CAINE MSS COLL 19
Collection 19 contains those 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.
The Collection was obtained from the National Archives in the Spring of 1990. 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.
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.
CONTAINER LIST
Box I: Publications and Affidavits:
Fd 1: John P. Greene, 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).
Fd 2: Parley P. Pratt, History of the Late Persecutions Inflicted by the State of Missouri upon the Mormons (Detroit: Dawson and Batis, Printers,
1839).
Fd 3: Document Containing the Correspondence, Orders, &c. In Relation to the Disturbances with the Mormons... Published by the Order of
the General Assembly (Fayette, Missouri: 1841).
Fd 4: Petition Placed before Congress by Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and Elias Higbee.
Box I: document Number 2 (Congressional Numbering System) : Affidavits.
Fd 5: John Corrill
Aff. Regarding expulsion from Jackson County, Extermination Order, land claims in Caldwell County.
Quincy, Adams Illinois, jan. 7, 1840.
Fd 6: Willard Trowbridge Snow, 1811-1852.
Aff. re: siege of Far West and losses in Caldwell County.
Montrose, Lee, Iowa, Jan. 4, 1840.
Fd 7: Lewis Thompson
Bill of Damages.
Quincy, Adams, Illinois, April 3, 1839.
Fd 8: Amelia Chapman
Bill of damages
Quincy, Adams, Illinois, Sept. 30, 1839.
Fd 9: Benjamin Slade, 1800-1891.
Bill of Damages.
Quincy, Adams, Illinois, April 20, 1839.
Fd 10: John Reed, 1783-1846.
Bill of Damages.
Quincy, Adams, Illinois, April 21, 1839.
Fd 11: Arthur Morrison
Land claim and affidavit re: exterminating order.
Quincy, Adams, Illinois, Jan. 9 1840.
Fd 12: William Moore Allred, 1819-1901.
Damage claims
Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois, September 3, 1839.
Fd 13: Samuel Miles, 1779-1847.
Bill of damages.
Quincy, Adams, Illinois, ?, 1839.
Fd 14: Clarissa Fosdick, 1799-
Bill of Damages.
Quincy, Adams, Illinois, October 15, 1839.
Fd 15: Elisabeth Tyler
Bill of Damage.
Quincy, Adams, Illinois, September 30, 1839.
Fd 16: Andrew Moore, 1792-1872.
Bill of damages.
McComb, McDonough, Illinois, September 25, 1839.
Fd 17: Document No. 3. Explanatory Note. Document 3 was perhaps the petition in Bx 1, fd. 4, that was misfiled by Congressional clerk.
Box I: Document 4, Accounts of Haun's Mill Massacre.
Fd 18: Nathan K. Knight
Affidavit.
Commerce, Hancock, Illinois, Jan. 1, 1840.
Fd 19: Amanda Smith
Affidavit.
Quincy, Adams, Illinois, April 18, 1839.
Fd 20: Alma Smith
Affidavit.
Commerce, Hancock, Jan. 3, 1840.
Fd 21: Reuben Naper
Affidavit.
Commerce, Hancock, Illinois, Jan. 3, 1840.
Fd 22: Catharine Fuller, 1820-
Affidavit.
Commerce, Hancock, Illinois, Jan. 3, 1840.
Fd 23: David Fullmer, 1803-1879
Affidavit.
Commerce, Hancock, Illinois, Jan. 3, 1840.
Fd 24: Tarleton Lewis
Affidavit. Includes list of dead. Thomas Bullock, scribe.
Commerce, Hancock, Illinois, Jan. 3, 1840.
Fd 25: Joseph Young, 1797-1881.
Jane A. Young
Affidavit. Detailed 6 page interview.
n.d.
Fd 26: Ruth Naper
Affidavit. Widow of William Napper, killed at Haun's Mill.
Commerce, Hancock, Illinois, December 2, 1839.
Box I: Documents 5, 6, 7, 8 (Congressional Designation) : Missouri
Documents, Affidavits, and Petitions.
Fd 27: Cover Sheets, National Archives, for Documents 5, 6, 7, 8,
Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, 27th Congress.
Fd 28: Transcriptions of Missouri Documents (fragmentary).
