Summons issued by Sheriff Abel Kimball for Joseph on October 9, 1837.
Summons, 9 February 1837 [Rounds qui tam v. JS], The Joseph Smith Papers website, accessed April 24, 2024
The State of Ohio )
Geauga County s.s. )
Seal
To the Sheriff of our said County. . . Greeting:— We command you that you summon Joseph Smith Junior if he be found in your bailiwick to appear before our Court of Common Pleas, to be held at the court house in the town of Chardon the twenty first day of March next to answer Samuel D. Rounds who sues as well for the State of Ohio as for himself in a plea of debt for one thousand dollars, damage one thousand dollars, as is said. Herein fail not but of this Writ and your service make due return. Witness the Honourable Van R. Humphrey President of our said Court at Chardon the ninth day of February Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven. D[avid] D. Aiken Clerk.