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Higbee, Elias
Biography
23 Oct. 1795–8 June 1843. Clerk, judge, surveyor. Born at Galloway, Gloucester Co., New Jersey. Son of Isaac Higbee and Sophia Somers. Moved to Clermont Co., Ohio, 1803. Married Sarah Elizabeth Ward, 10 Sept. 1818, in Tate Township, Clermont Co. Lived at Tate Township, 1820. Located at Fulton, Hamilton Co., Ohio, 1830. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, summer 1832, at Jackson Co., Missouri. Ordained an elder by Isaac Higbee, 20 Feb. 1833, at Cincinnati. Migrated to Jackson Co., Apr. 1833. Driven from Jackson Co. into Clay Co., Missouri, Nov. 1833. Ordained a high priest by Orson Pratt, 7 Aug. 1834, in Clay Co. Served mission to Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, 1835. Labored on Kirtland temple. Returned to Clay Co. Member of Zion high council in Clay Co., 1836. Moved to what became Caldwell Co., Missouri, spring 1836. Appointed county justice for Caldwell Co., 1837. Appointed presiding judge of court, Aug. 1838. Served on Zion high council in Far West, Caldwell Co., 1837–1838. With John Corrill, appointed a church historian, 6 Apr. 1838, at Far West. Appointed captain general of Society of the Daughter of Zion (Danites), summer 1838. Participated in skirmish at Crooked River, near Ray Co., Missouri, 25 Oct. 1838. Fled Missouri; located at Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois, 1839. Member of committee that investigated lands offered for sale by Isaac Galland, 1839. Settled at Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock Co., Illinois, 1839. Traveled to Washington DC with JS to seek redress for Missouri grievances, Oct. 1839–Mar. 1840. Appointed member of Nauvoo temple building committee, 6 Oct. 1840. Appointed guard in Nauvoo Legion, Mar. 1841. Member of Nauvoo Masonic Lodge. Died at Nauvoo.
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- History, 1838–1856, volume A-1 [23 December 1805–30 August 1834]
- History Draft [6 August 1838–30 December 1839]
- History Draft [1 January–31 December 1840]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- John Whitmer, History, 1831–circa 1847
- City Charter: Laws, Ordinances, and Acts, July 1842
- Elders’ Journal, July 1838
- Elders’ Journal, November 1837
- Times and Seasons, 1 April 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 August 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 June 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 October 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 September 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 February 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 September 1842
- Account of Meeting, 28 November 1842
- Affidavit, 20 January 1840
- Affidavit, 5 September 1838 [ State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Riot ]
- Affidavit, 8 September 1838
- Appendix 2: Constitution of the Society of the Daughter of Zion, circa Late June 1838
- Appendix: Wasp, Extra, 27 July 1842
- Appendix: Petition to Elias Higbee, circa 16 August 1838 [ State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Riot ]
- Appendix: Report of the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 4 March 1840
- Assignment, Amos Davis to Oliver Granger, 21 April 1840
- Benediction, 6 April 1841
- Bill to Incorporate the Church, 14 December 1840
- Bond from Samuel Bent, 11 October 1842
- Certificate from Elias Higbee, 9 July 1838
- Deed from Daniel H. and Eliza Robison Wells, 4 February 1843
- Discourse, 1 March 1840
- Discourse, 11 June 1843–A, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 13 August 1843–A, as Reported by Franklin D. Richards
- Discourse, 13 August 1843–A, as Reported by Martha Jane Knowlton Coray
- Discourse, 13 August 1843–A, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 13 August 1843–A, as Reported by William Clayton
- Discourse, 16 May 1841, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Discourse, 25 April 1841, as Reported by Julius Alexander Reed
- Discourse, 5 February 1840
- Discourse, 6 March 1840, as Reported by Elias Smith
- Discourse, 7 April 1840
- Discourse, circa 19 July 1840, as Reported by Martha Jane Knowlton Coray–B
- Discourse, circa 21 March 1841, as Reported by Martha Jane Knowlton Coray
- Docket Entry, 1–circa 6 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Docket Entry, Continuance, 17 August 1839 [ State of Missouri v. Baldwin et al. for Arson ]
- Docket Entry, Nolle Prosequi, 5 August 1840 [ State of Missouri v. Baldwin et al. for Arson ]
- George Pitkin, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Habeas Corpus, circa 16 August 1838, Draft [ State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Riot ]
- History Draft [1 January–30 June 1842]
- History Draft [1 January–31 December 1841]
- History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]
- History Draft [1 July–31 December 1842]
- History, 1834–1836
- 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]
- Hyrum Smith, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Indictment, circa 10 April 1839 [ State of Missouri v. Baldwin 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. Baldwin et al. for Arson ]
- Indictment, circa 10 April 1839, Copy [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Introduction to City of Nauvoo v. Anderson et al.
