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Introduction to D. Lake v. JS Docket Entry, between 24 November and 4 December 1834 [D. Lake v. JS] Bond, 10 December 1834 [D. Lake v. JS] Declaration, circa 7 May 1835 [D. Lake v. JS] Plea, between 7 May and circa 16 June 1835 [D. Lake v. JS] Docket Entry, Judgment, 19 June 1835 [D. Lake v. JS] Docket Entry, Costs, circa 19 June 1835 [D. Lake v. JS] Transcript of Proceedings, circa 19 June 1835 [D. Lake v. JS]

Plea, between 7 May and circa 16 June 1835 [D. Lake v. JS]

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Benjamin Bissell

1805–13 Oct. 1878. Lawyer, senator, judge. Born at Hartwick, Otsego Co., New York. Son of Benjamin Bissell and Elizabeth Heath. Moved to Painesville, Geauga Co., Ohio, Jan. 1829. Married Sarah Bright, 10 Apr. 1829, at Painesville. Partner with Salmon B. Axtell...

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on behalf of JS, Plea,
Geauga Co.

Located in northeastern Ohio, south of Lake Erie. Rivers in area include Grand, Chagrin, and Cuyahoga. Settled mostly by New Englanders, beginning 1798. Formed from Trumbull Co., 1 Mar. 1806. Chardon established as county seat, 1808. Population in 1830 about...

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, OH, [between 7 May and ca. 16 June 1835], D. Lake v. JS (Geauga Co., OH, Court of Common Pleas 1835). Copied [ca. 19 June 1835] in Transcript of Proceedings, Geauga County Court of Common Pleas, Common Pleas Record, vol. Q, p. 508; handwriting of
David D. Aiken

20 Sept. 1794–12 Dec. 1861. County clerk, associate judge, merchant. Born in New York. Baptized into Episcopalian church, 9 Aug. 1818, in New York. Married Laura Loomis. Moved to Brown, Stark Co., Ohio, by 1820; to Painesville, Geauga Co., Ohio; and to Chardon...

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; Geauga County Archives and Records Center, Chardon, OH.

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Plea, between 7 May and circa 16 June 1835 [ D. Lake v. JS ]
Transcript of Proceedings, circa 19 June 1835 [ D. Lake v. JS ]

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The State of Ohio)
Geauga County

Located in northeastern Ohio, south of Lake Erie. Rivers in area include Grand, Chagrin, and Cuyahoga. Settled mostly by New Englanders, beginning 1798. Formed from Trumbull Co., 1 Mar. 1806. Chardon established as county seat, 1808. Population in 1830 about...

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Com. Pleas vac. before J.T. 1835
And now comes the said Joseph Smith Jr. & says that he did not undertake & promise the said
plaintiff

24 Sept. 1812–12 Sept. 1883. Farmer, laborer. Born in Ernestown, Lenox and Addington Co., Upper Canada. Son of James Lake Jr. and Mary. Married Mary Ann Pickle, 17 Nov. 1831, at Ernestown. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ca. 1832...

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, in manner & form as he has complained of him in his declaration, & puts himself up
on the country

Phrase used in pleadings meaning the defendant wished a trial by jury.

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B[enjamin] Bissell

1805–13 Oct. 1878. Lawyer, senator, judge. Born at Hartwick, Otsego Co., New York. Son of Benjamin Bissell and Elizabeth Heath. Moved to Painesville, Geauga Co., Ohio, Jan. 1829. Married Sarah Bright, 10 Apr. 1829, at Painesville. Partner with Salmon B. Axtell...

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Attorney for Deft.— [p. 508]
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