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Introduction to Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS Docket Entry, Allowed Claims, 14 April 1845–19 April 1849 [Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS and Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS] Affidavit, 8 August 1848 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS] Docket Entry, Administration Papers, 8 August 1848 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS] Letters of Administration, 8 August 1848 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS] Oath, 8 August 1848 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS] Bond, 8 August 1848 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS] Notice, 10 August 1848 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS] Certification, circa 2 September 1848 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS] Docket Entry, Allowed Claim from Edward Holbrook, 16 September 1848 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS] Docket Entry, Allowed Claim from Halsted, Haines & Co., 16 September 1848 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS] Docket Entry, Allowed Claim from Leavitt Neal, 27 September 1848 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS] Docket Entry, Allowed Claim from Halsted, Haines & Co., 16 November 1848 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS] Docket Entry, Allowed Claim from the United States, 12 December 1848 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS] Inventory, 26 December 1848 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS] Docket Entry, Inventory, 4 January 1849 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS] Docket Entry, Claim Withdrawn, 5 February 1849 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS] Notice, 6 February 1849 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS] Wrapper, circa 23 March 1849 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS] Docket Entry, Allowed Claims from Phineas Kimball, 3 April 1849 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS] Docket Entry, Allowed Claims from David E. Head and Others, 3 April 1849 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS] Docket Entry, Allowed Claim from Hugh Herringshaw, 17 April 1849 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS] Certification, circa 18 April 1849 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS] Docket Entry, Allowed Claim from Amos Davis, 19 April 1849 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS] Docket Entry, Allowed Claim from Ephraim S. Green, 1 April 1850 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS]

Introduction to Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS

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Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS
Hancock Co., Illinois, Probate Court, 8 August 1848–12 June 1852
 
Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Heirs of JS
Hancock Co., Illinois, Circuit Court, in Chancery, 12 June 1852
 
Green v. Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS
Hancock County, Illinois, Circuit Court, 19 April 1849
 
Kimball v. L. C. Bidamon, E. Smith Bidamon, E. Dixon, J. M. Dixon, Joseph Smith III, F. Smith, A. Smith, D. Smith, Clayton, L. Walker, Ripley, Coolidge, and Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS
Hancock Co., Illinois, Circuit Court, in Chancery, 15 June 1852
 
United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.
United States Circuit Court for the District of Illinois, Springfield, Sangamon Co., Illinois, 17 July 1852
 
Historical Introduction
On 8 August 1848, the Probate Court appointed as administrator of JS’s estate, replacing , who had left the state. Ferris’s administration included petitioning the Hancock County Probate Court for the sale of real estate and overseeing the submission of creditor claims to the court. When Ferris discovered that the assets of the JS estate were insufficient to resolve all the claims, three of the creditors—, , and the —brought suit against and her children, and Ferris as estate administrator, for payment of their claims.
 
Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS
’s appointment came after , as guardian of the minor children of and and creditor of the JS estate, filed an affidavit with the Probate Court on 8 August 1848 claiming “personal knowledge” of unsold real estate belonging to the JS estate. Babbitt requested the appointment of a new estate administrator. Babbitt, who also had served as one of three church trustees since 1846, likely submitted the affidavit because the judgment for Maria Lawrence et al. v. Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS was only partially paid. Since two years had passed without any activity from , the previous administrator, the court appointed Ferris, who had no previous affiliation with the church, as administrator. Ferris swore an oath to administer the goods and effects of the deceased and pay all residual claims; he then signed a bond committing to perform his administrative duties, with a $1,000 penalty should he fail to fulfill his responsibilities. Babbitt signed as .
, JS’s widow, believed ’s administration jeopardized the family’s real estate holdings. remembered his family’s real estate being in “legal jeopardy” during Ferris’s administration, and Bidamon lamented “the treacherous designing knavery of a pack of cut throat swindlers” and the “lazy lawyers and treacherous hypocrites” who impeded her ability to obtain the properties she regarded as belonging to the Smith family. During his administration, Ferris inventoried properties deeded to Bidamon and the children, intending to sell them at auction to pay estate claims. These and other properties continued to be a point of tension throughout the remainder of deliberations about the estate, at least until Emma Bidamon’s dower rights were ultimately satisfied in 1851 and 1852.
On 10 August 1848, drafted an administrator’s notice informing the public of his intent to petition the court at the next court term to sell JS’s real estate. When the term opened on 15 September, creditors anticipating the sale of real estate began filing an array of claims with the court. These debts included as agent for JS renegotiated with merchants in 1837 and judgments for Halsted, Haines & Co. v. O. Granger et al. and United States v. Haws et al. that were allowed and filed by the court.
The United States v. Haws et al. judgment was one of the largest and most contested claims against the estate. In September 1840, JS as guarantor and others had purchased the steamboat Des Moines (renamed Nauvoo) from the federal government at public auction and provided a promissory note for $4,866.38. attorney initiated an action in the United States District Court in , Illinois, to recover the note after it became , and the court on 11 June 1842 awarded judgment to the United States for the value of the note plus interest. The judgment remained unpaid at the time of JS’s death. On 12 December 1848, filed the judgment as a claim against the estate, which the court allowed for $5,184.31.
In December 1848, began compiling an extensive inventory of JS’s real estate that included six properties sold as executor; the and farm in , Illinois; property between JS, his wife, and children that objected to during JS’s 1842 bankruptcy proceedings; and miscellaneous properties that JS purchased from in 1839. When Ferris became aware that these assets would not cover the debts in their entirety, he published another notice in February 1849 that instructed claimants to submit their debts against the estate and announced his intent to petition the court in April to adjust claims. The day before Ferris filed the notice, attorney George Edmunds Jr. preemptively withdrew the judgment for United States v. Haws et al. from the probate court and redirected settlement of the claim in suit later brought in the Circuit Court. Edmunds was likely aware of the disparity between the value of the real estate and the amount of the allowed claims that led to Ferris’s request for adjustment. Had the probate court granted Ferris’s petition, each claimant, including the United States, would have received a proportional, reduced amount in payment. The United States ultimately received the entirety of its judgment by bringing a separate federal suit rather than competing with other creditors for limited estate assets in probate court.
Once the February 1849 notice was published, five creditors filed additional claims, the most significant being an 1837 promissory note from merchant for $1,377.01 and fee bills for two administrator cases—Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS Assignee of Buckwalter v. William Law and Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Heirs of JS—all of which were allowed. The final claim submitted against the estate was a promissory note to for $2,585.05 that was filed and allowed on 1 April 1850. ’s efforts to pay any creditors during his administration were halted by ongoing disputes about the property he sought to sell, the probate court’s failure to grant his petition to sell real estate, and the pending judgment for United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.
While the greatest number of claims against JS’s estate were submitted during the administration, the administration handled fewer claims but for larger amounts, totaling $19,553.82½. Ultimately, the work of Coolidge as administrator and church trustees satisfied the first-, second-, and third-class claims held against JS’s estate. Except for the prior judgment and the Mead, Stafford & Co. notes held by and settled in separate cases during Ferris’s administration, none of the other claimants holding fourth-class claims, totaling $15,501.11, were paid during the Coolidge or the Ferris administrations.
 
Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Heirs of JS
Although ’s 1848 affidavit claimed the availability of further land, received no residual real estate upon his appointment as executor. Ferris apparently petitioned the Circuit Court to sell JS’s property shortly after publishing his notice in August 1848 and proceeded to create an inventory of properties. The court appointed Joseph Sibley to represent the Smith children’s interest in the properties, and he filed their answer. The solicitor for Lewis and filed their to Ferris’s bill of complaint, and the court granted Ferris leave to amend his petition to sell real estate.
In September 1849, the circuit court heard and sustained the demurrer that was filed in April, and was given leave to amend his bill of complaint. Ferris evidently filed an amended bill of complaint, and the defendants filed a demurrer to that complaint on 19 April 1850. The court continued the case for three terms, likely due to the ongoing proceedings for two related cases: Kimball v. L. C. Bidamon et al. in the Circuit Court, in , and United States v. Joseph Smith III et al. in the Circuit Court for the District of in . On 12 June 1852, the probate case Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Heirs of JS was stricken from the docket, as the properties at the heart of the case had been seized by the United States Circuit Court to pay the judgment for the steamboat debt described below for United States v. Joseph Smith III et al. The removal of this real estate from Ferris’s control and the failure of the Hancock County Circuit Court to grant his petition essentially terminated his administrator duties.
 
Green v. Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS
In March 1849, initiated a suit in against as administrator of the JS estate for the payment of a promissory note originally transacted by JS. On 20 March 1843, JS had drafted a promissory note that was payable on demand to for $1,818.35 plus 6 percent annually. After JS’s death, Foster endorsed and transferred the note to Green on 20 September 1848. Green demanded payment of the note from Ferris on 1 March 1849, but Ferris refused on account of not having any estate assets in his possession. Attorney , representing Green, initiated the process on 26 March by filing a at the Circuit Court asking for $3,000 in damages. The court issued a summons that day for Ferris to appear on 16 April to answer Green’s declaration. On 3 April, Green evidently amended his suit to seek $4,000 for the debt and $1,000 in damages, and the court issued an updated summons for Ferris.
On 16 April 1849, by his attorney George Edmunds Jr. responded to ’s declaration by filing legal at the circuit court. First, Ferris alleged he had never received any property after JS’s death to pay his residual debts. Second, although state statute required that suits against estate administrators be filed a year or more after the court granted letters of administration, the plea indicated that less than a year had transpired, and Ferris pled . A motion was entered the following day to dismiss the suit at Green’s costs, but filed a demurrer on 18 April to the second plea, claiming the plea was insufficient to bar Green from recovering his debt.
The court took the matter under advisement and heard the demurrer but overruled it, and the plaintiff took a . recovered his costs from , and the court ordered execution of the judgment on 19 April. Green entered a motion to withdraw his papers from the court, which the court allowed. On 1 April 1850, he filed the promissory note as a claim against the JS estate, which the Probate Court allowed for $2,585. Like most of the claims submitted against the estate, Green’s note remained unpaid because estate assets were exhausted with the payment of a judgment favoring the federal government for the steamboat debt in United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.
 
