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Follett, King
Biography
24/26 July 1788–9 Mar. 1844. Born at Winchester, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire. Son of John Follett and Hannah Oak (Oake) Alexander. Married Louisa Tanner, by 1815. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, spring 1831. Member of Whitmer branch at Jackson Co., Missouri, by 1833. Moved to Clay Co., Missouri, 1833. Moved to what became Caldwell Co., Missouri, 1835. Ordained an elder, 28 Jan. 1836, at Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio. Likely ordained a high priest, by Apr. 1837. During difficulties in Missouri in 1839, imprisoned at Richmond, Ray Co., Missouri, and Columbia, Boone Co., Missouri. Moved to Illinois, 1839. Served as a constable in Hancock Co., Illinois, by 1843. Died at Nauvoo, Hancock Co.
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papers
- History, 1838–1856, volume A-1 [23 December 1805–30 August 1834]
- History Draft [6 August 1838–30 December 1839]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- Elders’ Journal, November 1837
- Account of Hearings, circa 20 December 1843
- Bond to King Follett, 10 April 1840
- Bond to King Follett, 10 April 1840, Copy
- Discourse, 7 April 1844, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Discourse, 7 April 1844, as Reported by Thomas Bullock
- Discourse, 7 April 1844, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff
- Discourse, 7 April 1844, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 7 April 1844, as Reported by William Clayton
- Docket Entry, 18–19 September 1843 [ Niswanger v. Wight and Jett ]
- Docket Entry, Special Term, 1 July 1839 [ State of Missouri v. Pratt et al. for Murder ]
- Docket Entry, circa 11–18 December 1843 [ State of Illinois v. Elliott–A ]
- Habeas Corpus, 23 November 1843, Copy [ State of Illinois v. Finch on Habeas Corpus ]
- History Draft [1 January–21 June 1844]
- History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]
- 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]
- Introduction to State of Illinois v. Elliott–A and State of Illinois v. Elliott–B
- 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
- Joseph Smith’s Store Daybook A, January–July 1842
- 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
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 22 February 1840
- Letterbook 2
- License for King Follett, 31 March 1836
- List of Fees, 20 September 1843 [ Niswanger v. Wight and Jett ]
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 28 November 1843
- Minute Book 2
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–7 April 1844, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–8 April 1844, as Reported by Thomas Bullock
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–8 April 1844, as Reported by William Clayton
- 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, 7 November 1837
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 10 June 1843
- Order, 7 June 1839, Copy–A [ State of Missouri v. Pratt et al. for Murder ]
- Order, 7 June 1839, Copy–B [ State of Missouri v. Pratt et al. for Murder ]
- Order, 7 June 1839, Copy–C [ State of Missouri v. Pratt et al. for Murder ]
- Order, 7 June 1839, Copy–D [ State of Missouri v. Pratt et al. for Murder ]
- Parley P. Pratt, History of the Late Persecution, 1839
- Petition from Albert P. Rockwood and Others, 11 August 1841
- Petition from Albert P. Rockwood and Others, 18 July 1842
- Petition from Nathan Cheney and Others, 4 April 1842
- Petition from Reuben Atwood and Others, 5 April 1842
- Petition, 17 May 1839 [ State of Missouri v. Pratt et al. for Murder ]
- Poll Record, Nauvoo Legion, 13 August 1842
- 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
- The Book of the Law of the Lord, Book A
- Transcript of Proceedings, 24 May 1839 [ State of Missouri v. Pratt et al. for Murder ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, Murder, 18 July 1839 [ Extradition of JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes ]
- Trustees Land Book A, 11 September 1839–30 April 1842
- Warrant, 11 December 1843 [ State of Illinois v. Elliott–A ]
- William D. Huntington, Cemetery Records, 1839–1846
- William D. Huntington, Report, circa 11 March 1844
- “A History, of the Persecution, of the Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints in Missouri,” December 1839–October 1840
- Gender
- Male