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Law -- Illinois -- Hancock County -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Hancock County (Ill.) court summons

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230310697]
Identifier: MSS SC 1294
Scope and Contents

Handwritten summons dated March 17, 1843, to Edward Johnson to appear to answer a complaint from Ashael Palmer regarding failure to pay a debt. The document is signed by Robert D. Foster, Justice of the Peace.

Dates: 1843
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Hancock County (Ill.) court summons

Hancock County (Ill.) legal instruments

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230310853]
Identifier: MSS SC 1276
Scope and Contents

Legal instruments from Hancock County, Illinois. The items are from court cases involving James White.

Dates: 1830-1836
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Hancock County (Ill.) legal instruments

Hancock County, Illinois Court appeal bond

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230310770]
Identifier: MSS SC 1285
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and printed appeal bond. The item records the obligation of the plaintiff, John Boyuton, to pay defendant Jabez A. Bebe the sum of fifteen dollars. The document claims to be taken from a judgement rendered by justice of the peace Abraham Lincoln and was approved by court clerk Jacob Cunningham Davis.

Dates: 1841
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Hancock County, Illinois Court appeal bond

Smith family legal instruments

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233293015]
Identifier: Vault MSS 744
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and printed legal instruments relating to Emma Hale Smith (1804-1879), wife of the Mormon Prophet, Joseph Smith (1805-1844). One of the items deals with the payment of taxes owed on certain properties in the county. The other item is a statement of guardianship and real estate inheritances relating to the children of Emma Smith and signed by her.

Dates: 1847-1848
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Smith family legal instruments

J. J. Piggott legal obligation

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230318880]
Identifier: MSS SC 2083
Scope and Contents

Handwritten legal obligation by which was to put up a certain amount of money pending an appeal of an unnamed case.

Dates: 1851
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / J. J. Piggott legal obligation

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