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Introduction to City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Assault Complaint, 1 December 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Assault] Warrant, 1 December 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Assault] Subpoena, 2 December 1842–A [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Assault] Subpoena, 2 December 1842–B [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Assault] Complaint, 2 December 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Assault] Subpoena, 3 December 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Assault] Subpoena, 5 December 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Assault] Warrant, 6 December 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Assault] Docket Entry, between 1 and circa 6 December 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Assault] Docket Entry, between 1 and circa 6 December 1842, Copy [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Assault] Bond, 9 December 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Assault] Supersedeas, 19 January 1843 [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Assault] Praecipe, 9 May 1843 Subpoena, 9 May 1843 [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Assault] Praecipe, 15 May 1843 [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Assault] Motion, circa 15 May 1843 [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Assault] Docket Entry, Motions, 16 May 1843 [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Assault] Agreement, 18 May 1843 Praecipe, 23 May 1843 [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Assault] Docket Entry, Motion Sustained, 23 May 1843 [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Assault] Docket Entry, circa 23 May 1843 [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Assault] Affidavit, 24 May 1843–A [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Assault] Affidavit, 24 May 1843–B [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Assault] Affidavit, 25 May 1843 [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Assault] Fee Bill, 19 September 1843–A [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Assault] Fee Bill, 19 September 1843–B [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Assault] Docket Entry, Motion, 20 October 1843 Docket Entry, Fieri Facias, between 23 May and circa 18 December 1843 [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Assault] Affidavit, 22 October 1844

Docket Entry, Motions, 16 May 1843 [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Assault]

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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], [16 May 1843], City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Assault (Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court 1843); Hancock County Circuit Court Record, vol. C, p. 409; handwriting of
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; microfilm at FHL.

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See Introduction to City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Assault.

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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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Appeal
vs)
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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This day came the
defendant

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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by his attorney and entered his motion to dismiss this Suit Thereupon the said
plaintiff

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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entered a motion to dismiss the appeal taken herein [p. 409]
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