- Gender
- Male
Haws, Peter
Biography
17 Feb. 1796–1862. Farmer, miller, businessman. Born in Leeds Co., Johnstown District (later in Ontario), Upper Canada. Son of Edward Haws and Polly. Married Charlotte Harrington. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio. Served mission with Erastus Snow to Illinois, 1839. Moved to Illinois, ca. 1839. Alternate on high council at Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, 1840–1844. Trustee of Nauvoo House Association. Ordained a high priest, 18 Dec. 1841, in Nauvoo. Member of Nauvoo Masonic Lodge. Served mission with Amasa Lyman to raise funds for construction of Nauvoo temple and Nauvoo House, 1843. Served mission to Mississippi and Alabama, Sept.–Oct. 1843. Admitted to Council of Fifty, 11 Mar. 1844. Moved to what became Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa Territory, 1846. Visited Lyman Wight’s colony in Texas, 1848. Returned to Council Bluffs. Excommunicated, 1849, in Council Bluffs. Moved to area near Humboldt River in Lovelock Valley, Carson Co., Utah Territory (later in Nevada), by 1854. Moved to California, by 1855. Died in California.
Links
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- Times and Seasons, 15 February 1842
- Appendix 4: Council of Fifty, Roll, 22 April 1845–27 December 1846
- Appendix 5, Document 3. Draft Notes, December 1842
- Appendix 7: Council of Fifty, Minutes, 19 January 1846
- Authorization for James Brown, 31 May 1843
- Authorization for Peter Haws, 31 May 1843
- Bond from Peter Haws and Shadrach Roundy, 31 May 1843
- Bond, 31 May 1843, Draft
- 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
- Deed from Peter and Charlotte Harrington Haws, 29 May 1843
- Deed to Lovina Smith and Others, 11 December 1841
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1844
- History Draft [1 July–31 December 1842]
- History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 1, 21 December 1842–10 March 1843
- Journal, December 1841–December 1842
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 2, 10 March 1843–14 July 1843
- 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 Edwin Guthrie, between 1 February and 4 November 1841
- Letter from George W. Henry, 18 July 1841
- Letter to John M. Bernhisel, 4 January 1842
- Letterbook 2
- License Record Book
- License for Peter Haws, 18 December 1841
- List of Members, Council of Fifty, May 1844
- List of Members, Council of Fifty, probably between 25 April and 3 May 1844
- Minute Book 2
- Minutes, 11 March 1844
- Minutes, 18 April 1844
- Minutes, 21 March 1844
- Minutes, 25 May 1844
- Minutes, 5 April 1844
- Minutes, 6 May 1844
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February 1844–January 1845
- Petition from Alpheus Cutler and Others, 10 March 1843
- Petition from George W. Crouse and Others, 9 March 1844
- Petition from Hyrum Smith and Others, 8 March 1844
- Revelation, 19 January 1841 [D&C 124]
- Revelation, 20 March 1841
- The Book of the Law of the Lord