Recognizance, 9 October 1843 [State of Illinois v. Drown on Habeas Corpus]

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Recognizance, 9 October 1843 [State of Illinois v. Drown on Habeas Corpus]
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Christian Upperman
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Mary Upperman
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Elizabeth Mallory
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, Recognizance,
Hancock Co.
Formed from Pike Co., 1825. Described in 1837 as predominantly prairie and “deficient in timber.” Early settlers came mainly from mid-Atlantic and southern states. Population in 1835 about 3,200; in 1840 about 9,900; and in 1844 at least 15,000. Carthage ...
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, IL, 9 Oct. 1843, State of IL v. Drown on
Habeas Corpus
“Have the body”; a written order from a court of competent jurisdiction commanding anyone having a person in custody to produce such person at a certain time and place and to state the reasons why he or she is being held in custody. The court will determine...
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(Nauvoo, IL, Justice of the Peace Court 1843 and Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court 1845); handwriting of
Onias Skinner
21 July 1817–4 Feb. 1877. Sailor, teacher, preacher, farmer, lawyer, railroad president. Born in Floyd, Oneida Co., New York. Son of Onias Skinner and Tirza. Moved to Whitestown, Oneida Co., by 1830; to Peoria Co., Illinois, 1836; and to Greenville, Darke...
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; signatures of
Elizabeth Mallory
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Christian Upperman
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Mary Upperman
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by their marks; certified by
Leonard Harrington
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, 9 Oct. 1843; docket by
Leonard Harrington
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Hancock Co.
Formed from Pike Co., 1825. Described in 1837 as predominantly prairie and “deficient in timber.” Early settlers came mainly from mid-Atlantic and southern states. Population in 1835 about 3,200; in 1840 about 9,900; and in 1844 at least 15,000. Carthage ...
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, IL, 9 Oct. 1843]; notation probably by
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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Carthage
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], 12 Oct. 1843; two pages; Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm 1,521,604 at FHL.

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Docket in handwriting of Leonard Harrington.
Recognizance
“An obligation of record . . . to do some act required by law,” such as “to keep the peace, to pay a debt, or the like.” Recognizance is “somewhat like an ordinary bond, the difference being that a bond is the creation of a fresh debt, or obligation de novo...
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Christian Upperman
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Mary Upperman
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Elizabeth Mallery
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Notation probably in handwriting of David E. Head.
Filed October 12th 1843

J[acob] B Backenstos
8 Oct. 1811–25 Sept. 1857. Merchant, sheriff, soldier, politician, land speculator. Born at Lower Paxton, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania. Son of Jacob Backenstos and Margaretha Theis. Member of Lutheran Reformed Church. Married Sarah Lavina Lee, niece of Robert...
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