Warning to Mormons to stay south of Grand River, Adam
Black statement re: Mormons in Daviess County. August 27, 1838.
Fd 29: Letter (fragmentary)
Re: exodus of Mormons from Missouri, 1839.
Fd 30: Affidavit (fragmentary)
Re: Beginning of Mormon War in Caldwell County. Thomas Bullock, Scribe.
Fd 31: Typescript of Issac Leany Affidavit.
Fd 32: Letter to Col. Sterling Price
Missouri Militia from Far West, September 8, 1838.
Final page or pages and signature missing. Discussion
Of Gallatin elections riots.
Fd 33: Issac Leany
Detailed account of Haun's Mill, list of casualties,
expulsion from Caldwell County.
Quincy, Adams, Illinois, April 30, 1839.
Fd 34: Sidney Rigdon, 1793-1876.
Letter to Felix Grundy asking about legal steps to recover damages.
Quincy, Adams, Illinois, February 23, 1839.
Fd 35: Lewis Abbott, 1795-1861.
Expulsion from Jackson county and Caldwell.
Also mentions Clay County.
Quincy, Adams, Illinois, June 25, 1839.
Fd 36: Willard Trowbridge Snow, 1811-1852.
Petition regarding Adam Black William Peniston, et. Al.,
Gallatin election riot, Adam-ondi-Ahman, expulsion from Far West.
Includes not by Malvina C. Snow.
Fd 37: Edward Partridge, 1793-1884.
Affidavit. Jackson and Caldwell County expulsions.
Discussion of property values and statement of losses.
Quincy, Adams, Illinois, May 15, 1839.
Fd 38: Joseph Smith, Jr. 1805-1844.
Sidney Rigdon, 1793-1876.
Elias Higbee, 1795-1843.
Statement regarding lands purchases from the Federal
Government in Missouri.
Washington, D.C. Jan. 20, 1840.
Fd 39: Carlos Granger
Affidavit. Expulsion from Far West.
Commerce, Hancock, Illinois, January 3, 1840.
Fd 40: David Pettegrew, 1791-1863.
Petition. Details of expulsion from Jackson County and from Far West. n.d.
Fd 41: Edmund Durfee, Jr., 1814-1861
Affidavit. Expulsion from Caldwell County.
McComb, McDonough, Illinois, January 4, 1840.
Fd 42: Messenger and Advocate. Extra. July 25, 1836.
Published letter regarding request by Clay County residents for Mormons to leave county.
Fd 43: Elijah Reed
Affidavit. Expulsion from Caldwell County.
Quincy, Adams, Illinois, Jan. 9, 1840.
Fd 44: Daniel C. Davis, 1804-1850.
Affidavit. Expulsion from Far West, imprisonment of Joseph Smith and others in Ray County. Lee County, Iowa, January 6, 1840.
Fd 45: Daniel Stanton, 1795-1872.
Affidavit. Expulsion from Daviess County.
Quincy, Adams, Illinois, March 18, 1840.
Fd 46: Moses Martin, 1812-1900.
Affidavit. Plundering of Mormon homes south of Far West.
Montrose, Lee, Iowa, March 6, 1840.
Fd 47: Lucinda Barlow
Affidavit. Destruction of O.P. Rockwell's house in Far West.
Commerce, Hancock, Illinois, Jan. 2, 1840.
Fd 48: John S. Higbee, 1804-1877.
Petition. Autobiography. Jackson county, life in Clay
County, expulsion form Caldwell.
Quincy, Adams, Illinois, March 24, 1839.
Fd 50: Joseph C. Kingsbury, 1812-1898.
Affidavit. Far West, looting of Kingsbury house.
Commerce, Hancock, Illinois, Jan. 2, 1840.
Box II: Documents 5, 6, 7, 8 (continued) : Affidavits and Petitions.
Fd 1: Lewis D. Wilson, 1805-1856.
Certification of land claim.
Commerce, Hancock, Illinois, January 3, 1840.
Fd 2: Mary K. Miller
Affidavit re: depredations near Far West.
Commerce, Hancock, Illinois, Jan. 3, 1840.
