The county sheriff serves Lincoln, Bowling Green and J. Rowan Herndon with a subpoena to appear in the Sangamon County Circuit Court as witnesses for John Close in Close v. Ritter, an appeal from John N. Moore's justice of peace court where Close won a judgment for $73 on December 15, 1832. [Moore lives four miles northeast of New Salem.]Files.

The county sheriff also subpoenas Lincoln to appear as a witness on behalf of Jacob Bale in Simmons v. Bale, appealed from Bowling Green's justice of peace court at New Salem. Files.