Kimball v. L. C. Bidamon et al.
Sometime in April or May 1849, , by his attorneys , , and George Edmunds Jr., submitted a bill of complaint to William A. Minshall, presiding judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit of the State of , that initiated a suit in chancery for a debt previously filed against the JS estate. Kimball had purchased two promissory notes from firm Mead, Stafford & Co. on 3 July 1841—notes that JS, , , , , and originally transacted with the firm on 11 July 1837. However, the notes may have already been paid by JS’s agent, , in May 1841. If so, this suit was fraudulent—something believed. After JS’s death, Kimball submitted the notes as claims against the JS estate, and they were allowed by the court on 3 April 1849. The disparity between the mounting claims and the available assets from an insolvent estate led Kimball to pursue payment of the notes through litigation. Kimball agreed to pay Edmunds, Warren, and Skinner three-fourths of the claim amount, or approximately $3,000, in exchange for their legal services.
In the bill of complaint that , , and Edmunds submitted to the court, they explained the terms of the original notes, how had purchased them from Mead, Stafford & Co. in 1841, and the ensuing insolvency of the estate under successive executors , , and that ultimately prohibited payment of the notes. The bill identified several properties for liquidation to pay the claims, including property JS acquired from Erie Rhodes in 1841, land JS deeded to his wife and children in 1842, and properties JS as trustee-in-trust conveyed to his wife and children in 1843. The complaint included references to thirteen property transactions, identified as forthcoming exhibits A–M, as additional sources for debt payment.
On 1 June 1849, a summons was issued for defendants Lewis and , the Smith children, , , , and estate administrators and , to answer ’s bill of complaint. Each of the defendants was either a party in the thirteen property transactions or, in the case of the administrators, legally appointed to pay creditors from the land assets of the estate. All defendants were notified by service or publication by 26 April 1850 and were required to file their answer by the first day of the next court term, 18 September. The defendants failed to answer the bill of complaint, and the court took the bill as proven or valid. The court then appointed Milton M. Morrill guardian ad litem of , , , and to represent their interests in court. Morrill evidently filed an answer on behalf of the minor children, but it has not been located.
On 19 September 1850, attorney , who was serving as prosecuting attorney for United States v. Joseph Smith III et al., filed a petition to defend the case and a demurrer responding to the bill of complaint. Williams likely offered his services because he did not want the county circuit court to interfere with the federal government’s suit to recover the steamboat note. Kimball entered a motion to strike Williams’s petition from the court files, then withdrew exhibits A–M from the court record. After a for one court term, , who replaced Minshall on the bench in June 1851, referred the case to master in chancery John W. Marsh to take testimony and report to the court.
On 12 March 1852, examined the bill of complaint, additional exhibits that ostensibly were submitted after exhibits A–M were withdrawn, answers filed by as estate administrator and Morrill as guardian ad litem, and Marsh’s report. Skinner ruled that the defendants pay $4,983.69 plus interest within ten days by selling properties listed in the bill of complaint and master in chancery’s report. On Kimball’s motion, the court appointed Morrill as special commissioner to execute the . The proceeds from the property sale were to pay costs and fees from the lawsuit, and whatever remained would be paid to Edmunds, who served as an assignee of Kimball. The court barred the defendants from equity of redemption, meaning they could not redeem the property once the judgment was discharged. On 5 June 1852, Morrill sold the properties to Edmunds for $3,029.27 at an auction held at the door of the Mansion House. About a week later, Morrill filed his report of sale, which the court approved and confirmed. The court intended to issue a writ of possession to Edmunds, but it is unclear if that occurred. The case was finally disposed of on 15 June 1852.
 
United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.
On 19 August 1850 in the Circuit Court for the District of , district attorney filed a bill in chancery against as estate administrator and at least eighty-three other defendants who possessed real estate formerly belonging to JS. The properties at the heart of this legal dispute were evidently based on Ferris’s inventory of real estate and some of ’s objections to JS’s 1842 bankruptcy petition. In his bill of complaint, Williams claimed that the assets liquidated during the administration paid only first- and second-class claims, which covered funeral and administrative expenses, yet the judgment for United States v. Haws et al., which was related to the purchase of a steamboat in 1840—a fourth-class claim—remained unpaid. Williams also asserted that property conveyances involving the and farm near , Illinois, deeds to and her children, miscellaneous lots in the purchase in , and property sold by Coolidge as administrator were fraudulent and therefore void, and that these conveyances were a deliberate effort to hinder or defraud the United States of America as a creditor. As such, Williams claimed that the properties should be seized for payment of the 1842 United States v. Haws et al. judgment.
On 22 August 1850, the court, presided over by Judge Thomas Drummond, subpoenaed at least eighty-four defendants to testify regarding their knowledge of the real estate in question. Between October and December 1850, forty-five of these defendants or their legal representatives submitted answers to the court, most of which claimed that the properties in their possession were legally binding conveyances. The court later ruled that it would interpret the lack of response of thirty-two defendants as a confession that ’s allegations were true.
On 14 November 1850, , through her attorney George Edmunds Jr., certified an answer for herself; her husband, Lewis Bidamon; her minor children, , , , and ; and her adult daughter and son-in-law, and Elisha Dixon. Emma Smith Bidamon’s answer related information about her executorship and property transactions involving her and her family. In general, her testimony bolstered personal and family claims to JS’s property and challenged the validity of some land transactions made by JS and his successors as church trustee. Despite having signed deeds transferring property from her and JS to JS as trustee for the church in the 1840s, in her answer she denied that she had willingly conveyed those properties to the church and argued that the deeds she had signed were void. She also characterized the property that had been deeded to her and the children from JS as gifts either from him individually or from the church as a whole, with the exception of Julia Dixon’s portion of the property. Dixon was not JS’s biological daughter and had been informally adopted by him and Emma Smith in 1831 after the death of her mother. Emma Smith Bidamon claimed that Dixon’s biological father, , had given JS money at the time of the adoption to provide for her and that Dixon’s share of the properties came from that payment.
In December 1850, also submitted an answer as the administrator of JS’s estate testifying that he had no knowledge of whether the 1842 judgment had been paid. He estimated the value of claims allowed against the entire estate at around $30,000 but complained that he personally paid about $100 for fees and legal counsel because his petition to sell the real estate was not approved. Had the Circuit Court approved his petition, costs relating to his administrative fees would have come from land sales, not his own pocket, and he would have received priority over fourth-class claims that included the . Ferris lamented that the bill of complaint submitted to the United States Circuit Court ignored his administrator expenses, which by law were to be paid from the proceeds of the real estate sale. He rejected the attempt by the United States to usurp the order of claims payment and recommended that if the court ordered the sale of real estate, the proceeds should be funneled through the administrator to pay the 1842 federal judgment and all other creditors in their proper order. If the court was intent on ordering the sale of real estate, he requested payment of his administrative fees from the proceeds.
In late December, the Circuit Court appointed Robert S. Blackwell as special master to review certain aspects of the bill of complaint, the defendants’ answers, and other evidence filed with the court with particular emphasis on ’s actions as administrator and the disposition of property purchased from . Blackwell’s report confirmed many of the facts of the case. In general, Blackwell reported that the central issue for the court to decide was whether the 1842 judgment against JS and others established a lien on JS’s property. If the judgment was a lien, then Blackwell argued that the properties could be seized and sold to satisfy the government’s debt. With regard to the property JS had deeded to his wife and children, Blackwell argued that there was “no evidence sustaining the allegations in the bill” that these conveyances had been fraudulent. Nevertheless, his report left it to the court to determine whether those transfers were binding, except for ’s interest in the properties, which Blackwell confirmed based on ’s testimony. Blackwell also reported that JS had in his life owned the properties that had been sold by Coolidge but did not address the accusations of fraud. Instead, he again left it to the court to determine the disposition of those properties. Blackwell also reported on ’s expenses and claims to the estate but left it to the court to determine whether Ferris’s claims had any merit.
On 6 January 1851, the court issued a ruling on ’s initial complaint. The court found that the government was owed $7,870.23, that the 1842 judgment created a lien upon JS’s properties purchased and sold after the date of judgment, and that some of the property identified in Williams’s complaint could be used to settle the debt. However, the court also apparently set the vast majority of Williams’s allegations aside. According to the ruling, the only properties seized at this time were most of those that had been sold by and approximately one hundred city lots. ’s defense of his right to control the assets of the estate was found insufficient to challenge the court’s jurisdiction, but he was paid $100 for his administrator’s fees from the sales. The court also appointed as a special master and commissioner to sell the land at public auction.
While the court was still considering his initial complaint, submitted a supplemental bill of complaint on 5 December 1850. The supplemental complaint relinquished claim to approximately forty lots in , which Williams acknowledged had been legally sold by JS during his lifetime. However, Williams also identified over two thousand acres of property that had been donated to JS as trustee for the church—most of which came from and Harriet Denton Adams—as well as forty-eight town lots he had purchased for the church in (later Macedonia and then Webster), Illinois, which Williams argued should be seized to pay JS’s debt to the . Williams justified this proposed seizure by pointing to an 1845 statute that limited the amount of property an incorporated church could own to ten acres and claiming that JS had fraudulently purchased these properties under the name of church trustee when in reality they were personal assets. Williams also identified twenty-two additional defendants with apparent claims over these properties, who were duly subpoenaed.
On 9 July 1851, the court ruled that because the twenty-two defendants failed to submit answers to the court, ’s claims were taken as confessed, and , the special commissioner, was appointed to investigate the claims. Additionally, the court appointed George Meeker to replace as guardian ad litem of the minor Smith children. That same day, although not subpoenaed, Emma Smith Bidamon, Lewis Bidamon, and submitted a joint answer to the court in response to Williams’s supplemental complaint stating that they were ignorant of the situation, but that if his claims were true, Emma Smith Bidamon was owed dower rights to the property. The recently appointed Meeker also submitted an answer that day, likewise pleading ignorance, but begging the court to exercise justice on the claims of the minor Smith children. Two days following the court’s ruling, Lawrence reported on the history of JS’s appointment as trustee for the church as well his successors, the sales of the properties listed in the supplemental complaint by subsequent trustees for the church, and his finding that JS had held more than ten acres in his capacity as trustee for the church. On 14 July 1851, the court ruled that all but one of the parcels of land mentioned in the supplemental complaint should be sold at auction by Lawrence, with Emma Smith Bidamon receiving her dower rights to the property.
On 14 January 1852, the court issued a third and final ruling on the disputed property, covering some of the properties had identified in his two complaints that the court had initially passed over. In its ruling, the court acknowledged a number of competing claims on these properties and allowed for some defendants to be compensated for the improvements they had made on property that would be seized to pay the debt to the . Most notably, the court voided JS’s 17 March 1842 deed to his minor children, except for ’s interest in the property. All of these properties were then ordered to be sold by at public auction.
The court-appointed sales of all these properties occurred at three public auctions held on 8 April 1851, 8 November 1851, and 3 May 1852. In its rulings, the court promised that if she relinquished her dower rights to one third of the total property, she would be paid a percentage of the proceeds from the auctions. Accordingly, prior to each auction, Emma Smith Bidamon petitioned the court to release her dower interest in exchange for one-sixth of the proceeds. Ultimately, her total dower interest from the proceeds of sales was $1,809.41. The was paid $7,870.23 for the judgment plus costs of $1,468.71. On 17 July 1852, reported on the final sale and the disposition of the funds generated by the auction. The court accepted his report, and the case was closed.
None of the original court documents for this case are extant. However, sometime between April 1856 and 1858, , the clerk of the recently created District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, made a copy of all court records from the old District of Illinois that were relevant to the Southern District, including the records from this case. Lowry’s lack of familiarity with the case is evident from the transcript he created: names, dates, and other important details were frequently misspelled or omitted.
 
