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Motion from Hosea Stout, 12 March 1842

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Hosea Stout

18 Sept. 1810–2 Mar. 1889. Farmer, teacher, carpenter, sawmill operator, lawyer. Born near Pleasant Hill, Mercer Co., Kentucky. Son of Joseph Stout and Anna Smith. Moved to Union Township, Clinton Co., Ohio, 1819; to Wilmington, Clinton Co., fall 1824; to...

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], Motion, to Nauvoo Legion Court-Martial, [
Nauvoo

Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....

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, Hancock Co., IL], 12 Mar. 1842; handwriting of
Hosea Stout

18 Sept. 1810–2 Mar. 1889. Farmer, teacher, carpenter, sawmill operator, lawyer. Born near Pleasant Hill, Mercer Co., Kentucky. Son of Joseph Stout and Anna Smith. Moved to Union Township, Clinton Co., Ohio, 1819; to Wilmington, Clinton Co., fall 1824; to...

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; one page; Nauvoo Legion Records, CHL. Includes endorsement and docket.

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See Historical Introduction to Minutes, 12 Mar. 1842.

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Motion That the City of
Nauvoo

Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....

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be divided into four Company militia destricts and that the bounds of each ward of the
City

Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....

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be the bounds of the said Company destricts & that the said Companies be numbered according to the number of the wards constituting said Company destrict. That the 4 Companies thus formed constitute the 4th Regt 2nd Cohort
Nauvoo Legion

A contingent of the Illinois state militia provided for in the Nauvoo city charter. The Nauvoo Legion was organized into two cohorts: one infantry and one cavalry. Each cohort could potentially comprise several thousand men and was overseen by a brigadier...

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and be officered accordingly. That Captains
[William] Allred

24 Dec. 1819–8 Jan. 1901. Carpenter. Born in Bedford Co., Tennessee. Son of Isaac Allred and Mary Calvert. Moved to Missouri, ca. 1829. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 10 Sept. 1832. Moved to Clay Co., Missouri, 1835; to Caldwell...

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&
[Theodore] Turley

10 Apr. 1801–12 Aug. 1871. Mechanic, gunsmith, brewer, farmer, blacksmith, gristmill operator. Born at Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. Son of William Turley and Elizabeth Yates. Associated with Methodism, by 1818. Married Frances Amelia Kimberley, 26 Nov...

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of the present Company <​militia​> destricts have the privilege of raising volunteers, from their present Companies, sufficient for two full Companies of volunteers. That
Capt Allred

24 Dec. 1819–8 Jan. 1901. Carpenter. Born in Bedford Co., Tennessee. Son of Isaac Allred and Mary Calvert. Moved to Missouri, ca. 1829. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 10 Sept. 1832. Moved to Clay Co., Missouri, 1835; to Caldwell...

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Company be a rifle &
Capt Turley

10 Apr. 1801–12 Aug. 1871. Mechanic, gunsmith, brewer, farmer, blacksmith, gristmill operator. Born at Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. Son of William Turley and Elizabeth Yates. Associated with Methodism, by 1818. Married Frances Amelia Kimberley, 26 Nov...

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’s Company a Light Infantry Company retaining their present place and number in the line together with the comissioned officers in their Companies
Provided That the said officers have the privilege of retaining the respective offices which they now hold in the the militia destricts in which they live after the afforesaid division of the militia destricts at their own option
That if the Captains wish to remain in the militia with their Companies that their places in the first Regt be filled by new Companies of volunteers raised from the militia for that purpose & that the afforesaid organizations be completed before the General Parade on the 7th of May Proximo
<​(Carried.) March 12th 1842. (Copied for publication.)​>

Endorsement in the handwriting of James Sloan.


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Motion from Hosea Stout, 12 March 1842
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    Endorsement in the handwriting of James Sloan.

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