Docket Entry, Abatement, 21 October 1844 [State of Illinois v. JS for Perjury]

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Docket Entry, Abatement, [
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, 21 Oct. 1844], State of IL v. JS for Perjury (Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court 1844); Hancock County Circuit Court Record, vol. D, p. 166; 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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; Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL.
Historical Introduction

See Introduction to State of Illinois v. Sympson, Sympson v. JS, and State of Illinois v. JS for Perjury.

Document Transcript

The People of Ill 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 )
vs)	Perjury
Joseph Smith Senr)

This day came the states attorney and suggested the death of the defendant Joseph Smith. Whereupon it is ordered that this suit abate [p. 166]