, Plea, [], Geauga Co., OH, ca. 12 May 1838, M. Allen v. O. Granger (Geauga Co., OH, Court of Common Pleas 1838). Copied [ca. 4 June 1838] in Transcript of Proceedings, Geauga County Court of Common Pleas, Common Pleas Record, vol. V, p. 148; handwriting of Charles H. Foot; Geauga County Archives and Records Center, Chardon, Ohio. Transcription from a digital color image made of the original in 2011.
“The State of Ohio, ss. [scilicet] In Common Pleas after April Term AD 1838. And now comes the said by & his Attornies and defends when &c. and says that he does not owe the said sum of money in said declaration mentioned nor any part thereof in manner and form as the said hath thereof above declared against him and of this he puts himself up &c.