Calendar of Documents
This calendar lists all known documents created by or for the court, whether extant or not. It does not include versions of documents created for other purposes, though those versions may be listed in footnotes. In certain cases, especially in cases concerning unpaid debts, the originating document (promissory note, invoice, etc.) is listed here. This calendar also includes documents submitted as claims against JS’s estate. For claims believed to have been created after JS’s death, the recipient has been standardized to “the Estate of JS.”
 
Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS, Hancock Co., Illinois, Probate Court

1845 (1)

April (1)

14 April 1845–19 April 1849

Docket Entry, Allowed Claims, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL

  • 14 Apr. 1845–19 Apr. 1849; Hancock County Probate Court, Claim Record, vol. C, p. 242, Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting of David Greenleaf.

1848 (13)

August (6)

8 August 1848

Almon Babbitt, Affidavit, before David Greenleaf, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL

  • 8 Aug. 1848; Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; handwriting of Almon Babbitt; signature of David Greenleaf; notation in handwriting of David Greenleaf.
8 August 1848

Docket Entry, Administration Papers, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL

  • 8 Aug. 1848; Hancock County Probate Court, Probate Record, 1841–1849, pp. 212–[213], Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting of David Greenleaf.
8 August 1848

David Greenleaf, Letters of Administration, to John M. Ferris, for JS, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL

  • 8 Aug. 1848. Not extant.
  • Ca. 8 Aug. 1848; Hancock County Probate Court, Probate Record, vol. C, p. [322], Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting of David Greenleaf.
8 August 1848

John M. Ferris, Oath, before David Greenleaf, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL

  • 8 Aug. 1848. Not extant.
  • Ca. 8 Aug. 1848; Hancock County Probate Court, Probate Record, vol. C, p. [322], Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting of David Greenleaf.
8 August 1848

John M. Ferris and Almon Babbitt, Bond, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL, to “the people of the State of Illinois”

  • 8 Aug. 1848. Not extant.
  • Ca. 8 Aug. 1848; Hancock County Probate Court, Probate Record, vol. C, p. 321, Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting of David Greenleaf.
10 August 1848

John M. Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS, Notice, Hancock Co., IL

September (4)

Ca. 2 September 1848

James McKee, Certification, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL

  • Ca. 2 Sept. 1848; Claims on the Estates of Joseph and Hyrum Smith, 1844–1845, BYU; printed form with manuscript additions presumably in handwriting of James McKee.
16 September 1848

Docket Entry, Allowed Claim from Edward Holbrook, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL

  • 16 Sept. 1848; Hancock County Probate Court, Probate Record, 1841–1849, p. [229], Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting of David Greenleaf.
16 September 1848

Docket Entry, Allowed Claim from Halsted, Haines & Co., Carthage, Hancock Co., IL

  • 16 Sept. 1848; Hancock County Probate Court, Probate Record, 1841–1849, p. [229], Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting of David Greenleaf.
27 September 1848

Docket Entry, Allowed Claim from Leavitt Neal, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL

  • 27 Sept. 1848; Hancock County Probate Court, Probate Record, 1841–1849, p. 234, Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting of David Greenleaf.

November (1)

16 November 1848

Docket Entry, Allowed Claim from Halsted, Haines & Co., Carthage, Hancock Co., IL

  • 16 Nov. 1848; Hancock County Probate Court, Probate Record, 1841–1849, p. [245], Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting of David Greenleaf.

December (2)

12 December 1848

Docket Entry, Allowed Claim from the United States, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL

  • 12 Dec. 1848; Hancock County Probate Court, Probate Record, 1841–1849, p. 250, Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting of David Greenleaf.
26 December 1848

John M. Ferris, Inventory, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL

  • 26 Dec. 1848; Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; handwriting of John M. Ferris; docket and notation in handwriting of David Greenleaf.

1849 (9)

January (1)

4 January 1849

Docket Entry, Inventory, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL

  • 4 Jan. 1849; Hancock County Probate Court, Probate Record, 1841–1849, p. [253], Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting of David Greenleaf.

February (2)

5 February 1849

Docket Entry, Claim Withdrawn, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL

  • 5 Feb. 1849; Hancock County Probate Court, Probate Record, 1841–1849, p. [257], Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting of David Greenleaf.
6 February 1849

John M. Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS, Notice, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL

March (1)

Ca. 22 March 1849

Wrapper, Hancock Co., IL

  • Ca. 22 Mar. 1849; Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; docket and notation in handwriting of Onias Skinner; notation in handwriting of David Greenleaf.

April (5)

3 April 1849

Docket Entry, Allowed Claims from Phineas Kimball, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL

  • 3 Apr. 1849; Hancock County Probate Court, Probate Record, 1841–1849, p. [275], Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting of David Greenleaf.
3 April 1849

Docket Entry, Allowed Claims from David E. Head and Others, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL

  • 3 Apr. 1849; Hancock County Probate Court, Probate Record, 1841–1849, p. [275], Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting of David Greenleaf.
17 April 1849

Docket Entry, Allowed Claim from Hugh Herringshaw, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL

  • 17 Apr. 1849; Hancock County Probate Court, Probate Record, 1841–1849, p. 282, Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting of David Greenleaf.
Ca. 18 April 1849

James McKee, Certification, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL

  • Ca. 18 Apr. 1849; microfilm in Circuit Court Case Files, 1830–1900, CHL; printed form with manuscript additions presumably in handwriting of James McKee; docket in handwriting of George Edmunds Jr.; notation in handwriting of David Greenleaf.
19 April 1849

Docket Entry, Allowed Claim from Amos Davis, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL

  • 19 Apr. 1849; Hancock County Probate Court, Probate Record, 1841–1849, p. 284, Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting of David Greenleaf.

1850 (1)

April (1)

1 April 1850

Docket Entry, Allowed Claim from Ephraim S. Green, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL

  • 1 Apr. 1850; Hancock County Probate Court, Probate Journal, vol. 3, pp. 12–13, Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; unidentified handwriting.
 
Claims on the Estate of JS

1837 (6)

July (2)

11 July 1837

JS and Others, Promissory Note, Kirtland Township, Geauga Co., OH, to Mead, Stafford & Co., 11 July 1837–A

  • 11 July 1837; private possession; photocopy of recto at CHL; handwriting of Reuben Hitchcock; signatures of JS, Sidney Rigdon, Hyrum Smith, Reynolds Cahoon, Jared Carter, and Oliver Cowdery.
11 July 1837

JS and Others, Promissory Note, Kirtland Township, Geauga Co., OH, to Mead, Stafford & Co., 11 July 1837–B

  • 11 July 1837; private possession; photocopy of recto at CHL; handwriting of Reuben Hitchcock; signatures of JS, Oliver Cowdery, Sidney Rigdon, Hyrum Smith, Reynolds Cahoon, and Jared Carter.

