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Introduction to Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS Docket Entry, Notice of Publication, 17 April 1849 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Heirs of JS] Docket Entry, Appointment of Guardian ad Litem, 19 April 1849 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Heirs of JS] Docket Entry, Demurrer, 21 April 1849 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Heirs of JS] Docket Entry, Amended Petition, 24 April 1849 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Heirs of JS] Docket Entry, Demurrer Sustained and Leave to Amend, 22 September 1849 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Heirs of JS] Docket Entry, Demurrer, 19 April 1850 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Heirs of JS] Docket Entry, Continuance, 26 April 1850 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Heirs of JS] Docket Entry, Continuance, 9 June 1851 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Heirs of JS] Docket Entry, Continuance, 13 October 1851 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Heirs of JS] Docket Entry, Continuance, 12 March 1852 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Heirs of JS] Docket Entry, Dismissal, 12 June 1852 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Heirs of JS]

Docket Entry, Appointment of Guardian ad Litem, 19 April 1849 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Heirs of JS]

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Docket Entry, Appointment of Guardian ad Litem, [
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, 19 Apr. 1849], Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Heirs of JS (Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court, in Chancery 1852); Hancock County Circuit Court, Chancery Record, vol. D, pp. 110–[111]; handwriting of
J. A. Winston

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; Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL.

Historical Introduction

See Introduction to Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS.

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John M Ferris admr
D. B. N [de bonis non]

“Of goods not administered.” When an executor or administrator of an estate that has not been fully settled cannot perform the remaining duties, an administrator de bonis non is appointed.

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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
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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Joseph Smith [III]

6 Nov. 1832–10 Dec. 1914. Clerk, hotelier, farmer, justice of the peace, editor, minister. Born at Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio. Son of JS and Emma Hale. Moved to Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri, 1838; to Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois, 1839; and to Commerce ...

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Frederick G, W,

20 June 1836–13 Apr. 1862. Farmer, merchant. Born at Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio. Son of JS and Emma Hale. Married Anna Marie Jones, 13 Sept. 1857, in Hancock Co., Illinois. Died in Nauvoo, Hancock Co.

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of April Term 1849
Smith

20 June 1836–13 Apr. 1862. Farmer, merchant. Born at Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio. Son of JS and Emma Hale. Married Anna Marie Jones, 13 Sept. 1857, in Hancock Co., Illinois. Died in Nauvoo, Hancock Co.

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Alexander Smith

2 June 1838–12 Aug. 1909. Photographer, carpenter, postmaster, minister. Born at Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri. Son of JS and Emma Hale. Moved to Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock Co., Illinois, 1839. Married Elizabeth Agnes Kendall, 23 June 1861, at Nauvoo...

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Petition to sell Real Estate
David W Smith

17 Nov. 1844–29 Aug. 1904. Born at Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois. Son of JS and Emma Hale. Ordained an elder in Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 8 Oct. 1863. Married Clara Charlotte Hartshorn, 10 May 1870, at Sandwich, De Kalb Co.,...

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Heirs of Jo)
to pay debts
Smiths deceased & others)
And now at this day comes the said administrator & proof of publication of notice & service having been made herein On
Motion

A request to a court by a party or counsel to obtain a rule or order, as necessary during the progress of a cause or for summary relief.

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of said administrator it is ordered that Joseph Sibley solicitor of this court be and hereby is appointed
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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of the said
Joseph Smith

6 Nov. 1832–10 Dec. 1914. Clerk, hotelier, farmer, justice of the peace, editor, minister. Born at Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio. Son of JS and Emma Hale. Moved to Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri, 1838; to Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois, 1839; and to Commerce ...

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Fredrick G W. Smith

20 June 1836–13 Apr. 1862. Farmer, merchant. Born at Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio. Son of JS and Emma Hale. Married Anna Marie Jones, 13 Sept. 1857, in Hancock Co., Illinois. Died in Nauvoo, Hancock Co.

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Alexander Smith

2 June 1838–12 Aug. 1909. Photographer, carpenter, postmaster, minister. Born at Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri. Son of JS and Emma Hale. Moved to Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock Co., Illinois, 1839. Married Elizabeth Agnes Kendall, 23 June 1861, at Nauvoo...

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David H Smith

17 Nov. 1844–29 Aug. 1904. Born at Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois. Son of JS and Emma Hale. Ordained an elder in Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 8 Oct. 1863. Married Clara Charlotte Hartshorn, 10 May 1870, at Sandwich, De Kalb Co.,...

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infant Heirs as aforesaid of said Joseph Smith deceased to take Care of their interests in this proceeding
April 19[th]. 1849
And now Come the said Minor Heirs by [p. 110]
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Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Heirs of JS, Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court, in Chancery, 12 June 1852

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Docket Entry, Appointment of Guardian ad Litem, 19 April 1849 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Heirs of JS]
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