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Introduction to City of Nauvoo v. Hunter Complaint, 28 November 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Hunter] Warrant, 28 November 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Hunter] Complaint, 29 November 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Hunter] Subpoena, 29 November 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Hunter] Claim, 29 November 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Hunter] Docket Entry, circa 29 November 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Hunter] Supersedeas, 7 December 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Hunter] Docket Entry, circa 29 November 1842, Copy–A [City of Nauvoo v. Hunter] Docket Entry, circa 29 November 1842, Copy–B [City of Nauvoo v. Hunter] Bond, 7 December 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Hunter] Docket Entry, Motion, 16 May 1843 [City of Nauvoo v. Hunter] Docket Entry, Motion Sustained and Case Dismissed, 23 May 1843 [City of Nauvoo v. Hunter] Docket Entry, circa 23 May 1843 [City of Nauvoo v. Hunter] Docket Entry, Fieri Facias, between 19 September and circa 13 December 1843 [City of Nauvoo v. Hunter] Docket Entry, Fee Bill, circa 22 March 1844 [City of Nauvoo v. Hunter]

Docket Entry, circa 29 November 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Hunter]

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Docket Entry, [
Nauvoo

Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....

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, Hancock Co., IL], ca. 29 Nov. 1842, City of Nauvoo v. Hunter (Nauvoo, IL, Municipal Court 1842); Nauvoo Municipal Court Docket Book, 9 and 11; handwriting of
James Sloan

28 Oct. 1792–24 Oct. 1886. City recorder, notary public, attorney, judge, farmer. Born in Donaghmore, Co. Tyrone, Ireland. Son of Alexander Sloan and Anne. Married Mary Magill. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ordained an elder, ...

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; CHL. Includes notations by
James Sloan

28 Oct. 1792–24 Oct. 1886. City recorder, notary public, attorney, judge, farmer. Born in Donaghmore, Co. Tyrone, Ireland. Son of Alexander Sloan and Anne. Married Mary Magill. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ordained an elder, ...

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, [
Nauvoo

Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....

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, Hancock Co., IL], ca. 29 Nov 1842, ca. 5 Dec. 1842, ca. 7 Dec. 1842, ca. 10 Dec. 1842, and ca. 27 Feb. 1843.

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Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. Docket Entry, circa 29 November 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. Hunter ] Docket Entry, circa 29 November 1842, Copy–A [ City of Nauvoo v. Hunter ] Docket Entry, circa 29 November 1842, Copy–B [ City of Nauvoo v. Hunter ]

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City of
Nauvoo

Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....

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vs.)
Thos. J. Hunter)
Novr. 29th. 1842.— Execution issued in this Cause, for Ten Dollars Fine, & eight Dollars Cost, as taxed.
Decr. 5th. 1842.— Transcript, (including the Judgment of the Court,) was given to Deft..— Fee received for same 50¢.
Decr. 7th. 1842. An Injunction from the Circuit Court at
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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, was this day served upon the Municipal Court, by producing the Original Writ to the Clerk of the Municipal Court, which said Writ says “that the Deft has appealed to the Circuit Court of
Hancock County

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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, from said Judgment, and requires that you certify the Record & proceeding in said Cause to our said Circuit. And this you shall in no wise omit at your peril”.— Decr. 10th. 1842.— Execution returned, endorsed, “executed on the within, nine Barrels of Onions, one empty barrel, three large Sacks of feathers, & 4 small axes & one trunk.— All proceedings stop[p]ed by a Writ of injunction. Decr. 7th. 1842. Cost, Drayage, Storage, &c $2,50.
D. B. Huntington

26 May 1808–1 Feb. 1879. Farmer, blacksmith, shoemaker, constable, coroner, deputy sheriff, Indian interpreter. Born at Watertown, Jefferson Co., New York. Son of William Huntington and Zina Baker. Married Fannie Maria Allen, 28 Apr. 1830. Baptized into Church...

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High Constable.”
Feby. 27th. 1843.— A transcript & Cert of the Record & Proceedings, as also all papers in the Cause, were this day made out & forwarded to the Circuit Court, by
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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