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.
Transcript of Proceedings, circa 17 July 1852 [ United States v. Joseph Smith III et al. ]
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published in the City of , County of and State of , certify that the annexed advertisement of commissioner’s sale was published in said paper four weeks successively, the first publication of which was on the 25th. of February 1851 and the last on the 18th. of March same year.
Whereas, at the December Term A.D. 1850, of the United States Circuit Court for the District and State of , a decree was rendered in a suit in , wherein the were plaintiffs, and , , , Lewis C. Bidaman [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] Schimdt his wife, Jabez J. Piggott, James Clark, Reuben H Loomis, John Wilkie, , John C. Bidaman [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 Bidaman [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 debts 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 as Special Commissioner to make sale of such 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