Interim Content
Weston, Samuel
Biography
24 Oct. 1783–14 Dec. 1846. Blacksmith, joiner, carpenter. Born in Belfast, Ireland. Moved to Ulverston, Lancashire, England, by 1812. Married Margaret Cleminson Gibson, 28 June 1812, in Ulverston. Joined British navy, 1812; captured by Americans and defected. Moved to Green Co., Kentucky, by 1816; to Malta Bend, Saline Co., Missouri, by 1820; to Lillard Co. (later Jackson Co.), Missouri, by 1821; and to what later became Independence, Jackson Co., by 1824. Elected deputy clerk of county court and recorder of deeds, contracted to build first courthouse, and served as election clerk, 1828, in Independence. Elected Jackson Co. judge, 1829. Justice of the peace, 1830–1832, 1838–1842, in Independence. Member of Baptist church. Member of committee appointed to negotiate departure of Latter-day Saints from Jackson Co., July 1833. Involved in lawsuit over land against William W. Phelps and Oliver Cowdery, 1835, in Independence. Died in Independence.
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
- Affidavit, 20 July 1842 [ Extradition of Rockwell for Assault ]
- Docket Entry, 1–circa 6 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Edward Partridge, History, Manuscript, circa 1839
- History Draft [1 July–31 December 1842]
- History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
- Introduction to Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 1, 21 December 1842–10 March 1843
- Journal, December 1841–December 1842
- Letter from Edward Partridge, between 14 and 19 November 1833
- Letter from John Whitmer, 29 July 1833
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 6–7 November 1833
- Lilburn W. Boggs, Affidavit, 20 July 1842 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Lilburn W. Boggs, Affidavit, 20 July 1842, Lyman Trumbull Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Lilburn W. Boggs, Affidavit, 20 July 1842, William Clayton Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Lyman Wight, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Parley P. Pratt et al., “‘The Mormons’ So Called,” 12 December 1833
- Parley P. Pratt, History of the Late Persecution, 1839
- Petition to Nauvoo Municipal Court, 8 August 1842 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- 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
- Transcript of Proceedings, 6 January 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Trial Report, 5–19 January 1843, as Published in Reports [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Trial Report, 5–19 January 1843, as Published in the Sangamo Journal [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Trial Report, 8–26 July 1843, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Warrant, 2 August 1842, James Sloan Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Warrant, 2 August 1842, Sylvester Emmons and William Clayton Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Warrant, 31 December 1842 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Warrant, 31 December 1842, Willard Richards Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Warrant, 31 December 1842, William Clayton Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- “A History, of the Persecution, of the Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints in Missouri,” December 1839–October 1840
- Gender
- Male