Subpoena, 30 August 1845–A [State of Illinois v. Perry et al.]

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Nauvoo Expositor, 7 June 1844 Indictment, circa 22 October 1844 [State of Illinois v. Perry et al.] Docket Entry, Indictment, 23 October 1844 [State of Illinois v. Perry et al.] Docket Entry, Continuance, 25 October 1844 [State of Illinois v. Perry et al.] Praecipe, circa 13 December 1844 [State of Illinois v. Perry et al.] Subpoena, 14 December 1844–A [State of Illinois v. Perry et al.] Subpoena, 14 December 1844–B [State of Illinois v. Perry et al.] Subpoena, 19 May 1845–A [State of Illinois v. Perry et al.] Subpoena, 19 May 1845–B [State of Illinois v. Perry et al.] Docket Entry, Order for Capias, 30 May 1845 [State of Illinois v. Perry et al.] Subpoena, 6 June 1845 [State of Illinois v. Perry et al.] Capias, 6 June 1845 [State of Illinois v. Perry et al.] Docket Entry, Order for Alias Capias, 27 June 1845 [State of Illinois v. Perry et al.] Alias Capias, 30 August 1845 [State of Illinois v. Perry et al.] Subpoena, 30 August 1845–A [State of Illinois v. Perry et al.] Subpoena, 30 August 1845–B [State of Illinois v. Perry et al.] Docket Entry, Arraignment, 22 October 1845 [State of Illinois v. Perry et al.] Verdict, 23 October 1845 [State of Illinois v. Perry et al.] Docket Entry, Verdict, 23 October 1845 [State of Illinois v. Perry et al.] Case File Wrapper, circa October 1845 [State of Illinois v. Perry et al.] Letter, Jonathan H. Hale and Jacob B. Backenstos to Brigham Young, 23 October 1845
Subpoena, 30 August 1845–A [State of Illinois v. Perry et al.]
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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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, Subpoena, 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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Sheriff [
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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], for
John Finch
30 Sept. 1815–13 Dec. 1888. Steamboat owner, speculator, postmaster, merchant, politician. Born in Montrose, Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania. Moved to Rock Island, Rock Island Co., Illinois, 1838, where he owned a steamboat that operated on Mississippi River...
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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, 30 Aug. 1845, State of IL v. Perry et al. (Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court 1845); printed form with manuscript additions in unidentified handwriting; docket printed with manuscript additions by unidentified scribe, [
Carthage
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, Hancock Co., IL, 30 Aug. 1845]; notations printed with manuscript additions by unidentified scribe,
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, 2 Oct. 1845; notation by unidentified scribe, [
Carthage
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, Hancock Co., IL], 17 Oct. 1845; two pages; Hancock County Circuit Court Files, Illinois Regional Archives Depository Vault, Archives and Special Collections, Leslie F. Malpass Library, Western Illinois University, Macomb. Includes seal.

Historical Introduction
See Introduction to State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–A, State of Illinois v. JS for Riot on Habeas Corpus, State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. on Habeas Corpus, and State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–B.
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