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Hancock, Solomon
Biography
15 Aug. 1793/1794–2 Dec. 1847. Born at Springfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts. Son of Thomas Hancock III and Amy Ward. Moved to Wolcott, Seneca Co., New York, by 1810. Joined Methodist church, 1814. Married first Alta Adams, 12 Mar. 1815. Moved to Columbia, Hamilton Co., Ohio, by 1823. Moved to Chagrin (later Willoughby), Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, by 1830. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 16 Nov. 1830, in Ohio. Ordained an elder, by June 1831. Ordained a high priest by Lyman Wight, 4 June 1831, at Geauga Co., Ohio. Appointed to serve mission with Simeon Carter to Missouri, June 1831. Lived in Jackson Co., Missouri, by 1833. Appointed to Zion high council in Clay Co., Missouri, 1834. Served mission to eastern states, fall 1834. Wife died, 1836. Married second Phebe Adams, 28 June 1836. Moved to Caldwell Co., Missouri, by Dec. 1836. Served as member of Zion high council in Far West, Caldwell Co., 1837–1839. Expelled from Missouri, spring 1839; located at Adams Co., Illinois. Moved to Lima, Adams Co., 1841. Appointed member of Lima high council, 1843. Moved to Yelrome (Morley’s Settlement, later in Tioga), Hancock Co., Illinois, ca. 1844, and presided over Yelrome branch of church. Died near what became Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa.
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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
- Elders’ Journal, November 1837
- Affidavit from Solomon Hancock and Others, 20 June 1844
- Book of Commandments, 1833
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 3, 6 May 1845–13 January 1846
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1835
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1844
- F. G. Williams & Co. Account Book, October 1833–November 1835
- History Draft [1 January–21 June 1844]
- History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]
- History, 1834–1836
- History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838]
- History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- John Corrill, A Brief History of the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1839
- Journal, 1835–1836
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
- Kirtland Elders’ Certificates
- Letter from Richard Hewitt, 24 May 1840
- Letter from Thomas B. Marsh, 15 February 1838
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 21 April 1833
- Letters to John Burk, Sally Waterman Phelps, and Almira Mack Scobey, 1–2 June 1835
- License for Solomon Hancock, 30 March 1836
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 28 November 1843
- Minute Book 1
- Minute Book 2
- Minutes and Discourse, circa 7 July 1834
- Minutes, 12 April 1838
- Minutes, 13 April 1838
- Minutes, 13 January 1836
- Minutes, 14 April 1838
- Minutes, 2 January 1836
- Minutes, 21 June 1844
- Minutes, 23 June 1834
- Minutes, 24 March 1838
- Minutes, 3 July 1834
- Minutes, 7 November 1837
- Minutes, circa 3–4 June 1831
- Miscellaneous Notes [20–22 June 1844]
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February 1844–January 1845
- Petition from James Hamilton and Others, circa 22 June 1844
- Revelation Book 1
- Revelation, 13 August 1831 [D&C 62]
- Revelation, 6 June 1831 [D&C 52]
- Revelation, 6 June 1831, Symonds Rider Copy [D&C 52]
- The Book of the Law of the Lord, Book A
- Gender
- Male