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©2011 Encoded in oXygen XML Sara Skindelien, 2011 July 27. Finding aid encoded in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition). 2009 Template information was updated to reflect Archives West best practice guidelines. Overview of the Collection UUS_CAINE MSS 19 Mormon Affidavits & Petitions Relating to the Missouri Persecutions 1833-1841 Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives Manuscript Collection
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3 boxes 1.5 linear feet Collection contains photocopies of petitions and affidavits relating to Mormon difficulties in Missouri from 1831 to 1839 that were submitted to the House Judiciary Committee seeking redress for damages done in Missouri. Originals are housed in the National Archives Material in English

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Initial Citation: Mormon Affidavits & Petitions Relating to the Missouri Persecutions USU_CAINE MSS 19 Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.

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 Biographical Note

In 1838 conflicts between Mormons and non-Mormons erupted in the northwest region of Missouri with the eventual eviction of Mormons from their homes and lands. Joseph Smith, Jr. and his followers sought refuge settling in or near the town of Nauvoo, Illinois.

Each affidavit or petition was handled separately, and the following series of container lists and indices provide access to various names, geographical locations, and post-Missouri residences of the Mormon population

Though the affidavits and petitions were initially collected because of the Mormon expulsion from Caldwell and Daviess counties, a significant number also detail Mormon difficulties in other northern Missouri counties during the so-called Mormon War of 1838-1839.

One of the surprising things about the affidavits, ostensibly sworn to elicit action from Congress for losses during the Mormon War is the number (and the detailed accounts within that number) of affidavits dealing with the Mormon expulsion from Jackson County in 1833 and again in 1834 after some Mormons returned to the County (see affidavits of Charles Hulet and James B.F. Page).

A description of the collection and an analysis of the contents of it is to be found in Paul C. Richards, "Missouri Persecutions: Petitions for Redress," Brigham Young University Studies, XIII (Summer 1973), pp. 520-543.

In filing the papers, original filing order has been preserved. Each affidavit or petition was handled separately, ad the following series of container lists and indices provide access to various names, geographical locations, and post-Missouri residences of the Mormon population.

 Mormonism (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Civil Procedure and Courts Mormons--Missouri--History Mormon Church--Missouri--History Daviess County (Mo.)--History Caldwell County (Mo.)--History Jackson County (Mo.)--History Container List 1 Publications 1 1 Greene, John P. Facts Relating to the Expulsion of the Mormons or Latter-day Saints from the State of Missouri under the Exterminating Order, (Cincinnati: R.P. Brooks) 1839 1 2 Pratt Parley P. History of the Late Persecutions Inflicted by the State of Missouri upon the Mormons (Detroit: Dawson and Batis, Printers) 1839 1 3 Document Containing the Correspondence, Orders, & In Relation to the Disturbances with the Mormons... Published by the Order of the General Assembly (Fayette, Missouri) 1841 1 4 Petition Placed before Congress by Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and Elias Higbee undated 1 Affidavits

document Number 2 (Congressional Numbering System)

 1 5 John Corrill 1840 January 07

Aff. Regarding expulsion from Jackson County, Extermination Order, land claims in Caldwell County Quincy, Adams Illinois

 1 6 Willard Trowbridge Snow (1811-1852) 1840 January 04

Aff. re: siege of Far West and losses in Caldwell County. Montrose, Lee, Iowa

 1 7 Lewis Thompson 1839 April 03

Bill of Damages. Quincy, Adams, Illinois

 1 8 Amelia Chapman 1839 September 30

Bill of damages. Quincy, Adams, Illinois

 1 9 Benjamin Slade (1800-1891) 1839 April 20

Bill of Damages. Quincy, Adams, Illinois

 1 10 John Reed (1783-1846) 1839 April 21

Bill of Damages. Quincy, Adams, Illinois

 1 11 Arthur Morrison 1840 January 09

Land claim and affidavit re: exterminating order. Quincy, Adams, Illinois

 1 12 William Moore Allred (1819-1901) 1839 September 03

Damage claims. Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois

 1 13 Samuel Miles (1779-1847) 1839

Bill of damages. Quincy, Adams, Illinois

 1 14 Clarissa Fosdick (1799-) 1839 October 15

Bill of Damages. Quincy, Adams, Illinois

 1 15 Elisabeth Tyler 1839 September 30

Bill of Damage. Quincy, Adams, Illinois

 1 16 Andrew Moore (1792-1872) 1839 September 25

Bill of damages. McComb, McDonough, Illinois

 1 17 Document No. 3. Explanatory Note. Document 3 was perhaps the petition in Bx 1, fd. 4, that was misfiled by Congressional clerk undated 1 Document 4

