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Introduction to Millet for the use of JS v. Woodstock Docket Entry, circa 20 July 1837 [Millet for the use of JS v. Woodstock]

Introduction to Millet for the use of JS v. Woodstock

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Millet for the use of JS v. Woodstock
Geauga Co., Ohio, Justice of the Peace Court, 20 July 1837
 
Historical Introduction
On 9 March 1837, , a member of the church’s high council in , Ohio, borrowed $1.85 from . The debt was payable when drawn, or upon presentation of the promissory note by the creditor to the debtor. Whether the promissory note reflected a debt for goods or services rendered by Millet to Woodstock or was a sum formally borrowed is unstated. The terms of the note are also absent. Sometime after extending the loan, Millet the note to JS, who, as new owner of the note, sued Woodstock for payment. JS spent much of the summer and fall of 1837 involved in litigation for unpaid debts, likely exacerbated by the financial panic of 1837. Just as several of his creditors took him to court in 1837, JS in turn sought to recoup debts owed to him. As a justice of the peace in Kirtland Township, ordered the constable, , to summon Woodstock to court. Woodstock did not appear, so the court rendered judgment against him. No record of payment is extant.
 
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This calendar lists all known documents created by or for the court, whether extant or not. It does not include versions of documents created for other purposes, though those versions may be listed in footnotes. In certain cases, especially in cases concerning unpaid debts, the originating document (promissory note, invoice, etc.) is listed here. Note that documents in the calendar are grouped with their originating court. Where a version of a document was subsequently filed with another court, that version is listed under both courts.
 

1837 (1)

March (1)

9 March 1837

Willard Woodstock, Promissory Note, Kirtland Township, Geauga Co., OH, to Artemus Millet

 
Millet for the use of JS v. Woodstock, Justice of the Peace Court

1837 (2)

July (2)

15 July 1837

Oliver Cowdery, Summons, to Burton H. Phelps, Kirtland Township, Geauga Co., OH

Ca. 20 July 1837

Docket Entry, Kirtland Township, Geauga Co., OH

  • Ca. 20 July 1837; Cowdery, Docket Book, 117; handwriting of Warren F. Cowdery.
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    Footnotes

    1. [1]

      LeBaron, “Mormon Lives of the Carter Clan,” 136–137.

      LeBaron, Allen. “A Missionary Family: Mormon Lives of the Carter Clan of Benson, Vermont.” John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 32, no. 1 (Spring/Summer 2012): 114–147.

    2. [2]

      Transcript of Proceedings, 5 June 1837, Patterson & Patterson v. Cahoon et al. [Geauga Co. C.P. 1837], Geauga County Court of Common Pleas Record, Book U, pp. 126–128; Transcript of Proceedings, 5 June 1837, Kelley v. Rigdon et al. [Geauga Co. C.P. 1837], Geauga County Court of Common Pleas Record, Book U, pp. 97–101; Transcript of Proceedings, 24 Oct. 1837, Seymour & Griffith v. Rigdon & JS [Geauga Co. C.P. 1837], Geauga County Court of Common Pleas Record, Book U, p. 383; Transcript of Proceedings, 24 Oct. 1837, Newbould v. Rigdon et al. [Geauga Co. C.P. 1837], Geauga County Court of Common Pleas Record, Book U, pp. 351–353; Transcript of Proceedings, 24 Oct. 1837, Eaton v. J. & Cowdery [Geauga Co. C.P. 1837], Geauga County Court of Common Pleas Record, Book U, pp. 277–278, Geauga County Archives and Records Center, Chardon, OH; Docket Entry, 31 July–15 Sept. 1837, Rigdon et al. for the use of JS v. Woodworth [Geauga Co. J.P. 1837], Cowdery, Docket Book, 135.

      Geauga Co., OH, Court of Common Pleas, Record Book U. Geauga County Archives and Records Center, Chardon, OH.

      Cowdery, Oliver. Docket Book, June–Sept. 1837. Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.

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