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Affidavit from Claudius Spencer, 2 July 1844 Affidavit from William Daniels, 4 July 1844, John McEwan Copy Affidavit from Jesse Price, 5 August 1844 Venire Facias, 9 September 1844 Coroner’s Jury Verdict, circa 24 October 1844 [State of Illinois v. Williams et al.] Message of the Governor of the State of Illinois in Relation to the Disturbances in Hancock County, 17 December 1844 “Arrest of the Hon. Jacob C. Davis,” 26 December 1844 Venire Facias, 17 March 1845 Notice, 7 May 1845 Excerpt from Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, circa 21 May 1845 A Correct Account of the Murder of Generals Joseph and Hyrum Smith, 1845 “Minutes of Trial of Members of Mob Who Helped Kill Joseph Smith, the Prophet,” between circa 11 February 1944 and circa 16 January 1968

Coroner’s Jury Verdict, circa 24 October 1844 [State of Illinois v. Williams et al.]

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Wesley Williams

24 Mar. 1792–12 May 1870. Lawyer, postmaster, court clerk, county recorder. Born in Lincoln Co., Kentucky. Served in War of 1812. Married first Elizabeth Ayers, 2 Apr. 1816, in Bourbon Co. Moved to Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois, ca. 1825. Moved to Hancock Co...

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George Bachman

ca. 1802–after Mar. 1857. Possibly born in New York. Son of Jacob Bachman and Sarah Borzenbanack. Practiced law in Springfield, Sangamon Co., Illinois, and in Hancock Co., Illinois, 1840s. Member of jury that testified about manner of deaths of JS and Hyrum...

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Carthage

Located eighteen miles southeast of Nauvoo. Settled 1831. Designated Hancock Co. seat, Mar. 1833. Incorporated as town, 27 Feb. 1837. Population in 1839 about 300. Population in 1844 about 400. Site of acute opposition to Latter-day Saints, early 1840s. Site...

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, Hancock Co., IL, ca. [24] Oct. 1844, State of IL v. Williams et al. (Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court 1845). Published in “Mormon Prophets,” San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Sept. 1890, [1].

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See Introduction to State of Illinois v. Williams et al. and State of Illinois v. Elliott–C.

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