Accounts of Haun's Mill Massacre

 1 18 Nathan K. Knight 1840 January 01

Affidavit. Commerce, Hancock, Illinois

 1 19 Amanda Smith 1839 April 18

Affidavit. Quincy, Adams, Illinois

 1 20 Alma Smith 1840 January 03

Affidavit. Commerce, Hancock

 1 21 Reuben Naper 1840 January 03

Affidavit. Commerce, Hancock, Illinois

 1 22 Catharine Fuller (1820-) 1840 January 03

Affidavit. Commerce, Hancock, Illinois

 1 23 David Fullmer (1803-1879) 1840 January 03

Affidavit. Commerce, Hancock, Illinois

 1 24 Tarleton Lewis (click to view) 1840 January 03

Affidavit. Includes list of dead. Thomas Bullock, scribe. Commerce, Hancock, Illinois

 1 25 Joseph Young (1797-1881) undated

Jane A. Young Affidavit. Detailed 6 page interview

 1 26 Ruth Naper 1839 December 02

Affidavit. Widow of William Napper, killed at Haun's Mill. Commerce, Hancock, Illinois

 1 Documents, Affidavits, and Petitions: Missouri

Documents 5, 6, 7, 8 (Congressional Designation)

 1 27 Cover Sheets, National Archives, for Documents 5, 6, 7, 8 undated

Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, 27th Congress

 1 28 Transcriptions of Missouri Documents (fragmentary) 1838 August 27

Warning to Mormons to stay south of Grand River, Adam Black statement re: Mormons in Daviess County

 1 29 Letter (fragmentary) 1839

Re: exodus of Mormons from Missouri

 1 30 Affidavit (fragmentary) undated

Re: Beginning of Mormon War in Caldwell County. Thomas Bullock, Scribe

 1 31 Typescript of Issac Leany Affidavit undated 1 32 Letter to Col. Sterling Price 1838 September 08

Missouri Militia from Far West. Final page or pages and signature missing. Discussion of Gallatin elections riots

 1 33 Issac Leany 1839 April 30

Detailed account of Haun's Mill, list of casualties, expulsion from Caldwell County. Quincy, Adams, Illinois

 1 34 Sidney Rigdon (1793-1876) 1839 February 23

Letter to Felix Grundy asking about legal steps to recover damages. Quincy, Adams, Illinois

 1 35 Lewis Abbott (1795-1861) 1839 June 25

Expulsion from Jackson county and Caldwell. Also mentions Clay County. Quincy, Adams, Illinois

 1 36 Willard Trowbridge Snow (1811-1852) undated

Petition regarding Adam Black William Peniston, et. Al., Gallatin election riot, Adam-ondi-Ahman, expulsion from Far West. Includes note by Malvina C. Snow

 1 37 Edward Partridge (1793-1884) 1839 May 15

Affidavit. Jackson and Caldwell County expulsions. Discussion of property values and statement of losses. Quincy, Adams, Illinois

 1 38 Joseph Smith, Jr.(1805-1844); Sidney Rigdon (1793-1876); Elias Higbee, 1795-1843 1840 January 20

Statement regarding lands purchases from the Federal Government in Missouri. Washington, D.C.

 1 39 Carlos Granger 1840 January 03

Affidavit. Expulsion from Far West. Commerce, Hancock, Illinois

 1 40 David Pettegrew (1791-1863) undated

Petition. Details of expulsion from Jackson County and from Far West

 1 41 Edmund Durfee, Jr.(1814-1861) 1840 January 04

Affidavit. Expulsion from Caldwell County. McComb, McDonough, Illinois

 1 42 Messenger and Advocate. Extra 1836 July 25

Published letter regarding request by Clay County residents for Mormons to leave county

 1 43 Elijah Reed 1840 January 09

Affidavit. Expulsion from Caldwell County. Quincy, Adams, Illinois

 1 44 Daniel C. Davis (1804-1850) 1840 January 06

Affidavit. Expulsion from Far West, imprisonment of Joseph Smith and others in Ray County. Lee County, Iowa

