Docket Entry, Discharge, 24 May 1844 [State of Illinois v. JS for Adultery and Fornication]

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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, 24 May 1844], State of IL v. JS for Adultery and Fornication (Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court 1844); Hancock County Circuit Court Record, vol. D, p. 128; handwriting of
David E. Head
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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The People of the State of Illinois Became part of Northwest Territory of U.S., 1787. Admitted as state, 1818. Population in 1840 about 480,000. Population in 1845 about 660,000. Plentiful, inexpensive land attracted settlers from northern and southern states. Following expulsion from Missouri... More Info )	Indictment for Adultery & Fornication
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Joseph Smith Senr

This day came the States attorney and says that he is unwilling farther to prosecute this suit on the Indictment found herein heretofore whereupon it is ordered that the said defendant be discharged and that he [p. 128]

The People of the State of Illinois Became part of Northwest Territory of U.S., 1787. Admitted as state, 1818. Population in 1840 about 480,000. Population in 1845 about 660,000. Plentiful, inexpensive land attracted settlers from northern and southern states. Following expulsion from Missouri... More Info )	Indictment for Adultery & Fornication
vs)
Joseph Smith Senr

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Docket Entry, Discharge, 24 May 1844 [State of Illinois v. JS for Adultery and Fornication]
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