September (4)

1 September 1837

JS and Others, Promissory Note, Kirtland Township, Geauga Co., OH, to Holbrook & Ferme, New York City, New York Co., NY, 1 Sept. 1837–A

  • 1 Sept. 1837; Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, OH; handwriting of William Perkins; signatures of JS and 30 others.
  • Ca. 15 Sept. 1848. Not extant.
1 September 1837

JS and Others, Promissory Note, Kirtland Township, Geauga Co., OH, to Holbrook & Ferme, New York City, New York Co., NY, 1 Sept. 1837–C

1 September 1837

Jared Carter and Others (Including JS), Promissory Note, Kirtland Township, Geauga Co., OH, to Halsted, Haines & Co., New York City, New York Co., NY, 1 Sept. 1837–B

  • 1 Sept. 1837; handwriting probably of William Perkins; probable signatures of JS and 32 others. Not extant.
  • Before 1867. Not extant.
  • Ca. 1867; Brigham Young Office, Halsted, Haines & Co. File, 1867, CHL; handwriting of Thomas W. Ellerbeck.
1 September 1837

Jared Carter and Others (Including JS), Promissory Note, Kirtland Township, Geauga Co., OH, to Halsted, Haines & Co., New York City, New York Co., NY, 1 Sept. 1837–C

  • 1 Sept. 1837; handwriting probably of William Perkins; probable signatures of JS and 32 others. Not extant.
  • Before 1867. Not extant.
  • Ca. 1867; Brigham Young Office, Halsted, Haines & Co. File, 1867, CHL; handwriting of Thomas W. Ellerbeck.

1839 (1)

April (1)

Ca. 16 April 1839

Judgment, Chardon, Geauga Co., OH

  • Ca. 16 Apr. 1839. Not extant.
  • 16 Nov. 1848. Not extant.

1841 (1)

August (1)

Between 29 April 1840 and 23 August 1841

JS, Promissory Note, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, to Oliver Granger

  • Between 29 Apr. 1840 and 23 Aug. 1841. Not extant.

1842 (1)

June (1)

Ca. 11 June 1842

Judgment, Springfield, Sangamon Co., IL

1844 (2)

April (1)

20 April 1844

JS, Promissory Note, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, to Leavitt Neal

  • 20 Apr. 1844. Not extant.

June (1)

Between ca. 7 November 1843 and 27 June 1844

JS, Promissory Note, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, to Ephraim S. Green

  • Between ca. 7 Nov. 1843 and 27 June 1844. Not extant.

1849 (3)

March (1)

27 March 1849

Hugh Herringshaw, Statement of Account, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, for the Estate of JS

  • 27 Mar. 1849; microfilm in Circuit Court Case Files, 1830–1900, CHL; handwriting of Hugh Herringshaw; docket in handwriting of Hugh Herringshaw; notation and endorsement in handwriting of David Greenleaf.

April (2)

3 April 1849

J. A. Winston on behalf of David E. Head, Fee Bill, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL, 3 April 1849–A

  • 3 Apr. 1849; Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; printed form with manuscript additions in handwriting of J. A. Winston; certification printed with manuscript additions in handwriting of J. A. Winston; docket in handwriting of J. A. Winston; notation in handwriting of David Greenleaf.
3 April 1849

J. A. Winston on behalf of David E. Head, Fee Bill, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL, 3 April 1849–B

 
Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Heirs of JS, Hancock Co., Illinois, Circuit Court, in Chancery

1849 (11)

April (9)

Ca. 16 April 1849

John M. Ferris, Notice, Hancock Co., IL

17 April 1849

Docket Entry, Notice of Publication, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL

  • 17 Apr. 1849; Hancock County Circuit Court, Chancery Record, vol. D, p. [101], Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting of J. A. Winston.
19 April 1849

Docket Entry, Appointment of Guardian ad Litem, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL

  • 19 Apr. 1849; Hancock County Circuit Court, Chancery Record, vol. D, pp. 110–[111], Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting of J. A. Winston.
Ca. 20 April 1849

John M. Ferris, Bill in Chancery, Hancock Co., IL

Ca. 20 April 1849

Lewis C. Bidamon and Emma Smith Bidamon, Demurrer, Hancock Co., IL

21 April 1849

Docket Entry, Demurrer, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL

  • 21 Apr. 1849; Hancock County Circuit Court, Chancery Record, vol. D, p. [117], Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting of J. A. Winston.
Ca. 23 April 1849

John M. Ferris, Petition, Hancock Co., IL

Ca. 23 April 1849

John M. Ferris, Amended Petition, Hancock Co., IL

24 April 1849

Docket Entry, Amended Petition, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL

  • 24 Apr. 1849; Hancock County Circuit Court, Chancery Record, vol. D, p. 124, Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting of J. A. Winston.

September (2)

Ca. 21 September 1849

Lewis C. Bidamon and Emma Smith Bidamon, Demurrer, Hancock Co., IL

22 September 1849

Docket Entry, Demurrer Sustained and Leave to Amend, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL

  • 22 Sept. 1849; Hancock County Circuit Court, Chancery Record, vol. D, p. [189], Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; unidentified handwriting.

1850 (4)

April (4)

Between 22 September 1849 and ca. 18 April 1850

John M. Ferris, Amended Bill in Chancery, Hancock Co., IL

Ca. 18 April 1850

Lewis C. Bidamon and Emma Smith Bidamon, Demurrer, Hancock Co., IL

19 April 1850

Docket Entry, Demurrer, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL

  • 19 Apr. 1850; Hancock County Circuit Court, Chancery Record, vol. D, p. [207], Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting probably of J. A. Winston.
26 April 1850

Docket Entry, Continuance, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL

  • 26 Apr. 1850; Hancock County Circuit Court, Chancery Record, vol. D, p. 251, Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting probably of J. A. Winston.

1851 (2)

June (1)

9 June 1851

Docket Entry, Continuance, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL

  • 9 June 1851; Hancock County Circuit Court, Chancery Record, vol. D, p. 322, Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting probably of J. A. Winston.

October (1)

13 October 1851

Docket Entry, Continuance, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL

  • 13 Oct. 1851; Hancock County Circuit Court, Chancery Record, vol. D, p. [373], Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting probably of J. A. Winston.

1852 (2)

March (1)

12 March 1852

Docket Entry, Continuance, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL

  • 12 Mar. 1852; Hancock County Circuit Court, Chancery Record, vol. D, p. 452, Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; unidentified handwriting.

June (1)

12 June 1852

Docket Entry, Dismissal, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL

  • 12 June 1852; Hancock County Circuit Court, Chancery Record, vol. D, p. [481], Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; unidentified handwriting.
 
Green v. Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS,

1843 (1)

March (1)

20 March 1843

JS, Promissory Note, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, to Robert D. Foster

  • 20 Mar. 1843; private possession; photocopy at CHL; handwriting of William Clayton; signature of JS; docket in handwriting of Robert D. Foster; notation in handwriting of Robert D. Foster; notation in handwriting of John M. Ferris; endorsement in unidentified handwriting.
  • Ca. 25 Mar. 1849; in Chauncey L. Higbee on behalf of Ephraim S. Green, Declaration, microfilm 1,521,613 at FHL; handwriting of Chauncey L. Higbee.
 
Green v. Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS, Hancock Co., Illinois, Circuit Court

1849 (9)

March (3)

Ca. 25 March 1849

Chauncey L. Higbee on behalf of Ephraim S. Green, Declaration, Hancock Co., IL

  • Ca. 25 Mar. 1849; microfilm 1,521,613 at FHL; handwriting of Chauncey L. Higbee; docket in handwriting of Jacob B. Backenstos; notations in handwriting of David E. Head.
Ca. 25 March 1849

Chauncey L. Higbee on behalf of Ephraim S. Green, Praecipe, to Hancock Co. Circuit Court Clerk, Hancock Co., IL

26 March 1849

David E. Head, Summons, to Hancock Co. Coroner, for John M. Ferris, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL

  • 26 Mar. 1849; microfilm 1,521,613 at FHL; printed form with manuscript additions in handwriting of David E. Head; docket printed with manuscript additions in handwriting of David E. Head; notations printed with manuscript additions in handwriting of John Reed Williams; notation printed with manuscript additions in handwriting of David E. Head.

