Stephen C. Willard

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ON Monday the 12th day of February, A.D. 1855, an application will be made to the Court in and for Peoria county, in the state of Illinois, for a decree to sell the real estate of which Stephen Willard, deceased late of Peoria county, died seized or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the debts of said estate; when and where all persons interested may appear and show cause if any they have why said decree should not be granted. dec 22

ALLEN HUNTER
Administrator of said estate

The Peoria (IL) Republican, December 22, 1855

ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE -- NOTICE is hereby given that by virtue of a decree of the county court of Peoria county, the undersigned administrator will sell at public auction to the highest bidder, on Saturday the 31st day of March next, at the hour of 2 o'clock of that day P.M., the following described real estate: Forty acres, being on the west side of the south-west quarter of section No. eighteen, (18) in township No. eleven, (11) north range eight (8) east of the 4th Principal Meridian, in Peoria county Illinois; also lot No. eight (8) of the School Section, (being section 16) in same Township and Range.

Sale to be made on the premises above described, on terms, one half cash in hand, the rest on a credit of 12 months, the purchaser giving his bond with good security and a mortgage on the premises to secure the payment of the unpaid purchase money. Deed to be made to the purchaser at the time of sale.

ALLEN HUNTER Administrator of Stephen Willard, dec'd Lander & Lindsay for Adm't feb 16 1855

The Peoria (IL) Weekly Republican, February 16, 1855

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Stephen and his father, Lemuel, are mentioned in the minutes of a conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints, held in Comstock, Kalamazoo county, Michigan, December 8th, and 9th, 1844. Stephen is listed as the clerk of the meeting.

From; Edward Milo Webb 17 August 1815 - 31 July 1852
by Elaine Johnson (http://www.ida.net/users/elaine/edwardm.htm)

Quotation from the minutes are from Times and Seasons, Vol.5, Pg.579 580 , Utah Lighthouse Ministry. Times and Seasons is an early Mormon newspaper published in Nauvoo, Illinois.

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Cemeteries, Hallock Twp., Peoria Co., Illinois Cemeteries, Hallock Twp., Peoria Co., Illinois Peoria Genealogical Society Peoria Genealogical Society, Peoria, Illinois, 1981

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Find-a-Grave, Url: http://www.findagrave.com/ Find-a-Grave

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65942262/stephen-c-willard

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Ogle and Peoria Counties, Record Type: Federal Census, County: Peoria County, Film: M432-0123 1850 Census-M432-0123 Illinois 1850

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Family 1265, p. 208