Lincoln, Jacob Bale, Tilman Hornbuckle, and John Close of New Salem serve on the jury in State Bank of Illinois v. Bowling. The jury returns a verdict in favor of the defendant.Record.

Lincoln, J. Rowan Herndon, George Close, and James H. Hornbuckle of the New Salem neighborhood serve on the jury in People v. Millrose, an indictment for larceny. The jury finds the defendant not guilty.Record.

Lincoln writes and signs a note certifying that William Hohimer was "a private in the company which I had the honor to command" during the Black Hawk War. Lincoln adds that Hohimer "received a wound in the body while in said service which at the time and for some days afterward was considered mortal." Thomas Moffett, Justice of the Peace, witnesses and signs the document. Certificate of Military Service, 20 April 1833, Record Group 15, National Archives Building, Washington, DC.

Lincoln appears before the Sangamom County Circuit Court as a witness for John Close in Close v. Ritter, an appeal from John N. Moore's justice of peace court. The court affirms the judgment of the lower court, but reduces the damages from $73 to $35.Record.

[Lincoln receives $1.75 for services as witness and juror. Witnesses receive 50¢ per case per day and jurors 25¢.ISLA—Bulletin, No. 57.]

[William F. Berry gives Eli C. Blankenship conditional deed for $250 to west half of Lot No. 1 south of Main Street in New Salem. "The condition of the above deed is such. If A. Lincoln shall satisfy the demands of a note by him executed and endorsed by J. R. Herndon bearing date April —, 1833, payable to E. C. Blankenship, the above to be null and void." Deed is acknowledged by Berry May 23.Deed book F, 440.]