Fd 3: Joel S. Miles
Affidavit, attack on Far West.
Commerce, Hancock, Illinois, Jan. 3 1840.
Fd 4: Samuel Bent, 1778-1846.
Lettice Bent
Hannah Yale
Affidavits re: depredations from Jackson County, 1833;
plundering of farms near Far West.
Commerce, Hancock, Illinois, Jan. 3, 1840.
Fd 5: Sarah Rockwell
Affidavit : expulsion from Jackson County, 1833; plundering
of farms near Far West.
Commerce, Hancock, Illinois, Jan. 3, 1840.
Fd 6: Thomas Grover, 1807-1886.
Affidavit, destruction of farms and crops in Caldwell County.
Commerce, Hancock, Illinois, Jan. 3, 1840.
Fd 7: John Patten, 1787-1847.
Affidavit, expulsion from Jackson County; destruction of the printing shop, depredations in Caldwell and Daviess counties. Land claims in
Jackson, Clay, Lee county, Iowa, October 28, 1839.
Fd 8: Edward Partridge, 1793-1840.
Letter to Elias Higbee, re: land patents in Jackson County.
Commerce, Hancock, Illinois, January 3, 1840.
Fd 9: Truman Brace, 1783-1855.
Affidavit: expulsion form Jackson County and from Far West.
Commerce, Hancock, Illinois, January 3, 1840.
Fd 10: Uriah Burk Powell, 1809-
Affidavit: expulsion from Far West, land claims, and bill of damages.
Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, November 9, 1839.
Fd 11: Abraham Palmer, 1807-1875.
Affidavit: Haun's Mill and expulsion form Caldwell County.
Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, November 9, 1839.
Document No. 9: Testimonies and Claims Sworn before Justices of the Peace Joseph Orr and William Laughlin.
Fd 12: Title to document packet: Depositions taken in Adams County, January 8, 1840.
Fd 13: Henry Ettleman, 1798-
Affidavit: compulsion to sign deed to Caldwell property.
January 8, 1840.
Fd 14: James Huston
Affidavit: Compulsion to sign deed to Caldwell property.
January 8, 1840.
Fd 15: Philip Ettlemere, 1791-1854.
Affidavit re: depredations in Caldwell County.
January 8, 1840.
Fd 16: Albert Miner, 1809-1848.
Affidavit re: depredations in Caldwell County.
January 8, 1840.
Fd 17: Alexander Mills, 1801-
Bill of damages.
January 8, 1840.
Fd 18: Charles Wetherby Patten, 1811-
Affidavit : expulsion from Jackson County and compulsion
to surrender land claims in Caldwell. January 8, 1840.
Fd 19: James Durphy, 1798-1844.
Affidavit: expulsion from Caldwell County and witness to a murder.
January 8, 1840.
Fd 20: Smith Humphrey, 1805-
Affidavit re: property destruction and expulsion from Dewitt, Carroll County.
January 8, 1840.
Fd 21: Mariah Benner
Affidavit re: Haun's Mill Massacre.
Jan. 8, 1840.
Fd 22: Elisha Whiting, 1785-1848.
Affidavit detailing expulsion from Caldwell County.
January 8, 1840.
Fd 23: Alanson Brown
Affidavit re: expulsion from Caldwell County.
January 8, 1840.
Fd 24: Perry Keyes
Affidavit detailing beatings in Independence in
May 1834 and expulsion from Far West.
January 8, 1840.
Fd 25: Lydia B. Whiting English
Affidavit re: fight on Big Blue and Whitmer Settlement
in Jackson County; widow of William Whiting.
January 8, 1840.
Fd 26: Nathan Stewart
Affidavit re: expulsion from Jackson County, November
1833, and pillage in Caldwell County, 1838.
January 8, 1840.
Fd 27: Charles Hulet, 1790-1863.
Affidavit re: expulsion from Jackson County, November
1833, and pillage in Caldwell County, 1838.
January 8, 1840.
Fd 28: Zerah Pulsipher, 1788-1872.
Affidavit: expulsion from Daviess County.
January 8, 1840.
Fd 29: Horace Burgess, 1816-1849.
Affidavit re: plundering in Caldwell and Daviess County.
