Interim Content
Comer, John Baker
Biography
1814–after 19 Nov. 1867. Farmer, carpenter. Born in Ohio. Son of John Comer and Mary Baker. Lived in Daviess Co., Missouri, by 1837. With two others, attempted to illegally transport state firearms from Richmond, Ray Co., Missouri, to arm mob in Daviess Co. for use against Latter-day Saints. Apprehended in Caldwell Co., Missouri, by William Allred and others. Released by order of circuit judge Austin A. King, Sept. 1838. Participated in massacre at Hawn’s Mill, Caldwell Co., 30 Oct. 1838. Daviess Co. deputy sheriff, 1839, 1852. Married Ann Caroline Estes of Kentucky, 23 Jan. 1848, in Daviess Co. Lived in Ray Co., by 1867.
Links
papers
- History Draft [6 August 1838–30 December 1839]
- History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838]
- 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 Treason ]
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason
- John Corrill, A Brief History of the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1839
- Journal, March–September 1838
- Letter from Austin A. King, 10 September 1838
- 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
- Transcript of Proceedings, Treason, 6 July 1839 [ Extradition of JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes ]
- Gender
- Male