Replication, circa 5 May 1841 [Singley v. Rigdon]

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Little & Williams on behalf of Nicholas Singley,
Replication
English common law courts developed a complex process of pleading in civil suits that required the parties to file a series of legal documents, or pleadings, in order to define the dispute precisely. Courts in England’s American colonies and, later, in the...
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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, ca. 5 May 1841], Singley v. Rigdon (Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court 1841); unidentified handwriting; docket by unidentified scribe, [
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, ca. 5 May 1841]; notation by S. Otho Williams, [
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], 6 May 1841; two pages; private possession.
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See Introduction to Singley v. Rigdon.

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And the plaintiff comes and says precludi non because he says that the said has not paid the said money in the said plea mentioned and of this he puts himself

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