Interim Content
Peck, Reed
Biography
1814–23 Aug. 1894. Millwright, farmer. Born in Bainbridge Township, Chenango Co., New York. Son of Hezekiah Peck and Martha Long. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ca. 1830. Moved from New York to Ohio and then to Kaw Township, Jackson Co., Missouri, Apr.–July 1831. Married Clarissa M. Member of Latter-day Saint delegation that attempted to negotiate equitable solution to “Mormon War” with General Samuel D. Lucas, 31 Oct. 1838. Disaffected from church. Prosecution witness at Nov. 1838 preliminary hearing of JS and others. Wrote extended account of his Missouri experience. Moved to Bainbridge, by 1840; to Cortlandville, Cortland Co., New York, by 1850; and to Afton, Chenango Co., by 1870. Died at Afton.
Links
papers
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- John Whitmer, History, 1831–circa 1847
- Elders’ Journal, August 1838
- Affidavit, 29 November 1841
- Agreement with Jacob Stollings, 12 April 1839
- Appendix 1: Letter to Oliver Cowdery and Others, circa 17 June 1838
- Appendix 2: Constitution of the Society of the Daughter of Zion, circa Late June 1838
- Discourse, circa 19 July 1840, as Reported by Martha Jane Knowlton Coray–A
- Discourse, circa 19 July 1840, as Reported by Martha Jane Knowlton Coray–B
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. Baldwin et al. for Arson
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny and State of Missouri v. JS for Receiving Stolen Goods
- John Corrill, A Brief History of the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1839
- John Corrill, “Brief History,” Manuscript, circa 1838–1839
- Journal, March–September 1838
- Letter to Edward Partridge and the Church, circa 22 March 1839
- Letter to the Church in Caldwell County, Missouri, 16 December 1838
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–7 April 1843, 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 and Testimonies, 12–29 November 1838, Copy and Letter [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Minutes, 12 April 1838
- Petition to George O. Tompkins, between 9 and 15 March 1839 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Revelation Book 2
- Revelation, 8 July 1838–A [D&C 118]
- Revelation, 8 July 1838–C [D&C 119]
- Subpoena, 10 November 1838 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- “Extract, from the Private Journal of Joseph Smith Jr.,” July 1839
- Gender
- Male