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Introduction to Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS Docket Entry, Petition, 22 May 1845 [Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Heirs of JS] Affidavit, 30 May 1845 [Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Heirs of JS] Docket Entry, Order, 31 May 1845 [Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Heirs of JS] Docket Entry, Continuance, 24 October 1845 [Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Heirs of JS] Docket Entry, Continuance, 22 May 1846 [Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Heirs of JS] Docket Entry, Report of Sale, 20 October 1846 [Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Heirs of JS] Docket Entry, circa 20 October 1846 [Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Heirs of JS] Docket Entry, Report of Sale Confirmed, 22 October 1846 [Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Heirs of JS] Fee Bill, 3 April 1849 [Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Heirs of JS]

Docket Entry, Order, 31 May 1845 [Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Heirs of JS]

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Docket Entry, Order, [
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, 31 May 1845], Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Heirs of JS (Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court, in Chancery 1846); Hancock County Circuit Court, Chancery Record, vol. C, p. 254; 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 Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS.

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117.
On the Petition of
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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Administrator of the Estate of Joseph Smith deceased for an order for the sale of the Real Estate of said Smith decd to pay the debts thereof
Now this cause coming on to be heard on the petition and exhibits of the said
petitioner

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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, And it appearing here to the Court that due notice had been given according to law by the said
Joseph W Coolige

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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of this application, and no one interested appearing here in Court to defend the same. It is therefore ordered by the Court that the said Bill be taken as confessed And now again Came the said
Complainant

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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by his solicitor and the Court having fully heard the evidence, and due Consideration being therefore had, It is ordered and decreed by the Court that so much of the real Estate of the said Joseph Smithdecd as was his property at his death or at the time of his decease be sold by said Administrator to pay and satisfy the debts now due against said Estate. It is further ordered by the Court that the said
Joseph W Coolige

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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after having first given four weeks notice thereof by some publication in some public newspaper printed in said
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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and by written advertisements in four public places in the
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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aforesaid shall proceed to sell the same to the highest bidder on a credit of six months, securing the purchase money by good personal security and a mortgage on the premises: The said administrator shall faithfully apply the proceeds of such sale to the payment of the debts of said Estate and file the amount thereof with the Court of Probate of said
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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it is further ordered that the said
Joseph W Coolige

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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shall make his report of all his actings and doings in the premises to this Court at the next term till which time this Cause is continued— the said sale to be made without prejudice to the dower of
Emma Smith

10 July 1804–30 Apr. 1879. Scribe, editor, boardinghouse operator, clothier. Born at Willingborough Township (later in Harmony), Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania. Daughter of Isaac Hale and Elizabeth Lewis. Member of Methodist church at Harmony (later in Oakland...

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widow of the said Joseph Smith deceased [p. 254]
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