April 13, 1837

Geauga County, Ohio
Boynton and Hyde v. Smith: Joseph Smith, along with Sidney Rigdon, Edmund Bosley, John Johnson, and Hyrum Smith, executed a promissory note to pay John W. Howden $825 with interest five months from date. The note was later assigned to Ray Boynton and Harry Hyde.
Sources: 
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters, Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch, 
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