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Introduction to C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge Ordinance, 1 March 1841–D, Thomas Bullock Copy Ordinance, 1 March 1841–E, Thomas Bullock Copy Praecipe, 9 May 1844 [C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge] Summons, 9 May 1844 [C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge] Declaration, circa 9 May 1844 [C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge] Praecipe, 10 May 1844 [C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge] Subpoena, 10 May 1844 [C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge] Praecipe, circa 20 May 1844 [C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge] Subpoena, 21 May 1844 [C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge] Demurrer, circa 21 May 1844 [C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge] Docket Entry, Demurrer, 22 May 1844 [C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge] Docket Entry, Demurrer, 22 May 1844, Copy [C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge] Affidavit, 23 May 1844 [C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge] Affidavit, 24 May 1844 [C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge] Docket Entry, Withdrawn Demurrer, 27 May 1844 [C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge] Docket Entry, Withdrawn Demurrer, 27 May 1844, Copy [C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge] Pleas, circa 27 May 1844 [C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge] Affidavit, 28 May 1844–A [C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge] Affidavit, 28 May 1844–B [C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge] Docket Entry, Motion, Change of Venue, and Pleas, 28 May 1844 [C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge] Docket Entry, Motion, Change of Venue, and Pleas, 28 May 1844, Copy [C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge] Demurrer, circa 28 May 1844 [C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge] Docket Entry, Sustained Demurrer, 29 May 1844 [C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge] Docket Entry, Sustained Demurrer, 29 May 1844, Copy [C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge] Bill of Costs, 10 August 1844–A [C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge] Bill of Costs, 10 August 1844–B [C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge] Transcript of Proceedings, 10 August 1844 [C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge] Docket Entry, Fee Bill, between 16 August and circa 24 October 1844 [C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge] Case File Wrapper, circa October 1844 [C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge] Docket Entry, Certificate of Levy, 4 November 1844 [C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge] Praecipe, circa 13 August 1844 [C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge] Subpoena, 14 August 1844 [C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge] Affidavit, 26 August 1844 [C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge] Docket Entry, Dismissal, 27 August 1844 [C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge] Docket Entry, circa 27 August 1844 [C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge] Docket Entry, Dismissal, circa August 1844 [C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge]

Affidavit, 28 May 1844–B [C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge]

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James Goff

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, Affidavit, before
Jacob B. Backenstos

8 Oct. 1811–25 Sept. 1857. Merchant, sheriff, soldier, politician, land speculator. Born at Lower Paxton, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania. Son of Jacob Backenstos and Margaretha Theis. Member of Lutheran Reformed Church. Married Sarah Lavina Lee, niece of Robert...

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Carthage

Located eighteen miles southeast of Nauvoo. Settled 1831. Designated Hancock Co. seat, Mar. 1833. Incorporated as town, 27 Feb. 1837. Population in 1839 about 300. Population in 1844 about 400. Site of acute opposition to Latter-day Saints, early 1840s. Site...

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], Hancock Co., IL, 28 May 1844, C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge (Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court 1844); printed form with manuscript additions in unidentified handwriting; signature presumably of
James Goff

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; docket and notation by
David E. Head

27 Apr. 1818–1 May 1877. Clerk, merchant. Born in Washington Co., Kentucky. Moved to Macomb, McDonough Co., Illinois, ca. 1834. Deputy clerk of McDonough Co. Deputy clerk of Hancock Co., Illinois, circuit court, by 16 May 1843. Clerk of Hancock Co. Circuit...

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, [
Carthage

Located eighteen miles southeast of Nauvoo. Settled 1831. Designated Hancock Co. seat, Mar. 1833. Incorporated as town, 27 Feb. 1837. Population in 1839 about 300. Population in 1844 about 400. Site of acute opposition to Latter-day Saints, early 1840s. Site...

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, Hancock Co., IL], 28 May 1844; notation by James M. Campbell, [
Macomb

Incorporated as city, 1841. McDonough Co. seat. JS’s brother Don Carlos Smith lived nearby Macomb, 1839. Branch of church organized in city, June 1839.

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, McDonough Co., IL], 12 Aug. 1844; two pages; McDonough County Circuit Court Files, Illinois Regional Archives Depository vault, Archives and Special Collections, Leslie F. Malpass Library, Western Illinois University, Macomb.

Historical Introduction

See Introduction to C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge.

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R D Foster [Charles A. Foster]

Sept. 1815–1904. Physician, pharmacist. Born in England, likely in Braunston, Northamptonshire. Son of John Foster and Jane Knibb. Immigrated to U.S., arriving in New York on 27 June 1831. Moved to Hancock Co., Illinois, by Feb. 1843. Publisher of Nauvoo ...

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Smith &
Coolige [Joseph W. Coolidge]

31 May 1814–13 Jan. 1871. Carpenter, miller, merchant. Born in Bangor, Hancock Co., Maine. Son of John Kittridge Coolidge and Rebecca Stone Wellington. Moved to Cincinnati, by 1817. Moved to area of Mackinaw, Tazewell Co., Illinois, 1834. Married Elizabeth...

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HANCOCK

Formed from Pike Co., 1825. Described in 1837 as predominantly prairie and “deficient in timber.” Early settlers came mainly from mid-Atlantic and southern states. Population in 1835 about 3,200; in 1840 about 9,900; and in 1844 at least 15,000. Carthage ...

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CIRCUIT COURT, ILLS.)
At the May Term, A. D. 1844)
James Goff

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Being duly sworn, deposes and says, that [blank]he
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TEXT: The form included a blank space in case “he” needed to be made into “she”.


attended said Court as a Witness in the above-mentioned case, Two days, at the instance of the Defendants during the present term of said Court.

Signature presumably of James Goff.


James Goff

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Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 28 day of May A. D. 1844.
J[acob] B Backenstos

8 Oct. 1811–25 Sept. 1857. Merchant, sheriff, soldier, politician, land speculator. Born at Lower Paxton, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania. Son of Jacob Backenstos and Margaretha Theis. Member of Lutheran Reformed Church. Married Sarah Lavina Lee, niece of Robert...

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Affidavit, 28 May 1844–B [C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge]
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    TEXT: The form included a blank space in case “he” needed to be made into “she”.

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    Signature presumably of James Goff.

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