Miller, Allen

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?–? Lived at Daviess Co., Missouri, 1838.

Baugh, “Call to Arms,” 127.

Baugh, Alexander L. “A Call to Arms: The 1838 Mormon Defense of Northern Missouri.” PhD diss., Brigham Young University, 1996. Also available as A Call to Arms: The 1838 Mormon Defense of Northern Missouri, Dissertations in Latter-day Saint History (Provo, UT: Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History; BYU Studies, 2000).

Apprehended at Caldwell Co., Missouri, for illegally transporting state firearms from Richmond, Ray Co., Missouri, to arm vigilantes in Daviess Co. for use against Latter-day Saints, 1838.

JS, Journal, 9 and 10 Sept. 1838; Gentry, “Latter-day Saints in Northern Missouri,” 277–278; Baugh, “Call to Arms,” 127.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Gentry, Leland Homer. “A History of the Latter-day Saints in Northern Missouri from 1836 to 1839.” PhD diss., Brigham Young University, 1965. Also available as A History of the Latter-day Saints in Northern Missouri from 1836 to 1839, Dissertations in Latter-day Saint History (Provo, UT: Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History; BYU Studies, 2000).

Arraigned before Justice Albert Petty at Far West, Caldwell Co.; charged and found guilty but released by order of circuit judge Austin A. King of Richmond, Sept. 1838.

JS, Journal, 9 and 10 Sept. 1838; Austin A. King, Richmond, MO, to David R. Atchison, 10 Sept. 1838, Mormon War Papers, MSA; JS History, vol. B-1, 823–825; Gentry, “Latter-day Saints in Northern Missouri,” 277–278; Baugh, “Call to Arms,” 127.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Mormon War Papers, 1838–1841. MSA.

JS History / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1838–1856. Vols. A-1–F-1 (original), A-2–E-2 (fair copy). Historian’s Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, boxes 1–7. The history for the period after 5 Aug. 1838 was composed after the death of Joseph Smith.

Miller, Allen

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