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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, Venditioni Exponas, between 16 December 1845 and circa 11 March 1846 [Sweeney v. Miller et al.]

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Docket Entry, Venditioni Exponas, [
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], between 16 Dec. 1845 and ca. 11 Mar. 1846, Sweeney v. Miller et al. (Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court 1842); Hancock County Circuit Court, Execution Docket, vol. C, p. [8]; unidentified handwriting; Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; image in Hancock County Papers, 1830–1872, CHL.

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[No] [Parties Names] [Epitome] [Fee Book] [Page] [To whom Issued] [Officers Return]
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Vendi[tioni exponas]

A writ of execution commanding a sheriff “to sell goods or chattels, and, in some states, lands, which he has taken in execution by virtue of a fieri facias, and which remains unsold.”

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Fi Fa [fieri facias]

Abbreviated “fi. fa.” It is a writ of execution “that lies for him who has recovered any debt or damages. . . . It is a command to the sheriff, that of the goods and chattels of the party he cause to be made the sum recovered by the judgment.”

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Exec[ution]

“The act of carrying into effect the final judgment of a court, or other jurisdiction. The writ which authorises the officer so to carry into effect such judgment is also called an execution. . . . Executions are either to recover specific things, or money...

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Received this
Execution

“The act of carrying into effect the final judgment of a court, or other jurisdiction. The writ which authorises the officer so to carry into effect such judgment is also called an execution. . . . Executions are either to recover specific things, or money...

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for collection, on this sixteenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and forty five at 8. Oclock P. M.
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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Sheriff,
H. C.

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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Ills By H. G Ferris Dept
Hugh J. Sween[e]y Damages $58.97 By virtue of the within Venditioni Exponas I have levied the same upon the South East qr of Section Nine Township six North Range Eight West of the 4th. principal meridian Excepting Sixty acres of the South Side of the above described tract of land December 16th. A D 1846.
J 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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Shff
Costs 26 56¼ $85.53¼
Defendants fee Bill 6.56¼ I did on the 4th. day of May A D 1846 after giving legal notice offer & sell the S East qr. of Section No Nine T Six North Range Eight West of the 4th. principal meridian Excepting Sixty acres on of the South side of the above described tract of land which was struck off & sold for the sum of Five Hundred dollars which being applied in discharge of the Judgment interest & cost and the overplus paid over to
Peter Haws

17 Feb. 1796–1862. Farmer, miller, businessman. Born in Leeds Co., Johnstown District (later in Ontario), Upper Canada. Son of Edward Haws and Polly. Married Charlotte Harrington. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Moved to Kirtland...

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the owner of the premises Sold
J. 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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Shff
2173 vs F 93 Same
Judgment May 5th 1842
Joseph Smith
Hiram [Hyrum] Smith

9 Feb. 1800–27 June 1844. Farmer, cooper. Born at Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vermont. Son of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack. Moved to Randolph, Orange Co., 1802; back to Tunbridge, before May 1803; to Royalton, Windsor Co., Vermont, 1804; to Sharon, Windsor Co...

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Fi Fa Issued Decr 11th 1845
Peter Haws

17 Feb. 1796–1862. Farmer, miller, businessman. Born in Leeds Co., Johnstown District (later in Ontario), Upper Canada. Son of Edward Haws and Polly. Married Charlotte Harrington. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Moved to Kirtland...

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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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Return Day March 11th 1846
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Docket Entry, Venditioni Exponas, between 16 December 1845 and circa 11 March 1846 [Sweeney v. Miller et al.]
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