January 8, 1840.
Fd 30: Lemuel Herrick, 1792-1861.
Affidavit: mob action in Jackson County, expulsion from Far West.
January 8, 1840.
Fd 31: David C. Deming
Affidavit re: Haun's Mill Massacre.
January 8, 1840.
Fd 32: John Outhouse, 1786-1873.
Mahala Ann Overton
Affidavit, compulsion to deed property in Caldwell
County and expulsion from Ray County. January 8, 1840.
Fd 33: Robert William Bidwell, 1794-1851.
Betsy Bidwell
Catherine Morris
Affidavit re: compulsion to deed land in Caldwell County. January 8, 1840.
Fd 34: Levi Bracken, 1792-1852.
Affidavit re: expulsion from Jackson and Caldwell.
January 8, 1840.
Fd 35: Tunis Rappleye, 1807-1883.
Eli Lee, 1816-1881.
Affidavit re: depredations in Jackson and Caldwell.
January 8, 1840.
Fd 36: Lewis Thompson
Percy Curtis
Mary Brown
Stephen St. John
Eleanor Wilson
Short affidavits testifying to loss in Caldwell, Clay, and Carroll counties.
January 8, 1840.
Fd 37: William Niswanger, 1796-
Moses Dudley
Affidavit re: compulsion to deed land in Caldwell County.
January 8, 1840.
Fd 38: Jacob Huntsman
Bradley B. Wilson, 1769-1842.
Affidavit re: forced sale of lands in Caldwell and Ray counties.
January 8, 1840.
Fd 39: Moses Kiley
George Clinton Wilson, 1800-1874
Solomon Hancock, 1794-1847
John Loveless, 1807-1880
Affidavit on forced sale of Missouri lands, depredations on Loveless farm.
January 8, 1840.
Fd 40: Issac Morley, 1786-1864.
Affidavit detailing description of mob actions and expulsions from Jackson County and Far West, including his own imprisonment.
January 8, 1840.
Fd 41: Daniel L. Thomas
William Munjar, 1792-1871.
Affidavit on forced sale of lands in Jackson and Caldwell Counties. Thomas taken prisoner.
January 8, 1840.
Fd 42: John M. McCaul [McCall?]
John Daley, 1818-1863
Gideon D. Wood, 1808-1890.
Affidavit on depredations.
January 8, 1840.
Fd 43: Hannah Wood
Lindsey Anderson Brady, 1811-
Affidavit. Witness to pillage of John Daley's farm, loss of Caldwell county lands.
January 8, 1840.
Fd 44: Albern Allen, 1802-1867.
David Crenshaw
Affidavit on loss of lands in Caldwell County.
January 8, 1840.
Fd 45: Reuben Foot
Philip Ballard
Affidavit on loss of lands in Caldwell County.
January 7, 1840.
Fd 46: James Worthington, 1803-1885.
James Bennett Bracken, 1816-1900.
Amos F. Herrick, 1797-
Phoebe Herrick
William Woodland, 1788-
Affidavit on loss of lands and improvements in Caldwell, Randolph, Clinton, and Davies counties.
January 8, 1840.
Fd 47: Barnet Cole, 1796-1857.
Alfred Lee, 1805-1875.
Affidavit on expulsions from Jackson and Caldwell Counties, with bills of damages.
January 7, 1840.
Fd 48: Elizabeth C. Munjar, 1822-
Affidavit from Jackson, Clay, and Caldwell counties.
January 8, 1840.
Fd 49: John Murdock, 1792-1871.
Affidavit on expulsion from Dewitt in Carroll County and from Caldwell county. Details on mobs and militia.
January 8, 1840.
Fd 50: John, Smith, 1781-1854.
Affidavit detailing battle for Far West and expulsion from Caldwell County.
January 8, 1840.
Fd 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.
Petition asking Congress to consider Mormon grievances.
Fd 52: Levi Harlow Redfield, 1801-1866.
Lodowick H. Ferre
Bill of damages
Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois, January 14, 1840.
Fd 53: John Pack, 1809-1885.
Mary Ann Hoyt
Affidavit on depredations in Caldwell county and Adam-ondi-Ahman n Daviess County.
Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois, January 14, 1840.
Fd 54: Curtis Hodges, Sr.
Bill of damages.
Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois, January 14, 1840.
Fd 55: Andrew Whitlock, 105-1865.
Affidavit on loss of property in Clay and Caldwell.
Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois, January 14, 1840.
Fd 56: John Lawson, 1805-
Benjamin Slade, 1800-1891.
Noah Rogers, 1797-1846.
Jonathan Hoopes, 1788-1868.
Clark Slade, 1812-1844.
Short affidavits on depredations in Jackson, Caldwell, and Daviess counties
Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois, January 14, 1840.
Fd 57: Warner Hoopes, 1817-1891.
Affidavit on Gallatin election and expulsion from Daviess County.
Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois, January 14, 1840.
Fd 58: Henry Stevenson
Affidavit on depredations and mob action in Carroll County.
Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois, January 14, 1840.
Fd 59: John P. Walker, 1823-1910.
Bill of damages for losses in Jackson and Caldwell Counties.
Alton, Madison, Illinois, January 13, 1840.
Fd 60: Horace Martin Alexander, 1812-
Bill of damages for losses in Jackson and Caldwell Counties.
Alton, Madison, Illinois, January 13, 1840.
Fd 61: Anthony Coombs, 1800-1867.
Bill of damages for loss at Far West.
Alton, Madison, Illinois, January 13, 1840.
Fd 62: Nelson Turner
Bill of damages.
Alton, Madison, Illinois, January 13, 1840.
Fd 63: Henry Best
Bill of damages for losses in Daviess county.
Alton, Madison, Illinois, January 13, 1840.
Fd 64: Jeremiah Plumb
Bill of damages and affidavit on mob action.
Alton, Madison, Illinois, January 13, 1840.
Fd 65: Philinda Myrick
Affidavit on depredations on Shoal Creek, Caldwell County, and murder of husband, Levi N. Myrick, Jerseyville, Jersey, Illinois, January 4, 1840.
Fd 66: Elisha Richards
Bill of damages for losses in Caldwell County.
Jerseyville, Jersey, Illinois, January 10, 1840.
Fd 67: Merlin Plumb
Bill of damages including los land claims in Caldwell County.
Alton, Madison, Illinois, January 13, 1840.
Fd 68: James Henry Rollins, 1816-1899.
Bill of damages an description of Gallatin election riot, Daviess County.
Alton, Madison, Illinois, January 13, 1840.
Fd 69: Mahlon Johnson, 1803-ca.1858.
Affidavit and bill of damages, Jackson County and Haun's Mill.
Alton, Madison, Illinois, January 13, 1840.
Fd 70: John Welch, 1823-1910.
Bill of damages.
Alton, Madison, Illinois, January 13, 1840.
Fd 71: William C. Walker
Bill of damages.
Alton, Madison, Illinois, January 13, 1840.
Fd 72: Orrin Porter Rockwell, 1815-1878.
Affidavit on expulsion from Jackson County (detailed), Clay, Carroll, Daviess, and Ray Counties.
Washington, D.C., February 3, 1840.
Box III: Document 11- "Miscellaneous Subjects, Affidavits, & C."
Fd 1: William Wilson
Affidavit re: depredations in Dewitt, Carroll County.
Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois, January 24, 1840.
Fd 2: Jerome M. Benson, 1810-1873.
Mary Benson
Hannah Dalton
Affidavit and inventory re: loss of property in Caldwell.
Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, January 9, 1840.
Fd 3: David Dutton
Affidavit and inventory re: loss of land and personal property in Caldwell County.
Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, January 9, 1840.
Fd 4: D.H. Gilmer
James Clark [Clarke?]
Daniel B. Bush
J. Paulin
Letter from non-Mormon residents on the character of the Mormon population.
Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois, January 18, 1840.
Fd 5: Robert Lucas
Letter of Governor of Iowa Territory on the character of the Mormons.
Fd 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 )
Letter from High Council and bishops recommending Joseph to Congressional Committees.
Commerce, Hancock, Illinois, October 27, 1839.
Fd 7: James Sloan
Letter of recommendation re: Joseph Smith from the Quincy Branch.
