Sangamon County Whig convention meets. Nominations for county officers are made. Walter Davis, Z. A. Enos, J. M. Smith, J. A. Pickrell, E. Lewis, A. J. Vandegrift, B. F. Dickinson, and William Carson are appointed delegates to congressional convention and instructed to vote for Lincoln.Sangamo Journal, 5 March 1846.

Lincoln writes to Samuel D. Marshall of Shawneetown, sending him plea in Dorman et ux. v. Lane by which he can compel Lane to pay costs to get record for proving replication.Abraham Lincoln to Samuel D. Marshall, 3 March 1846, CW, 1:370-71.

Lincoln writes bill of divorce in Wilson v. Wilson, for Lincoln & Herndon.Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Lincoln votes for William M. Farnsworth, Whig candidate for justice of peace. James W. Keyes receives 262 votes to 162 for Farnsworth. Polling place is court room in new Sangamon County Court House, southeast corner of Sixth and Washington Streets.Election Returns.

Edward Baker Lincoln, second child, is born to Abraham and Mary Lincoln.Family Record in Abraham Lincoln's Bible, 4 November 1842 - 4 April 1853, CW, 1:304.

Lincoln has 12 cases called on first day of 12-day term of Sangamon Circuit Court. He confesses judgment for defendant in Atwood et al. v. Crosby. People v. Tunison et al., rape case in which Lincoln & Herndon represent defendants, is nolle prossed. Seven cases are continued, two dismissed, and one set for hearing later.Record.

Three appeal cases are dismissed, Wood v. Jones, Brown v. Crafton, and Talbott v. Washburn. Lincoln appears alone for appellant in first, with Herndon for appellee in second, and for appellant in third.Record.

Yocum v. Newsom, slander, is tried before jury by Logan, Lincoln & Herndon for plaintiff and Baker for defendant. Jury finds defendant not guilty. In afternoon, court orders judgment entered in morning vacated and grants new trial inTabor v. Higginbotham, ejectment suit. Lincoln and Merriman appear for defendant.Record.

On Lincoln's motion, Preston v. Brassfield is dismissed. He appears for plaintiff in Miles v. Lawrence and obtains leave to file replication to defendant's plea. This is assumpsit suit brought from Menard County on change of venue.Record.

Lincoln writes answer of Josiah F. Fletcher in Garvey v. Fortune and Garvey.Photocopy.

Lincoln withdraws defendant's answer in Kyle v. Kyle and divorce is granted to Sarah Kyle, complainant. She is given custody of two children and $100. Lincoln writes court decree. Lincoln and Herndon file defendant's demurrer in Lamb v. Hickox and Hickox.Record; Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

In Andrew J. Wilson v. Susan Wilson, testimony is heard on petition and divorce granted. Lincoln & Herndon appear for complainant.Record.

Lincoln & Herndon file defendant's demurrer in Newton, administrator v. Grubb and Ford. On their motion, leave is given defendant in Betts v. Frazier to take deposition of N. B. Spotswood. Two cases are continued.Record.

Lincoln, for plaintiff, writes answer in Betts v. Frazier, signing "Logan, Lincoln, & Herndon." He writes report of Johnson Whaley, guardian, in Whaley v. heirs of McElyea, petition to sell real estate, which Whaley signs.Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Photocopy.

Wood v. Dormady, assumpsit, is tried before jury. Jury awards $1,000 to plaintiff, client of Logan, Lincoln & Herndon. Decree of foreclosure is granted in Cooper v. Crosby and Robbins. Lincoln & Herndon appear for complainant. He writes decree of court.Record; Photocopy.

Lincoln writes and swears affidavit of William M. Brown in Brown et al. v. Humphreys et al.Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Brown et al. v. Harlan et al. is submitted to court. In Wood v. Dormady, plaintiff files affidavit, and on his motion, court orders that execution issue forthwith. Lincoln appears for plaintiff with Jordan and Herndon in first case and Logan and Herndon in second.Record.

Lincoln appears for his partner in petition of Herndon as administrator of James Bell, to sell real estate. Logan and Lincoln as attorneys for defendant consent to judgment of $100 against their client in City of Springfield v. A. G. Herndon. Court orders injunction dissolved and complainants' bill dismissed in Brown et al. v. Harlan et al.Record.

Lincoln files defendants' demurrer in Lamb v. Hickox and Hickox. Complainants file replications in Benz v. Elliott and Betts v. Frazier. Lincoln represents defendant alone in first case and with Logan and Herndon in latter.Record.

Lincoln writes and swears affidavit of Nathaniel Hay in Hay v. Bryan and Bryan.Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Defendants' demurrer, filed by Lincoln March 23, 1846 in Newton v. Grubb and Ford, is sustained. Plaintiff is barred from acting against defendants. Eleven chancery cases of Lincoln and Herndon are continued and 18 stricken from docket.Record.

Leave is given complainants to withdraw bond filed in Brown et al. v. Harlan et al.Record.

In Lamb v. Hickox et al., Lincoln writes and signs separate answer of Addison Hickox.Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

[Lincoln makes trip to Jacksonville between close of Sangamon court March 30, 1846, and opening of Tazewell court April 9, 1846.Abraham Lincoln to James Berdan, 26 April 1846, CW, 1:380.]