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Bent, Samuel
Biography
19 July 1778–16 Aug. 1846. Born in Barre, Worcester Co., Massachusetts. Son of Joel Bent and Mary Mason. Married first Mary Kilburn, 3 Mar. 1805, in Wendell, Franklin Co., Massachusetts. Colonel in Massachusetts militia. Lived in Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, 1810. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Jared Carter, Jan. 1833, in Pontiac, Oakland Co., Michigan Territory. Ordained an elder, Jan. 1833, in Pontiac. Served mission to Michigan, Jan. 1833; helped establish Huron branch, in Huron Co., Michigan Territory. Participated in Camp of Israel expedition to Missouri, 1834. Attended School of the Prophets, 1835. Moved to Liberty, Clay Co., Missouri, and then to Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri, 1836. Married second Lettice Palmer, Sept. 1837. Served on Far West high council, by 5 Aug. 1837. Moved to Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock Co., Illinois, by Oct. 1839. Appointed member of Nauvoo high council, Oct. 1839. Appointed to serve mission to Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to collect money for church loans and book printing, July 1840. Member of Nauvoo Legion. Admitted to Council of Fifty, 19 Mar. 1844. Served mission to Illinois, Michigan, and Indiana, 1844. Moved to Garden Grove, Decatur Co., Iowa Territory, 1846; presided over Garden Grove branch. Died in Iowa.
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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 Draft [1 January–31 December 1840]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- Elders’ Journal, July 1838
- Times and Seasons, 1 June 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 February 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 October 1842
- Account with the Church of Christ, circa 11–29 August 1834
- Agreement with Ebenezer Robinson and Don Carlos Smith, 14 December 1840
- Appendix 1: Letter to Oliver Cowdery and Others, circa 17 June 1838
- Appendix 2: Council of Fifty, Minutes, 27 February 1845
- Appendix 4: Council of Fifty, Roll, 22 April 1845–27 December 1846
- Appendix 7: Council of Fifty, Minutes, 19 January 1846
- Assignment, Amos Davis to Oliver Granger, 21 April 1840
- Bill, 8 February 1845–A
- Bond from Samuel Bent, 11 October 1842
- Committee Appointments, 8 February 1845
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 2, 1 March–6 May 1845
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 3, 6 May 1845–13 January 1846
- Discourse, circa 21 March 1841, as Reported by Martha Jane Knowlton Coray
- Docket Entry, Alias Pluries Scire Facias, 19 May 1846 [ Dana v. Brink et al. ]
- Docket Entry, Nolle Prosequi, 5 August 1840 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Docket Entry, Nolle Prosequi, 5 August 1840 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Arson ]
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1844
- Henry G. Sherwood, Account Book, November 1839–June 1844, November 1844
- History Draft [1 January–21 June 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]
- 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, 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 ]
- 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. Worthington et al. for Larceny and State of Missouri v. JS for Receiving Stolen Goods
- 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
- Letter from John E. Page, 23 September 1840
- Letter from Samuel Bent and George W. Harris, 23 September 1840
- Letter to J. G. Fosdick, 3 February 1834
- Letter to John M. Bernhisel, 13 April 1841
- Letter to William W. Phelps and Others, 25 July 1836
- Letterbook 2
- Letters to John Burk, Sally Waterman Phelps, and Almira Mack Scobey, 1–2 June 1835
- License Record Book
- List of Members, Council of Fifty, May 1844
- List of Members, Council of Fifty, probably between 25 April and 3 May 1844
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845
- Memorial to Nauvoo High Council, 18 June 1840
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 28 November 1843
- Minute Book 2
- Minutes and Discourse, 18 April 1844
- Minutes and Discourse, 19 February 1843
- Minutes and Discourse, 3–5 October 1840
- Minutes and Discourse, 6–8 April 1840
- Minutes and Discourses, 11 April 1844
- Minutes and Discourses, 5–7 October 1839
- Minutes and Discourses, 6 May 1844
- 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, 11 March 1842
- Minutes, 14 December 1844
- Minutes, 14 December 1844, Extract, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor
- Minutes, 16 August 1841
- Minutes, 17 July 1840
- Minutes, 19 March 1844
- Minutes, 21 March 1844
- Minutes, 22 January 1842
- Minutes, 25 April 1844
- Minutes, 30 April 1843
- Minutes, 30 January 1843
- Minutes, 8 February 1845, Draft
- Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 1841–1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February 1844–January 1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, January–November 1842
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, November 1842–January 1844
- Nauvoo Registry of Deeds, Deed Record Book A, 1840–1843
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Samuel Bent, 6 June 1843
- Pay Order, Daniel Spencer and Willard Richards to William Clayton for Orson Pratt and Others, 10 February 1845
- Pay Order, Daniel Spencer and Willard Richards to William Clayton for Orson Pratt and Others, 10 February 1845, Draft
- Petition from John M. Finch and Others, circa 15 April 1843
- Petition from Josiah Butterfield and Others, 1 May 1844
- Petition from Samuel Bent and Others, 12 December 1844
- Petition from Samuel Bent and Others, 17 January 1843
- Preamble and Resolutions, 14 January 1845, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor
- Recommendation for Samuel Bent and George W. Harris, between circa 17 and circa 28 July 1840
- Recommendation from Nauvoo High Council, 27 October 1839
- Report of Committee, 22 January 1842
- Report of Nauvoo Legion General Court-Martial, 30 November 1841
- Report of Nauvoo Legion General Court-Martial, 30 November 1841, as Published in Wasp
- Revelation, 19 January 1841 [D&C 124]
- Revised Minutes and Discourses, 23 April–circa 8 May 1843, First Printed Draft
- Revised Minutes and Discourses, 23 April–circa 8 May 1843, James Sloan and John Taylor Draft
- Revised Minutes and Discourses, 23 April–circa 8 May 1843, William Clayton Draft
- Ruling, 29 November 1838 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Schedule of Accounts, 3–4 June 1841 [ JS Guardian of Maria Lawrence et al. ]
- Schedule of Accounts, 3–4 June 1841, Copy [ JS Guardian of Maria Lawrence et al. ]
- Statement of Account from Jonathan H. Hale and Others, 3 February 1845
- The Book of the Law of the Lord, Book A
- The Book of the Law of the Lord, Book B
- Transcript of Proceedings, Treason, 6 July 1839 [ Extradition of JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes ]
- Trustees Land Book B, 4 August 1842–8 December 1845
- “A History, of the Persecution, of the Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints in Missouri,” December 1839–October 1840
- Gender
- Male