<​28​> Before me, William Dryden, one of the Justices of the Peace of said , personally came , who being duly sworn according to Law, deposeth and saith: that on or about the 8th. day of August, 1838, in the County of , there came an armed force of men, said to be 154, to the best of my information and surrounded his house and family, and threatened him with instant death if he did not sign a certain instrument of writing, binding himself as a Justice of the Peace for said County of , not to molest the people called Mormons, and threatened the lives of myself and other— individuals, and did say they intended to make every Citizen sign such obligation, and further said they intended to have satisfaction for abuse they had received on Monday previous, and they would not submit to the laws; and further saith, that from the best information and his own personal knowledge, that , , Ephraim Owens, , , A. Brown, [HC 3:64] , , John Woods, H. Redfield, Riley Stuart, James Whitacre, Andrew Thor, Amos Tubbs, Dr. Gourze and Abram Nelson was guilty of aiding and abetting in commiting and perpetrating the above offence— Sworn to and subscribed this 28th. day of August 1838. — W. Dryden Justice of the Peace of the County aforesaid”

“Head Quarters of the Militia, Adjutant General’s Office August 30. 1838 Gen 3rd. Div. Mi[litia]. Sir:— Indications of Indian disturbances on our immediate frontier and the recent civil disturbances in the Counties of , and Carroll, render it necessary, as a precautionary measure, that an effective force of the Militia be held in readiness, to meet either contingency. The Commander in Chief, therefore orders, that you cause to be raised immediately, within the limits of your divison, to be held in readiness, and subject to further orders, four hundred mounted men, armed and equipped as infantry or riflemen, and formed into Companies according to law, under officers already in Commission.

The Commander in Chief suggests the propriety of your causing the above order to be carried into effect, in a manner calculated to produce as little excitement as possible, and report your proceedings to him through the Adjutant General— By order of the Commander in Chief. B. M. Lisle. Adjutant General a similar letter was also addressed to Major Generals , , David Willock, Lewis Bolton, Henry W. Crowther, and Thomas D. Grant.” [p. 817]