on behalf of , Summons, to Sheriff [], for JS, , and , , Hancock Co., IL, 24 Feb. 1844, Davis v. JS et al. (Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court 1844); printed form with manuscript additions in the handwriting of ; docket and notations printed with manuscript additions by , [, Hancock Co., IL, 24 Feb. 1844]; notation printed with manuscript additions by , , IL, 5 Mar. 1844; notation by , [, Hancock Co., IL], 6 May 1844; two pages; JS Collection (Supplement), CHL. Includes seal.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF , TO THE OF SAID ,— GREETING:
WE COMMAND YOU TO SUMMON Joseph Smith, & if to be found in your , to appear before the Circuit Court of said county of , on the first day of the next term thereof, to be holden at the Court House, in , on the Third Monday in the month of May AD 1844 to answer the complaint of of a plea of on Premises, to his damage, the sum of Three Hundred Dollars, as he says. And have you then there this writ, and make return thereon in what manner you execute the same.
<CIRCUIT COURT HANCOCK COUNTY ILLINOIS>
Witness, <>, Clerk of our said Circuit Court, at , this Twenty fourth day of February in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-four