10 May 1843 [M. F. Thompson v. F. Dixon and E. Dixon] Docket Entry, Dismissal, 17 May 1843 [M. F. Thompson v. F. Dixon and E. Dixon] Docket Entry, circa 17 May 1843 [M. F. Thompson v. F. Dixon and E. Dixon] Docket Entry, Fieri Facias, between 18 September and circa 17 December 1843 [M. F. Thompson v. F. Dixon and E. Dixon]
Praecipe, circa 24 April 1843 [M. F. Thompson v. F. Dixon and E. Dixon]
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George Bachman
ca. 1802–after Mar. 1857. Possibly born in New York. Son of Jacob Bachman and Sarah Borzenbanack. Practiced law in Springfield, Sangamon Co., Illinois, and in Hancock Co., Illinois, 1840s. Member of jury that testified about manner of deaths of JS and Hyrum...
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on behalf of Francis Dixon and Elizabeth Dixon,
Praecipe
“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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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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Hancock Co.
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, IL, [ca. 24 Apr. 1843], M. F. Thompson v. F. Dixon and E. Dixon (Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court 1843); handwriting of
George Bachman
ca. 1802–after Mar. 1857. Possibly born in New York. Son of Jacob Bachman and Sarah Borzenbanack. Practiced law in Springfield, Sangamon Co., Illinois, and in Hancock Co., Illinois, 1840s. Member of jury that testified about manner of deaths of JS and Hyrum...
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; docket by unidentified scribe, [
Hancock Co.
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, IL], [ca. 24 Apr. 1843]; notation by
Jacob B. Backenstos
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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], 26 Apr., 1843; notation by unidentified scribe; two pages, Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court Legal Documents, 1839–1860, BYU.

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Docket in unidentified handwriting.
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Notation in handwriting of Jacob B. Backenstos.
Filed April 26th 1843

J[acob] B Backenstos
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Notation in unidentified handwriting.
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Praecipe, circa 24 April 1843 [M. F. Thompson v. F. Dixon and E. Dixon]
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Docket in unidentified handwriting.
Notation in handwriting of Jacob B. Backenstos.
Notation in unidentified handwriting.