Docket Entry, between 20 July and ca. 5 Aug. 1837 [Cahoon, Carter & Co. for the use of JS v. Avery].  

During 1837, the Kirtland Safety Society failed, the church was in debt for the construction of the temple, and financial matters were one of JS’s primary worries. (See Documents, Volume 5, Introduction to Part 5: 5 Oct. 1836–10 Apr. 1837; Historical Introduction to Notice, ca. Late August 1837; Historical Introduction to Discourse, 6 Apr. 1837.)  

Docket Entry, between 20 July and ca. 5 Aug. 1837 [Cahoon, Carter & Co. for the use of JS v. Avery]; see also An Act Defining the Powers and Duties of Justices of the Peace and Constables, in Civil Cases [14 Mar. 1831], Statutes of Ohio, vol. 3, p. 1746, sec. 17.)  

The Statutes of Ohio and of the Northwestern Territory, Adopted or Enacted from 1788 to 1833 Inclusive: Together with the Ordinance of 1787; the Constitutions of Ohio and of the United States, and Various Public Instruments and Acts of Congress: Illustrated by a Preliminary Sketch of the History of Ohio; Numerous References and Notes, and Copious Indexes. 3 vols. Edited by Salmon P. Chase. Cincinnati: Corey and Fairbank, 1833–1835.

Docket Entry, between 20 July and ca. 5 Aug. 1837 [Cahoon, Carter & Co. for the use of JS v. Avery]. Judgment was rendered in the amount of $7.89. The fifty-one-cent difference between this amount and the debt owed apparently represents interest.  

The firm Cahoon, Carter & Co. was party to or mentioned in several other legal proceedings for debt collection that involved JS: Patterson and Patterson v. Cahoon, Carter & Co. and Rigdon, Smith & Co.; Cahoon, Carter & Co. for the use of JS v. Draper; and Spencer v. Cahoon et al. For examples of cases that did not involve JS, see Transcript of Proceedings, 24 Oct. 1837, Newbold v. Cahoon, Carter & Co. [Geauga Co. C.P. 1837], Geauga County Court of Common Pleas, Common Pleas Record, vol. U, pp. 364–366; Transcript of Proceedings, 3 Apr. 1838, Scribner v. Cahoon, Carter & Co. [Geauga Co. C.P. 1838], Geauga County Court of Common Pleas, Common Pleas Record, vol. U, pp. 584–585; Transcript of Proceedings, 5 June 1837, Kelley v. Cahoon, Carter & Co. [Geauga Co. C.P. 1837], Geauga County Court of Common Pleas, Common Pleas Record, vol. U, pp. 100–101, microfilm 20,279, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Docket Entry, Costs, 3 Apr. 1838, Jonathan F. Scribner v. Cahoon et al. [Geauga Co. C.P. 1838], Geauga County Court of Common Pleas, Execution Docket, vol. G, p. 355; and Docket Entry, Costs, 5 June 1837, Kelley v. Cahoon, Carter & Co. [Geauga Co. C.P. 1837], Geauga County Court of Common Pleas, Execution Docket, vol. G, p. 57, microfilm 20,286, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL. Additionally, there is the case of Lowell Goodman v. Cahoon, Smith, and Carter, which is based on a 20 May 1835 contract and appears to predate their forming the company. (Transcript of Proceedings, 25 Oct. 1836, Goodman v. Cahoon, Smith, and Carter [Geauga Co. C.P. 1836], Geauga County Court of Common Pleas, Common Pleas Record, vol. S, pp. 438–440, microfilm 20,279, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.)  

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.