Praecipe, circa 3 March 1844 [Bostwick v. JS and Greene]

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Introduction to City of Nauvoo v. Bostwick, Bostwick v. JS and Greene, and Bostwick v. JS Praecipe, circa 3 March 1844 [Bostwick v. JS and Greene] Notice, 9 April 1844 [Bostwick v. JS and Greene] Docket Entry, Dismissal, 20 May 1844 [Bostwick v. JS and Greene] Docket Entry, circa 20 May 1844 [Bostwick v. JS and Greene] Docket Entry, circa 27 May 1844 [Bostwick v. JS and Greene] Case File Wrapper, circa May 1844 [Bostwick v. JS and Greene] Docket Entry, Fee Bill, between circa 22 November 1844 and circa 20 February 1845 [Bostwick v. JS and Greene]
Praecipe, circa 3 March 1844 [Bostwick v. JS and Greene]
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Chauncey L. Higbee
7 Sept. 1821–7 Dec. 1884. Lawyer, banker, politician, judge. Born in Tate Township, Clermont Co., Ohio. Son of Elias Higbee and Sarah Elizabeth Ward. Lived in Fulton, Hamilton Co., Ohio, 1830. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1832...
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on behalf of
Orsamus F. Bostwick
2 Mar. 1801–9 Aug. 1869. Blacksmith. Born in Hinesburg, Chittenden Co., Vermont. Son of Heman Bostwick and Belinda Palmer. Married first Sarah Eddy, 26 Mar. 1820. Moved to Onondaga, Onondaga Co., New York, by 1829. Married second Sarah Bardwell, 26 Mar. 1830...
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, Praecipe, to
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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Circuit Court Clerk [
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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],
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. [3] Mar. 1844, Bostwick v. JS and Greene (Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court 1844); handwriting of
Chauncey L. Higbee
7 Sept. 1821–7 Dec. 1884. Lawyer, banker, politician, judge. Born in Tate Township, Clermont Co., Ohio. Son of Elias Higbee and Sarah Elizabeth Ward. Lived in Fulton, Hamilton Co., Ohio, 1830. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1832...
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; docket by
Jacob B. Backenstos
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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, ca. 3 Mar. 1844]; notation probably by
David E. Head
27 Apr. 1818–1 May 1877. Clerk, merchant. Born in Washington Co., Kentucky. Moved to Macomb, McDonough Co., Illinois, ca. 1834. Deputy clerk of McDonough Co. Deputy clerk of Hancock Co., Illinois, circuit court, by 16 May 1843. Clerk of Hancock Co. Circuit...
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, 4 Mar. 1844; two pages; microfilm in Circuit Court Case Files, 1830–1900, CHL.

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See Introduction to City of Nauvoo v. Bostwick, Bostwick v. JS and Greene, and Bostwick v. JS.
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Docket in handwriting of Jacob B. Backenstos.
Orsamus F Bostwick
2 Mar. 1801–9 Aug. 1869. Blacksmith. Born in Hinesburg, Chittenden Co., Vermont. Son of Heman Bostwick and Belinda Palmer. Married first Sarah Eddy, 26 Mar. 1820. Moved to Onondaga, Onondaga Co., New York, by 1829. Married second Sarah Bardwell, 26 Mar. 1830...
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vs)
Precipe
“The written instructions given by an attorney or plaintiff to the clerk or prothonotary of a court, whose duty it is to make out the writ.”
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Joseph Smith and
John P Green
3 Sept. 1793–10 Sept. 1844. Farmer, shoemaker, printer, publisher. Born at Herkimer, Herkimer Co., New York. Son of John Coddington Greene and Anna Chapman. Married first Rhoda Young, 11 Feb. 1813. Moved to Aurelius, Cayuga Co., New York, 1814; to Brownsville...
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Notation probably in handwriting of David E. Head.
Filed March 4, 1844

J[acob] B Backenstos
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clerk [p. [2]]
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Praecipe, circa 3 March 1844 [Bostwick v. JS and Greene]
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Jacob B. Backenstos
David E. Head
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Docket in handwriting of Jacob B. Backenstos.
Notation probably in handwriting of David E. Head.