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Petition from Samuel Bent and Others, 17 January 1843

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Samuel Bent

19 July 1778–16 Aug. 1846. Born in Barre, Worcester Co., Massachusetts. Son of Joel Bent and Mary Mason. Married first Mary Kilburn, 3 Mar. 1805, in Wendell, Franklin Co., Massachusetts. Colonel in Massachusetts militia. Lived in Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts...

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and 41 others, Petition,
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, to Nauvoo City Council, 17 Jan. 1843; handwriting of
Samuel Bent

19 July 1778–16 Aug. 1846. Born in Barre, Worcester Co., Massachusetts. Son of Joel Bent and Mary Mason. Married first Mary Kilburn, 3 Mar. 1805, in Wendell, Franklin Co., Massachusetts. Colonel in Massachusetts militia. Lived in Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts...

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; signatures presumably of petitioners; endorsement in handwriting of
James Sloan

28 Oct. 1792–24 Oct. 1886. City recorder, notary public, attorney, judge, farmer. Born in Donaghmore, Co. Tyrone, Ireland. Son of Alexander Sloan and Anne. Married Mary Magill. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ordained an elder, ...

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; one page; Nauvoo, IL, Records, 1841–1845, CHL.

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We the undersi[g]ned, inhabitents of 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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, feeling d[e]sirous of having the Street opened running on the North line of
Hiram [Hyrum] Smith

9 Feb. 1800–27 June 1844. Farmer, cooper. Born at Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vermont. Son of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack. Moved to Randolph, Orange Co., 1802; back to Tunbridge, before May 1803; to Royalton, Windsor Co., Vermont, 1804; to Sharon, Windsor Co...

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land &
Cremors [Constantine Kreymeyer’s]

8 Nov. 1806–21 Feb. 1875. Farmer. Born at Ibbenbueren, Westfalen, Prussia (later in Germany). Son of Mauritz Kreymeyer and Eleanor Tenbrink. Immigrated to U.S., 1832. Purchased land in Hancock Co., Illinois, 29 Dec. 1835. Married first Louisa Sherman, 18 ...

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land, runing East through the Widow Batys farm & from thence to the Prair[i]e, in accordance with the report of Your Commitee which the City Councill sent to view & run & lay out on said line.—— We Your humble petitioners pray Your honourable bodey to is[s]ue an order to have said Street opened forthwith; because we Your petinoners have no way of getting out to the Praire. therefore we are in duty bound & will ever pray.—
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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January the 17th. 1843.

Signatures of petitioners.


Samuel Bent

19 July 1778–16 Aug. 1846. Born in Barre, Worcester Co., Massachusetts. Son of Joel Bent and Mary Mason. Married first Mary Kilburn, 3 Mar. 1805, in Wendell, Franklin Co., Massachusetts. Colonel in Massachusetts militia. Lived in Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts...

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Joseph G Hovey
Philo Dibble

6 June 1806–7 June 1895. Farmer, real estate developer, ferryboat operator, merchant, boardinghouse operator. Born in Peru, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. Son of Orator Dibble and Beulah Pomeroy. Moved to Granby, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, by 1816. Moved...

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John Thorp
Horace Wild Thos Winkless
Benjamin R. Lamb John Winn
Daniel M Burbank
William Munjar

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A. A. Timmons
Horace Rawson

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Lee Allred
David Clough

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Alonzo King [illegible] Forsyth
Thom T Munjar Erastus Dodge
Jacob Earl Truman Gilbert
William Head
Jacob Johnson

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Joseph C. Aldridge

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g[e]orge W, Clyde

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Chester Southworth Ahiro Young
James Bracken Davis Mc.Olney
Henry Palmer
J[oseph] A. W. Andrews

Oct. 1810–Oct. 1843. Farmer, clerk. Born in Giles Co., Tennessee. Son of John Andrews and Abigail Kerr. Married Nancy Richardson, 15 Jan. 1829, in Maury Co., Tennessee. Moved to Maury Co., by 24 Dec. 1832; to McNairy Co., Tennessee, before 9 Sept. 1836; and...

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Henry Jolley A[ugustus] Dodge
William Brown
Eleazer [Eleazar] King Sen

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thommas Franklin
Noah Rogers

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George Thorp
Chandler Rogers

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Eleazar King Jr

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Benja. Sweat
Orlando D Th◊◊◊◊ Noble Rogers
 
<​Harris St. to be opened.—​>

Endorsement, written sideways in the left margin, in handwriting of James Sloan.


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Related Case Documents
Editorial Title
Petition from Samuel Bent and Others, 17 January 1843
ID #
12249
Total Pages
2
Print Volume Location
Handwriting on This Page
  • Samuel Bent
  • Unidentified
  • Philo Dibble
  • William Munjar
  • Horace Rawson
  • David Clough
  • William Y. Head
  • Jacob Johnson
  • Joseph Aldridge
  • George Clyde
  • Joseph Andrews
  • Augustus Dodge
  • Eleazar King Sr.
  • Noah Rogers
  • Chandler Rogers
  • James Sloan

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    Signatures of petitioners.

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    Endorsement, written sideways in the left margin, in handwriting of James Sloan.

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