Declaration, circa 8 May 1844 [Phelps, Assignee of JS v. Wilson Law]
Source Note
on behalf of assignee of JS, Declaration, , IL, ca. [8] May 1844, Phelps, Assignee of JS v. Wilson Law (Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court 1843); handwriting of ; docket and notation by with signature of , [, Hancock Co., IL], 9 May 1844; four pages; Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm 1,637,612 at FHL.
This document was presumably filed at the Hancock County Circuit Court in , Illinois, in 1844. Sometime in the ensuing decades, it was removed from the custody of the court. In 1976, the Church Historical Department (now CHL) acquired the document from Sam Weller’s Zion Book Store, a store operated by Sam and Lila Weller in Salt Lake City. In 1986, the Church Historical Department returned this and many other legal documents to the Hancock County Circuit Court. In 1989, the Genealogical Society of Utah (now FHL) microfilmed the document at the Hancock County courthouse.
See folder for Declaration, ca. 8 May 1844, in Hancock County, IL, Probate and Court Records, ca. 1850–1963, item 3, Miscellaneous Court Records, ca. 1827–1839, microfilm 1,637,612,U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Acquisition Sheet and Instrument of Gift, 31 Aug. 1976, 76–327, Nineteenth-Century Legal Documents Collection, CHL.
Hancock County, IL, Probate and Court Records, ca. 1850–1963, item 3, Miscellaneous Court Records, ca. 1827–1839, microfilm 1,637,612, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.
On or before the twenty fourth Day of January one thousand Eight hundred and Forty Four For value received I promise to pay Joseph Smith or bearer Two hundred dollars with Interest at six per cent per annum
January 24th 1842)
Attest
On the back of the above note is the following assignment
For value Rcd [recieved], I Assign the within note to — January 1st A.D. 1843
$200,
On or before the twenty fourth day of January one thousand Eight hundred and forty three for value received I promise to pay Joseph Smith or bearer Two hundred dollars with interest at six per cent per annum
January 24th. 1842)
Attest
On the back of the above note is the following assignment & Endorsement
For Value Received <Recd I> assign the within note to — January 1st A.D. 1843
Received on the within <March 20th 1844> on the within note one hundred and forty four Dollars and fifty cents— [p. [4]]