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Emmett, James
Biography
22 Feb. 1803–28 Dec. 1852. Farmer, policeman, explorer, miner. Born at Boone Co., Kentucky. Son of Silas Emmett and Elizabeth Trowbridge. Married Phebe Jane Simpson, 13 Apr. 1823. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1831, in Boone Co. Moved to Jackson Co., Missouri, by Apr. 1832. Ordained an elder, by Sept. 1834. Served mission to Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Missouri, 1835. Stockholder in Kirtland Safety Society. Moved to Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri, by 1837. Member of Far West high council, 1838. Moved to Adams Co., Illinois, 1839. Moved to Lee Co., Iowa Territory, by Apr. 1841. Appointed to Iowa stake high council, Lee Co., 24 Apr. 1841. Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, by Dec. 1843. Appointed to Nauvoo police force, 29 Dec. 1843. Appointed by JS to explore western U.S. and select new location for Latter-day Saints, 21 Feb. 1844. Admitted to Council of Fifty, 13 Mar. 1844; rejected from council, 4 Feb. 1845. Led advance party of Latter-day Saint settlers from vicinity of Nauvoo to vicinity of present-day Vermillion, Clay Co., South Dakota, 1845–1846. Moved to Waubonsie, Fremont Co., Iowa, by Apr. 1847. Migrated west, 1849. Resided at Tuolumne Co., California, by June 1850. Moved to San Bernardino, Los Angeles Co., California, where he died.
Links
papers
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- Letter from Thomas Burdick, 28 August 1840
- Elders’ Journal, November 1837
- Appendix 2: Council of Fifty, Minutes, 27 February 1845
- Appendix: Discourses, 22 June and 23 or 24 June 1844, as Recorded in Fullmer, Letterbook
- Assignment, Amos Davis to Oliver Granger, 21 April 1840
- 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
- Deed to Martha Raymond Parrish, 8 December 1836
- Deed to William Marks, 10 April 1837–A
- Deed to William Marks, 10 April 1837–B
- Deed to William Marks, 10 April 1837–C
- Deed to William Marks, 10 April 1837–D
- Deed to William Marks, 7 April 1837
- Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account
- History Draft [1 January–21 June 1844]
- History Draft [1 January–31 December 1841]
- History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]
- History Draft [21 June–8 August 1844]
- History, 1834–1836
- History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838]
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- Journal, 1835–1836
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 3, 15 July 1843–29 February 1844
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
- Kirtland Elders’ Certificates
- Kirtland Safety Society Bank Stock Ledger, 18 October 1836–12 June 1837
- Lands Deeded, after 26 June 1839
- Letter to William W. Phelps and Others, 25 July 1836
- Letters to John Burk, Sally Waterman Phelps, and Almira Mack Scobey, 1–2 June 1835
- License Record Book
- License for James Emmett, 5 April 1836
- List of Members, Council of Fifty, May 1844
- List of Members, Council of Fifty, probably between 25 April and 3 May 1844
- Minute Book 1
- Minute Book 2
- 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, 13 January 1844
- Minutes, 13 March 1844
- Minutes, 17 August 1835
- Minutes, 21 March 1844
- Minutes, 26 March 1844
- Minutes, 26–27 April 1832
- Minutes, 29 October 1835
- Minutes, 31 May 1844
- Minutes, 7 November 1837
- Miscellaneous Notes [20–22 June 1844]
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, November 1842–January 1844
- Nauvoo Marriage Record, February 1842–January 1846
- “A History, of the Persecution, of the Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints in Missouri,” December 1839–October 1840
- Gender
- Male