Docket Entry, Continuance, 16 October 1841 [JS v. O. Cowdery]

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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], [16 Oct. 1841], JS v. O. Cowdery (Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court 1844); Hancock County
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Record, vol. A, p. 250; unidentified handwriting; Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL.
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Joseph Smith)
vs)	Bill of Injunction A prohibitory writ “restraining a person from committing or doing an act . . . which appear[s] to be against equity and conscience.” View Glossary .
Oliver Cowdery 3 Oct. 1806–3 Mar. 1850. Clerk, teacher, justice of the peace, lawyer, newspaper editor. Born at Wells, Rutland Co., Vermont. Son of William Cowdery and Rebecca Fuller. Raised Congregationalist. Moved to western New York and clerked at a store, ca. 1825–1828... View Full Bio )

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Joseph Smith)
vs)	Bill of Injunction A prohibitory writ “restraining a person from committing or doing an act . . . which appear[s] to be against equity and conscience.” View Glossary .
Oliver Cowdery 3 Oct. 1806–3 Mar. 1850. Clerk, teacher, justice of the peace, lawyer, newspaper editor. Born at Wells, Rutland Co., Vermont. Son of William Cowdery and Rebecca Fuller. Raised Congregationalist. Moved to western New York and clerked at a store, ca. 1825–1828... View Full Bio )

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Docket Entry, Continuance, 16 October 1841 [JS v. O. Cowdery]
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