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Avard, Sampson
Biography
23 Oct. 1800–15 Apr. 1869. Physician. Born at St. Peter, Isle of Guernsey, Channel Islands, Great Britain. Migrated to U.S., by 1830. Married Eliza, a native of Virginia. Located at Washington DC, 1830. Moved to Virginia, by 1831. Moved to Freedom, Beaver Co., Pennsylvania, by 1835. A preacher for reformed Baptists (later Disciples of Christ or Campbellites). Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and ordained an elder by Orson Pratt, 1835, at Freedom. Served mission near his home with Erastus Snow, 1836. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, 1836. Stockholder in Kirtland Safety Society. Ordained a high priest, before Oct. 1837. Migrated to Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri, by 1838. Appointed general in Society of the Daughter of Zion (Danites) but was later demoted, summer 1838. Excommunicated, 17 Mar. 1839. Moved to Edwardsville, Madison Co., Illinois, by 1840. Died at Edwardsville.
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- History Draft [6 August 1838–30 December 1839]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- John Whitmer, History, 1831–circa 1847
- Elders’ Journal, August 1838
- Times and Seasons, 1 August 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 July 1842
- Affidavit, 5 September 1838 [ State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Riot ]
- Agreement with Jacob Stollings, 12 April 1839
- Agreement with Ovid Pinney and Stephen Phillips, 14 March 1837
- 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
- Appendix: Wasp, Extra, 27 July 1842
- History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838]
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- Indictment, circa 10 April 1839 [ State of Missouri v. Baldwin et al. for Arson ]
- Indictment, circa 10 April 1839 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Arson ]
- Indictment, circa 10 April 1839 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Indictment, circa 10 April 1839 [ State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Riot ]
- Indictment, circa 10 April 1839 [ State of Missouri v. JS for Receiving Stolen Goods ]
- Indictment, circa 10 April 1839 [ State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny ]
- Indictment, circa 10 April 1839, Copy [ State of Missouri v. Baldwin et al. for Arson ]
- Indictment, circa 10 April 1839, Copy [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Arson ]
- Indictment, circa 10 April 1839, Copy [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Indictment, circa 10 April 1839, Copy [ State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Riot ]
- Indictment, circa 10 April 1839, Copy [ State of Missouri v. JS for Receiving Stolen Goods ]
- Indictment, circa 10 April 1839, Copy [ State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny ]
- 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
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Riot
- 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, December 1841–December 1842
- Journal, March–September 1838
- Kirtland Elders’ Certificates
- Kirtland Safety Society Bank Stock Ledger, 18 October 1836–12 June 1837
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 20 February 1840–A
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 20 February 1840–B
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 22 February 1840
- Letter to Edward Partridge and the Church, circa 22 March 1839
- Letter to Emma Smith, 12 November 1838
- Letter to Jacob Stollings, 27–28 June 1839
- Letter to the Church and Others, 23 June 1842
- Letter to the Church and Others, 23 June 1842, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Letter to the Church in Caldwell County, Missouri, 16 December 1838, as Recorded in “General” Record Book
- Letter to the Church in Caldwell County, Missouri, 16 December 1838
- Letter to the Church in Caldwell County, Missouri, 16 December 1838, Extract, Phebe Carter Woodruff Copy
- Letter to the Church in Caldwell County, Missouri, 16 December 1838, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Letterbook 2
- License for Sampson Avard, 31 May 1836
- Lyman Wight, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- 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, 3 January 1844
- Motto, circa 16 or 17 March 1838
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, November 1842–January 1844
- Petition to George O. Tompkins, between 9 and 15 March 1839 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Revelation, 8 July 1838–A [D&C 118]
- 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
- Statement of Account from John Howden, 1 January 1838
- Statement of Account from John Howden, 29 March 1838
- Transcript of Proceedings, Treason, 6 July 1839 [ Extradition of JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 18 September 1838 [ State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Riot ]
- “A History, of the Persecution, of the Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints in Missouri,” December 1839–October 1840
- Gender
- Male