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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Krine, M. Shifkin, Sophus K. Holstein, C. Witzel, J. L. Hanna, Jabez J. Piggott, John Wilkie, , John C. Bidaman, , John Griffiths, George Ritter, Simon Gril, Daniel Elliott, Nathan Prentice, William McLeman, Gagne Martin, Julius C. Wright, David W. Vrooman, Lewis Telle, Christian Bidaman, Napolean Perry, Mary Egan, John M. Egan, H. Griffin J. L. Hanna.
By leaving a copy thereof at their respective usual places of abode in said District with a free white person of the age of sixteen years old, a member of their family.
I cannot in my District find Abram Lozier, E. Magor, , the heirs of D. Weber, the heirs of J. Bixler.
Luke Wood not served in time.
Ben Bond Marshal
By P. VanBergen Depty.
I have served the within by delivering a copy thereof to Joshua Ward personally and on John Tillson by leaving a copy at his place of residence, with a white person a member of his family over the age of 16 years, this 17th. day of September A. D. 1850.
Abraham Jones
I authorise William Barrows to execute the within process upon J. L. Hanna and W. Hanna.
Ben Bond
Marshal
I have served the within by delivering a copy of the within writ to William Hanna personally and John L. Hanna not in the State of is gone to for gold, 26th September 1850.
Wm. Barrows
This day, to wit, the eighteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty, came John Wolf[e], Luke P. Prentice, David W. Vrowman [Vrooman], and Nathan Prentice, defendants herein and filed their seperate answers herein, which are as follows to wit:
And the said John Wolf[e] in his proper person, comes and defends <&c>, and says the said complainants bill of complaint, and the matters and things therein stated and set forth in manner and [p. 508]