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Trustees Land Book B, 4 August 1842–8 December 1845

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Trustees Land Book B, 4 August 1842–8 December 1845

General Labels Page 214 Township Labels, left side Page 214 Township Labels, right side Page 214 Range Labels, top Page 214 Range Labels, bottom Page 214 Township 7 North, Range 9 West Page 214 Township 7 North, Range 8 West Page 214 Section 25 Page 214 Section 26 Page 214 Section 29 Page 214 Section 32 Page 214 Section 35 Page 214 Section 36 Page 214 Township 7 North, Range 7 West Page 214 Section 21 Page 214 Township 6 North, Range 9 West Page 214 Section 1 Page 214 Section 2 Page 214 Township 6 North, Range 8 West Page 214 Section 1 Page 214 Section 3 Page 214 Section 4 Page 214 Section 5 Page 214 Section 6 Page 214 Section 8 Page 214 Section 9 Page 214 Section 11 Page 214 Section 27 Page 214 Section 28 Page 214 Section 33 Page 214 Section 35 Page 214 Township 6 North, Range 7 West Page 214 Section 8 Page 214 Section 9 Page 214 Section 14 Page 214 Section 18 Page 214 Section 22 Page 214 Section 28 Page 214 Section 29 Page 214 Section 34 Page 214 Section 35 Page 214 Township 5 North, Range 8 West Page 214 Section 6 Page 214 Section 10 Page 214 Section 31 Page 214 Section 33 Page 214 Township 5 North, Range 7 West Page 214 Section 1 Page 214 Section 2 Page 214 Section 3 Page 214 Section 4 Page 214 Section 5 Page 214 Section 6 Page 214 Section 7 Page 214 Section 8 Page 214 Section 9 Page 214 Section 10 Page 214 Section 11 Page 214 Section 12 Page 214 Section 31 Page 214 Fractional Lot, upper left corner Page 217 Fractional Lot, lower left corner Page 217 General Labels Page [0] Cardinal Directions Page [0] Northwest Quarter Page [0] Northeast Quarter Page [0] Streets Running West to East Page 240 Streets Running North to South Page 240 Blocks and Lots Page 240 Block 68 Page 240 Block 69 Page 240 Block 70 Page 240 Block 71 Page 240 Block 72 Page 240 Block 73 Page 240 Block 75 Page 240 Block 76 Page 240 Block 77 Page 240 Block 78 Page 240 Block 79 Page 240 Block 80 Page 240 Block 81 Page 240 Block 82 Page 240 Block 83 Page 240 Block 84 Page 240 Block 85 Page 240 Block 86 Page 240 Block 87 Page 240 Block 88 Page 240 Block 89 Page 240 Block 90 Page 240 Block 91 Page 240 Block 92 Page 240 Block 93 Page 240 Block 94 Page 240 Block 95 Page 240 Block 96 Page 240 Block 97 Page 240 Block 98 Page 240 Block 99 Page 240 Block 100 Page 240 Block 101 Page 240 Block 102 Page 240 Block 103 Page 240 Block 104 Page 240 Block 105 Page 240 Block 106 Page 240 Block 107 Page 240 Block 108 Page 240 Block 109 Page 240 Block 110 Page 240 Cardinal Directions Page 250 Streets Running West to East Page 250 Streets Running North to South Page 250 Blocks and Lots Page 250 Block 116 Page 250 Block 117 Page 250 Block 118 Page 250 Block 119 Page 250 Block 120 Page 250 Block 121 Page 250 Block 122 Page 250 Block 123 Page 250 Block 124 Page 250 Block 125 Page 250 Block 126 Page 250 Block 127 Page 250 Block 138 Page 250 Block 139 Page 250 Block 140 Page 250 Block 141 Page 250 Block 142 Page 250 Block 143 Page 250 Block 144 Page 250 Block 145 Page 250 Block 146 Page 250 Block 147 Page 250 Block 148 Page 250 Block 149 Page 250 Block 154 Page 250 Block 155 Page 250 Block 156 Page 250 Block 157 Page 250 Block 158 Page 250 Block 159 Page 250 Block 160 Page 250 Block 161 Page 250 Block 162 Page 250 Streets Running West to East Page [0] Streets Running North to South Page [0] Blocks and Lots Page [0] Block 111 Page [0] Block 112 Page [0] Block 113 Page [0] Block 114 Page [0] Block 115 Page [0] Block 128 Page [0] Block 129 Page [0] Block 130 Page [0] Block 131 Page [0] Block 132 Page [0] Block 133 Page [0] Block 134 Page [0] Block 135 Page [0] Block 136 Page [0] Block 137 Page [0] Block 150 Page [0] Block 151 Page [0] Block 152 Page [0] Block 153 Page [0]

Source Note

JS as trustee-in-trust for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Land Book B, , Hancock Co., Il., 4 Aug. 1842–8 Dec. 1845; handwriting of , , , , , , and , with insertions by and unidentified scribes; 81 pages; CHL.