- Introduction to Singley v. Rigdon
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. Baldwin et al. for Arson
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason
- Introduction to Joseph Smith’s Bankruptcy
- Introduction to the Trustee Records
- John Corrill, A Brief History of the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1839
- John Taylor, Martyrdom Account
- Joseph Smith’s Store Daybook A, January–July 1842
- Journal, 1835–1836
- Journal, 1839
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 1, 21 December 1842–10 March 1843
- Journal, December 1841–December 1842
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 2, 10 March 1843–14 July 1843
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 3, 15 July 1843–29 February 1844
- Journal, March–September 1838
- Kirtland Elders’ Certificates
- Land Survey, May–July 1838
- Letter from Alfred Cordon, 17 February 1842
- Letter from Edward Partridge, 3 January 1840
- Letter from Edward Partridge, 5 March 1839
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 16 April 1839
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 20 February 1840–A
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 20 February 1840–B
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 21 February 1840
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 22 February 1840
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 24 March 1840
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 26 February 1840
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 9 March 1840
- Letter from Francis M. Higbee, 8 September 1843
- Letter from Horace Hotchkiss, 1 April 1840
- Letter from Horace Hotchkiss, 17 March 1840
- Letter from Hyrum Smith, 2 January 1840
- Letter from Jacob W. Jenks, 31 December 1839
- Letter from James Adams, 4 January 1840
- Letter from Nauvoo Temple Committee, 26 January 1843
- Letter from Parley P. Pratt, 24 October 1841
- Letter from Robert D. Foster, 24 December 1839
- Letter from Sidney Rigdon, 3 April 1840
- Letter from Thomas B. Marsh, 15 February 1838
- Letter of Introduction from James Adams, 9 November 1839
- Letter of Introduction from Sidney Rigdon, 9 November 1839
- Letter to Editor, 8 April 1843
- Letter to Editor, 8 April 1843, Initial Draft
- Letter to Editor, 8 April 1843, Second Draft
- Letter to Elias Higbee, 7 March 1840
- Letter to Emma Smith, 20–25 January 1840
- Letter to Hyrum Smith and Nauvoo High Council, 5 December 1839
- Letter to John C. Bennett, 8 August 1840
- Letter to Oliver Granger, between circa 22 and circa 28 July 1840
- Letter to Richard M. Young, 9 February 1843
- Letter to Robert D. Foster, 11 March 1840
- Letter to Robert D. Foster, 30 December 1839
- Letter to Seymour Brunson and Nauvoo High Council, 7 December 1839
- Letter to Seymour Brunson and Nauvoo High Council, 7 December 1839, Copy
- Letter to William Thompson, 2 November 1839
- Letter to William W. Phelps and Others, 25 July 1836
- Letter to the Presidency in Kirtland, 29 March 1838
- Letter to “Hands in the Stone Shop,” 21 December 1842
- Letterbook 2
- License Record Book
- License for Elias Higbee, 30 March 1836
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845
- 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
- Minute Book 1
- Minute Book 2
- Minutes and Discourse, 13 January 1840
- Minutes and Discourse, 1–5 October 1841
- Minutes and Discourse, 3–5 October 1840
- Minutes and Discourse, 6 March 1840
- Minutes and Discourse, 6–8 April 1840
- Minutes and Discourses, 5–7 October 1839
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–7 April 1843, as Reported by William Clayton
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–7 April 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
- 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, 1 January 1842
- Minutes, 10 August 1835
- Minutes, 10 November 1837
- Minutes, 11 March 1842
- Minutes, 12 April 1838
- Minutes, 13 April 1838
- Minutes, 14 April 1838
