Docket Entry, Continuance, 27 May 1843 [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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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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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 Cowd[e]ry 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 )

On motion it is ordered that this Cause stand Continued until the next term of this Court [p. 302]

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 )

On motion it is ordered that this Cause stand Continued until the next term of this Court [p. 302]

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JS v. O. Cowdery, Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court, 29 October 1844
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Docket Entry, Continuance, 27 May 1843 [JS v. O. Cowdery]
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