 1 45 Daniel Stanton (1795-1872) 1840 March 18

Affidavit. Expulsion from Daviess County. Quincy, Adams, Illinois

 1 46 Moses Martin (1812-1900) 1840 March 06

Affidavit. Plundering of Mormon homes south of Far West. Montrose, Lee, Iowa

 1 47 Lucinda Barlow 1840 January 02

Affidavit. Destruction of O.P. Rockwell's house in Far West. Commerce, Hancock, Illinois

 1 48 John S. Higbee (1804-1877) 1839 March 24

Petition. Autobiography. Jackson county, life in Clay County, expulsion form Caldwell. Quincy, Adams, Illinois

 1 49 Alpheus Cutler (1784-1864) 1840 January 02

Affidavit. Looting of Cutler farm on Crooked River. Commerce, Hancock, Illinois

 1 50 Joseph C. Kingsbury (1812-1898) 1840 January 03

Affidavit. Far West, looting of Kingsbury house. Commerce, Hancock

 2 Documents 5, 6, 7, 8 (continued) : Affidavits and Petitions 1 Lewis D. Wilson (1805-1856) 1840 January 03

Certification of land claim. Commerce, Hancock, Illinois

 2 2 Mary K. Miller 1840 January 03

Affidavit re: depredations near Far West. Commerce, Hancock, Illinois

 2 3 Joel S. Miles 1840 January 03

Affidavit, attack on Far West. Commerce, Hancock, Illinois

 2 4 Samuel Bent (1778-1846); Lettice Bent; Hannah Yale 1840 January 03

Affidavits re: depredations from Jackson County, 1833; plundering of farms near Far West. Commerce, Hancock, Illinois

 2 5 Sarah Rockwell 1840 January 3

Affidavit: expulsion from Jackson County, 1833; plundering of farms near Far West. Commerce, Hancock, Illinois

 2 6 Thomas Grover (1807-1886) 1840 January 03

Affidavit, destruction of farms and crops in Caldwell County. Commerce, Hancock, Illinois

 2 7 John Patten (1787-1847) 1839 October 28

Affidavit, expulsion from Jackson County; destruction of the printing shop, depredations in Caldwell and Daviess counties. Land claims in Jackson, Clay, Lee county, Iowa

 2 8 Edward Partridge (1793-1840) 1840 January 03

Letter to Elias Higbee, re: land patents in Jackson County. Commerce, Hancock, Illinois

 2 9 Truman Brace (1783-1855) 1840 January 03

Affidavit: expulsion form Jackson County and from Far West. Commerce, Hancock, Illinois

 2 10 Uriah Burk Powell (1809-) 1839 November 09

Affidavit: expulsion from Far West, land claims, and bill of damages. Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois

 2 11 Abraham Palmer (1807-1875) 1839 November 09

Affidavit: Haun's Mill and expulsion form Caldwell County. Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois

 2 Document No. 9: Testimonies and Claims Sworn before Justices of the Peace Joseph Orr and William Laughlin 2 12 Title to document packet 1840 January 08

Depositions taken in Adams County

 2 13 Henry Ettleman (1798-) 1840 January 08

Affidavit: compulsion to sign deed to Caldwell property

 2 14 James Huston 1840 January 08

Affidavit: Compulsion to sign deed to Caldwell property

 2 15 Philip Ettlemere (1791-1854) 1840 January 08

Affidavit re: depredations in Caldwell County

 2 16 Albert Miner (1809-1848) 1840 January 08

Affidavit re: depredations in Caldwell County

 2 17 Alexander Mills (1801-) 1840 January 08

Bill of damages

 2 18 Charles Wetherby Patten (1811-) 1840 January 08

Affidavit: expulsion from Jackson County and compulsion to surrender land claims in Caldwell

 2 19 James Durphy (1798-1844) 1840 January 08

Affidavit: expulsion from Caldwell County and witness to a murder

 2 20 Smith Humphrey (1805-) 1840 January 08

Affidavit re: property destruction and expulsion from Dewitt, Carroll County

 2 21 Mariah Benner 1840 January 08

Affidavit re: Haun's Mill Massacre

 2 22 Elisha Whiting (1785-1848) 1840 January 08

Affidavit detailing expulsion from Caldwell County

 2 23 Alanson Brown 1840 January 08

Affidavit re: expulsion from Caldwell County

 2 24 Perry Keyes 1840 January 08

Affidavit detailing beatings in Independence in May 1834 and expulsion from Far West

