Praecipe, 9 May 1843

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Amos Davis
Ca. 20 Sept. 1813–22 Mar. 1872. Merchant, farmer, postmaster, tavernkeeper. Born in New Hampshire or Vermont. Son of Wells Davis and Mary. Moved to Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock Co., Illinois, ca. fall 1836. Married first Elvira Hibard, 1 Jan. 1837, in...
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, Praecipe, to
Jacob 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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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 May 1843]; handwriting presumably of
Amos Davis
Ca. 20 Sept. 1813–22 Mar. 1872. Merchant, farmer, postmaster, tavernkeeper. Born in New Hampshire or Vermont. Son of Wells Davis and Mary. Moved to Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock Co., Illinois, ca. fall 1836. Married first Elvira Hibard, 1 Jan. 1837, in...
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; docket and notation in handwriting of M. Avise, [
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], 9 May 1843; two pages; microfilm in Circuit Court case files, 1830–1900, CHL. Includes redaction.
Historical Introduction

See Introduction to City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Assault and Introduction to City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of JS–B and City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of JS–C.

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C[ircuit] Court

Will Issu [Issue] a Subpeney [Subpoena] for J. David W Mathews— and Michael— Barnes [Barns]— to appear and Testifi in the Case Where the State of is Plantif And Defendant

Also for & in the Case Where Joseph Smith Complain for the the defaming his Caractur [Character] Under Ordinances

by Prompt attention to this you Will Oblige me

Yours

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Circuit Court

Will Issu [Issue] a Subpeney [Subpoena] for David W Mathews— and Michael— Barnes [Barns]— to appear and Testifi in the Case Where the State of is Plantif And Defendant