Historical Introduction

Trustees Land Book B is a large record book used to record financial and property transactions in and other areas in , Illinois, that JS made as trustee on behalf of the church. In September 1839, JS’s scribes created Trustees Land Book A to record JS’s financial transactions as trustee-in-trust and to create multiple indices of Nauvoo city lots that had been sold or transferred. This record book was used by several of JS’s scribes through mid-1843. In the meantime, in February 1842, JS hired , an experienced clerk and professional bookkeeper who had emigrated from in the fall of 1840. By April 1842, Clayton apparently determined to create a new record book documenting JS’s land transactions as trustee-in-trust for the church that expanded on and replaced Trustees Land Book A. Clayton divided Trustees Land Book B into several general sections, such as a daybook of JS’s land or other financial transactions in Hancock County (pages 4–27), a list of property owned by JS as trustee-in-trust in Hancock County (pages 214–220), and an index of Nauvoo city lots (pages 234–275). The property list and index of city lots were accompanied by hand-drawn maps of the county and city.
The daybook provided a largely chronological record of land transactions by JS and subsequent church trustees and from 20 April 1842 to 23 January 1846. However, the record is not complete, and within this range there are several gaps, most notably between November 1843 and May 1844. Similarly, the number of entries dropped off considerably following JS’s death in June 1844.
The land index followed the structure established in Trustees Land Book A. The entries were first organized by the major land purchases made by church leaders, using the name of the individual from whom the land was purchased. Thus, the index was divided into sections for property purchased from , , and . Within those sections, the property was organized by location based on the numerical block order in the town plat. With each entry, and other scribes recorded the name of the person purchasing or receiving the lot, purchase price, date of purchase, and status of the transaction. JS’s scribes apparently ceased using the index in Book A by February 1843 and presumably created the Book B index around that same time, although they copied many of the previous entries into the new volume. It appears that the Book B index was regularly used until 1845, with scattered entries thereafter through January 1848.
The final section of this record book relates to the property church leaders had purchased from , , and in 1839. In summer 1843, JS and these men renegotiated the terms of this purchase. According to the final settlement with these men, JS would obtain title to fifty specific lots in —most of them just west of the temple block—in exchange for the original bonds and all promissory notes JS held from church members who had purchased lots on the land he returned to Tuttle, Gillet, and Hotchkiss. Pages 278–279 and 284–286 contain three separate lists of blocks and lots related to this resettlement.

Footnotes

  1. [1]

    See Trustees Land Book A, 11 Sept. 1839–30 Apr. 1842.

  2. [2]

    Clayton, Diary, 10 Feb. 1842; Clayton, History of the Nauvoo Temple, 18.

    Clayton, William. Diary, Jan.–Nov. 1846. CHL.

    Clayton, William. History of the Nauvoo Temple, ca. 1845. CHL. MS 3365.

  3. [3]

    For more on these land purchases, see Documents, Volume 6, Introduction to Part 4: 24 Apr.–12 Aug. 1839.

  4. [4]

    Bond from Smith Tuttle and John Gillet, 7 July 1843.

Editorial Note
Attached to page 214 is a sheet of paper with a hand-drawn map showing the city of plotted on a section map. The following transcript presents labels for the city and the Mississippi River first, and then the grid labels for township and range numbers. The text found in each township and range grid is then transcribed, one grid at a time. The first grid transcribed is the one in the upper left corner of the map, which is the northwest corner; the transcript continues across that row and then proceeds from row to row moving from left to right and top to bottom. Each grid contains 36 sections, numbered 1 through 36 in a snaking pattern. These section numbers are not transcribed individually; instead, the transcript presents the span of section numbers in each grid in square brackets. Other text is transcribed under a heading for the section number in which it is found.
General Labels
City of
Township Labels, left side
T. 7. North
T. 6 North
Township 5 North
Township Labels, right side
T. 7. North
T. 6. North
T. 5. North
Range Labels, top
Range 8 West
Range 7 West
Range Labels, bottom
Range 8 West
Range 7 West
Township 7 North, Range 9 West
[Sections 25, 35–36]
Township 7 North, Range 8 West
[Sections 1, 10–16, 20–36]
Section 25
   
