Bill of Costs, 10 August 1844–A [Sympson v. JS]

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Bill of Costs, 10 August 1844–A [Sympson v. JS]
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Bill of Costs,
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, 10 Aug. 1844, Sympson v. JS (Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court 1844); in Transcript of Proceedings, [3, 7–8]; handwriting of
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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; certification printed with manuscript additions in handwriting of
Jacob B. Backenstos
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, 10 Aug. 1844; certified by
Jacob B. Backenstos
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, 10 Aug. 1844; docket by
Jacob B. Backenstos
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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, 10 Aug. 1844]; notation by James M. Campbell, [
Macomb
Incorporated as city, 1841. McDonough Co. seat. JS’s brother Don Carlos Smith lived nearby Macomb, 1839. Branch of church organized in city, June 1839.
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, McDonough Co., IL], 12 Aug. 1844; McDonough County Circuit Court Files, Illinois Regional Archives Depository vault, Archives and Special Collections, Leslie F. Malpass Library, Western Illinois University, Macomb. Includes seal.

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See Introduction to State of Illinois v. Sympson, Sympson v. JS, and State of Illinois v. JS for Perjury.
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Docket in handwriting of Jacob B. Backenstos.
Alexander Sympson
8 Nov. 1807–16 Aug. 1867. Trader, saw mill operator, land developer. Born in Green Co., Kentucky. Son of William Sympson and Mary Clendennin. Resided in Greensburg, Green Co., 1810. Moved to Summersville, Green Co., by Aug. 1820. Married Nancy Carter, ca....
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vs) In Case

Joseph Smith

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Notation in handwriting of James M. Campbell.
Filed August 12 1844

J[a] M Campbell clk [p. [8]]
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Bill of Costs, 10 August 1844–A [Sympson v. JS]
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Docket in handwriting of Jacob B. Backenstos.
Notation in handwriting of James M. Campbell.