April (6)

3 April 1849

J. A. Winston on behalf of David E. Head, Summons, to Hancock Co. Coroner, for John M. Ferris, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL

  • 3 Apr. 1849; microfilm 1,521,613 at FHL; printed form with manuscript additions in handwriting of J. A. Winston; docket printed with manuscript additions in handwriting of J. A. Winston; notations printed with manuscript additions presumably in handwriting of M. Barnes; notation printed with manuscript additions in handwriting of J. A. Winston; notation in unidentified handwriting.
Ca. 15 April 1849

John M. Ferris, Plea, Hancock Co., IL

  • Ca. 15 Apr. 1849; microfilm 1,521,613 at FHL; handwriting of John M. Ferris; docket in handwriting of John M. Ferris; notation in handwriting of David E. Head.
17 April 1849

Docket Entry, Dismissal, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL

  • 17 Apr. 1849; Hancock County Circuit Court Record, vol. E, p. 283, Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting probably of David E. Head.
Ca. 17 April 1849

Chauncey L. Higbee on behalf of Ephraim S. Green, Demurrer, Hancock Co., IL

  • Ca. 17 Apr. 1849; microfilm 1,521,613 at FHL; handwriting of Chauncey L. Higbee; docket and notation in handwriting of David E. Head.
18 April 1849

Docket Entry, Demurrer, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL

  • 18 Apr. 1849; Hancock County Circuit Court Record, vol. E, pp. [300]–301, Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting probably of J. A. Winston.
19 April 1849

Docket Entry, Demurrer Overruled and Nonsuit, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL

  • 19 Apr. 1849; Hancock County Circuit Court Record, vol. E, p. 303, Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting probably of J. A. Winston.
 
Kimball v. L. C. Bidamon et al., Hancock Co., Illinois, Circuit Court, in Chancery

1849 (4)

May (1)

Between 26 April and ca. 31 May 1849

Calvin A. Warren and Others on behalf of Phineas Kimball, Bill in Chancery, Hancock Co., IL

June (1)

1 June 1849

Summons, for Emma Smith and Others, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL

September (2)

Ca. 16 September 1849

Notice, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL

17 September 1849

Docket Entry, Notice of Publication, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL

  • 17 Sept. 1849; Hancock County Circuit Court, Chancery Record, vol. D, p. 158, Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting probably of J. A. Winston.

1850 (6)

April (1)

26 April 1850

Docket Entry, Answer, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL

  • 26 Apr. 1850; Hancock County Circuit Court, Chancery Record, vol. D, p. [247], Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting probably of J. A. Winston.

September (5)

Ca. 18 September 1850

Archibald Williams, Petition, Springfield, Sangamon Co., IL

Ca. 18 September 1850

Archibald Williams, Demurrer, Springfield, Sangamon Co., IL

19 September 1850

Docket Entry, Petition and Demurrer, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL

  • 19 Sept. 1850; Hancock County Circuit Court, Chancery Record, vol. D, p. 268, Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting probably of J. A. Winston.
20 September 1850

Docket Entry, Failure to Answer and Appointment of Guardian ad Litem, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL

  • 20 Sept. 1850; Hancock County Circuit Court, Chancery Record, vol. D, p. 270, Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting probably of J. A. Winston.
24 September 1850

Docket Entry, Motion, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL

  • 24 Sept. 1850; Hancock County Circuit Court, Chancery Record, vol. D, p. [287], Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting probably of J. A. Winston.

1851 (3)

June (1)

9 June 1851

Docket Entry, Withdrawal of Exhibits, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL

  • 9 June 1851; Hancock County Circuit Court, Chancery Record, vol. D, p. 322, Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting probably of J. A. Winston.

July (1)

23 July 1851

George Edmunds Jr. on behalf of Phineas Kimball, Assignment, Hancock Co., IL, to Emma Smith Bidamon and Others

  • 23 July 1851; Lewis C. Bidamon Papers, 1837–1962, Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, CA; handwriting of George Edmunds Jr.

October (1)

18 October 1851

Docket Entry, Continuance, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL

  • 18 Oct. 1851; Hancock County Circuit Court, Chancery Record, vol. D, p. 406, Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting probably of J. A. Winston.

1852 (9)

March (6)

3 March 1852

Docket Entry, Motion, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL

  • 3 Mar. 1852; Hancock County Circuit Court, Chancery Record, vol. D, p. 416, Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; unidentified handwriting.
Ca. 8 March 1852

Release of the Defense, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL

9 March 1852

Docket Entry, Release of the Defense, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL

  • 9 Mar. 1852; Hancock County Circuit Court, Chancery Record, vol. D, p. [437], Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; unidentified handwriting.
Between 20 September 1850 and ca. 11 March 1852

John M. Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS and Milton M. Morrill Guardian ad Litem, Answer, Hancock Co., IL

Between 3 and ca. 11 March 1852

John W. Marsh, Report, Hancock Co., IL

12 March 1852

Docket Entry, Orders and Continuance, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL

  • 12 Mar. 1852; Hancock County Circuit Court, Chancery Record, vol. D, p. 460, Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; unidentified handwriting.

June (3)

5 June 1852

Milton M. Morrill, Deed for Property in Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, to George Edmunds Jr.

  • 5 June 1852. Not extant.
  • 14 June 1852; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 34, pp. [217]–218, Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; unidentified handwriting.
Ca. 11 June 1852

Report of Sale, Hancock Co., IL

12 June 1852

Docket Entry, Report of Sale, Orders, and Dismissal, Carthage, Hancock Co., IL

  • 12 June 1852; Hancock County Circuit Court, Chancery Record, vol. D, p. 482, Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; unidentified handwriting.
 
United States v. Joseph Smith III et al., United States Circuit Court for the District of Illinois, Springfield, Sangamon Co., Illinois

1850 (27)

August (3)

Ca. 18 August 1850

Archibald Williams, Bill in Chancery, Springfield, Sangamon Co., IL

Ca. 18 August 1850

Archibald Williams, Praecipe, to the Clerk of the United States Circuit Court for the District of Illinois, Springfield, Sangamon Co., IL

22 August 1850

William Pope, Summons, to U.S. Marshal of the District of IL, for Joseph Smith III and Others, Springfield, Sangamon Co., IL

October (4)

Ca. 17 October 1850

John Wolfe, Answer, Illinois

Ca. 17 October 1850

Luke P. Prentice, Answer, Illinois

Ca. 17 October 1850

David W. Vrooman, Answer, Illinois

Ca. 17 October 1850

Nathan Prentice, Answer, Illinois

November (10)

14 November 1850

Emma Smith Bidamon and Others, Answer, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL

21 November 1850

Onias Skinner and Joseph Sibley on behalf of Isaac S. Sanders and Others, Answer, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL

21 November 1850

John Winter and Others, Answer, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL

21 November 1850

Onias Skinner and Joseph Sibley on behalf of Gacque Martin, Answer, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL

21–22 November 1850

Charles Wetzel and Others, Answer, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL

21–23 November 1850

Onias Skinner and Joseph Sibley on behalf of Daniel Brown and Others, Answer, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, and Lee Co., Iowa Territory

22 November 1850

Calvin A. Warren on behalf of John Kelly, Answer, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL

23 November 1850

Onias Skinner and Joseph Sibley on behalf of Anna Maria Ritter and George Ritter, Answer, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL

23 November 1850

Calvin A. Warren on behalf of Nathan Prentice, Answer, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL

23 November 1850

Calvin A. Warren on behalf of Luke P. Prentice, Answer, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL

December (10)

Ca. 1 December 1850

Calvin A. Warren on behalf of David W. Vrooman, Answer, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL

Ca. 1 December 1850

John Wolfe, Answer, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL

Ca. 1 December 1850

Amos Davis, Answer, Hancock Co., IL

2 December 1850

William Pope, Summons, to U.S. Marshal of the District of IL, for Luke Wood, Springfield, Sangamon Co., IL

Ca. 4 December 1850

George Edmunds Jr. on behalf of John M. Ferris, Answer, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL

5 December 1850

Archibald Williams, Supplemental Bill in Chancery, Springfield, Sangamon Co., IL

5 December 1850

Archibald Williams, Praecipe, to the Clerk of the United States Circuit Court for the District of Illinois, Springfield, Sangamon Co., IL

5 December 1850

William Pope, Summons, to U.S. Marshal of the District of IL, for John J. Brent and Others, Springfield, Sangamon Co., IL

16 December 1850

Browning & Bushnell on behalf of Joshua Ward, Answer, Quincy, Adams Co., IL

28 December 1850

Robert S. Blackwell, Report, Springfield, Sangamon Co., IL

1851 (58)

January (3)

Ca. 2 January 1851

Archibald Williams, Replications, Springfield, Sangamon Co., IL

6 January 1851

Decree, Springfield, Sangamon Co., IL

23 January 1851

Emma Smith Bidamon and Lewis C. Bidamon, Release of Dower, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, to the United States

February (2)

25 February 1851

William Pope, Summons, to U.S. Marshal of the District of IL, for John J. Brent and Others, Springfield, Sangamon Co., IL

25 February 1851

Charles B. Lawrence, Notice, Illinois

April (23)

Ca. 8 April 1851

George Edmunds Jr. on behalf of Lewis C. Bidamon and Emma Smith Bidamon, Receipt, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, to Charles B. Lawrence

8 April 1851

Charles B. Lawrence, Deed for Property in Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, to Silas G. Strong

  • 8 Apr. 1851. Not extant.
  • 16 Apr. 1851; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 31, pp. [21]–22, Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting of J. A. Winston.
8 April 1851

Charles B. Lawrence, Deed for Property in Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, to Gustavus Lewengren

  • 8 Apr. 1851. Not extant.
  • 1 May 1851; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 31, pp. [121]–[123], Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting of J. A. Winston.
8 April 1851

Charles B. Lawrence, Deed for Property in Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, to Mary Eagan

  • 8 Apr. 1851. Not extant.
  • 7 May 1851; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 31, pp. 140–142, Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting of J. A. Winston.
8 April 1851

Charles B. Lawrence, Deed for Property in Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, to Nathan Prentice

  • 8 Apr. 1851. Not extant.
  • 7 May 1851; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 31, pp. 142–144, Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting of J. A. Winston.
8 April 1851

