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Introduction to Singley v. Rigdon Promissory Note, 6 March 1837, S. Otho Williams First Copy [Singley v. Rigdon] Promissory Note, 6 March 1837, S. Otho Williams Second Copy [Singley v. Rigdon] Petition, circa 6 November 1839 [Singley v. Rigdon] Petition, circa 6 November 1839, Copy [Singley v. Rigdon] Summons, 7 November 1839 [Singley v. Rigdon] Summons, 4 July 1840 [Singley v. Rigdon] Subpoena, 3 May 1841 [Singley v. Rigdon] Affidavit, 4 May 1841 [Singley v. Rigdon] Plea, circa 5 May 1841 [Singley v. Rigdon] Replication, circa 5 May 1841 [Singley v. Rigdon] Affidavit, 6 May 1841–A [Singley v. Rigdon] Affidavit, 6 May 1841–B [Singley v. Rigdon] Docket Entry, Judgment, 6 May 1841 [Singley v. Rigdon] Fee Bill, circa May 1841 [Singley v. Rigdon] Case File Wrapper, circa May 1841 [Singley v. Rigdon]

Fee Bill, circa May 1841 [Singley v. Rigdon]

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Fee Bill, [
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, ca. May 1841], Singley v. Rigdon (Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court 1841); Hancock County Circuit Court, Fee Book E, p. 15; handwriting of S. Otho Williams; Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL.

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See Introduction to Singley v. Rigdon.

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Nicholas Singl[e]y)
vs) Petition & Summons
Sidney Rigdon

19 Feb. 1793–14 July 1876. Tanner, farmer, minister. Born at St. Clair, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania. Son of William Rigdon and Nancy Gallaher. Joined United Baptists, ca. 1818. Preached at Warren, Trumbull Co., Ohio, and vicinity, 1819–1821. Married Phebe...

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Plaintiffs Costs
Clerks fees
Filing & Copying petition 56¼ Issuing Summons 50 1 06¼
Continuance 25 Order for
Alias

“Otherwise called”; a word that is “prefixed to the name of a second writ of the same kind issued in the same cause,” such as alias fieri facias.

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Summons 25
50
Copying petition 50 Issuing Summons 50 1 00
Filing 2 papers 12½ Entering Pltffs Appearance 12½ Attorney 12½ 37½ 2.93¾
Sheriffs fees E G Haggard
Serving Summons 50 Copy 50 18 miles travel 1.12½ returning 2 Sums 25 2.37½
$5 31¼
Defendants Costs
Clerks fees
Entering Defts Appearance 12½ Attorney 12½ Swearing 3 Witnesses 18¾ 43¾
Filing 5 papers 31¼ Taking 4 Affidavits 50 Issuing 1 Spoe [subpoena] 50 1 31¼
Entering Judgt 25 Docketing Judgt 12½ Satisfaction 25 62½
Making & entering Fee Bill 37½ Copy Same 25 62½
Entering & filing Plea 31¼ Certificate & seal 50 81¼ 2.81¼
Sheriffs Fees Louis [Lewis] Robison
Serving Spoe 75. 54 miles travel 3.37½ return 12½ 4 25
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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Fees
Docket Fee 2.50
$9 56¼
Witnesses fees
Joseph Smith Jr 1 Day 0 50
R[eynolds] Cahoon

30 Apr. 1790–29 Apr. 1861. Farmer, tanner, builder. Born at Cambridge, Washington Co., New York. Son of William Cahoon Jr. and Mehitable Hodges. Married Thirza Stiles, 11 Dec. 1810. Moved to northeastern Ohio, 1811. Located at Harpersfield, Ashtabula Co.,...

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Alanson Ripley

8 Jan. 1798–before 1860. Surveyor, lawyer. Born at New York. Son of Asa Ripley and Polly Deforest. Married Sarah Finkle. Resided in Massachusetts, 1827. Member of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Ohio. Participated in Camp of Israel expedition...

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Fee Bill, circa May 1841 [Singley v. Rigdon]
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