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Moffet Administrator of the Estate of JS, Des Moines Co., Iowa Territory, Probate Court, 1844–circa 1846
Enders, “Steamboat Maid of Iowa,” 321–326; Clayton, Journal, 2–3 June 1843; JS, Journal, 2 June 1843.
Enders, Donald L. “The Steamboat Maid of Iowa: Mormon Mistress of the Mississippi.” BYU Studies 19, no. 3 (Spring 1979): 321–335.
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Clayton, Journal, 15 July 1843.
Clayton, William. Journals, 1842–1845. CHL.
Clayton, Journal, 15 Apr. 1844.
Clayton, William. Journals, 1842–1845. CHL.
Bullock, Journal, 30 Apr. and 1 May 1844, 11; Clayton, Journal, 1 May 1844; Enrollment of Maid of Iowa, St. Louis, MO, 2 May 1844, photocopy, Ship Enrollment Certificates, CHL.
Bullock, Thomas. Journal, Feb. 1844–Aug. 1845. In Historian’s Office, Journal, 1844–1997. CHL. CR 100 1, box 1, vol. 1.
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Ship Enrollment Certificates, 1838–1844. Photocopy. CHL. Originals at National Archives and Records Administration, Washington DC.
Agreement with Arthur Morrison and Others, 15 June 1844; “Marine News: Arrived,” Daily Picayune (New Orleans), 17 Jan. 1844, [3]; 4 June 1844, [3]; Nauvoo First Ward Census, 1842, Nauvoo Stake, Ward Census, CHL; Hancock Co., IL, Marriages, 1829–1849, p. 76, entry no. 835, microfilm 229,486, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; “For the Rapids of Cedar River,” Bloomington (IA) Herald, 2 Aug. 1844, [3].
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See Clayton, Journal, 26 Sept. 1843; 15 Apr. 1844; and Letter from Erastus Derby, 9 Oct. 1843.
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Clayton, Journal, 27 Aug. 1844.
Clayton, William. Journals, 1842–1845. CHL.
Petition, 14 Sept. 1844 [Moffet Administrator of the Estate of JS]. According to Iowa Territory law, if an individual died intestate, the person’s spouse or next of kin was entitled to administer the estate provided they applied to the probate court within sixty days following the death. After sixty days, creditors could petition probate courts to become the administrator of the estate. (An Act relative to Wills and Testaments, Executors and Administrators, and the Settlement of Estates [25 Jan. 1839], Statute Laws of the Territory of Iowa, p. 487, sec. 52.)
The Statute Laws of the Territory of Iowa, Enacted at the First Session of the Legislative Assembly of Said Territory, Held at Burlington, A. D. 1838–’39. Dubuque, Iowa Territory: Russell and Reeves, 1839. Reprint, Des Moines: Historical Department of Iowa, 1900.
Bond, 14 Sept. 1844 [Moffet Administrator of the Estate of JS]; Oath, 14 Sept. 1844 [Moffet Administrator of the Estate of JS]; Letters of Administration, 14 Sept. 1844 [Moffet Administrator of the Estate of JS]. The text for the oath, bond, and letters of administration was set and established by Iowa Territory law. (An Act relative to Wills and Testaments, Executors and Administrators, and the Settlement of Estates [25 Jan. 1839], Statute Laws of the Territory of Iowa, pp. 489–492, secs. 57–60.)
The Statute Laws of the Territory of Iowa, Enacted at the First Session of the Legislative Assembly of Said Territory, Held at Burlington, A. D. 1838–’39. Dubuque, Iowa Territory: Russell and Reeves, 1839. Reprint, Des Moines: Historical Department of Iowa, 1900.
Docket Entry, 14 Sept. 1844 [Moffet Administrator of the Estate of JS]. According to Iowa law, the three appraisers were to submit a bill of appraisal to the court inventorying the estate of the deceased within three months of their appointment. If a bill of appraisal for JS’s estate in Iowa Territory was ever completed, it is apparently not extant and there is no record of it being submitted to the probate court. (An Act relative to Wills and Testaments, Executors and Administrators, and the Settlement of Estates [25 Jan. 1839], Statute Laws of the Territory of Iowa, pp. 496–497, secs. 74–76.)
The Statute Laws of the Territory of Iowa, Enacted at the First Session of the Legislative Assembly of Said Territory, Held at Burlington, A. D. 1838–’39. Dubuque, Iowa Territory: Russell and Reeves, 1839. Reprint, Des Moines: Historical Department of Iowa, 1900.
Affidavit, 14 Sept. 1844 [Moffet Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Ross]; Declaration, 14 Sept. 1844 [Moffet Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Ross]. Iowa law required plaintiffs to submit a declaration describing the property in question as well as an affidavit testifying that the property belonged to the plaintiff, that it had been wrongfully taken or detained by the defendant, and that it had not been legally seized as part of a judgment, fine, or other legal process. (An Act Regulating the Action of Replevin [23 Jan. 1839], Statute Laws of the Territory of Iowa, p. 398, sec. 2; An Act to Provide for the Appointing of Justices of the Peace, to Prescribe their Powers and Duties, and to Regulate their Proceedings [21 Jan. 1839], Statute Laws of the Territory of Iowa, p. 307, art. X, sec. 3.)
The Statute Laws of the Territory of Iowa, Enacted at the First Session of the Legislative Assembly of Said Territory, Held at Burlington, A. D. 1838–’39. Dubuque, Iowa Territory: Russell and Reeves, 1839. Reprint, Des Moines: Historical Department of Iowa, 1900.
Notice, Hawk-Eye and Iowa Patriot (Burlington), 19 Sept. 1844, [2]; “Port of Louisville,” Louisville (KY) Daily Journal, 15 Oct. 1844, [3].
Hawk-Eye and Iowa Patriot. Burlington, IA. 1839–1851.
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“List of Steamboat Arrivals,” Warsaw (IL) Signal, 26 Mar. 1845, [2]; “Navigation of the Des Moines,” Iowa Territorial Gazette and Advertiser (Burlington), 3 May 1845, [2].
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“A New Line of Communication with the Lakes,” Mineral Point (WI) Democrat, 25 June 1845, [3]; “New Line of Communication between Mississippi and the Lakes,” Cleveland Daily Plain Dealer, 13 Aug. 1845, [2]; Merrick, Old Times on the Upper Mississippi, 279.
Mineral Point Democrat. Mineral Point, Wisconsin Territory. 1845.
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Merrick, George Byron. Old Times on the Upper Mississippi: The Recollections of a Steamboat Pilot from 1854 to 1863. Cleveland: Arthur H. Clark, 1909.
As administrator, Moffet was supposed to create a complete inventory of all JS’s property in Iowa Territory within three months, notify Emma Smith of the appraisal of her husband’s estate, publish a notice in a newspaper for creditors to submit their claims, and perform other sundry tasks to settle the estate. There is no evidence that he ever completed any of these tasks. (An Act relative to Wills and Testaments, Executors and Administrators, and the Settlement of Estates [25 Jan. 1839], Statute Laws of the Territory of Iowa, p. 496, sec. 73; p. 498, sec. 80; p. 501, sec. 91.)
The Statute Laws of the Territory of Iowa, Enacted at the First Session of the Legislative Assembly of Said Territory, Held at Burlington, A. D. 1838–’39. Dubuque, Iowa Territory: Russell and Reeves, 1839. Reprint, Des Moines: Historical Department of Iowa, 1900.
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