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Letter from Elias Higbee, 22 February 1840
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take it up according to request, the committee will Senate will grant the committee
power to send for persons & papers. The committee made some enquiries, respecting our
re ligion, and I answered them, as a matter of course as well as I could. They enquired
very particularly, con cerning how much land we had entered there, and how much of it,
yet remained unsold; when Mr.— Corwin observed that we had never entered much Land
there, but were squatters. I then described the size of Caldwell & Daviess Counties,
giving an explan ation on these matters. I suppose, perhaps on monday or tuesday we
shall know something relative to this matter; whether power be given them to send for
persons & papers. You may see where they depend to rally their forces, viz, by
endeavouring to make us treasonable characters, by the constitution, Sd to govern us, and
that every thing both civil & Political, among us is done by revelation. These points I
desire to blow to the four winds, and that you will select a number of firm Bretheren,
possessing good understanding; who will tell the truth, and willingly send me their
names, when they know they are wanted. Send plenty of them, They will get two dollars
per day, and ten cents a mile to and from, expence money. Do not send them untill their
subpena’s get there, for they will not draw expence money only for going home
Located in northwest Missouri. Settled by whites, by 1831. Described as being “one-third timber and two-thirds prairie” in 1836. Created specifically for Latter-day Saints by Missouri state legislature, 29 Dec. 1836, in attempt to solve “Mormon problem.” ...
More InfoArea 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 Mormon settlement in that region. County is transected diagonally from northwest to ...
More InfoI will suggest af few names—
Alanson Ripley, King Follett Amasa Lyman— Francis M. Higbee, as, they know
concerning the Dewitt scrape, also send others Charles [C.] Rich, Seymour Brunson & others. You
will know whom to send better than myself. If the Missourians should send for you, I would say
consult God about going
8 Jan. 1798–before 1860. Surveyor, lawyer. Born at New York. Son of Asa Ripley and Polly Deforest. Married Sarah Finkle. Resided in Massachusetts, 1827. Member of LDS church in Ohio. Participated in Camp of Israel expedition to Missouri, 1834. Landholder ...
View Full Bio24/26 July 1788–9 Mar. 1844. Born at Winchester, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire. Son of John Follett and Hannah Oak (Oake) Alexander. Married Louisa Tanner, by 1815. Baptized into LDS church, spring 1831. Member of Whitmer branch at Jackson Co., Missouri, by...
View Full Bio30 Mar. 1813–4 Feb. 1877. Boatman, gunsmith, farmer. Born at Lyman, Grafton Co., New Hampshire. Son of Boswell Lyman and Martha Mason. Baptized into LDS church by Lyman E. Johnson, 27 Apr. 1832. Moved to Hiram, Portage Co., Ohio, May–June 1832. Ordained an...
View Full Bio1820–after 1850. Attorney, merchant. Born in Tate, Clermont Co., Ohio. Son of Elias Higbee and Sarah Elizabeth Ward. Moved to Fulton, Hamilton Co., Ohio, by 1830. Baptized into LDS church, 1832. Moved to Jackson Co., Missouri, 1833; to Kirtland, Geauga Co...
View Full BioLocated on bluffs north of Missouri River, about six miles above mouth of Grand River. Permanently settled, by 1826. Laid out, 1836. First called Elderport; name changed to De Witt, 1837, when town acquired by speculators David Thomas and Henry Root, who ...
More Info1 Dec. 1798–10 Aug. 1840. Farmer. Born at Plattsburg, Clinton Co., New York. Son of Reuben Brunson and Sally Clark. Served in War of 1812. Married Harriet Gould of Hector, Tompkins Co., New York, ca. 1823. Baptized into LDS church by Solomon Hancock, Jan....
View Full BioElias Higbee.
23 Oct. 1795–8 June 1843. Clerk, judge, surveyor. Born at Galloway, Gloucester Co., New Jersey. Son of Isaac Higbee and Sophia Somers. Moved to Clermont Co., Ohio, 1803. Married Sarah Elizabeth Ward, 10 Sept. 1818, in Tate Township, Clermont Co. Lived at ...
View Full BioP. S. Mr. Jamison stated to me this evening, if the Mormons could make it appear that they had
been wronged; They would use their influence in having them redressed, so the shame
should not fall on the whole State, but on that which had been guilty. I [p. 114]
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. Mormon missionaries...
More InfoElias Higbee, letter, Washington DC, to JS, en route to Nauvoo, IL, 22 Feb. 1840; handwriting of Howard Coray; in JS Letterbook 2, pp. 111–115; JS Collection, CHL.
23 Oct. 1795–8 June 1843. Clerk, judge, surveyor. Born at Galloway, Gloucester Co., New Jersey. Son of Isaac Higbee and Sophia Somers. Moved to Clermont Co., Ohio, 1803. Married Sarah Elizabeth Ward, 10 Sept. 1818, in Tate Township, Clermont Co. Lived at ...
View Full BioCreated as district for seat of U.S. federal government by act of Congress, 1790, and named Washington DC, 1791. Named in honor of George Washington. Headquarters of executive, legislative, and judicial branches of U.S. government relocated to Washington ...
More InfoPrincipal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, LDS church purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas. Served as church headquarters, 1839...
More Info6 May 1817–16 Jan. 1908. Bookkeeper, clerk, teacher, farmer. Born in Dansville, Steuben Co., New York. Son of Silas Coray and Mary Stephens. Moved to Providence, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania, ca. 1827; to Williams, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, by 1830; and...
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