- Minutes, 15 March 1838
- Minutes, 17 August 1835
- Minutes, 19 April 1843
- Minutes, 1 May 1841, Copy
- Minutes, 24 March 1838
- Minutes, 26 July 1838
- Minutes, 28 April 1838, as Reported by Ebenezer Robinson
- Minutes, 3 July 1840
- Minutes, 3 February 1841, Copy
- Minutes, 4 February 1841
- Minutes, 4–5 May 1839
- Minutes, 5–6 September 1840
- Minutes, 6 April 1838
- Minutes, 7 November 1837
- Minutes, 7–11 April 1841
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 2 March 1841
- Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 1841–1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, January–November 1842
- Nauvoo Registry of Deeds, Deed Record Book A, 1840–1843
- Note from Edward Partridge, 3 January 1840
- Notice, 11 October 1842
- Notice, 28 April 1842
- Notice, circa 1 March 1842–B
- Ordinance, 3 February 1841–B
- Ordinance, 3 February 1841–B, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Ordinance, 5 July 1842–A
- Parley P. Pratt, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Pay Order from Temple Committee for Stephen Hale, 26 May 1842
- Pay Order to Henry G. Sherwood for John A. Hicks, 7 November 1839
- Pay Order to James Mulholland for John Snider, 8 November 1839
- Petition from A. W. Whitney and Others, 25 February 1843
- Petition from Albert P. Rockwood and Others, 18 July 1842
- Petition from Elias Higbee, 1 May 1841
- Petition to United States Congress, circa 29 November 1839, Draft
- Poll Record, Nauvoo Legion, 13 August 1842
- Proclamation, 15 January 1841
- Promissory Note to Daniel Carter, 2 September 1840
- Promissory Note to James Ivins, 21 July 1841
- Promissory Note to John C. Walsh, 10 February 1843–A
- Promissory Note to John C. Walsh, 10 February 1843–B
- Promissory Note to John C. Walsh, 10 February 1843–C
- Promissory Note to John C. Walsh, 10 February 1843–D
- Questions and Answers, between circa 16 and circa 29 March 1838–A [D&C 113:1–6]
- Questions and Answers, between circa 16 and circa 29 March 1838–B [D&C 113:7–10]
- Receipt from Elias Higbee, 18 February 1841
- Receipt from Alpheus Cutler, Reynolds Cahoon, and Elias Higbee, 15 June 1841
- Receipt from Alpheus Cutler, Reynolds Cahoon, and Elias Higbee, 29 April 1841
- Receipt from Alpheus Cutler, Reynolds Cahoon, and Elias Higbee, 4 May 1841
- Receipt from Reynolds Cahoon, 11 February 1841
- Receipt from Reynolds Cahoon, Alpheus Cutler, and Elias Higbee, 12 April 1841–A
- Receipt from Reynolds Cahoon, Alpheus Cutler, and Elias Higbee, 12 April 1841–B
- Receipt from Reynolds Cahoon, Alpheus Cutler, and Elias Higbee, 12 April 1841–C
- Receipt from Reynolds Cahoon, Alpheus Cutler, and Elias Higbee, 15 May 1841
- Receipt from William Collins, 8 February 1839
- Receipt to Elias Higbee, 11 August 1840
- Receipt to Jonathan Harrington, 8 July 1842
- Recommendation for Oliver Granger, 1 November 1839
- Recommendation for Samuel Bent and George W. Harris, between circa 17 and circa 28 July 1840
- Recommendation from Nauvoo High Council, 27 October 1839
- Recommendation from Quincy, Illinois, Branch, between 20 October and 1 November 1839
- Report of the First Presidency to the Church, circa 7 April 1841
- Revised Minutes, 17 June 1844
- Revised Minutes, 17 June 1844, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor
- Schedule of Creditors, circa 14–16 April 1842
- 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 ]
- Statement from Andrew Lamoreaux, 10 June 1844
- Statement from Andrew Lamoreaux, 10 June 1844, Willard Richards Copy
- Statement of Expenses to Thomas King, 30 September 1841
- Statement, circa 1 November 1839–A
- Statement, circa 1 November 1839–B
- The Book of the Law of the Lord, Book A
- 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
- William D. Huntington, Cemetery Records, 1839–1846
- William D. Huntington, Report, circa 26 June 1843
- “A History, of the Persecution, of the Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints in Missouri,” December 1839–October 1840
- Gender
- Male