This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: wdonath Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.counties.logan/1595.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: A Sheriff Sale apparently is the court ordered sell of property of a person to pay a debt to another. When the Index for the Lincoln Herald is prepared, there is no attempt to tell who was the defendant in each suit. All names involved in the suit were listed. That leaves some of the enjoyment of the search to the researcher. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.