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Introduction to City of Nauvoo v. F. M. Higbee, F. M. Higbee v. JS–A, F. M. Higbee v. JS–A on Habeas Corpus, and F. M. Higbee v. JS–B Praecipe, circa 7 May 1844–A [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B] Praecipe, circa 7 May 1844–B [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B] Summons, 8 May 1844 [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B] Subpoena, 8 May 1844–A [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B] Subpoena, 8 May 1844–B [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B] Declaration, circa 9 May 1844 [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B] Plea, 20 May 1844 [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B] Docket Entry, Plea, 21 May 1844 [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B] Affidavit, 23 May 1844–A [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B] Affidavit, 23 May 1844–B [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B] Affidavit, 23 May 1844–C [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B] Docket Entry, Motion and Change of Venue, 23 May 1844 [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B] Affidavit, 24 May 1844 [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B] Docket Entry, Motion Set Aside, 24 May 1844 [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B] Pleas, circa 28 May 1844 [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B] Replication, circa 28 May 1844 [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B] Demurrer, circa 28 May 1844 [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B] Docket Entry, Pleas and Demurrer, 29 May 1844 [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B] Docket Entry, Demurrer Sustained, 29 May 1844 [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B] Bill of Costs, 9 August 1844 [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B] Bill of Costs, 10 August 1844 [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B] Transcript of Proceedings, 10 August 1844 [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B] Case File Wrapper, circa October 1844 [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B] Praecipe, 29 May 1844 [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B] Docket Entry, Abatement, 27 August 1844 [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B] Docket Entry, circa 27 August 1844 [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B] Docket Entry, Abatement, circa August 1844 [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B]

Pleas, circa 28 May 1844 [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B]

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Almon Babbitt

Oct. 1812–Sept. 1856. Postmaster, editor, attorney. Born at Cheshire, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. Son of Ira Babbitt and Nancy Crosier. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ca. 1830. Located in Amherst, Lorain Co., Ohio, July 1831....

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and
Onias Skinner

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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on behalf of JS, Pleas,
Hancock Co.

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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, IL, [ca. 28 May 1844], F. M. Higbee v. JS–B (Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court 1844); handwriting of
Almon Babbitt

Oct. 1812–Sept. 1856. Postmaster, editor, attorney. Born at Cheshire, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. Son of Ira Babbitt and Nancy Crosier. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ca. 1830. Located in Amherst, Lorain Co., Ohio, July 1831....

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and
William Marr

5 Feb. 1817–5 Sept. 1844. Lawyer. Born in Scarborough, Cumberland Co., Maine. Son of Robert P. Marr and Olive Plaisted. Graduated from Bowdoin College, 1839, in Brunswick, Cumberland Co. Graduated from Harvard Law School, 1842. Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co...

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; signatures of
Almon Babbitt

Oct. 1812–Sept. 1856. Postmaster, editor, attorney. Born at Cheshire, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. Son of Ira Babbitt and Nancy Crosier. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ca. 1830. Located in Amherst, Lorain Co., Ohio, July 1831....

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and
Onias Skinner

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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by
Almon Babbitt

Oct. 1812–Sept. 1856. Postmaster, editor, attorney. Born at Cheshire, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. Son of Ira Babbitt and Nancy Crosier. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ca. 1830. Located in Amherst, Lorain Co., Ohio, July 1831....

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; signatures of
Calvin A. Warren

3 June 1807–22 Feb. 1881. Lawyer. Born in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York. Lived at Hamilton Co., Ohio, 1832. Moved to Batavia, Clermont Co., Ohio, by 1835. Married first Viola A. Morris, 25 May 1835, at Batavia. Moved to Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois, 1836...

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and
William Marr

5 Feb. 1817–5 Sept. 1844. Lawyer. Born in Scarborough, Cumberland Co., Maine. Son of Robert P. Marr and Olive Plaisted. Graduated from Bowdoin College, 1839, in Brunswick, Cumberland Co. Graduated from Harvard Law School, 1842. Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co...

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by
William Marr

5 Feb. 1817–5 Sept. 1844. Lawyer. Born in Scarborough, Cumberland Co., Maine. Son of Robert P. Marr and Olive Plaisted. Graduated from Bowdoin College, 1839, in Brunswick, Cumberland Co. Graduated from Harvard Law School, 1842. Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co...

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; docket by
Almon Babbitt

Oct. 1812–Sept. 1856. Postmaster, editor, attorney. Born at Cheshire, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. Son of Ira Babbitt and Nancy Crosier. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ca. 1830. Located in Amherst, Lorain Co., Ohio, July 1831....

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, [
Hancock Co.