Quincy, Adams, Illinois, October 20, 1839.
Fd 8: David W. Adams, 1797-1846.
William Leffingwell
Affidavit on expulsion from Carroll County and property loss at Far West.
Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois, January 6, 1840.
Fd 9: John Thorp
Affidavit on expulsion from Carroll County and property loss at Far West.
Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois, January 6, 1840.
Fd 10: George B. Teeples, 1803-1884.
Affidavit re: flight from Clay County and depredations in Daviess county and Battle of Millport.
Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois, January 6, 1840.
Fd 11: James Houghton
Affidavit re: destruction of crops and loss of land of Far West.
Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois, January 6, 1840.
Fd 12: Chester Southworth, 1793-1874.
Affidavit re: mob and militia action at Far West.
Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois, January 6, 1840.
Fd 13: Gabriel N. Taylor
Affidavit re: mob and militia action and claim for lost property.
Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois, January 6, 1840.
Fd 14: Ornan Houghton, 1806-1847.
Affidavit re: compulsion to leave Clay County and losses from Militia action in Caldwell.
Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois, January 6,1840.
Fd 15: Nahum Curtis, 1784-1846.
Affidavit re: loss of property in Caldwell County.
Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois, January 6, 1840.
Fd 16: Eli Houghton, 1797-
Affidavit re: losses in Caldwell County.
Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois, January 6, 1840.
Fd 17: Lyman Curtis, 1812-1897.
Affidavit re: losses in Caldwell County.
Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois, January 6, 1840.
Fd 18: Elijah Shaw
Affidavit re: Militia action in Caldwell. Land claims and expulsion from Jackson County.
Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois, January 6, 1840.
Fd 19: Nathan Calhoun Cheney, 1811-1852.
Affidavit re: plundering of property in Caldwell by militia.
Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois, January 6, 1840.
Fd 20: Perry Durfee, 1797-1872.
Affidavit re: battle at Christian Whitmer's house in Jackson County, burnings in Clay County, plunder of property in Caldwell County.
Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois, January 6, 1840.
Fd 21: Harvy Olmstead, 1794-
Affidavit regarding expulsion from Jackson and Daviess counties.
Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois, January 6, 1840.
Fd 22: Enos McNall
Affidavit of non-Mormon attacked by mob in Carroll County for being friendly to Mormons. Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois, January 6, 1840.
Fd 23: William Aldrich, 1807-
Affidavit re: loss of property and expulsion from Daviess County.
Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois, January 6, 1840.
Fd 24: Henry Stephens
Affidavit re: militia depredations in Far West after the city's surrender.
Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois, January 6, 1840.
Fd 25: Rufus Abbot, 1784-
Affidavit re: expulsion from Jackson County and murder of son at Haun's Mill.
Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois, January 6, 1840.
Fd 26: Daniel R. Cathcart, 1803-
Affidavit re: militia depredations in Daviess county.
Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois, January 6, 1840.
Fd 27: Delia Reed
Affidavit re: widow with 7 children in Caldwell county until expelled.
Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois, January 6, 1840.
Fd 28: Elizabeth Holsclaw
Affidavit re: expulsion from Jackson County and from Far West.
Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois, January 6, 1840.
Fd 29: Lucy Corkins
Affidavit on expulsions from Jackson County and from Far West.
Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois, January 6, 1840.
Fd 30: Elisha Hill
Affidavit on troubles in Ray County, Gallatin election, depredations on Adam-ondi-Ahman.
Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois, January 6, 1840.
Fd 31: Arza Judd, Jr.
Affidavit on depredations and militia action in Carroll County.
Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois, January 6, 1840.
Fd 32: Selah J. Griffen
Affidavit on expulsions from Jackson, Clay and Caldwell and losses of blacksmith shop.
Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois, January 6, 1840.
Fd 33: Lorenzo D. Chamberlain
Affidavit re: expulsion from Jackson county and from Adam-ondi-Ahman.
Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois, January 6, 1840.
Fd 34: Jabis Durfee, 1791-1867.
Land loss in Daviess County.
Commerce, Hancock, Illinois, January 6, 1840.