 2 25 Lydia B. Whiting English 1840 January 08

Affidavit re: fight on Big Blue and Whitmer Settlement in Jackson County; widow of William Whiting

 2 26 Nathan Stewart 1840 January 08

Affidavit re: expulsion from Jackson County, November 1833, and pillage in Caldwell County, 1838

 2 27 Charles Hulet (1790-1863) 1840 January 08

Affidavit re: expulsion from Jackson County, November 1833, and pillage in Caldwell County, 1838

 2 28 Zerah Pulsipher (1788-1872) 1840 January 08

Affidavit: expulsion from Daviess County

 2 29 Horace Burgess (1816-1849) 1840 January 08

Affidavit re: plundering in Caldwell and Daviess County

 2 30 Lemuel Herrick (1792-1861) 1840 January 08

Affidavit: mob action in Jackson County, expulsion from Far West

 2 31 David C. Deming 1840 January 08

Affidavit re: Haun's Mill Massacre

 2 32 John Outhouse (1786-1873); Mahala Ann Overton 1840 January 08

Affidavit, compulsion to deed property in Caldwell County and expulsion from Ray County

 2 33 Robert William Bidwell (1794-1851); Betsy Bidwell; Catherine Morris 1840 January 08

Affidavit re: compulsion to deed land in Caldwell County

 2 34 Levi Bracken (1792-1852) 1840 January 08

Affidavit re: expulsion from Jackson and Caldwell

 2 35 Tunis Rappleye (1807-1883); Eli Lee, 1816-1881 1840 January 08

Affidavit re: depredations in Jackson and Caldwell

 2 36 Lewis Thompson; Percy Curtis; Mary Brown; Stephen St. John; Eleanor Wilson 1840 January 08

Short affidavits testifying to loss in Caldwell, Clay, and Carroll counties

 2 37 William Niswanger (1796-); Moses Dudley 1840 January 08

Affidavit re: compulsion to deed land in Caldwell County

 2 38 Jacob Huntsman; Bradley B. Wilson (1769-1842) 1840 January 08

Affidavit re: forced sale of lands in Caldwell and Ray counties

 2 39 Moses Kiley; George Clinton Wilson (1800-1874); Solomon Hancock (1794-1847); John Loveless (1807-1880) 1840 January 08

Affidavit on forced sale of Missouri lands, depredations on Loveless farm

 2 40 Issac Morley (1786-1864) 1840 January 08

Affidavit detailing description of mob actions and expulsions from Jackson County and Far West, including his own imprisonment

 2 41 Daniel L. Thomas; William Munjar (1792-1871) 1840 January 08

Affidavit on forced sale of lands in Jackson and Caldwell Counties. Thomas taken prisoner

 2 42 John M. McCaul [McCall?]; John Daley (1818-1863); Gideon D. Wood (1808-1890) 1840 January 08

Affidavit on depredations

 2 43 Hannah Wood; Lindsey Anderson Brady (1811-) 1840 January 08

Affidavit. Witness to pillage of John Daley's farm, loss of Caldwell county lands

 2 44 Albern Allen (1802-1867); David Crenshaw 1840 January 08

Affidavit on loss of lands in Caldwell County

 2 45 Reuben Foot; Philip Ballard 1840 January 07

Affidavit on loss of lands in Caldwell County

 2 46 James Worthington (1803-1885); James Bennett Bracken, (1816-1900); Amos F. Herrick (1797-); Phoebe Herrick; William Woodland (1788-) 1840 January 08

Affidavit on loss of lands and improvements in Caldwell, Randolph, Clinton, and Davies counties

 2 47 Barnet Cole (1796-1857); Alfred Lee (1805-1875) 1840 January 07

Affidavit on expulsions from Jackson and Caldwell Counties, with bills of damages

 2 48 Elizabeth C. Munjar (1822-) 1840 January 08

Affidavit from Jackson, Clay, and Caldwell counties

 2 49 John Murdock (1792-1871) 1840 January 08

Affidavit on expulsion from Dewitt in Carroll County and from Caldwell county. Details on mobs and militia

