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Introduction to Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS Bill in Chancery, circa 18 August 1850 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Praecipe, circa 18 August 1850 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Summons, 22 August 1850 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] John Wolfe, Answer, circa 17 October 1850 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Luke P. Prentice, Answer, circa 17 October 1850 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] David W. Vrooman, Answer, circa 17 October 1850 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Nathan Prentice, Answer, circa 17 October 1850 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Emma Smith Bidamon and Others, Answer, 14 November 1850 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Isaac S. Sanders and Others, Answer, 21 November 1850 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] John Winter and Others, Answer, 21 November 1850 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Gacque Martin, Answer, 21 November 1850 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Charles Wetzel and Others, Answer, 21–22 November 1850 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Daniel Brown and Others, Answer, 21–23 November 1850 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] John Kelly, Answer, 22 November 1850 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Anna Maria Ritter and George Ritter, Answer, 23 November 1850 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Nathan Prentice, Answer, 23 November 1850 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Luke P. Prentice, Answer, 23 November 1850 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] David W. Vrooman, Answer, circa 1 December 1850 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] John Wolfe, Answer, circa 1 December 1850 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Amos Davis, Answer, circa 1 December 1850 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Summons, 2 December 1850 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] John M. Ferris, Answer, circa 4 December 1850 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Supplemental Bill in Chancery, 5 December 1850 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Praecipe, 5 December 1850 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Summons, 5 December 1850 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Joshua Ward, Answer, 16 December 1850 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Report, 28 December 1850 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Replications, circa 2 January 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Decree, 6 January 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Release of Dower, 23 January 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Summons, 25 February 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Notice, 25 February 1851, as Published in Popular Tribune [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Notice, 25 February 1851, as Published in Quincy Whig [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to Silas G. Strong, 8 April 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to Gustavus Lewengren, 8 April 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to Mary Eagan, 8 April 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to Nathan Prentice, 8 April 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to John C. McIntosh, 8 April 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to Bryant Gilbride, 8 April 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to Charles Bohne, 8 April 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to Melancton S. Carey, 8 April 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to Julia Ann Johnson Babbitt, 8 April 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to Julia Ann Johnson Babbitt, 8 April 1851, as Recorded in Hancock County Deeds [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to Elizabeth Bixler, 8 April 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to Christopher E. Yates, 8 April 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to Mary Walworth, 8 April 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to William J. Turner, 8 April 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to John Rice, 9 April 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to United States, 9 April 1851–A [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to United States, 9 April 1851–B [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to United States, 9 April 1851–C [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to United States, 9 April 1851–D [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to Lewis C. Bidamon, 9 April 1851–A [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to Lewis C. Bidamon, 9 April 1851–B [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to George Schmidt, 10 April 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to Reuben Barton, 10 April 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to George Edmunds Jr., 4 May 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Emma Smith Bidamon and Others, Answer, circa 8 July 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Joseph Smith III and Others, Answer, circa 8 July 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Decree, 9 July 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Report, circa 10 July 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Certification, between 18 March and circa 10 July 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Certification, between 23 March and circa 10 July 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Report, circa 13 July 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Decree, 14 July 1851–A [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Decree, 14 July 1851–B [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Release of Dower, 22 July 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Notice, 11 October 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to Matthew McClaughry, 8 November 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to James McIlvaine, 8 November 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to John W. S. White, 8 November 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to Isaac R. Welch, 8 November 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to Jesse W. Taylor, 8 November 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to Fitzgerald Woolley, 8 November 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to Phineas Kimball, 8 November 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to Erastus Rossiter, 8 November 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to Benjamin Cox, 8 November 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to Onias Skinner, 8 November 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to James Richardson, 8 November 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to United States, 9 November 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to United States, 10 November 1851–A [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to United States, 10 November 1851–B [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to United States, 10 November 1851–C [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to United States, 10 November 1851–D [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to Jabez A. Beebee, 18 December 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Report, circa 12 January 1852 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Decree, 13 January 1852 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Release of Dower, 7 February 1852 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Notice, 20 March 1852 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to Emma Smith Bidamon, 3 May 1852 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to Wood, Abbott & Co., 4 May 1852 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to Thomas Wilson and George Greer, 4 May 1852 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Report, circa 16 July 1852 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Decree, 17 July 1852 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.] Transcript of Proceedings, circa 17 July 1852 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.]

Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to Julia Ann Johnson Babbitt, 8 April 1851 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.]

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, Deed for Property in , IL, to Julia Ann Johnson Babbitt, 8 Apr. 1851, U.S. v. Joseph Smith III et al. (United States Circuit Court for the District of IL 1852); printed form with manuscript additions in handwriting of ; certified by George Edmunds Jr., 8 Apr. 1851; notation by unidentified scribe with signature of , [, Hancock Co., IL], 4 Oct. 1853; two pages; Nauvoo Restoration, Inc. Collection, 1818–2001, CHL. Includes seals.

