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Rockwood, Albert Perry
Biography
9 June 1805–25 Nov. 1879. Stonecutter, merchant, prison warden. Born in Holliston, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. Son of Luther Rockwood and Ruth Perry. Married Nancy Haven, 4 Apr. 1827. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Brigham Young, 25 July 1837, in Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio. Moved to Ohio. Returned to Massachusetts, May 1838. Moved to Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri, July 1838. Ordained a seventy by Joseph Young, 5 Jan. 1839. Moved to Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois, 10 Jan. 1839. Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, by 1841. Captain in Illinois militia, by Feb. 1841. Appointed drill officer in Nauvoo Legion, 9 Mar. 1841. Member of Nauvoo Masonic Lodge. Elected Nauvoo city marshal, 1845, but never served because city charter was repealed. Admitted to Council of Fifty, 1 Mar. 1845. Appointed a president of First Quorum of the Seventy, Dec. 1845. Migrated to Salt Lake City, 1847. Served as member of Utah territorial legislature, 1851–1879. Died in Salt Lake City.
Links
papers
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- Times and Seasons, 15 February 1842
- Appendix 4: Council of Fifty, Roll, 22 April 1845–27 December 1846
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 2, 1 March–6 May 1845
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 3, 6 May 1845–13 January 1846
- Docket Entry, circa 4–18 December 1840 [ Niswanger v. Greene ]
- General Orders for Nauvoo Legion, 2 August 1842
- General Orders for Nauvoo Legion, 25 January 1842
- Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account
- Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account, Draft
- History Draft [1 January–21 June 1844]
- History Draft [1 January–30 June 1842]
- History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]
- History Draft [21 June–8 August 1844]
- History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838]
- History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- Index to Nauvoo City Council Minute Book–B
- John Corrill, A Brief History of the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1839
- Joseph Smith’s Store Daybook A, January–July 1842
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 1, 21 December 1842–10 March 1843
- Journal, December 1841–December 1842
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
- Letter from Aldrich & Chittenden, 28 July 1842
- Letter from George Wilson, 15 February 1844
- Letter to Editor, 22–circa 27 April 1843, Copy of Initial Draft
- Letter to Editor, 22–circa 27 April 1843, Initial Draft
- Letter to Editor, 22–circa 27 April 1843, Second Draft
- Letter to Edward Partridge and the Church, circa 22 March 1839
- Letter to Emma Smith, 21 March 1839
- Letter to Stephen Post, 17 September 1838
- Letter to the Church and Edward Partridge, 20 March 1839
- Letter, James Arlington Bennet to Willard Richards, 24 October 1842
- License Record Book
- List of Witnesses, 26 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. JS and H. Smith for Treason ]
- Mayor’s Order to City Watch, 20 May 1842
- Military Order to Albert P. Rockwood, 17 June 1844
- Minutes and Ordinance, Nauvoo Legion, 13 August 1842
- Minutes, 11 January 1845
- Minutes, 11 January 1845, Extract, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor
- Minutes, 11 November 1843
- Minutes, 13 April 1844
- Minutes, 29 April 1844
- Minutes, 29 April 1844, Extract, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor
- Minutes, 4 March 1843
- Minutes, 4 February 1841
- Minutes, 8 February 1845
- Minutes, 8 February 1845, Draft
- Minutes, 8 March 1845
- Minutes, 9 March 1844, Extract, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor
- Minutes, 9 November 1844
- Minutes, 9 November 1844, Draft
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion Committee of Revision, 26 January, 2 and 10 February 1844
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 13 January 1844
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 2 March 1841
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 20 February 1841
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 21 October 1843
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 9 March 1841
- Miscellaneous Notes [25–28 June 1844, 1843]
- Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 1841–1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February 1844–January 1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February–March 1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, November 1842–January 1844
- Nauvoo Marriage Record, February 1842–January 1846
- Pay Order, Daniel Spencer and Willard Richards to William Clayton for Orson Pratt and Others, 10 February 1845, Draft
- Pay Order, Willard Richards to William Clayton for Albert P. Rockwood, 22 January 1845
- Pay Order, Willard Richards to William Clayton for Albert P. Rockwood, 3 February 1845
- Pay Order, Willard Richards to William Clayton to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Albert P. Rockwood, 16 May 1844
- Petition from Albert P. Rockwood and Others, 11 August 1841
- Petition from Albert P. Rockwood and Others, 18 July 1842
- Petition from John P. Herr and Others, 7 March 1844
- Petition from Stephen Markham and Others, 25 November 1844
- Petition from Whitford G. Wilson and Others, April 1844
- Statement of Account from Albert P. Rockwood, circa 13 April 1844
- Statement of Account from Albert P. Rockwood, circa 19 October 1844
- Statement of Account from Nauvoo City Watch, 27 August 1842
- The Book of the Law of the Lord, Book A
- The Book of the Law of the Lord, Book B
- Trustees Land Book A, 11 September 1839–30 April 1842
- “A History, of the Persecution, of the Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints in Missouri,” December 1839–October 1840
- “Extract, from the Private Journal of Joseph Smith Jr.,” July 1839
Albert P. Rockwood Not after 1879, hand-tinted photograph (Church History Library, Salt Lake City).
- Gender
- Male