 2 50 John Smith (1781-1854) 1840 January 08

Affidavit detailing battle for Far West and expulsion from Caldwell County

 2 51 Levi Harlow Redfield (1801-1866); John Pack (1809-1885); John Lawson (1805-); Lodowick H. Ferre; Noah Rogers (1797-1846); Curtis Hodges, Sr.; Henry Stevenson; William Marks (1797-1872); Jonathan Hoopes (1788-1868) undated

Petition asking Congress to consider Mormon grievances

 2 52 Levi Harlow Redfield (1801-1866); Lodowick H. Ferre 1840 January 14

Bill of damages. Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois

 2 53 John Pack (1809-1885); Mary Ann Hoyt 1840 January 08

Affidavit on depredations in Caldwell county and Adam-ondi-Ahman n Daviess County. Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois

 2 54 Curtis Hodges, Sr. 1840 January 14

Bill of damages. Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois

 2 55 Andrew Whitlock (1805-1865) 1840 January 14

Affidavit on loss of property in Clay and Caldwell. Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois

 2 56 John Lawson (1805-); (Benjamin Slade, 1800-1891); (Noah Rogers, 1797-1846); (Jonathan Hoopes, 1788-1868); (Clark Slade, 1812-1844) 1840 January 14

Short affidavits on depredations in Jackson, Caldwell, and Daviess counties. Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois

 2 57 Warner Hoopes (1817-1891) 1840 January 14

Affidavit on Gallatin election and expulsion from Daviess County. Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois

 2 58 Henry Stevenson 1840 January 14

Affidavit on depredations and mob action in Carroll County. Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois

 2 59 John P. Walker (1823-1910) 1840 January 13

Bill of damages for losses in Jackson and Caldwell Counties. Alton, Madison, Illinois

 2 60 Horace Martin Alexander (1812-) 1840 January 13

Bill of damages for losses in Jackson and Caldwell Counties. Alton, Madison, Illinois

 2 61 Anthony Coombs (1800-1867) 1840 January 13

Bill of damages for loss at Far West. Alton, Madison, Illinois

 2 62 Nelson Turner 1840 January 13

Bill of damages. Alton, Madison, Illinois

 2 63 Henry Best 1840 January 13

Bill of damages for losses in Daviess county. Alton, Madison, Illinois

 2 64 Jeremiah Plumb 1840 January 13

Bill of damages and affidavit on mob action. Alton, Madison, Illinois

 2 65 Philinda Myrick 1840 January 4

Affidavit on depredations on Shoal Creek, Caldwell County, and murder of husband, Levi N. Myrick, Jerseyville, Jersey, Illinois

 2 66 Elisha Richards 1840 January 10

Bill of damages for losses in Caldwell County. Jerseyville, Jersey, Illinois

 2 67 Merlin Plumb 1840 January 13

Bill of damages including los land claims in Caldwell County. Alton, Madison, Illinois

 2 68 James Henry Rollins (1816-1899) 1840 January 13

Bill of damages an description of Gallatin election riot, Daviess County. Alton, Madison, Illinois

 2 69 Mahlon Johnson (1803-ca.1858) 1840 January 13

Affidavit and bill of damages, Jackson County and Haun's Mill. Alton, Madison, Illinois

 2 70 John Welch (1823-1910) 1840 January 13

Bill of damages. Alton, Madison, Illinois

 2 71 William C. Walker 1840 January 13

Bill of damages. Alton, Madison, Illinois

 2 72 Orrin Porter Rockwell (1815-1878) 1840 February 3

Affidavit on expulsion from Jackson County (detailed), Clay, Carroll, Daviess, and Ray Counties. Washington, D.C.

 3 Document 11- "Miscellaneous Subjects, Affidavits, & C." 3 1 William Wilson 1840 January 24

Affidavit re: depredations in Dewitt, Carroll County, Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois

 3 2 Jerome M. Benson (1810-1873); Mary Benson; Hannah Dalton 1840 January 09

Affidavit and inventory re: loss of property in Caldwell. Carthage, Hancock, Illinois

 3 3 David Dutton 1840 January 09

Affidavit and inventory re: loss of land and personal property in Caldwell County. Carthage, Hancock, Illinois

 3 4 D.H. Gilmer; James Clark [Clarke?]; Daniel B. Bush; J. Paulin 1840 January 18

Letter from non-Mormon residents on the character of the Mormon population. Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois

