Minutes and Testimonies, 12–29 November 1838 [State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason]
Source Note
Minutes and Testimonies, , Ray Co., MO, 12–29 Nov. 1838, State of MO v. Gates et al. for Treason (Fifth Judicial Circuit of MO 1838); unidentified handwriting; 126 pages; Eugene Morrow Violette Collection, State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia.
dents were in the last expedition to — Joseph Smith Jr. , — I think was not there. was there. was there. John Buckhannan was not there. I think was there. was there. , was , were there. went out when I did. and I think returned next morning. there were some families going to & went as one of a guard, to guard them out— I th was not there— was there. & returned while the <mormon> troops were in with an express. from to for some waggons— to move off families— was there— I think was there— was there— <was there> & returned <in> that a few days. I think Silas Manard was not there, I think was not there—. I think I think was not out— Sylvester Hewlett I think was in , during the expedition— Two or three days before the surrender of the mormons to <the> Militia at — I heard Joseph Smith Jr. say that the sword was now unsheathed, and should not be again sheathed until he could go through these . and live in any county he pleased peaceably— I havethis I heard this from <him> before the expedition to the last time, when and Mill port were burnt as well as afterwards— and [p. [75]]