Warrant, 17 July 1844 [E. Smith Administratrix of the Estate of JS]
Source Note
, Warrant, to , , and , , Hancock Co., IL, 17 July 1844, E. Smith Administratrix of the Estate of JS (Hancock Co., IL, Probate Court 1844); printed form with manuscript additions in handwriting of ; one page; Joseph Smith Estate Appraisal, 1844 July–August, CHL. Includes seal.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF : To , & of the and State aforesaid, GREETING:
THIS is to authorize you, jointly, to appraise the goods, chattels, and personal estate of Joseph Smith late of the and State aforesaid, deceased, so far as the same shall come to your sight and knowledge, each of you having taken the oath hereto annexed; a certificate whereof you are to return, annexed to an appraisement bill of said goods, chattels, and personal estate, by you appraised, in dollars and cents, and in said bill of appraisement you are to set down in a column or colums, opposite to each article appraised, the value thereof.
Seal
Witness, Probate Justice of the Peace, in and for the said county of at this 17th. day of July— in the year A. D. 1844.