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Introduction to Extradition of JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes Transcript of Proceedings, Treason, 6 July 1839 [Extradition of JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes] Transcript of Proceedings, Burglary, 6 July 1839 [Extradition of JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes] Transcript of Proceedings, Murder, 18 July 1839 [Extradition of JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes] Requisition, 1 September 1840 [Extradition of JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes] Warrant, 8 June 1841 [Extradition of JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes]

Transcript of Proceedings, Burglary, 6 July 1839 [Extradition of JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes]

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Transcript of Proceedings, Burglary, [
Honey Creek Township

Large navigable branch of Grand River named for “bee trees” along banks. Area settled by Latter-day Saints, by Nov. 1837. JS and other Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints leaders camped near mouth of creek, 19 May 1838.

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], Daviess Co., MO, 6 July 1839, Extradition of JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes (State of MO, Office of the Governor 1841); handwriting of
Robert Wilson

Nov. 1800–10 May 1870. Politician, Lawyer, Farmer. Born near Staunton, Augusta Co., Virginia. Moved to Franklin, Howard Co., Missouri Territory, by 1820. Married Margaret (Peggie) Snoddy, 18 May 1826. Served as clerk of circuit and county courts in Randolph...

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; certified by
Robert Wilson

Nov. 1800–10 May 1870. Politician, Lawyer, Farmer. Born near Staunton, Augusta Co., Virginia. Moved to Franklin, Howard Co., Missouri Territory, by 1820. Married Margaret (Peggie) Snoddy, 18 May 1826. Served as clerk of circuit and county courts in Randolph...

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, 6 July 1839; docket by unidentified scribe, [
Honey Creek Township

Large navigable branch of Grand River named for “bee trees” along banks. Area settled by Latter-day Saints, by Nov. 1837. JS and other Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints leaders camped near mouth of creek, 19 May 1838.

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, Daviess Co., MO], [6 July 1839]; notations by unidentified scribe, 14 Sept. 1840; eight pages; Joseph Smith Extradition Records, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Springfield, Illinois.

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See Introduction to Extradition of JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes.

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then and there feloniously and Burglariously did Steal take and carry away against the form of the Statute in such case made and provide[d] against the Peace and dignity of the
State

Area acquired by U.S. in Louisiana Purchase, 1803, and established as territory, 1812. Missouri Compromise, 1820, admitted Missouri as slave state, 1821. Population in 1830 about 140,000; in 1836 about 240,000; and in 1840 about 380,000. Latter-day Saint ...

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J A Clark

22 Feb. 1805–12 Dec. 1882. Lawyer, judge. Born in Estill Co., Kentucky. Son of Bennet Clark and Martha. Moved to Howard Co., Missouri, 1817. Trained as a lawyer under Peyton R. Hayden, 1825–1827; passed Missouri bar, 1827. Active in local politics, 1828. ...

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Circuit Attorney
And the Jurors aforesaid upon their oath afore[sai]d do further Present that the said
Caleb Baldwin

2 Sept. 1791–11 June 1849. Born in Nobletown (later Hillsdale), Orange Co., New York. Son of Philemon Baldwin and Esther. Served in War of 1812 in Ohio militia. Married Nancy Kingsbury, 7 Dec. 1814, in Cuyahoga Co., Ohio. Moved to Warrensville (later in University...

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Alexander McCray

7 Sept. 1807–20 June 1891. Tailor, sheriff, prison warden. Born in Anson Co., North Carolina. Son of John B. McRae and Mary. Moved to South Carolina; to Iredell Co., North Carolina; and back to South Carolina. Enlisted in U.S. Army, Mar. 1829, and served ...

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, John Wood Ephraim Owens,
James Whitaker

14 May 1805–23 May 1892. Farmer, wheelwright, rancher. Born in Buncombe Co., North Carolina. Son of William Whitaker and Mary Carmada (Carmades). Married first Melinda Fishel, 1 Feb. 1824. Moved to Missouri, 1834. Wife died, Jan. 1836. Married second Nancy...

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, Amos Tubbs and
Perry Durphy

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late of said County of
Daviess

Area in northwest Missouri settled by European Americans, 1830. Sparsely inhabited until 1838. Created from Ray Co., Dec. 1836, in attempt to resolve conflicts related to Latter-day Saint settlement in that region. County is transected diagonally from northwest...

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on the first day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty eight in the night time of the same day with force and Arms at the County of
Daviess

Area in northwest Missouri settled by European Americans, 1830. Sparsely inhabited until 1838. Created from Ray Co., Dec. 1836, in attempt to resolve conflicts related to Latter-day Saint settlement in that region. County is transected diagonally from northwest...

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aforesaid, a Certain other dwelling house of one Jesse Kelly there situate feloniously and Burglariously did Break and e[nt]er with intent the Goods and Chattels of the said Jesse Kelly in the same dwelling house then and there being, feloniously and Burglariously to steal take & carry away, and then and there with force and Arms, three Guns of the value of fifty dollars one other Gun of the value of twenty dollars, of the Goods and Chattels of the said Jesse Kelly in the same dwelling house then and there being found, did Steal take and Carry away against the form of the Statute in such case made and Provided and against the Peace and Dignity of the
State

Area acquired by U.S. in Louisiana Purchase, 1803, and established as territory, 1812. Missouri Compromise, 1820, admitted Missouri as slave state, 1821. Population in 1830 about 140,000; in 1836 about 240,000; and in 1840 about 380,000. Latter-day Saint ...

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J. A. Clark

22 Feb. 1805–12 Dec. 1882. Lawyer, judge. Born in Estill Co., Kentucky. Son of Bennet Clark and Martha. Moved to Howard Co., Missouri, 1817. Trained as a lawyer under Peyton R. Hayden, 1825–1827; passed Missouri bar, 1827. Active in local politics, 1828. ...

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