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Introduction to Sweeney v. Miller et al. Promissory Note, 16 April 1841 [Sweeney v. Miller et al.] Praecipe, 7 April 1842 [Sweeney v. Miller et al.] Recognizance, 7 April 1842 [Sweeney v. Miller et al.] Declaration, circa 18 April 1842 [Sweeney v. Miller et al.] Declaration, circa 18 April 1842, Copy [Sweeney v. Miller et al.] Docket Entry, Judgment, 5 May 1842 [Sweeney v. Miller et al.] Scire Facias, 15 August 1842 [Sweeney v. Miller et al.] Docket Entry, Scire Facias, between 16 August and circa 27 September 1842 [Sweeney v. Miller et al.] Docket Entry, Pleas, 3 October 1842 [Sweeney v. Miller et al.] Docket Entry, Replication, 4 October 1842 [Sweeney v. Miller et al.] Docket Entry, Execution, 5 October 1842 [Sweeney v. Miller et al.] Docket Entry, circa 5 October 1842 [Sweeney v. Miller et al.] Docket Entry, Alias Fieri Facias, circa 23 April 1843 [Sweeney v. Miller et al.] Fee Bill, circa April 1843 [Sweeney v. Miller et al.] Praecipe, 15 January 1844 [Sweeney v. Miller et al.] Docket Entry, Pluries Fieri Facias, between 3 April and circa 4 May 1844 [Sweeney v. Miller et al.] Docket Entry, Fee Bill, between 17 April and 16 July 1845 [Sweeney v. Miller et al.] Assignment of Judgment, 14 August 1845 [Sweeney v. Miller et al.] Receipt, 12 November 1845 [Sweeney v. Miller et al.] Praecipe, 28 November 1845 [Sweeney v. Miller et al.] Docket Entry, Venditioni Exponas, between 16 December 1845 and circa 11 March 1846 [Sweeney v. Miller et al.] Assignment of Judgment, 4 April 1846 [Sweeney v. Miller et al.] Certificate, 4 May 1846 [Sweeney v. Miller et al.] Certificate, 4 May 1846, as Recorded in Old Certificates of Purchase, Levy, and Redemption [Sweeney v. Miller et al.] Fee Bill, circa May 1846 [Sweeney v. Miller et al.] Deed, 5 August 1847 [Sweeney v. Miller et al.]

Docket Entry, Replication, 4 October 1842 [Sweeney v. Miller et al.]

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Docket Entry,
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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, 4 Oct. 1842], Sweeney v. Miller et al. (Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court 1842); Hancock County Circuit Court Record, vol. C, p. 339; handwriting of S. Otho Williams; Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL.

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Scifa [scire facias]

A writ “founded upon some record, and requiring the defendant to show cause why the plaintiff should not have the advantage of such record.” Examples of its use were to revive a judgment not yet executed, “in order to give an opportunity to the defendant ...

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George Miller

25 Nov. 1794–after July 1856. Carpenter, mill operator, lumber dealer, steamboat owner. Born near Stanardsville, Orange Co., Virginia. Son of John Miller and Margaret Pfeiffer. Moved to Augusta Co., Virginia, 1798; to Madison Co., Kentucky, 1806; to Boone...

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Deft

25 Nov. 1794–after July 1856. Carpenter, mill operator, lumber dealer, steamboat owner. Born near Stanardsville, Orange Co., Virginia. Son of John Miller and Margaret Pfeiffer. Moved to Augusta Co., Virginia, 1798; to Madison Co., Kentucky, 1806; to Boone...

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