Transcript of Proceedings, , Sangamon Co., IL, ca. 17 July 1852, U.S. v. Joseph Smith III et al. (United States Circuit Court for the District of IL 1852); U.S. District Court for the District of Illinois, Complete Records, 1837–1856, vol. 4, pp. 486–697; handwriting of ; Records of District Courts of the United States, Record Group 21, National Archives at Chicago, Chicago.
judgement and said levy and return of said Sheriff thereon endorsed remains of record in said Circuit Court a certified copy of which together with said certificate of purchase will be produced as this honorable Court may direct.
Respondant further says that at the September term of said Circuit Court A. D. 1849 respondant for use of one John W. Kelley recovered a judgement against said for the sum of sixty eight dollars and forty seven cents and costs of suit upon which said judgement afterward and on 25th. day of March A. D. 1850 on execution was duly issued to the Sheriff of the said County of by virtue of which execution said Sheriff levied upon said Lot 4 on Block 117 in and afterwards and on the 6th. day of June A. D. 1850 duly sold the same to respondant for the sum of $85.70 a certificate of which sale was made by said Sheriff and delivered to respondant at that time, that respondant upon said sales paid to said Sheriff the costs of said several judgement, executions and sales and receipted to the said Sheriff for the damages so recovered as aforesaid and said executions were returned satisfied the records of which said judgement, the execution, levy and return thereon endorsed now remain in the Office of the Clerk of said Circuit Court a copy whereof duly certified together with the said certificate of purchase, will be produced as this honorable Court may direct.
That the fee simple absolute title of said premises excepting that part therein before first particularly described was after the renedition of the judgement aforesaid vested first in said Phineas Kimball and afterwards in said and that said judgements were leins upon the same at the time of the issuing and levying said executions as aforesaid and so respondant says that he has a valuable and subsisting lien upon the premises last aforesaid in the sum of $327.12 and interest thereon at the rate ten per cent per annum from the 6th. day of June A. D. 1850, and that unless said premises should be redeemed before the 6th. day of September A. D. 1851 respondant by virtue of said judgements, executions, levies, sale and certificates of purchase respondants will be entitled to a conveyance of said premises in fee from the Sheriff of said County of .
Respondant further says that one to wit, on the 3d day of May A. D. 1845 was seized in fee of the South half of lot No. 4 in Block No 117 in aforesaid under that day in good faith seized [blank] executed and delivered to one his certain deed of Mortgage for that part of said lot first herein described for the same of about three hundred and fifty dollars and from him to the said [p. 604]