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.
Respondants deny that she is entitled to be endowed therein or any part thereof, and charge that since the death of said Joseph Smith that she has conveyed by deed in fee to these respondants respectively as herein stated said premises which deeds are herein, this answer before referred to and made a part of the same.
These respondants deny all fraud, combination or collusion whatever of which they stand charged in the said bill of complaint.
Respondants pray that they may have the same benefit and advantages of any defence herein set forth as if such matter had been specially pleaded.
And as to any and all matters in said bill contained and not herein fully answered, respondants do not know nor can they state as to their belief or otherwise.
And now having fully answered all the matter and things contained in said bill of complainants pray hence to be dismissed with their costs in this behalf most wrongfully sustained
Daniel Brown
Joseph Wiseboldt
J. G. Kauffman
S. G. Strong &
A. Powers
Lewis Telle
P. A. Reimbold
By and [Joseph] Sibley their Solrs.
United States of America)
ss [scilicet]
District of )
State of Illinois)
)
The above and within named Silas G. Strong and Abner Powers being by me duly sworn upon their oaths say that the foregoing answer so far as stated to be from their own knowledge is true and so far as stated to be derived from information from others the verily believe the same to be true.
Silas G. Strong
Abner Powers
Subscribed and Sworn before me Nov. 21st. 1850
G[eorge] Edmunds Jr Comr. of U. S. C. C. Dist of [p. 560]