Fd 35: Solomon chamberlin, 1788-1862.
Bill of damages, Jackson, Clay Daviess, Caldwell
Hancock, Illinois, January 6, 1840
Fd 36: Polly Wilson
Bill of damages, Jackson, Clay, Daviess counties.
Hancock county, January 6, 1840.
Fd 37: Jabis Drufee, 1797-1867.
Affidavit on loss of farm and mill, Caldwell county.
Commerce, Hancock, Illinois, January 18, 1840.
Fd 38: Loyal C.K. Griffen
Affidavit on expulsion from Jackson and Caldwell.
Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois, January 6, 1840.
Fd 39: James B.F. Page
Affidavit on expulsion and loss of property in Lafayette County (1835) and from Caldwell County.
Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois, January 6, 1840.
Fd 40: Squire Bozarth [?]
Affidavit on militia attack on Far West.
Commerce, Hancock, Illinois, January 11, 1840.
Fd 41: Eliphaz Marsh, 1791-1844
Affidavit on militia attack on Far West.
Commerce, Hancock, Illinois, January 6, 1840.
Fd 42: Samuel C. Miles, 1779-1849.
Affidavit re: remarks of Gen. Atchison at Far West about mob in Daviess.
Commerce, Hancock, Illinois, January 3, 1840.
Fd 43: Charles Crismon, 1807-1849.
Affidavit about attack on Far West by Militia.
Winchester, Scott, Illinois, January 21, 1840.
Fd 44: Rufus Edwards, 1815-
Bill of damages. Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois, January 10, 1840.
Fd 45: Elisha Franklin Edwards, 1806-1878.
Bill of damages. Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois, January 10, 1840.
Fd 46: James M. Henderson
Affidavit re: expulsion from Caldwell County and inventory of lost property.
Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois, January 10, 1840.
Document #12: "Miscellaneous Testimony and affidavits."
Fd 47: Dexter Stillman, 1804-1852
Affidavit on mob actions in Far West.
Winchester, Scott, Illinois, January 20, 1840.
Fd 48: Jesse McCarrell [McCard]?
Affidavit on being driven from land in Missouri.
Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois, January 17, 1840.
Fd 49: Martin Carol Allred, 1806-1840.
Bill of damages for Missouri losses.
Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois, January 18, 1840.
Fd 50: William Seely
Affidavit on loss of property and expulsion from Daviess County.
Fd 51: Joel Shearer
Affidavit on expulsion from Caldwell county and loss of land claims.
Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois, January 14, 1840.
Fd 52: Phineas H. Young, 1799-1876.
Affidavit on expulsion from Caldwell county and claim for loss of property.
Winchester, Scott, Illinois, January 14, 1840.
Fd 53: Issac Decker, 799-1873.
Affidavit on expulsion from and loss of lands in Daviess county.
Winchester, Scott, Illinois, January 18, 1840.
Fd 54: Hannah York
Daniel Norton, 1796-1873.
Affidavit on loss of property and murder of John York.
Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois, January 27, 1840.
Fd 55: Reuben Hendrix [Hendricks?]
Issac Ellison, 1807-
Affidavit and bill of damages re: expulsion from Caldwell county.
Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois, January 27, 1840.
Fd 56: George Boosinger
Bill of damages for loss of land claims.
Alton, Madison, Illinois, January 20, 1840.
Fd 57: Charles Jameson
Bill of damages for loss of land claims.
Alton, Madison, Illinois, January 20, 1840.
Fd 58: William Moore Allred, 1819-1901.
Affidavit on loss of lands and expulsion from Ray County.
Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois, January 10, 1840.
Fd 59: Jonathan Ford, 1802-1851.
James Dickerson Allen, 1804-1852.
Affidavit re: loss of lands in Caldwell and Randolph counties.
Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois, January 10, 1840.
Fd 60: Conrad Parker
H.N. Kent
Edward Weaver
David Winter
Moses Clawson, 1801-1877.
Bill of damages including inventories, Clawson affidavit discusses capture of Far West.
Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois, January 10, 1840.
Fd 61: Peter Boyce
Bill of damages.
Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois, January 14,1840.
