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McRae, Alexander
Biography
7 Sept. 1807–20 June 1891. Tailor, sheriff, prison warden. Born in Anson Co., North Carolina. Son of John B. McRae and Mary. Moved to South Carolina; to Iredell Co., North Carolina; and back to South Carolina. Enlisted in U.S. Army, Mar. 1829, and served five years. Moved to Louisville, Jefferson Co., Kentucky, 1834. Married first Eunice Fitzgerald, 2 Oct. 1834, in New Castle, Henry Co., Kentucky. Moved to Ripley Co., Indiana, before June 1837. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1837. Moved to Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri, Sept. 1837. Participated in conflict between Missourians and Latter-day Saints, Oct. 1838. With JS in jail at Liberty, Clay Co., Missouri, 1 Dec. 1838–Apr. 1839. Moved to Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois, 1839. Ordained a seventy, 1839, at Quincy. Moved back to Ripley Co. Appointed aide-de-camp in Nauvoo Legion, 20 Feb. 1841. Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, before 1842. Served mission to North Carolina, 1844. Returned to Indiana after death of JS. Moved back to Nauvoo, spring 1845. Moved to Winter Quarters, unorganized U.S. territory (later in Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska), by May 1847. Moved to Kanesville (later Council Bluffs), Pottawattamie Co., Iowa, by Sept. 1850. Elected sheriff of Pottawattamie Co. Moved to Salt Lake City, 1852. Married second Caroline Amelia Webb, 1856, in Salt Lake City. Served mission to southern states, 1869–1870. Died in Salt Lake City.
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- History Draft [6 August 1838–30 December 1839]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- John Whitmer, History, 1831–circa 1847
- Affidavit from Caleb Baldwin and Others, 7 July 1843
- Agreement with Amos Rees and Alexander Doniphan, 28 November 1838
- Appendix 1: Letter to Oliver Cowdery and Others, circa 17 June 1838
- Discourse, 22 January 1843, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff
- Docket Entry, 1–circa 6 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Docket Entry, Motion, 11 April 1839 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Docket Entry, Motion, 11 April 1839, Copy [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Docket Entry, Nolle Prosequi, 5 August 1840 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Docket Entry, Nolle Prosequi, 5 August 1840 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Arson ]
- Docket Entry, Removal Orders, 11 April 1839 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Docket Entry, Removal Orders, 11 April 1839 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Arson ]
- Docket Entry, Removal Orders, 11 April 1839, Copy [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Docket Entry, Removal Orders, 11 April 1839, Copy [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Arson ]
- History Draft [1 January–21 June 1844]
- History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- Indictment, circa 10 April 1839 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Arson ]
- Indictment, circa 10 April 1839 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Indictment, circa 10 April 1839, Copy [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Arson ]
- Indictment, circa 10 April 1839, Copy [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Introduction to State of Illinois v. C. L. Higbee
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. Baldwin et al. for Arson
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Arson
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Riot
- 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 1842–June 1844; Book 2, 10 March 1843–14 July 1843
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
- Letter from Alanson Ripley, 10 April 1839
- Letter from Don Carlos and Agnes Coolbrith Smith, 11 April 1839
- Letter from Sidney Rigdon, 10 April 1839
- Letter to Edward Partridge and the Church, circa 22 March 1839
- Letter to Emma Smith, 1 December 1838
- Letter to Isaac Galland, 22 March 1839
- Letter to the Church and Edward Partridge, 20 March 1839
- Letterbook 2
- Memorial to the Missouri Legislature, 24 January 1839 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 28 November 1843
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, circa 30 October 1839–27 January 1840
- Minutes and Testimonies, 12–29 November 1838 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Minutes and Testimonies, 12–29 November 1838, Copy [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Minutes and Testimonies, 12–29 November 1838, Copy and Letter [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Minutes, 24 April 1839
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 2 March 1841
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 20 February 1841
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 20 May 1843
- Mittimus, 29 November 1838 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Nauvoo Legion Minute Book, February 1841–October 1844
- Nauvoo Registry of Deeds, Deed Record Book B, 1843–1846
- Order of Commitment, 11 April 1839 [ State of Missouri v. Baldwin et al. for Arson ]
- Order of Commitment, 11 April 1839 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Order of Commitment, 11 April 1839 [ State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny ]
- Parley P. Pratt, History of the Late Persecution, 1839
- Petition from Stephen Wilkinson and Others, circa 14 May 1842
- Petition to George O. Tompkins, between 9 and 15 March 1839 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Poll Record, Nauvoo Legion, 13 August 1842
- Promissory Note to John Brassfield, 16 April 1839
- Proposed Plan for a Moot Organization and Congress, 6 February 1844
- Ruling, 29 November 1838 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Sidney Rigdon, Appeal to the American People, 1840
- Sidney Rigdon, Appeal to the American People, 1840, Second Edition
- Sidney Rigdon, JS, et al., Petition Draft (“To the Publick”), circa 1838–1839
- Sidney Rigdon, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Subpoena, 14 September 1842 [ State of Illinois v. C. L. Higbee ]
- Subpoena, 24 May 1842 [ State of Illinois v. C. L. Higbee ]
- The Book of the Law of the Lord, Book A
- Tithing Daybook B
- Transcript of Proceedings, Burglary, 6 July 1839 [ Extradition of JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, Treason, 6 July 1839 [ Extradition of JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes ]
- Trial Report, 8–26 July 1843, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- 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
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