Charles B. Lawrence, Deed for Property in Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, to John C. McIntosh

  • 8 Apr. 1851. Not extant.
  • 13 June 1851; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 31, pp. 364–366, Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting of J. A. Winston.
8 April 1851

Charles B. Lawrence, Deed for Property in Hancock Co., IL, to Bryant Gilbride

  • 8 Apr. 1851. Not extant.
  • 6 Oct. 1851; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 32, pp. [71]–[73], Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting possibly of Robert Smith.
8 April 1851

Charles B. Lawrence, Deed for Property in Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, to Charles Bohne

  • 8 Apr. 1851. Not extant.
  • 20 Dec. 1852; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 35, pp. 2–3, Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; unidentified handwriting.
8 April 1851

Charles B. Lawrence, Deed for Property in Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, to Melancton S. Carey

  • 8 Apr. 1851. Not extant.
  • 26 Mar. 1853; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 35, pp. 317–319, Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; unidentified handwriting.
8 April 1851

Charles B. Lawrence, Deed for Property in Hancock Co., IL, to Julia Ann Johnson Babbitt

  • 8 Apr. 1851; Nauvoo Restoration, Inc. Collection, 1818–2001, CHL; printed form with manuscript additions in handwriting of Charles B. Lawrence; certified by George Edmunds Jr.; notation in unidentified handwriting with signature of Chauncey Robison.
  • 4 Oct. 1853; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 36, pp. 613–614, Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; unidentified handwriting.
8 April 1851

Charles B. Lawrence, Deed for Property in Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, to Elizabeth Bixler

  • 8 Apr. 1851. Not extant.
  • 26 May 1854; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 37, pp. [498]–499, Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting of Richard W. Smith.
8 April 1851

Charles B. Lawrence, Deed for Property in Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, to Christopher E. Yates

  • 8 Apr. 1851. Not extant.
  • 14 Sept. 1860; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 55, pp. 134–137, Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting probably of A. J. Davis.
8 April 1851

Charles B. Lawrence, Deed for Property in Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, to Mary Walworth

  • 8 Apr. 1851. Not extant.
  • 8 Feb. 1870; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 84, pp. 139–142, Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting probably of A. J. Davis.
8 April 1851

Charles B. Lawrence, Deed for Property in Hancock Co., IL, to William J. Turner

  • 8 Apr. 1851. Not extant.
  • 8 Nov. 1851; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 32, pp. [261]–262, Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting of J. A. Winston.
9 April 1851

Charles B. Lawrence, Deed for Property in Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, to John Rice

  • 9 Apr. 1851. Not extant.
  • 5 June 1851; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 31, pp. 300–[301], Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting of J. A. Winston.
9 April 1851

Charles B. Lawrence, Deed for Property in Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, to United States, 9 Apr. 1851–A

  • 9 Apr. 1851. Not extant.
  • 2 Sept. 1851; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 31, pp. [587]–[589], Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting of J. A. Winston.
9 April 1851

Charles B. Lawrence, Deed for Property in Hancock Co., IL, to United States, 9 Apr. 1851–B

  • 9 Apr. 1851. Not extant.
  • 2 Sept. 1851; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 31, pp. [589]–590, Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting of J. A. Winston.
9 April 1851

Charles B. Lawrence, Deed for Property in Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, to United States, 9 Apr. 1851–C

  • 9 Apr. 1851. Not extant.
  • 2 Sept. 1851; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 31, pp. [591]–592, Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting of J. A. Winston.
9 April 1851

Charles B. Lawrence, Deed for Property in Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, to United States, 9 Apr. 1851–D

  • 9 Apr. 1851. Not extant.
  • 2 Sept. 1851; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 31, pp. 592–594, Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting of J. A. Winston.
9 April 1851

Charles B. Lawrence, Deed for Property in Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, to Lewis C. Bidamon, 9 Apr. 1851–A

  • 9 Apr. 1851. Not extant.
  • 10 Mar. 1856; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 43, pp. 383–384, Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting of Chauncey Robison.
9 April 1851

Charles B. Lawrence, Deed for Property in Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, to Lewis C. Bidamon, 9 Apr. 1851–B

  • 9 Apr. 1851. Not extant.
  • 10 Mar. 1856; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 43, pp. 384–386, Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting of Chauncey Robison.
10 April 1851

Charles B. Lawrence, Deed for Property in Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, to George Schmidt

  • 10 Apr. 1851. Not extant.
  • 5 Mar. 1852; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 33, pp. 77–78, Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; unidentified handwriting.
10 April 1851

Charles B. Lawrence, Deed for Property in Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, to Reuben Barton

  • 10 Apr. 1851. Not extant.
  • 11 June 1852; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 34, pp. [205]–206, Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; unidentified handwriting.

May (1)

4 May 1851

Charles B. Lawrence, Deed for Property in Hancock Co., IL, to George Edmunds Jr.

  • 4 May 1851. Not extant.
  • 25 May 1852; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 33, pp. 333–334, Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; unidentified handwriting.

July (10)

Ca. 8 July 1851

George Edmunds Jr. on behalf of Emma Smith Bidamon and Others, Answer, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL

Ca. 8 July 1851

George W. Meeker on behalf of Joseph Smith III and Others, Answer, Illinois

9 July 1851

Decree, Springfield, Sangamon Co., IL

Ca. 10 July 1851

Charles B. Lawrence, Report, Illinois

Between 18 March and ca. 10 July 1851

S. M. Bartlett and Co., Certification, Quincy, Hancock Co., IL

Between 23 March and ca. 10 July 1851

A. Diquenard on behalf of E. Cabet and Co. Publishers, Certification, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL

Ca. 13 July 1851

Charles B. Lawrence, Report, Illinois

14 July 1851

Decree, Springfield, Sangamon Co., IL, 14 July 1851–A

14 July 1851

Decree, Springfield, Sangamon Co., IL, 14 July 1851–B

22 July 1851

Emma Smith Bidamon and Lewis C. Bidamon, Release of Dower, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, to United States

September (1)

Ca. September 1851

Charles B. Lawrence, Notice, Illinois

October (1)

11 October 1851

Charles B. Lawrence, Notice, Illinois

  • 11 Oct. 1851; Warsaw (IL) Signal, 11 Oct. 1851, [3].

November (16)

8 November 1851

Charles B. Lawrence, Deed for Property in Ramus, Hancock Co., IL, to Matthew McClaughry

  • 8 Nov. 1851. Not extant.
  • 8 Nov. 1851; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 32, pp. 250–[251], Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting of J. A. Winston.
8 November 1851

Charles B. Lawrence, Deed for Property in Ramus, Hancock Co., IL, to James McIlvaine

  • 8 Nov. 1851. Not extant.
  • 8 Nov. 1851; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 32, pp. [251]–252, Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting of J. A. Winston.
8 November 1851

Charles B. Lawrence, Deed for Property in Ramus, Hancock Co., IL, to John W. S. White

  • 8 Nov. 1851. Not extant.
  • 8 Nov. 1851; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 32, pp. 252–[253], Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting of J. A. Winston.
8 November 1851

Charles B. Lawrence, Deed for Property in Ramus, Hancock Co., IL, to Isaac R. Welch

  • 8 Nov. 1851. Not extant.
  • 8 Nov. 1851; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 32, p. [253], Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting of J. A. Winston.
8 November 1851

Charles B. Lawrence, Deed for Property in Ramus, Hancock Co., IL, to Jesse W. Taylor

  • 8 Nov. 1851. Not extant.
  • 8 Nov. 1851; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 32, p. 254, Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting of J. A. Winston.
8 November 1851

Charles B. Lawrence, Deed for Property in Ramus, Hancock Co., IL, to Fitzgerald Woolley

  • 8 Nov. 1851. Not extant.
  • 8 Nov. 1851; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 32, p. [255], Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting of J. A. Winston.
8 November 1851

Charles B. Lawrence, Deed for Property in Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, to Phineas Kimball

  • 8 Nov. 1851. Not extant.
  • 8 Nov. 1851; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 32, p. 256, Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting of J. A. Winston.
8 November 1851

Charles B. Lawrence, Deed for Property in Hancock Co., IL, to Erastus Rossiter

  • 8 Nov. 1851. Not extant.
  • 8 Nov. 1851; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 32, p. [257], Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting of J. A. Winston.
8 November 1851

Charles B. Lawrence, Deed for Property in Ramus, Hancock Co., IL, to Benjamin Cox

  • 8 Nov. 1851. Not extant.
  • 8 Nov. 1851; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 32, p. 258, Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting of J. A. Winston.
8 November 1851

Charles B. Lawrence, Deed for Property in Ramus, Hancock Co., IL, to Onias Skinner

  • 8 Nov. 1851. Not extant.
  • 2 Dec. 1851; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 32, pp. 324–[325], Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting of J. A. Winston.
8 November 1851

Charles B. Lawrence, Deed for Property in Ramus, Hancock Co., IL, to James Richardson

  • 8 Nov. 1851. Not extant.
  • 4 Apr. 1853; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 36, pp. 117–118, Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; unidentified handwriting.
9 November 1851

Charles B. Lawrence, Deed for Property in Hancock Co., IL, to United States

  • 9 Nov. 1851. Not extant.
  • 4 Mar. 1852; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 32, pp. [637]–638, Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; unidentified handwriting.
10 November 1851

Charles B. Lawrence, Deed for Property in Hancock Co., IL, to United States, 10 Nov. 1851–A

  • 10 Nov. 1851. Not extant.
  • 4 Mar. 1852; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 32, pp. 636–[637], Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; unidentified handwriting.
10 November 1851

Charles B. Lawrence, Deed for Property in Ramus, Hancock Co., IL, to United States, 10 Nov. 1851–B

  • 10 Nov. 1851. Not extant.
  • 4 Mar. 1852; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 32, pp. 638–[639], Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; unidentified handwriting.
10 November 1851

Charles B. Lawrence, Deed for Property in Hancock Co., IL, to United States, 10 Nov. 1851–C

  • 10 Nov. 1851. Not extant.
  • 4 Mar. 1852; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 32, pp. 640–[641], Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; unidentified handwriting.
10 November 1851

Charles B. Lawrence, Deed for Property in Ramus, Hancock Co., IL, to United States, 10 Nov. 1851–D

  • 10 Nov. 1851. Not extant.
  • 4 Mar. 1852; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 32, pp. [641]–642, Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; unidentified handwriting.