Fd 62: William Turner
Charles Squier
Bill of damages.
Hardin, Calhoun, Illinois, January 13, 1840.
Fd 63: Lewis Turner
Bill of damages for land loss in Caldwell County, including inventory.
Hardin, Calhoun, Ilinois, January 13, 1840.
NAME INDEX
Abbot, Rufus, III:25GEOGRAPHICAL INDEX
This listing shows the geographical references in Missouri that are discussed in the Affidavits and Petitions presented to Congress seeking redress for the various expulsions in the state.
ADAM-ONDI-AHMAN...(see also Daviess County). I:36, 53; III:30, 33
CALDWELL COUNTY...(see also Far West and Haun's Mill) I:5, 6, 30, 33, 37, 41, 43, 46, 48, 49, II:6, 7, 11, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19, 22, 26, 29, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 38, 41, 43, 44, 45, 56, 47, 48, 49, 50, 53, 55, 56, 59, 65, 66, 67 III:2, 3, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 27, 32, 35, 37, 38, 39, 46, 51, 52, 55, 59, 63
CARROLL COUNTY II:20, 36, 49, 58, 72; III:1, 9, 22, 31
CLAY COUNTY I:27, 35, 42, 48; II:7, 23, 36,48, 55; III:10, 14, 20, 32, 35, 36
CLINTON COUNTY II:46
DAVIESS COUNTY...(see also Adam-ondi-Ahman) I:28, 32, 36, 45; II:7, 23, 28, 29, 46, 53, 56,57, 63, 68, 72; III:10, 21, 23, 26, 30, 34, 35, 36, 42, 50, 53
DEWITT...(see Carroll County)
FAR WEST...(see also Haun's Mill and Caldwell County) I:6, 39, 40, 44, 46, 47, 50; II:2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 24, 27, 30 40, 60, 61; III:11, 12, 17, 24, 28, 29, 40, 42, 43, 47, 60
HAUN'S MILL...(see also Caldwell County) I: 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 33; II:1, 21, 31, 69; III:25
JACKSON COUNTY I:5, 35, 37, 40, 48; II:4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 18, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 34, 35, 40, 41, 47, 48, 56, 59, 69, 72; III: 18, 20, 21, 25, 28, 29, 32, 33, 35, 36, 38
LAFAYETTE COUNTY II:23, 39
RANDOLPH COUNTY II:46; III:59
RAY COUNTY I:44; II:15, 30, 32, 38, 58, 72
SHOAL CREEK...(see Caldwell County, Haun's Mill)
VAN BUREN COUNTY II:27
PETITION INDEX
This index indicates the location where the affidavits and petitions regarding the Missouri expulsions were sworn. The Roman numeral refers to the box number and the arabic numbers to the folder and petition number.
ALTON, MADISON, ILLINOIS
I:5, 7, 15, 33-35, 37, 39, 43, 45, 48; II:13-50; III:7
CARTHAGE HANCOCK, ILLINOIS
III:2-3
COMMERCE, HANCOCK, ILLINOIS
I:18-24, 26, 47, 49; II:1-6, 8-9, 51; III:6, 34-37, 40-42
HARDIN, CALHOUN, ILLINOIS
III:62-63
JACKSONVILLE, MORGAN, ILLINOIS
III:1
JERSEYVILLE, JERSEY, ILLINOIS
II:65-66
McCOMB, McDONOUGH, ILLINOIS
I:16, 41
MONTROSE, LEE, IOWA
I:6, 44, 46, II:7
NAUVOO, see Commerce, Hancock, Illinois
PITTSFIELD, PIKE, ILLINOIS
I:12, 52-58; III:4, 8, 44-45, 48-51, 54-55, 58-61
QUINCY, ADAMS, ILLINOIS
I: 5, 7-11, 13-15, 33-35, 37, 39, 43, 45, 48; II:13-50; III:7
SPRINGFIELD, SANGMON, ILLINOIS
II:10-11
WARSAW, HANCOCK, ILLINOIS
III:9-33, 38-39, 46
WASHINGTON D.C.
I:38, II:72
WINCHESTER, SCOTT, ILLINOIS
III:43, 47, 52, 53