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Introduction to State of Illinois v. Finch, State of Illinois v. Finch on Habeas Corpus, and Davis v. JS et al. Praecipe, circa 22 February 1844 [Davis v. JS et al.] Praecipe, 23 February 1844 [Davis v. JS et al.] Summons, 24 February 1844 [Davis v. JS et al.] Subpoena, 24 February 1844–A [Davis v. JS et al.] Subpoena, 24 February 1844–B [Davis v. JS et al.] Subpoena, 24 February 1844–C [Davis v. JS et al.] Notice, 9 April 1844 [Davis v. JS et al.] Notice, 9 April 1844, Copy [Davis v. JS et al.] Docket Entry, Leave to Plead, 21 May 1844 [Davis v. JS et al.] Pleas, circa 22 May 1844 [Davis v. JS et al.] Demurrer, circa 22 May 1844 [Davis v. JS et al.] Attachment, 23 May 1844 [Davis v. JS et al.] Docket Entry, Plea, 23 May 1844 [Davis v. JS et al.] Docket Entry, Motion and Change of Venue, 23 May 1844 [Davis v. JS et al.] Case File Wrapper, circa May 1844 [Davis v. JS et al.] Affidavit, 6 August 1844 [Davis v. JS et al.] Motion, circa 6 August 1844 [Davis v. JS et al.] Docket Entry, Notification of Death and Dismissal, 21 October 1844 [Davis v. JS et al.] Docket Entry, Fee Bill, between 22 November 1844 and circa 20 February 1845 [Davis v. JS et al.] Praecipe, 25 February 1845 [Davis v. JS et al.] Docket Entry, Alias Fee Bill, between 29 March and circa 7 July 1845 [Davis v. JS et al.] Docket Entry, circa 7 July 1845 [Davis v. JS et al.]

Docket Entry, Fee Bill, between 22 November 1844 and circa 20 February 1845 [Davis v. JS et al.]

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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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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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; Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; image in Hancock County Papers, 1830–1872, CHL.

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See Introduction to State of Illinois v. Finch, State of Illinois v. Finch on Habeas Corpus, and Davis v. JS et al.

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[No] [Parties Names] [Epitome] [Fee Book] [To whom Issued] [Officers Return]
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Amos Davis

Ca. 20 Sept. 1813–22 Mar. 1872. Merchant, farmer, postmaster, tavernkeeper. Born in New Hampshire or Vermont. Son of Wells Davis and Mary. Moved to Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock Co., Illinois, ca. fall 1836. Married first Elvira Hibard, 1 Jan. 1837, in...

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Plaintiff

Ca. 20 Sept. 1813–22 Mar. 1872. Merchant, farmer, postmaster, tavernkeeper. Born in New Hampshire or Vermont. Son of Wells Davis and Mary. Moved to Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock Co., Illinois, ca. fall 1836. Married first Elvira Hibard, 1 Jan. 1837, in...

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s Cost $16.50
I Return this fee Bill money not made in consequence of the death of Smith &
Green

3 Sept. 1793–10 Sept. 1844. Farmer, shoemaker, printer, publisher. Born at Herkimer, Herkimer Co., New York. Son of John Coddington Greene and Anna Chapman. Married first Rhoda Young, 11 Feb. 1813. Moved to Aurelius, Cayuga Co., New York, 1814; to Brownsville...

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2 of defendants and
Joseph W Cooli[d]ge

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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’s name having been inserted as defendant when in fact it should have been
Orson Spencer

14 Mar./13 May 1802–15 Oct. 1855. Teacher, minister, university professor and chancellor. Born in West Stockbridge, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. Son of Daniel Spencer and Chloe Wilson. Moved to Lenox, Berkshire Co., 1817; to Schenectady, Schenectady Co.,...

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as appears of Record The mistake not being discovered in time to make the same Feby 19 1845
M[iner] R. Deming

24 Feb. 1810–10 Sept. 1845. Teacher, farmer. Born in Sharon, Litchfield Co., Connecticut. Son of Stephen Deming and Sarah Buel. Moved to Cincinnati, 1836. Married Abigail Barnum, 2 Aug. 1836, in Danbury, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. Moved to St. Mary’s Township...

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Sheriff By T[imothy] Gridley Jur Deputy
vs Fee Bill Issued Novr 22, 1844 G 434 Sherriff
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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Joseph Smith
Jos 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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John P. Green[e]

3 Sept. 1793–10 Sept. 1844. Farmer, shoemaker, printer, publisher. Born at Herkimer, Herkimer Co., New York. Son of John Coddington Greene and Anna Chapman. Married first Rhoda Young, 11 Feb. 1813. Moved to Aurelius, Cayuga Co., New York, 1814; to Brownsville...

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Return Day Febuary 20, 1845
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Docket Entry, Fee Bill, between 22 November 1844 and circa 20 February 1845 [Davis v. JS et al.]
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