December (1)

18 December 1851

Charles B. Lawrence, Deed for Property in Ramus, Hancock Co., IL, to Jabez A. Beebee

  • 18 Dec. 1851. Not extant.
  • 8 Jan. 1852; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 32, pp. 449–[449a], Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; unidentified handwriting.

1852 (13)

January (3)

Ca. 12 January 1852

Charles B. Lawrence, Report, Illinois

Between 1 November 1851 and ca. 12 January 1852

Certification, Warsaw, Hancock Co., IL

13 January 1852

Decree, Springfield, Sangamon Co., IL

February (1)

7 February 1852

Emma Smith Bidamon and Lewis C. Bidamon, Release of Dower, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, to United States

March (1)

20 March 1852

Charles B. Lawrence, Notice, Illinois

  • 20 Mar. 1852; Warsaw (IL) Signal, 20 Mar. 1852, [3].

May (4)

Ca. 3 May 1852

Emma Smith Bidamon and Lewis C. Bidamon, Receipt, Hancock Co., IL, to Charles B. Lawrence

3 May 1852

Charles B. Lawrence, Deed for Property in Hancock Co., IL, to Emma Smith Bidamon

  • 3 May 1852. Not extant.
  • 10 Mar. 1856; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 43, p. 378, Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; handwriting of unidentified scribe and Robert Smith.
4 May 1852

Charles B. Lawrence, Deed for Property in Hancock Co., IL, to Wood, Abbott & Co.

  • 4 May 1852. Not extant.
  • 25 May 1852; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 33, pp. 337–338, Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; unidentified handwriting.
4 May 1852

Charles B. Lawrence, Deed for Property in Hancock Co., IL, to Thomas Wilson and George Greer

  • 4 May 1852. Not extant.
  • 10 July 1852; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, vol. 33, p. 414, Hancock County Recorder’s Office, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL; unidentified handwriting.

July (4)

Ca. 16 July 1852

Charles B. Lawrence, Report, Illinois

Ca. 16 July 1852

Archibald Williams, Receipt, Springfield, Sangamon Co., IL, to Charles B. Lawrence

17 July 1852

Decree, Springfield, Sangamon Co., IL

Ca. 17 July 1852

Transcript of Proceedings, Springfield, Sangamon Co., IL

  • Ca. 17 July 1852; U.S. District Court for the District of Illinois, Complete Records, 1837–1856, vol. 4, pp. 486–697, Records of District Courts of the United States, Record Group 21, National Archives at Chicago, Chicago; handwriting of George W. Lowry.
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    1. [1]

      See Introduction to Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS.

    2. [2]

      During Joseph W. Coolidge’s administration of the JS estate, Babbitt filed a claim on behalf of the Lawrence children that was allowed by the court for $4,033.87. (Docket Entry, Allowed Claim from Almon Babbitt, 6 May 1845 [Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS]; Affidavit, 8 Aug. 1848 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS].)

    3. [3]

      See Introduction to Maria Lawrence et al. v. Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS; George Miller and Newel K. Whitney, Certificate of Election, 24 Jan. 1846, Hancock Co., IL, Bonds and Mortgages, 1840–1904, vol. 2, p. 144, microfilm 954,776, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.

      U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

    4. [4]

      Coolidge left the state of Illinois with the body of Latter-day Saints in 1846 and was residing in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa, at the time of Ferris’s appointment. When next of kin or creditors were unavailable or unwilling to administer an estate, the state could appoint a public administrator in each county. Ferris evidently was a public administrator for Hancock County. (See Introduction to Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS; Docket Entry, Administration Papers, 8 Aug. 1848 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS]; and “Wills,” Revised Statutes of the State of Illinois, pp. 541, 547–548, secs. 21, 55–58.)

      Revised Statutes of the State of Illinois, Adopted by the General Assembly of Said State, at Its Regular Session, Held in the Years, A. D., 1844–’5. Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1845.

    5. [5]

      Oath, 8 Aug.1848 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS]; Bond, 8 Aug. 1848 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS]; Letters of Administration, 8 Aug. 1848 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS].

    6. [6]

      “The Memoirs of President Joseph Smith,” Saints’ Herald, 29 Jan. 1935, 145.

      Saints’ Herald. Independence, MO. 1860–.

    7. [7]

      Emma Smith Bidamon, Nauvoo, IL, to Lewis Bidamon, [Sacramento, CA], 7 Jan. 1850, CCLA.

      Bidamon, Emma Smith. Materials, 1842–1871. CCLA.

    8. [8]

      Deed to Emma Smith and Others, 12 July 1843; Deed, Robert B. and Mercy Fielding Thompson to Joseph Smith III, 24 July 1841; Deed, Robert B. and Mercy Thompson to Frederick Smith, 24 July 1841; Inventory, 26 Dec. 1848 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS].

    9. [9]

      The notice was apparently published in four consecutive issues of the Hancock Patriot newspaper between 12 August and 2 September 1848; however, these issues are apparently not extant. Ferris filed proof of the notice of publication on 17 April 1849. (See “Wills,” Revised Statutes of the State of Illinois, p. 558, sec. 103; Certification, ca. 2 Sept. 1848 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS]; and Docket Entry, Notice of Publication, 17 Apr. 1849 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Heirs of JS].)

      Revised Statutes of the State of Illinois, Adopted by the General Assembly of Said State, at Its Regular Session, Held in the Years, A. D., 1844–’5. Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1845.

    10. [10]

      Edward Holbrook of the firm Holbrook & Ferme presented two 1 September 1837 notes for $269.81 and $287.05 that the court allowed for $875.14. Attorney Nehemiah Bushnell on behalf of the firm Halsted, Haines & Co. submitted two 1 September 1837 notes that the court allowed for $7,349.10. An 1839 judgment rendered in the Geauga County, Ohio, court of common pleas in favor of Halsted, Haines & Co. was allowed for $2,354.59. (See Introduction to Halsted, Haines & Co. v. O. Granger et al.; Introduction to United States v. Haws et al.; Promissory Note to Holbrook & Ferme, 1 Sept. 1837–A; Promissory Note to Holbrook & Ferme, 1 Sept. 1837–C; Docket Entry, Allowed Claim from Edward Holbrook, 16 Sept. 1848 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS]; Promissory Note to Halsted, Haines & Co., 1 Sept. 1837–B; Promissory Note to Halsted, Haines & Co., 1 Sept. 1837–C; Docket Entry, Allowed Claim from Halsted, Haines & Co., 16 Sept. 1848 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS]; Docket Entry, Allowed Claim from Halsted, Haines & Co., 16 Nov. 1848 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS].)

    11. [11]

      See Introduction to United States v. Haws et al.

    12. [12]

      Docket Entry, Allowed Claim from the United States, 12 Dec. 1848 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS].

    13. [13]

      Inventory, ca. 14 Jan. 1845 [Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS]; Inventory, 26 Dec. 1848 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS]; see also Introduction to Joseph Smith’s Bankruptcy; and Historical Introduction to Schedule of Creditors, ca. 14–16 Apr. 1842.

    14. [14]

      Notice, 6 Feb. 1849 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS].

    15. [15]

      Edmunds served as master in chancery for the United States Circuit Court of the District of Illinois and solicitor for the Smith family and for Ferris in United States v. Joseph Smith III et al. (See “Wills,” Revised Statutes of the State of Illinois, pp. 560–562, secs. 114–115, 124; Docket Entry, Claim Withdrawn, 5 Feb. 1849 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS]; Notice, 6 Feb. 1849 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS].)

      Revised Statutes of the State of Illinois, Adopted by the General Assembly of Said State, at Its Regular Session, Held in the Years, A. D., 1844–’5. Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1845.

    16. [16]

      “Wills,” Revised Statutes of the State of Illinois, p. 560, sec. 114.

      Revised Statutes of the State of Illinois, Adopted by the General Assembly of Said State, at Its Regular Session, Held in the Years, A. D., 1844–’5. Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1845.

    17. [17]

      Notice, 6 Feb. 1849 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS]; Docket Entry, Allowed Claims from Phineas Kimball, 3 Apr. 1849; Fee Bill, 3 Apr. 1489 [Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS, Assignee of Buckwalter v. William Law]; Fee Bill, 3 Apr. 1849 [Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Heirs of JS]; see also Introduction to Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS.

    18. [18]

      Before submitting his claim against the estate, Green filed suit against Ferris in March 1849. The court ruled the case nonsuit. (Declaration, ca. 25 Mar. 1849 [Green v. Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS]; Docket Entry, Demurrer Overruled and Nonsuit, 19 Apr. 1849 [Green v. Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS].)

