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Introduction to Miller et al. v. B. Holladay and W. Holladay Affidavit, 30 November 1840 [Miller et al. v. B. Holladay and W. Holladay] Capias ad Respondendum, 30 November 1840 [Miller et al. v. B. Holladay and W. Holladay] Subpoena, 3 April 1841 [Miller et al. v. B. Holladay and W. Holladay] Declaration, circa 23 April 1841 [Miller et al. v. B. Holladay and W. Holladay] Docket Entry, Dismissal, 7 May 1841 [Miller et al. v. B. Holladay and W. Holladay] Docket Entry, between circa 19 June and circa 22 September 1841 [Miller et al. v. B. Holladay and W. Holladay]

Affidavit, 30 November 1840 [Miller et al. v. B. Holladay and W. Holladay]

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Samuel Hicks, Affidavit, before 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, 30 Nov. 1840, Miller et al. v. B. Holladay and W. Holladay (Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court 1841); handwriting of S. Otho Williams; signature of Samuel Hicks by his mark; docket and 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], 30 Nov. 1840; three pages; microfilm in Circuit Court case files, 1830–1900, CHL.

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See Introduction to Miller et al. v. B. Holladay and W. Holladay.

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Hiram Smith

9 Feb. 1800–27 June 1844. Farmer, cooper. Born at Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vermont. Son of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack. Moved to Randolph, Orange Co., 1802; back to Tunbridge, before May 1803; to Royalton, Windsor Co., Vermont, 1804; to Sharon, Windsor Co...

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may recover against said Benjamin and William will be lost unless they are held to special bail affiant further states that said Benjamin and William were thirty two day in making a trip from
St Louis

Located on west side of Mississippi River about fifteen miles south of confluence with Missouri River. Founded as fur-trading post by French settlers, 1764. Incorporated as town, 1809. First Mississippi steamboat docked by town, 1817. Incorporated as city...

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in the State of
Missouri

Area acquired by U.S. in Louisiana Purchase, 1803, and established as territory, 1812. Missouri Compromise, 1820, admitted Missouri as slave state, 1821. Population in 1830 about 140,000; in 1836 about 240,000; and in 1840 about 380,000. Latter-day Saint ...

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to St Peters and back to
Nauvoo

Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....

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in this
County

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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when the trip should have been performed in eleven or twelve days and that said
George Miller

25 Nov. 1794–after July 1856. Carpenter, mill operator, lumber dealer, steamboat owner. Born near Stanardsville, Orange Co., Virginia. Son of John Miller and Margaret Pfeiffer. Moved to Augusta Co., Virginia, 1798; to Madison Co., Kentucky, 1806; to Boone...

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Peter Haws

17 Feb. 1796–1862. Farmer, miller, businessman. Born in Leeds Co., Johnstown District (later in Ontario), Upper Canada. Son of Edward Haws and Polly. Married Charlotte Harrington. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Moved to Kirtland...

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Joseph Smith Jr and
Hiram Smith

9 Feb. 1800–27 June 1844. Farmer, cooper. Born at Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vermont. Son of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack. Moved to Randolph, Orange Co., 1802; back to Tunbridge, before May 1803; to Royalton, Windsor Co., Vermont, 1804; to Sharon, Windsor Co...

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are about to Commence an action on the case to recover damages for the above causes

Mark of Samuel Hicks.


X <​his mark​> Samuel Hicks
Sworn to & Subscribed before me at my office in
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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this 30th Day of November AD 1840
S Otho Williams Clerk [p. [2]]
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Affidavit, 30 November 1840 [Miller et al. v. B. Holladay and W. Holladay]
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