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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, IL, ca. 28 May 1844]; notation possibly by
Jacob B. Backenstos

8 Oct. 1811–25 Sept. 1857. Merchant, sheriff, soldier, politician, land speculator. Born at Lower Paxton, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania. Son of Jacob Backenstos and Margaretha Theis. Member of Lutheran Reformed Church. Married Sarah Lavina Lee, niece of Robert...

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, [
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], 29 May 1844; notation by James M. Campbell, [
Macomb

Incorporated as city, 1841. McDonough Co. seat. JS’s brother Don Carlos Smith lived nearby Macomb, 1839. Branch of church organized in city, June 1839.

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, McDonough Co., IL], 12 Aug. 1844; four pages; McDonough County Circuit Court Files, Illinois Regional Archives Depository vault, Archives and Special Collections, Leslie F. Malpass Library, Western Illinois University, Macomb.

Historical Introduction

See Introduction to City of Nauvoo v. F. M. Higbee, F. M. Higbee v. JS–A, F. M. Higbee v. JS–A on Habeas Corpus, and F. M. Higbee v. JS–B.

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against said
plaintiff

1820–after 1850. Attorney, merchant. Born in Tate, Clermont Co., Ohio. Son of Elias Higbee and Sarah Elizabeth Ward. Moved to Fulton, Hamilton Co., Ohio, by 1830. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1832. Moved to Jackson Co., Missouri...

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that he before the said speaking of said words <​by deft​> as charged in
plaintiff

1820–after 1850. Attorney, merchant. Born in Tate, Clermont Co., Ohio. Son of Elias Higbee and Sarah Elizabeth Ward. Moved to Fulton, Hamilton Co., Ohio, by 1830. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1832. Moved to Jackson Co., Missouri...

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s <​declaratin​> spoke uttered and published of and concerning
plaintiff

1820–after 1850. Attorney, merchant. Born in Tate, Clermont Co., Ohio. Son of Elias Higbee and Sarah Elizabeth Ward. Moved to Fulton, Hamilton Co., Ohio, by 1830. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1832. Moved to Jackson Co., Missouri...

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that
plaintiff

1820–after 1850. Attorney, merchant. Born in Tate, Clermont Co., Ohio. Son of Elias Higbee and Sarah Elizabeth Ward. Moved to Fulton, Hamilton Co., Ohio, by 1830. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1832. Moved to Jackson Co., Missouri...

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had the pox as well he might because said
plaintiff

1820–after 1850. Attorney, merchant. Born in Tate, Clermont Co., Ohio. Son of Elias Higbee and Sarah Elizabeth Ward. Moved to Fulton, Hamilton Co., Ohio, by 1830. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1832. Moved to Jackson Co., Missouri...

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before that time had had that loathsome disease To Wit on the [blank] day of AD 1842 at the county of
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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aforsaid & before the speaking of words charging
plaintiff

1820–after 1850. Attorney, merchant. Born in Tate, Clermont Co., Ohio. Son of Elias Higbee and Sarah Elizabeth Ward. Moved to Fulton, Hamilton Co., Ohio, by 1830. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1832. Moved to Jackson Co., Missouri...

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with seduction
as charged in
pliatiff

1820–after 1850. Attorney, merchant. Born in Tate, Clermont Co., Ohio. Son of Elias Higbee and Sarah Elizabeth Ward. Moved to Fulton, Hamilton Co., Ohio, by 1830. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1832. Moved to Jackson Co., Missouri...

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s declaration mentioned
plaintiff

1820–after 1850. Attorney, merchant. Born in Tate, Clermont Co., Ohio. Son of Elias Higbee and Sarah Elizabeth Ward. Moved to Fulton, Hamilton Co., Ohio, by 1830. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1832. Moved to Jackson Co., Missouri...

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had been guilty of seducing one
[blank]’ [blank] To wit at the county of
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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aforsaid <​on the day of [blank] (1st 1842)​> and these and the words charged aganst defendent in
plaintiff

1820–after 1850. Attorney, merchant. Born in Tate, Clermont Co., Ohio. Son of Elias Higbee and Sarah Elizabeth Ward. Moved to Fulton, Hamilton Co., Ohio, by 1830. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1832. Moved to Jackson Co., Missouri...

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s declaration and none other or different words all of which defendant is ready to verify wherefore he prays Judgt &
Babbit

Oct. 1812–Sept. 1856. Postmaster, editor, attorney. Born at Cheshire, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. Son of Ira Babbitt and Nancy Crosier. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ca. 1830. Located in Amherst, Lorain Co., Ohio, July 1831....

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&
skinner

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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for Defendnt
[See Replication, ca. 28 May 1844 [F. M. Higbee v. JS–B].] [p. [3]]
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