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.
was rendered in a suit in , wherein the were plaintiffs, and , , , , , Lewis C. Bidamon, his wife, John M. Ferris, Solomon Kime [Keim], James Downing, M. Shifkin, John Tillson, Sophus K. Holstein, Henry Swank, Michael Beagle, Anton Wittick, J[ohn] L. Hanna, W[illiam] Hanna, Mary E[a]gan, John M. E[a]gan, Michael Schmidt, [blank] Schmidt his wife, Jabez J. Piggott, , James Clark, Reuben H. Loomis, John Wilkie, , John C. Bidamon, Bryant Gilbride, John Griffiths, William Powers, Christopher E. Yates, William McLennan [McLeman], Joseph Sibley, J. C. Hogeland, Julius C. Wright, George Beagle, J. A. Chadsey. Christian Bidamon and others were defendants, by which decree the lands hereinafter described were ordered to be sold in payment of a debt of Seven Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy Dollars and Twenty Three Cents, found by said decree to be due to said complainants, from the estate of Joseph Smith, deceased, and for the payment of which debt said lands below described were decreed to be liable and ordered to be sold in the manner and upon the terms below set forth, and the undersigned , appointed by said decree a Special Commissioner to make sale of said lands;
Now, therefore, notice is hereby given, that I, as such Special Commissioner, acting under and by virtue of said decree, shall, on the eighth day of April A.D. 1851, offer for sale, at public vendue, to the highest bidder for cash, at the front door of the public house known as the , in the City of , in the County of and State of , the following described real estate, all situated in said County of , and State of :—
S. W 1/4 of the S. E. 1/4 of sec 6 township 5 North range 8 West
N. W frac. 1/4 [of sec] 10 [township] 7 [North range] 8 [West]
S. W [frac.] 1/4 [of sec] 19 [township] 6 [North range] 8 [West]
S. E 1/4 [of sec] 26 [township] 7 [North range] 8 [West]
S. W 1/4 [of sec] 25 [township] 7 [North range] 8 [West]
W 1/2 of N. E 1/4 [of sec] 35 [township] 7 [North range] 8 [West]
The South 1/4 of lots 3 and 4 in Blocks 88, 89 and 90
All of Lot 1 in Block 93.
Lots 1, 2 and 3 [in Block] 100
Lot 1 in [Block] 101
Lot 1 in [Block] 102
Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4 in [Block] 103
Lots 1, 2 and 3 in [Block] 104
Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4 in [Block] 105
Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4 in [Block] 106
Lots 1, 3 and 4 and Lot 2 except 61¾ feet wide N. Side of N. W. 1/4 in block 107.
Lot 4, N. 1/4 of Lot 3 and all of Lot 2 except 50 feet square in the N. W. corner [p. 675]