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Introduction to Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS Bill for Foreclosure, 3 October 1844 [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Bill for Foreclosure, 3 October 1844, Copy [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Praecipe, 3 October 1844 [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Praecipe, 3 October 1844, Copy [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Summons, 9 October 1844 [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Summons, 9 October 1844, Copy [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Docket Entry, Appointment of Guardian ad Litem, 23 October 1844 [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Answer, 25 October 1844 [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Answer, 25 October 1844, Copy [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Docket Entry, Answer and Failure to Appear, 25 October 1844 [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Report, circa 25 October 1844 [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Report, circa 25 October 1844, Copy [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Decree, 26 October 1844 [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Decree, 26 October 1844, Copy [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Docket Entry, Copied Documents, 26 October 1844 [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Interlocutory Report, 19 May 1845 [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Docket Entry, Interlocutory Report, 22 May 1845 [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Final Decree, 26 May 1845 [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Final Decree, 26 May 1845, Copy [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Notice, 23 June 1845 [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Certificate of Purchase, 16 August 1845 [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Certificate of Purchase, 16 August 1845, Copy [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Final Report and Decree, circa 20 October 1845 [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Final Report and Decree, circa 20 October 1845, Copy [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Certification, between 23 July and circa 20 October 1845 [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Docket Entry, Final Report and Decree, 21 October 1845 [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Docket Entry, circa 21 October 1845 [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Case File Wrapper, circa October 1845 [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Deed, 1 April 1847 [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.]

Decree, 26 October 1844 [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.]

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Jesse B. Thomas

31 July 1806–20 Feb. 1850. Lawyer, judge. Born in Lebanon, Warren Co., Ohio. Son of Richard Simmons Thomas and Florence Pattie. Attended Transylvania University, in Lexington, Fayette Co., Kentucky. Moved to Edwardsville, Madison Co., Illinois, before 1830...

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, Decree, [
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, 26 Oct. 1844, Ivins v. E. Smith et al. (Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court, in Chancery 1845); handwriting of
Onias Skinner

21 July 1817–4 Feb. 1877. Sailor, teacher, preacher, farmer, lawyer, railroad president. Born in Floyd, Oneida Co., New York. Son of Onias Skinner and Tirza. Moved to Whitestown, Oneida Co., by 1830; to Peoria Co., Illinois, 1836; and to Greenville, Darke...

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; signature of
Jesse B. Thomas

31 July 1806–20 Feb. 1850. Lawyer, judge. Born in Lebanon, Warren Co., Ohio. Son of Richard Simmons Thomas and Florence Pattie. Attended Transylvania University, in Lexington, Fayette Co., Kentucky. Moved to Edwardsville, Madison Co., Illinois, before 1830...

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; docket by
Onias Skinner

21 July 1817–4 Feb. 1877. Sailor, teacher, preacher, farmer, lawyer, railroad president. Born in Floyd, Oneida Co., New York. Son of Onias Skinner and Tirza. Moved to Whitestown, Oneida Co., by 1830; to Peoria Co., Illinois, 1836; and to Greenville, Darke...

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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, 26 Oct. 1844]; notation by
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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, 26 Oct. 1844; notation by unidentified scribe, possibly
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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, [ca. 26 Oct. 1844]; two pages; Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL.

Historical Introduction

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Decree, 26 October 1844 [ Ivins v. E. Smith et al. ]
Decree, 26 October 1844, Copy [ Ivins v. E. Smith et al. ] Docket Entry, Copied Documents, 26 October 1844 [ Ivins v. E. Smith et al. ]

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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 Oct Term 1844
James Ivins

22 Mar. 1797–3 Apr. 1877. Farmer. Born in Upper Freehold Township, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. Son of Israel Ivins and Margaret Woodward. Married Mary Schenk. Presumably baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co....

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vs) In
Chancery

The court of chancery, also known as equity, emerged in fourteenth-century England as an alternative to the common law courts, which over preceding centuries had developed complicated and strict rules of procedure, governed by precedent. Partial compliance...

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Emma Smith

10 July 1804–30 Apr. 1879. Scribe, editor, boardinghouse operator, clothier. Born at Willingborough Township (later in Harmony), Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania. Daughter of Isaac Hale and Elizabeth Lewis. Member of Methodist church at Harmony (later in Oakland...

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& others)
This cause coming on for hearing and the defendants
Emma Smith

10 July 1804–30 Apr. 1879. Scribe, editor, boardinghouse operator, clothier. Born at Willingborough Township (later in Harmony), Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania. Daughter of Isaac Hale and Elizabeth Lewis. Member of Methodist church at Harmony (later in Oakland...

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and
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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having failed to file their answers herein in compliance with a rule of this court. It is ordered that the
complainant

22 Mar. 1797–3 Apr. 1877. Farmer. Born in Upper Freehold Township, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. Son of Israel Ivins and Margaret Woodward. Married Mary Schenk. Presumably baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co....

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’s Bill be taken for confessed as to them and the infant defendants herein having filed their answer by Henry Stephens their
Guardian ad litem

One appointed to defend a person under the age of twenty-one years in a legal action brought against him or her.

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and this cause having come on for hearing upon Bill answers and exhibits and this court finding the allegations of
complainant

22 Mar. 1797–3 Apr. 1877. Farmer. Born in Upper Freehold Township, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. Son of Israel Ivins and Margaret Woodward. Married Mary Schenk. Presumably baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co....

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s Bill to be true doth order a reference of the said mortgage to
A[lmon] W. Babbitt

Oct. 1812–Sept. 1856. Postmaster, editor, attorney. Born at Cheshire, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. Son of Ira Babbitt and Nancy Crosier. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ca. 1830. Located in Amherst, Lorain Co., Ohio, July 1831....

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Esqr to compute the amount due thereon whereupon the said
A. W. Babbitt

Oct. 1812–Sept. 1856. Postmaster, editor, attorney. Born at Cheshire, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. Son of Ira Babbitt and Nancy Crosier. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ca. 1830. Located in Amherst, Lorain Co., Ohio, July 1831....

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having filed his Report herein computing the same at the Sum of four hundred and forty three dollars and the Court here being satisfied therewith doth order and deem that the defendants pay into the hands of the
Master in chancery

21 July 1817–4 Feb. 1877. Sailor, teacher, preacher, farmer, lawyer, railroad president. Born in Floyd, Oneida Co., New York. Son of Onias Skinner and Tirza. Moved to Whitestown, Oneida Co., by 1830; to Peoria Co., Illinois, 1836; and to Greenville, Darke...

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for this court on or before the next term of this court for the
Complainant

22 Mar. 1797–3 Apr. 1877. Farmer. Born in Upper Freehold Township, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. Son of Israel Ivins and Margaret Woodward. Married Mary Schenk. Presumably baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co....

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the said sum of four hundred and forty three dollars with interest thereon at the rate of six per cent from this date until paid and that the
Master

21 July 1817–4 Feb. 1877. Sailor, teacher, preacher, farmer, lawyer, railroad president. Born in Floyd, Oneida Co., New York. Son of Onias Skinner and Tirza. Moved to Whitestown, Oneida Co., by 1830; to Peoria Co., Illinois, 1836; and to Greenville, Darke...

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