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Introduction to City of Nauvoo v. C. L. Higbee et al. Notice of Appeal, 2 May 1844 Docket Entry, circa 3 June 1844 [City of Nauvoo v. R. D. Foster–A] Bond, 25 July 1844 [City of Nauvoo v. R. D. Foster–A] Certiorari, 26 July 1844 [City of Nauvoo v. R. D. Foster–A] Supersedeas, 26 July 1844 [City of Nauvoo v. R. D. Foster–A] Docket Entry, Copy, 16 October 1844 [City of Nauvoo v. R. D. Foster–A] Motion, circa 21 October 1844 [City of Nauvoo v. R. D. Foster–A] Docket Entry, Motion, 22 October 1844 [City of Nauvoo v. R. D. Foster–A] Motion, circa 23 October 1844 [City of Nauvoo v. R. D. Foster–A] Motion, circa 24 October 1844 [City of Nauvoo v. R. D. Foster–A] Docket Entry, Motions, 25 October 1844 [City of Nauvoo v. R. D. Foster–A] Praecipe, 30 October 1844 [City of Nauvoo v. R. D. Foster–A] Docket Entry, Motions Overruled, 31 October 1844 [City of Nauvoo v. R. D. Foster–A] Docket Entry, Dismissal, 21 October 1845 [City of Nauvoo v. R. D. Foster–A] Docket Entry, circa 21 October 1845 [City of Nauvoo v. R. D. Foster–A] Case File Wrapper, circa October 1845 [City of Nauvoo v. R. D. Foster–A] Docket Entry, Fieri Facias, between 17 December 1845 and circa 17 March 1846 [City of Nauvoo v. R. D. Foster–A]

Supersedeas, 26 July 1844 [City of Nauvoo v. R. D. Foster–A]

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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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Supersedeas

A writ “containing a command to stay the proceedings at law.” The writ enjoined “the justice and constable from proceeding any further in said suit, and suspending all proceedings in relation thereto.” Hancock County, Illinois, Circuit Court officials often...

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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, 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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Municipal Court,
John P. Greene

3 Sept. 1793–10 Sept. 1844. Farmer, shoemaker, printer, publisher. Born at Herkimer, Herkimer Co., New York. Son of John Coddington Greene and Anna Chapman. Married first Rhoda Young, 11 Feb. 1813. Moved to Aurelius, Cayuga Co., New York, 1814; to Brownsville...

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, and their Agents and Attorneys,
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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, Hancock Co., IL, 26 July 1844, City of Nauvoo v. R. D. Foster–A (Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court 1845); unidentified handwriting; signature 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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; docket by
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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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, [26 July 1844]; notations by
William Backenstos

29 Aug. 1813–11 July 1875. Sheriff, merchant, painter. Born at Lower Paxton, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania. Son of Jacob Backenstos and Margaretha Theis. Baptized into Lutheran Reformed Church, 31 Oct. 1813, in Lower Paxton. Moved to Hancock Co., Illinois, by...

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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, 27 July 1844; notation by
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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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 Sept. 1844; three pages; microfilm in Circuit Court case files, 1830–1900, CHL.

Historical Introduction

See Introduction to City of Nauvoo v. C. L. Higbee et al.

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Docket in handwriting of Jacob B. Backenstos.


Robt D. Foster

14 Mar. 1811–1 Feb. 1878. Justice of the peace, physician, land speculator. Born in Braunston, Northamptonshire, England. Son of John Foster and Jane Knibb. Married Sarah Phinney, 18 July 1837, at Medina Co., Ohio. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of ...

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Injunction

A prohibitory writ “restraining a person from committing or doing an act . . . which appear[s] to be against equity and conscience.”

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ads

Ad sectam (abbreviated ads., or ats.), Latin for at suit of, is used in entering and indexing the names of cases when it is desired that the defendant’s name should come first. For example, if the case name is Peter v. Paul, then Paul may denominate it as...

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City of
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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Hancock

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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Circuit Court
To the October Term 1844
 

Notations in handwriting of William Backenstos.


I have served the within writ by reading the same to the <​within named​>
John P. Green

3 Sept. 1793–10 Sept. 1844. Farmer, shoemaker, printer, publisher. Born at Herkimer, Herkimer Co., New York. Son of John Coddington Greene and Anna Chapman. Married first Rhoda Young, 11 Feb. 1813. Moved to Aurelius, Cayuga Co., New York, 1814; to Brownsville...

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Marcial of the city of
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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Ill, July 27— 1844
Wm. Backenstos

29 Aug. 1813–11 July 1875. Sheriff, merchant, painter. Born at Lower Paxton, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania. Son of Jacob Backenstos and Margaretha Theis. Baptized into Lutheran Reformed Church, 31 Oct. 1813, in Lower Paxton. Moved to Hancock Co., Illinois, by...

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H. C.

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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Ills.
 
Sheriff

29 Aug. 1813–11 July 1875. Sheriff, merchant, painter. Born at Lower Paxton, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania. Son of Jacob Backenstos and Margaretha Theis. Baptized into Lutheran Reformed Church, 31 Oct. 1813, in Lower Paxton. Moved to Hancock Co., Illinois, by...

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s Fees
Serving writ 50
20 miles Travel 1.25
Returning writ 12½
$1.87½
Wm. Backenstos

29 Aug. 1813–11 July 1875. Sheriff, merchant, painter. Born at Lower Paxton, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania. Son of Jacob Backenstos and Margaretha Theis. Baptized into Lutheran Reformed Church, 31 Oct. 1813, in Lower Paxton. Moved to Hancock Co., Illinois, by...

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H. C

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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Notation in handwriting of David E. Head.


Filed Sept 10th. 1844.
J 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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Supersedeas, 26 July 1844 [City of Nauvoo v. R. D. Foster–A]
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    Docket in handwriting of Jacob B. Backenstos.

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    Notations in handwriting of William Backenstos.

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    Notation in handwriting of David E. Head.

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