    19. [19]

      In December 1850, Ferris stated the petition was “still pending undetermined” in the probate court. (Transcript of Proceedings, between Apr. 1856 and 1858 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.], pp. 625, 673–674.)

    20. [20]

      Ferris later recalled that the total allowed claims against the estate amounted to about thirty thousand dollars. (Transcript of Proceedings, between Apr. 1856 and 1858 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.], p. 624.)

    21. [21]

      See Introduction to Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS; and Introduction to Maria Lawrence et al. v. Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS. First-class claims encompassed all funeral and “last sickness” expenses, while second-class claims included estate administrator expenses and “the physician’s bill in the last illness of the deceased.” Third-class demands involved administrator or guardianship monies to be paid from the estate; fourth-class claims were all other debts “without regard to quality or dignity.” (“Wills,” Revised Statutes of the State of Illinois, pp. 561, 562, secs. 115, 122.

      Revised Statutes of the State of Illinois, Adopted by the General Assembly of Said State, at Its Regular Session, Held in the Years, A. D., 1844–’5. Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1845.

    22. [22]

      Transcript of Proceedings, between Apr. 1856 and 1858 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.], pp. 673–674, 650–651; Docket Entry, Orders and Continuance, 12 Mar. 1852 [Kimball v. L. C. Bidamon et al.].

    23. [23]

      Affidavit, 8 Aug. 1848 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS]; Transcript of Proceedings, between Apr. 1856 and 1858 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.], p. 490.

    24. [24]

      The petition, which likely contained a list of properties described in the inventory, is apparently not extant. (Inventory, 26 Dec. 1848 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS].)

    25. [25]

      State statute granted courts the right to appoint a guardian ad litem to represent infant defendants in matters in chancery. Sibley was a defendant in United States v. Joseph Smith III et al. (Docket Entry, Appointment of Guardian ad Litem, 19 Apr. 1849 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Heirs of JS]; “Chancery,” Revised Statutes of the State of Illinois, p. 93, sec. 4; p. 99, sec. 47.)

      Revised Statutes of the State of Illinois, Adopted by the General Assembly of Said State, at Its Regular Session, Held in the Years, A. D., 1844–’5. Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1845.

    26. [26]

      The amended petition is apparently not extant. (Docket Entry, Demurrer, 21 Apr. 1849 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Heirs of JS]; Docket Entry, Amended Petition, 24 Apr. 1849 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Heirs of JS]; Transcript of Proceedings, between Apr. 1856 and 1858 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.].)

    27. [27]

      The amended bill of complaint is apparently not extant. (Docket Entry, Demurrer Sustained and Leave to Amend, 22 Sept. 1849 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Heirs of JS].)

    28. [28]

      Docket Entry, Demurrer, 19 Apr. 1850 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Heirs of JS]; Docket Entry, Continuance, 26 Apr. 1850 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Heirs of JS]; Docket Entry, Continuance, 13 Oct. 1851 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Heirs of JS]; Docket Entry, Continuance, 12 Mar. 1852 [Ferris Adminisrator of the Estate of JS v. Heirs of JS].

    29. [29]

      Docket Entry, Dismissal, 12 June 1852 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Heirs of JS]; Transcript of Proceedings, between Apr. 1856 and 1858 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.].)

    30. [30]

      Promissory Note to Robert D. Foster, 20 Mar. 1843; JS, Journal, 20 Mar. 1843.

    31. [31]

      Transcript of Proceedings, between Apr. 1856 and 1858 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.], pp. 490, 492, 515, 623–626.

    32. [32]

      Promissory Note to Robert D. Foster, 20 Mar. 1843; Declaration, ca. 25 Mar. 1849 [Green v. Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS].

    33. [33]

      Summons, 26 Mar. 1849 [Green v. Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS].

    34. [34]

      Summons, 3 Apr. 1849 [Green v. Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS].

    35. [35]

      Plea, ca. 16 Apr. 1849 [Green v. Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS]; Transcript of Proceedings, between Apr. 1856 and 1858 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.], pp. 490, 492, 515, 623–626.

    36. [36]

      “Wills,” Revised Statutes of the State of Illinois, p. 558, secs. 101–102; Plea, ca. 16 Apr. 1849 [Green v. Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS]; Letters of Administration, 8 Aug. 1848 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS]; Oath, 8 Aug. 1848 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS]; and Bond, 8 Aug. 1848 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS].

      Revised Statutes of the State of Illinois, Adopted by the General Assembly of Said State, at Its Regular Session, Held in the Years, A. D., 1844–’5. Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1845.

    37. [37]

      Docket Entry, Dismissal, 17 Apr. 1849 [Green v. Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS]; Demurrer, ca. 17 Apr. 1849 [Green v. Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS].

    38. [38]

      Docket Entry, Demurrer, 18 Apr. 1849 [Green v. Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS]; Docket Entry, Demurrer Overruled and Nonsuit, 19 Apr. 1849 [Green v. Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS].

    39. [39]

      Docket Entry, Demurrer Overruled and Nonsuit, 19 Apr. 1849 [Green v. Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS].

    40. [40]

      Docket Entry, Allowed Claim from Ephraim S. Green, 1 Apr. 1850 [Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS].

    41. [41]

      Promissory Note to Robert D. Foster, 20 Mar. 1843; Transcript of Proceedings, between Apr. 1856 and 1858 [United States v. Joseph Smith III et al.], pp. 653, 673–674.

    42. [42]

      Bill in Chancery, between 26 Apr. and ca. 31 May 1849 [Kimball v. L. C. Bidamon et al.]; Docket Entry, Failure to Answer and Appointment of Guardian ad Litem, 20 Sept. 1850 [Kimball v. L. C. Bidamon et al.]; Hiram Kimball for Phineas Kimball to Edmunds, Warren, and Skinner, Agreement, 26 Apr. 1849, Hiram Kimball, Collection, CHL.

      Kimball, Hiram. Collection, 1830–1910. CHL.

    43. [43]

      Promissory Note to Mead, Stafford & Co., 11 July 1837–A; Promissory Note to Mead, Stafford & Co., 11 July 1837–B; Bill in Chancery, between 26 Apr. and ca. 31 May 1849 [Kimball v. L. C. Bidamon et al.] .

    44. [44]

      See Historical Introduction to Mortgage to Mead, Stafford & Co., 11 July 1837; Letter to Oliver Granger, 4 May 1841; Letter, Joseph Smith III to John H. Hansen, 19 May 1875; Letter, Joseph Smith III to Israel A. Smith, 31 Mar. 1910, Miscellaneous Letters and Papers, CCLA; and “The Memoirs of President Joseph Smith,” Saints’ Herald, 19 Mar. 1845, 368.

      Miscellaneous Letters and Papers, 1860–1968. CCLA.

      Saints’ Herald. Independence, MO. 1860–.

    45. [45]

      Promissory Note to Mead, Stafford & Co., 11 July 1837–B; Docket Entry, Allowed Claims, 14 Apr. 1845–19 Apr. 1849 [Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS and Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS].

    46. [46]

      Probate courts by law could render judgments, issue executions, or give final process for any filed claims or suits brought against administrators. (“Wills,” Revised Statutes of the State of Illinois, p. 561, sec. 117.)

      Revised Statutes of the State of Illinois, Adopted by the General Assembly of Said State, at Its Regular Session, Held in the Years, A. D., 1844–’5. Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1845.

    47. [47]

      Hiram Kimball for Phineas Kimball to Edmunds, Warren, and Skinner, Agreement, 26 Apr. 1849, Hiram Kimball, Collection, CHL.

      Kimball, Hiram. Collection, 1830–1910. CHL.

    48. [48]

      See Bill in Chancery, between 26 Apr. and ca. 31 May 1849 [Kimball v. L. C. Bidamon et al.]; Bond from Erie Rhodes, 16 Sept. 1841; Deed to Julia M. Smith and Others, 17 Mar. 1842; Deed to Emma Smith and Others, 12 July 1843.

    49. [49]

      For a description of the filed exhibits, see Bill in Chancery, between 26 Apr. and ca. 31 May 1849 [Kimball v. L. C. Bidamon et al.]; and documents calendar for Kimball v. L. C. Bidamon et al.

    50. [50]

      Emma Bidamon, Elisha Dixon, Julia Dixon, Lorin Walker, and John M. Ferris were served by summons while Lewis Bidamon, Alanson Ripley, William Clayton, and Joseph W. Coolidge were served by publication. Although the printed notice has not been located, Kimball by his solicitor filed his notice of publication with the court on 17 September 1849. (Docket Entry, Failure to Answer and Appointment of Guardian ad Litem, 20 Sept. 1850 [Kimball v. L. C. Bidamon et al.].)

    51. [51]

      Bill in Chancery, between 26 Apr. and ca. 31 May 1849 [Kimball v. L. C. Bidamon et al.]; “Wills,” Revised Statutes of the State of Illinois, p. 544, sec. 39.

      Revised Statutes of the State of Illinois, Adopted by the General Assembly of Said State, at Its Regular Session, Held in the Years, A. D., 1844–’5. Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1845.

    52. [52]

      Docket Entry, Answer, 26 Apr. 1850 [Kimball v. L. C. Bidamon et al.]; see also Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court, Chancery Court Records, 1838–1924, vol. D, p. 265, microfilm 955,134, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.

      U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

    53. [53]

      Docket Entry, Failure to Answer and Appointment of Guardian ad Litem, 20 Sept. 1850 [Kimball v. L. C. Bidamon et al.].

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