J.S. JS
Section 26
    
  Kay
Section 29
    
J. S.  
Section 32
   
   
Section 35
  J. S
    
Section 36
Barnum  
    
Township 7 North, Range 7 West
[Sections 1–36]
Section 21
  r
    
Township 6 North, Range 9 West
[Sections 1–12, 12]
Section 1
Wells Kimball Kimball
Hibbard
Section 2
 
Township 6 North, Range 8 West
[Sections 1–36]
Section 1
Tem  
    
Section 3
    
 
Section 4
    
Pack Sheen Beaven  
Section 5
    
  Oakley Stan[ley]
Section 6
 
    
Section 8
<​​> J. S. J. S. Farm
  J. S
Section 9
[Henry] Kearns Woodley <​[illegible]​>
  Sanders
Section 11
    
Rolfe [illegible]  
Section 27
    
  Gelson 83.
Section 28
C  
    
Section 33
C  
    
Section 35
  Tem
    
Township 6 North, Range 7 West
[Sections 1–36]
Section 8
    
imp  
Section 9
    
J.S.  
Section 14
    
  J.S.
Section 18
J.S. J.S.
    
Section 22
J.S.  
    
Section 28
    
  J.S.
Section 29
J.S.  
    
Section 34
    
J.S.  
Section 35
J.S.  
    
Township 5 North, Range 8 West
[Sections 1–36]
Section 6
    
  J.S.
Section 10
    
J.S.  
Section 31
    
  J.S
<​J.S.​>
Section 33
    
  Miles
Township 5 North, Range 7 West
[Sections 1–36]
Section 1
N.W. N.E.
S.W S.E.
Section 2
N.W N.E.
S.W S.E
Section 3
N.W N.E.
S.W S.E.
Section 4
N.W N.E.
S.W S.E
Section 5
N.W N.E
S.W S.W.
Section 6
N.W N.E.
S.W S.E.
Section 7
N.W N.E
S.W S.E.
Section 8
N.W N.E
S.W S.E.
Section 9
N.W N.E
S.W S.E.
Section 10
N.W N.E.
S.W S.E.
Section 11
N.W N.E.
S.W. S.E.
Section 12
N.W N.E
S.W S.E
Section 31
  Tem
    
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Editorial Title
Trustees Land Book B, 4 August 1842–8 December 1845
ID #
7032
Total Pages
295
Print Volume Location
Handwriting on This Page
  • William Clayton

Footnotes

  1. [26]

    This title appears on the left side of the map, one-third of the way down the page.

  2. [27]

    These labels appear along the line marking the river, one label within the grid at the upper left and the second on the left side of the map.

  3. [28]

    These labels appear vertically on the left side of the page.

  4. [29]

    These labels appear vertically on the right side of the page.

  5. [30]

    Range 9 West is not labeled on the map, but parts of four sections in that range are included.

  6. [31]

    Part of the southeast quarter of section 34 is also included on the map, but the section is not labeled.

  7. [32]

    Grid lines are included for the other sections, but they are not labeled.

  8. [33]

    TEXT: Written in the north half of this section. The south half of this section is divided in half but not labeled.

  9. [34]

    TEXT: A central part of the south half of this section is boxed off.

  10. [35]

    TEXT: The northeast quarter of this section is divided in half vertically.

  11. [36]

    TEXT: Written in the right half of the quarter section.

  12. [37]

    TEXT: Written in the north part of the quarter.

  13. [38]

    TEXT: Written in the south part of the quarter.

  14. [39]

    TEXT: Written vertically across the two eastern quarters.

  15. [40]

    TEXT: Written in a box in the northwest corner of the quarter section.

  16. [41]

    TEXT: Written across the two southern quarters of the section.

  17. [42]

    TEXT: The southwest quarter is divided into three.

  18. [43]

    TEXT: Written vertically across the western part of the two eastern quarters.

  19. [44]

    TEXT: Written vertically in the western third of the quarter section.

  20. [45]

    TEXT: Possibly “Woolley”.

  21. [46]

    TEXT: Possibly “G”.

  22. [47]

    TEXT: Possibly “G”.

  23. [48]

    TEXT: Written in the northern half of the quarter section.

  24. [49]

    TEXT: Written in the eastern half of the quarter section.

  25. [50]

    TEXT: Written in a box under sections 31 and 32.

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