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Hancock, Levi Ward
Biography
7 Apr. 1803–10 June 1882. Born at Springfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts. Son of Thomas Hancock III and Amy Ward. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 16 Nov. 1830, at Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio. Married Clarissa Reed, 20 Mar. 1831. Served mission to Missouri with Zebedee Coltrin, summer 1831. Appointed to serve mission to Missouri, Ohio, and Virginia, Jan. 1832. Attended organizational meeting of School of the Prophets, 22–23 Jan. 1833, in Kirtland. Participated in Camp of Israel expedition to Missouri, 1834. Ordained a seventy, 28 Feb. 1835; appointed a president of the Seventy shortly after. Moved to Missouri, 1838. Member of committee at Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri, to supervise removal of Latter-day Saints from Missouri, Jan. 1839. Located at Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock Co., Illinois, 1839. Enlisted in Mormon Battalion at what became Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa Territory; served 1846–1847. Only general authority of church on march; served as unofficial chaplain for battalion. Arrived in Salt Lake Valley, 1847. Member of Utah territorial legislature for three terms, beginning in 1851. Ordained a patriarch, 1872. Died at Washington, Washington Co., Utah Territory.
Links
papers
- History, 1838–1856, volume A-1 [23 December 1805–30 August 1834]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- John Whitmer, History, 1831–circa 1847
- Elders’ Journal, August 1838
- Elders’ Journal, July 1838
- Account with the Church of Christ, circa 11–29 August 1834
- Account with the Camp of Israel, circa 11–29 August 1834
- Appendix 1: Letter to Oliver Cowdery and Others, circa 17 June 1838
- Appendix: Discourses, 22 June and 23 or 24 June 1844, as Recorded in Fullmer, Letterbook
- Blessing to Joseph Young, 1 March 1835
- Blessing to Levi Hancock, 1 March 1835
- Book of Commandments, 1833
- Declaration, 21 June 1834
- Deed from Levi and Clarissa Hancock, 28 April 1842
- Deed to Levi W. Hancock, 7 January 1842
- Deed to Levi W. Hancock, 7 January 1842, as Recorded in Nauvoo Registry of Deeds
- Discourse, 6 April 1837
- Docket Entry, circa 16 December 1841 [ Robinson v. C. Granger ]
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1835
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1844
- History Draft [1 January–21 June 1844]
- History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]
- History Draft [21 June–8 August 1844]
- 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]
- Introduction to Robinson v. C. Granger
- Joseph Smith’s Store Daybook A, January–July 1842
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
- Journal, March–September 1838
- Kirtland Elders’ Certificates
- Letter from Oliver Cowdery, 28 January 1832
- Letter to John Corrill and the Church in Missouri, 4 September 1837
- License for Levi Hancock, 30 March 1836
- Marriage Certificate for Daniel H. Keeler and Philinda Eldredge Merrick, 1 February 1843
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 28 November 1843
- Minute Book 1
- Minute Book 2
- Minutes and Blessings, 28 February–1 March 1835
- Minutes and Discourse, 2 May 1835, as Reported by William E. McLellin–A
- Minutes and Discourse, 2 May 1835, as Reported by William E. McLellin–B
- Minutes and Testimonies, 12–29 November 1838, Copy [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Minutes, 17 August 1835
- Minutes, 22–23 January 1833
- Minutes, 23 March 1833–B
- Minutes, 25–26 October 1831
- Minutes, 28 December 1834
- Minutes, 28–29 August 1834
- Minutes, 3 December 1832
- Minutes, 3 September 1837
- Minutes, 4 February 1841
- Minutes, 7–8 April 1838
- Minutes, Discourse, and Blessings, 1 March 1835
- Minutes, Discourse, and Blessings, 14–15 February 1835
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 13 January 1844
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 20 February 1841
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 9 March 1841
- Minutes, circa 3–4 June 1831
- Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 1841–1845
- Nauvoo Marriage Record, February 1842–January 1846
- Nauvoo Registry of Deeds, Deed Record Book A, 1840–1843
- Ordinance, 14 December 1844–B
- Ordinance, 14 December 1844–B, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Levi Hancock, 8 January 1844
- Petition from Alanson Ripley and Others, 14 May 1842
- Petition from Hosea Stout and Others, 11 January 1845
- Poll Record, Nauvoo Legion, 13 August 1842
- Record of the Twelve, 14 February–28 August 1835
- Revelation Book 1
- Revelation, 1 August 1831 [D&C 58]
- Revelation, 10 June 1831 [D&C 54]
- Revelation, 13 August 1831 [D&C 62]
- Revelation, 19 January 1841 [D&C 124]
- Revelation, 6 June 1831 [D&C 52]
- Revelation, 6 June 1831, Symonds Rider Copy [D&C 52]
- Revelation, 7 May 1831 [D&C 49]
- Revelation, 8 June 1831 [D&C 53]
- Revelation, 9 May 1831 [D&C 50]
- Testimony, circa 2 November 1831
- The Book of the Law of the Lord, Book A
- Trustees Land Book A, 11 September 1839–30 April 1842
- Trustees Land Book B, 4 August 1842–8 December 1845
- Venire Facias, 16 November 1841 [ Robinson v. C. Granger ]
- Verdict, 16 December 1841 [ Robinson v. C. Granger ]
- Warrant, 21 October 1833
Levi Hancock Photograph, Edward Martin, circa 1860–1866. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City.)
- Gender
- Male