 3 5 Robert Lucas undated

Letter of Governor of Iowa Territory on the character of the Mormons

 3 6 George W. Harris; Samuel Bent (1778-1846); Henry G. Shurwood; David Fullmer (1803-1879); Alpheus Cutler (1784-1864); William Huntington; Thomas Grover (1807-1886); Newell Knight; Don Carlos Smith; David Dart; Seymour Brunson; Levi Jackman; Edward Partridge, 1793-1840); Alanson Ripley; Vinson Knight Bishops; Newell K. Whitney 1839 October 27

Letter from High Council and bishops recommending Joseph to Congressional Committees. Commerce, Hancock, Illinois

 3 7 James Sloan 1839 October 20

Letter of recommendation re: Joseph Smith from the Quincy Branch. Quincy, Adams, Illinois

 3 8 David W. Adams (1797-1846); William Leffingwell 1840 January 06

Affidavit on expulsion from Carroll County and property loss at Far West. Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois

 3 9 John Thorp 1840 January 06

Affidavit on expulsion from Carroll County and property loss at Far West. Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois

 3 10 George B. Teeples (1803-1884) 1840 January 06

Affidavit re: flight from Clay County and depredations in Daviess county and Battle of Millport. Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois

 3 11 James Houghton 1840 January 06

Affidavit re: destruction of crops and loss of land of Far West. Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois

 3 12 Chester Southworth (1793-1874) 1840 January 06

Affidavit re: mob and militia action at Far West. Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois

 3 13 Gabriel N. Taylor 1840 January 06

Affidavit re: mob and militia action and claim for lost property. Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois

 3 14 Ornan Houghton (1806-1847) 1840 January 06

Affidavit re: compulsion to leave Clay County and losses from Militia action in Caldwell. Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois

 3 15 Nahum Curtis (1784-1846) (click to view) 1840 January 06

Affidavit re: loss of property in Caldwell County. Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois

 3 16 Eli Houghton (1797-) 1840 January 06

Affidavit re: losses in Caldwell County. Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois

 3 17 Lyman Curtis (1812-1897) (click to view) 1840 January 06

Affidavit re: losses in Caldwell County. Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois

 3 18 Elijah Shaw 1840 January 06

Affidavit re: Militia action in Caldwell. Land claims and expulsion from Jackson County. Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois

 3 19 Nathan Calhoun Cheney (1811-1852) 1840 January 06

Affidavit re: plundering of property in Caldwell by militia. Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois

 3 20 Perry Durfee (1797-1872) 1840 January 06

Affidavit re: battle at Christian Whitmer's house in Jackson County, burnings in Clay County, plunder of property in Caldwell County. Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois

 3 21 Harvy Olmstead (1794-) 1840 January 06

Affidavit regarding expulsion from Jackson and Daviess counties. Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois

 3 22 Enos McNall 1840 January 06

Affidavit of non-Mormon attacked by mob in Carroll County for being friendly to Mormons. Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois

 3 23 William Aldrich (1807-) 1840 January 06

Affidavit re: loss of property and expulsion from Daviess County. Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois

 3 24 Henry Stephens 1840 January 06

Affidavit re: militia depredations in Far West after the city's surrender. Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois

 3 25 Rufus Abbot (1784-) 1840 January 06

Affidavit re: expulsion from Jackson County and murder of son at Haun's Mill. Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois

 3 26 Daniel R. Cathcart (1803-) 1840 January 06

Affidavit re: militia depredations in Daviess county. Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois

 3 27 Delia Reed 1840 January 06

Affidavit re: widow with 7 children in Caldwell county until expelled. Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois

 3 28 Elizabeth Holsclaw 1840 January 06

Affidavit re: expulsion from Jackson County and from Far West. Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois

 3 29 Lucy Corkins 1840 January 06

Affidavit on expulsions from Jackson County and from Far West. Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois

 3 30 Elisha Hill 1840 January 06

Affidavit on troubles in Ray County, Gallatin election, depredations on Adam-ondi-Ahman. Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois

 3 31 Arza Judd, Jr. 1840 January 06

Affidavit on depredations and militia action in Carroll County. Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois

 3 32 Selah J. Griffen 1840 January 06

Affidavit on expulsions from Jackson, Clay and Caldwell and losses of blacksmith shop. Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois

 3 33 Lorenzo D. Chamberlain 1840 January 06

Affidavit re: expulsion from Jackson county and from Adam-ondi-Ahman. Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois

 3 34 Jabis Durfee (1791-1867) 1840 January 06

Land loss in Daviess County. Commerce, Hancock, Illinois

 3 35 Solomon chamberlin (1788-1862) 1840 January 06

Bill of damages, Jackson, Clay Daviess, Caldwell Hancock, Illinois

 3 36 Polly Wilson 1840 January 06

Bill of damages, Jackson, Clay, Daviess counties. Hancock county

 3 37 Jabis Drufee (1797-1867) 1840 January 18

Affidavit on loss of farm and mill, Caldwell county. Commerce, Hancock, Illinois

 3 38 Loyal C.K. Griffen 1840 January 06

Affidavit on expulsion from Jackson and Caldwell. Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois

 3 39 James B.F. Page 1840 January 06

Affidavit on expulsion and loss of property in Lafayette County (1835) and from Caldwell County. Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois

 3 40 Squire Bozarth [?] 1840 January 11

Affidavit on militia attack on Far West. Commerce, Hancock, Illinois

 3 41 Eliphaz Marsh (1791-1844) 1840 January 6

Affidavit on militia attack on Far West. Commerce, Hancock, Illinois

 3 42 Samuel C. Miles (1779-1849) 1840 January 03

Affidavit re: remarks of Gen. Atchison at Far West about mob in Daviess. Commerce, Hancock, Illinois

 3 43 Charles Crismon (1807-1849) (click to view) 1840 January 21

Affidavit about attack on Far West by Militia. Winchester, Scott, Illinois

 3 44 Rufus Edwards (1815-) 1840 January 10

Bill of damages. Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois

 3 45 Elisha Franklin Edwards (1806-1878) 1840 January 10

Bill of damages. Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois

 3 46 James M. Henderson 1840 January 10

Affidavit re: expulsion from Caldwell County and inventory of lost property. Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois

 3 Document #12: "Miscellaneous Testimony and affidavits" 3 47 Dexter Stillman (1804-1852) 1840 January 20

Affidavit on mob actions in Far West. Winchester, Scott, Illinois

 3 48 Jesse McCarrell [McCard]? 1840 January 17

Affidavit on being driven from land in Missouri. Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois

 3 49 Martin Carol Allred (1806-1840) 1840 January 18

Bill of damages for Missouri losses. Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois

 3 50 William Seely undated

Affidavit on loss of property and expulsion from Daviess County

 3 51 Joel Shearer 1840 January 14

Affidavit on expulsion from Caldwell county and loss of land claims. Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois

 3 52 Phineas H. Young (1799-1876) 1840 January 14

Affidavit on expulsion from Caldwell county and claim for loss of property. Winchester, Scott, Illinois

 3 53 Issac Decker (1799-1873) 1840 January 18

Affidavit on expulsion from and loss of lands in Daviess county. Winchester, Scott, Illinois

 3 54 Hannah York; Daniel Norton (1796-1873) 1840 January 27

Affidavit on loss of property and murder of John York. Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois

 3 55 Reuben Hendrix [Hendricks?]; Issac Ellison (1807-) 1840 January 27

Affidavit and bill of damages re: expulsion from Caldwell county. Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois

 3 56 George Boosinger 1840 January 20

Bill of damages for loss of land claims. Alton, Madison, Illinois

 3 57 Charles Jameson 1840 January 20

Bill of damages for loss of land claims. Alton, Madison, Illinois

 3 58 William Moore Allred (1819-1901) 1840 January 10

Affidavit on loss of lands and expulsion from Ray County. Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois

 3 59 Jonathan Ford (1802-1851); James Dickerson Allen, (1804-1852) 1840 January 10

Affidavit re: loss of lands in Caldwell and Randolph counties. Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois

 3 60 Conrad Parker; H.N. Kent; Edward Weaver; David Winter; Moses Clawson(1801-1877) 1840 January 10

Bill of damages including inventories, Clawson affidavit discusses capture of Far West. Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois

 3 61 Peter Boyce 1840 January 14

Bill of damages. Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois

 3 62 William Turner; Charles Squier 1840 January 13

Bill of damages. Hardin, Calhoun, Illinois

 3 63 Lewis Turner 1840 January 13

Bill of damages for land loss in Caldwell County, including inventory. Hardin, Calhoun, Illinois