Case File Wrapper, circa October 1842 [State of Illinois v. C. L. Higbee]

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Introduction to State of Illinois v. C. L. Higbee Complaint, 24 May 1842 [State of Illinois v. C. L. Higbee] Warrant, 24 May 1842 [State of Illinois v. C. L. Higbee] Subpoena, 24 May 1842 [State of Illinois v. C. L. Higbee] Recognizance, 24 May 1842 [State of Illinois v. C. L. Higbee] Docket Entry, circa 24 May 1842 [State of Illinois v. C. L. Higbee] Docket Entry, circa 24 May 1842, Copy [State of Illinois v. C. L. Higbee] Subpoena, 14 September 1842 [State of Illinois v. C. L. Higbee] Subpoena, 19 September 1842 [State of Illinois v. C. L. Higbee] Case File Wrapper, circa October 1842 [State of Illinois v. C. L. Higbee]
Case File Wrapper, circa October 1842 [State of Illinois v. C. L. Higbee]
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Case File Wrapper, [
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. Oct. 1842], State of IL v. C. L. Higbee (Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court 1842); docket and notations in unidentified handwriting; one page; location unknown; photocopy in possession of Richard and Pamela Price.

This wrapper was filed at the
Hancock County
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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, Illinois, circuit court in 1842 and contained the seven loose court documents for this case. It apparently remained in the custody of the circuit court until at least 1979. By 1998, the wrapper was in a “packet of documents” containing an assortment of “many papers which had to do with Joseph [Smith]” that had been “recently taken to Salt Lake City, Utah, but had been returned.” The context for the removal of these documents from the court and their return is unclear.
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Price and Price, Joseph Smith Fought Polygamy, 1:158. Church representatives returned many circuit court documents to Hancock County, Illinois, in 1986. Photocopies of the documents were retained by the Church Historical Department (now CHL), but none of them are affiliated with this case. No other court documents have been returned to Hancock County by CHL staff or church representatives. (Turley, Victims, 346.)
Comprehensive Works Cited
Price, Richard, and Pamela Price. Joseph Smith Fought Polygamy: Volume 1. Independence, MO: Price Pub. Co., 2000.
Turley, Richard E., Jr. Victims: The LDS Church and the Mark Hofmann Case. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1992.
Although clerks informed Richard and Pamela Price that “all of the Joseph Smith papers” had been recently microfilmed and were possibly available through The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, no microfilm that includes this subpoena has been located at the Family History Library or Church History Library.
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Price and Price, Joseph Smith Fought Polygamy, 1:159.

The image featured here is a photocopy of the original document obtained by the Prices in 1968.
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Price and Price, Joseph Smith Fought Polygamy, 1:158. Church representatives returned many circuit court documents to Hancock County, Illinois, in 1986. Photocopies of the documents were retained by the Church Historical Department (now CHL), but none of them are affiliated with this case. No other court documents have been returned to Hancock County by CHL staff or church representatives. (Turley, Victims, 346.)
Turley, Richard E., Jr. Victims: The LDS Church and the Mark Hofmann Case. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1992.
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See Introduction to State of Illinois v. C. L. Higbee.
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Docket and notations in unidentified handwriting.
People vs
[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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Case File Wrapper, circa October 1842 [State of Illinois v. C. L. Higbee]
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18195
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2
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Docket and notations in unidentified handwriting.