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Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to Julia Ann Johnson Babbitt, 8 April 1851 [ United States v. Joseph Smith III et al. ]
Deed, Charles B. Lawrence to Julia Ann Johnson Babbitt, 8 April 1851, as Recorded in Hancock County Deeds [ United States v. Joseph Smith III et al. ]

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Whereas, At the December Term, A. D. 1850, of the Circuit Court of the , for the District and State of , a decree was rendered in a suit in , wherein the were complainants, and , , , and , heirs at law of Joseph Smith deceased, Lewis C. Bidaman [Bidamon], , his wife, , Elisha Dixon, her husband, Solomon Kime [Keim], James Downing, M. Shifkin, John Tillson, Sophus K. Holstein, Henry Swank, Michael Beagle, Anton Wittick, J[ohn] L. Hanna, W[illiam] Hanna, Mary Eagan, John M. Eagan, her husband, Michael S[ch]midt, [blank] S[ch]midt his wife, Jabez J. Piggot[t], , James Clark, Reuben H. Loomis, John Wilkie, , John C. Bidaman [Bidamon], Bryant Glbride, John Griffith[s], William Powers, Christopher E. Yates, William McLennan, Joseph Sibley, J. C. Hogeland, Julia [Julius] C. Wright, George Beagle, J. A. Chadsey, Christian Bidaman [Bidamon], and others were defendants; by which decree, the sum of $7870 23, was found to be due from Joseph Smith deceased, by judgment to the said complainants; and the following described lands and town lots, adjudged to be liable to the payment of said debt, and ordered to be sold for the payment of the same, all said lands and lots being situated in the county of and State of , to wit:
s w qr of the s e qr of sec 6, townsnip [township] 5 north range 8 west;
n w frac qr [sec] 10, [township] 7 [north range] 8 [west]
s w [frac] qr [sec] 19, [township] 6 [north range] 8 [west;]
s e qr [sec] 26, [township] 7 [north range] 8 [west;]
s w qr [sec] 2, 5 [township] 7 [north range] 8 [west;]
w hf of n e qr [sec] 35, [township] 7 [north range] 8 [west;]
the south qr of lot 3 & 4 in blocks 88, 89, & 90
all of lot 1 in block 63
lots 1, 2, & 3 in [block] 100
lot 1 in [block] 101
lot 1 in [block] 102
lots 1, 2, 3 & 4 in [block] 103
lots 1, 2 & 3 in [block] 104
lots 1, 2, 3 & 4 in [block] 105
lots 1, 2, 3 & 4 in [block] 106
lots 1, 3 & 4, and lot 2 except 61¾ feet wide north side of north w qr in block 107
lot 4, n qr of lot 3 and all of lot 2 except 50 feet square in the n w corner in block 108
lots 1 & 2 in [block] 111
lots 1 & 2 in [block] 112
lots 1 & 2 in [block] 113
lots 1, 2, 3 & 4 in [block] 115
lots 1, 2, 3 & 4 in [block] 128
lots 1, 2, 3 & 4 in [block] 129
lot 3 in [block] 134
lot 1 in [block] 136
lot 1 & 2 & 3 exbept [except] 75 feet wide e side in block 150 lots 2 & 3 in block 151
block 153
The undivided four-fifths of lots 1, 2 & 3 in block 95
[The undivided four-fifths of lots] 1, 2, 3 & 4 [in block] 96
[The undivided four-fifths of lots] 1, 2, 3 & 4 [in block] 97
[The undivided four-fifths of lots] 1, 2, 3 & 4 [in block] 98
[The undivided four-fifths of lots] 1, & 2 [in block] 99
[The undivided four-fifths of lots] 4 [in block] 104
[The undivided four-fifths of lots] 2 & 3 [in block] 109
[The undivided four-fifths of lots] 1, 2, 3 & 4 [in block] 110
[The undivided four-fifths of lots] 3 [in block] 111
[The undivided four-fifths of lots] 3 [in block] 112
[The undivided four-fifths of lots] 3 & 4 [in block] 113
[The undivided four-fifths of lots] 1, 2 & 4 [in block] 131
[The undivided four-fifths of lots] 1 & 2 [in block] 135
[The undivided four-fifths of lots] 2, 3 & 4 [in block] 136
[The undivided four-fifths of lots] 1, 2, 3 & 4 [in block] 137
All the above lots and blocks in the town (now city) of in said , according to the plat of said .
AND WHEREAS by said decree, the undersigned , was appointed a Special Commissioner to sell and convey said lands under said decree; first giving due notice of the time, place, and terms, of said sale, and of the property to be sold; And whereas, as such commissioner, I gave due notice of said sale, as required in said decree, by advertisement of the time, place, and terms of said sale, and of the property to be sold, by publication for four weeks successively in the Quincy Whig, and Popular Tribune two newspapers published, one in the county of , and the other in the county of , in said State of , the first of said publication in each paper being more than five weeks prior to said sale, and stating in said advertisement that said sale would be made upon the 8th day of April, A. D. 1851, in front of the public House, known as the , in the City of , in said ; And whereas I did on the said 8th day of April, A. D. 1851, offer for sale in said City of , at the place aforesaid, at public , to the highest bidder, for cash, the premises aforesaid, in separate parcels as heretofore described according to the directions of said decree, and as set forth in said advertisement; And whereas at said sale Julia Ann [Johnson] Babbitt—— became the purchaser of the South West Quarter of Section Twenty Five (25), Township Seven (7) North, Range Eight (8) West—— bidding therefor the sum of five dollars—— which was the highest bid made for the same.
Now, therefore, Know all men by these presents, That I, , Special Commissioner as aforesaid, acting under said decree, in consideration of the premises, and of the sum of five—— dollars to me paid, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, have GRANTED, BARGAINED and SOLD, and do by these presents, grant bargain, sell, convey, and confirm, unto the said Julia Ann Babbitt her his heirs and assigns, the following described premises, situate in the county of and State of aforesaid: to wit the South West Quarter of Section Twenty Five (25) in Township Seven (7) North & Range Eight (8) West, situated in the County of , State of .
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD, together with all the appurtenances thereto belonging, to him the said Julia Ann Babbitt his her heirs and assigns forever. Provided, however, that this deed contains no implied warrants on the part of said .
In Witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal this Eighth day of April A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty-one.
seal
Commissioner as aforesaid [p. [1]]
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