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Introduction to Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS Bill for Foreclosure, 3 October 1844 [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Bill for Foreclosure, 3 October 1844, Copy [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Praecipe, 3 October 1844 [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Praecipe, 3 October 1844, Copy [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Summons, 9 October 1844 [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Summons, 9 October 1844, Copy [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Docket Entry, Appointment of Guardian ad Litem, 23 October 1844 [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Answer, 25 October 1844 [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Answer, 25 October 1844, Copy [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Docket Entry, Answer and Failure to Appear, 25 October 1844 [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Report, circa 25 October 1844 [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Report, circa 25 October 1844, Copy [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Decree, 26 October 1844 [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Decree, 26 October 1844, Copy [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Docket Entry, Copied Documents, 26 October 1844 [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Interlocutory Report, 19 May 1845 [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Docket Entry, Interlocutory Report, 22 May 1845 [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Final Decree, 26 May 1845 [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Final Decree, 26 May 1845, Copy [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Notice, 23 June 1845 [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Certificate of Purchase, 16 August 1845 [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Certificate of Purchase, 16 August 1845, Copy [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Final Report and Decree, circa 20 October 1845 [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Final Report and Decree, circa 20 October 1845, Copy [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Certification, between 23 July and circa 20 October 1845 [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Docket Entry, Final Report and Decree, 21 October 1845 [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Docket Entry, circa 21 October 1845 [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Case File Wrapper, circa October 1845 [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.] Deed, 1 April 1847 [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.]

Final Decree, 26 May 1845, Copy [Ivins v. E. Smith et al.]

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Final Decree, [
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, 26 May 1845], Ivins v. E. Smith et al. (Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court, in Chancery 1845). Copied [26 May 1845] in Hancock County Circuit Court, Chancery Record, vol. B, p. [239]; handwriting of J. H. Baker; Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL.

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See Introduction to Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS.
Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. Final Decree, 26 May 1845 [ Ivins v. E. Smith et al. ]
Final Decree, 26 May 1845, Copy [ Ivins v. E. Smith et al. ]
Deed, 1 April 1847 [ Ivins v. E. Smith et al. ]

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Hancock

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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Circuit Court May Term 1845
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James Ivans [Ivins]

22 Mar. 1797–3 Apr. 1877. Farmer. Born in Upper Freehold Township, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. Son of Israel Ivins and Margaret Woodward. Married Mary Schenk. Presumably baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co....

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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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Joseph Smith

6 Nov. 1832–10 Dec. 1914. Clerk, hotelier, farmer, justice of the peace, editor, minister. Born at Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio. Son of JS and Emma Hale. Moved to Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri, 1838; to Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois, 1839; and to Commerce ...

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Alexander Smith

2 June 1838–12 Aug. 1909. Photographer, carpenter, postmaster, minister. Born at Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri. Son of JS and Emma Hale. Moved to Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock Co., Illinois, 1839. Married Elizabeth Agnes Kendall, 23 June 1861, at Nauvoo...

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Frederick Smith

20 June 1836–13 Apr. 1862. Farmer, merchant. Born at Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio. Son of JS and Emma Hale. Married Anna Marie Jones, 13 Sept. 1857, in Hancock Co., Illinois. Died in Nauvoo, Hancock Co.

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Joseph [W.] Coolidge

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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This day comes this cause on for hearing upon Interlocutory Report of the
Master in Chancery

21 July 1817–4 Feb. 1877. Sailor, teacher, preacher, farmer, lawyer, railroad president. Born in Floyd, Oneida Co., New York. Son of Onias Skinner and Tirza. Moved to Whitestown, Oneida Co., by 1830; to Peoria Co., Illinois, 1836; and to Greenville, Darke...

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and on Motion of
William A. Richardson

16 Jan. 1811–27 Dec. 1875. Schoolteacher, lawyer, politician. Born near Lexington, Fayette Co., Kentucky. Son of James L. Richardson and Mary Edmonson. Attended Walnut Hills Seminary, Centre College, and Transylvania University, in Kentucky. Admitted to bar...

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Complainant

22 Mar. 1797–3 Apr. 1877. Farmer. Born in Upper Freehold Township, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. Son of Israel Ivins and Margaret Woodward. Married Mary Schenk. Presumably baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co....

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s Solicitor for a final decree herein and the Court being fully advised in the premises doth order & decree that the matters and things in
Complainant

22 Mar. 1797–3 Apr. 1877. Farmer. Born in Upper Freehold Township, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. Son of Israel Ivins and Margaret Woodward. Married Mary Schenk. Presumably baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co....

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s Bill be taken for true and also the
Master

21 July 1817–4 Feb. 1877. Sailor, teacher, preacher, farmer, lawyer, railroad president. Born in Floyd, Oneida Co., New York. Son of Onias Skinner and Tirza. Moved to Whitestown, Oneida Co., by 1830; to Peoria Co., Illinois, 1836; and to Greenville, Darke...

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s Report herein and thereupon doth order and decree that the Mistakes & accidents in said Bill alledged be & the same are corrected It is further ordered that said
Master

21 July 1817–4 Feb. 1877. Sailor, teacher, preacher, farmer, lawyer, railroad president. Born in Floyd, Oneida Co., New York. Son of Onias Skinner and Tirza. Moved to Whitestown, Oneida Co., by 1830; to Peoria Co., Illinois, 1836; and to Greenville, Darke...

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proceed to sell the said premises in said Bill described as the true premises by said Mortgage intended to be Mortgaged as in said Bill alledged to wit beginning at a post on the East & West Center line of Section Five (5) in Township Six (6) North of Range Eight (8) West of the 4th Principal Meridian from which a Black Oak 20 S. 83¾° W 19◊° a Hickory 15 inches diameter bears with 56½° E 30 links thence S. 89° 35 minnets E along said line 24. 63 chains to a post at the North <​E​> quarter <​corner​> of said quarter section from which a Burr oak 14 Inch Diameter bears N 1/4° E 151 links distant thence S 0° 40 minnets E 40 54 chains to a post in a mound at 1/4 Section Corner between Sections 5 & 8 thence North 89½° west along Section line 24 63 chains to a Stone thence North 0° 40 minnets West to said place of beginning Containing One hundred Acres more or less on the East side of said Quarter section at Public auction after having given four weeks previous notice of the time & place of the <​sale​> 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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& that he execute a certificate of purchase therefor to the purchaser thereof & that he report his proceedings herein at the next term of this Court to which time this cause is Continued and that said
Master

21 July 1817–4 Feb. 1877. Sailor, teacher, preacher, farmer, lawyer, railroad president. Born in Floyd, Oneida Co., New York. Son of Onias Skinner and Tirza. Moved to Whitestown, Oneida Co., by 1830; to Peoria Co., Illinois, 1836; and to Greenville, Darke...

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apply the proceeds of such sale 1st to the payment of the Costs & expences of this proceeding 2d pay to the
Complainant

22 Mar. 1797–3 Apr. 1877. Farmer. Born in Upper Freehold Township, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. Son of Israel Ivins and Margaret Woodward. Married Mary Schenk. Presumably baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co....

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the sum of Four Hundred and Forty three [(]$443) together with six per cent interest thereon from the 26th day of October 1844 to the day of sale in discharge of the said Mortgage Debt & 3d the ballance if any to the said
Joseph Coolidge

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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Adm[inistrato]r. of the said Joseph Smith decd and it is decreed that the said writing in said Bill mentioned be taken and established to be a Mortgage & the said description therein Contained & stated & be taken to be and mean the description in said Bill & in this decree set forth [p. [239]]
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