- Gender
- Male
Emmons, Sylvester
Biography
28 Feb. 1808–15 Nov. 1881. Lawyer, newspaper publisher. Born in Readington Township, Hunterdon Co., New Jersey. Son of Abraham Emmons and Margaret Vlerebome. Moved to Philadelphia, 1831. Moved to Illinois, 1840. Admitted to bar in Hancock Co., Illinois, May 1843. Member of Nauvoo City Council, 1843–1844. Editor of Nauvoo Expositor, 1844. Moved to Beardstown, Cass Co., Illinois, 1844. Edited Beardstown Gazette, 1844–1852. Married Elizabeth Miller, 21 Dec. 1847, in Cass Co. Died in Beardstown.
Links
- Appendix 3: Willard Richards, Journal Excerpt, 23–27 June 1844
- Bill from Sylvester Emmons and Others, circa 25 February 1843–A
- Bill from Sylvester Emmons and Others, circa 25 February 1843–B
- Committee Appointments, 11 February 1843
- Committee Appointments, 11 February 1843, Draft
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845
- Docket Entry, between circa 19 and circa 21 November 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. Brown ]
- Docket Entry, circa 10 March 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of JS–A ]
- Docket Entry, circa 29 November 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. Hunter ]
- Docket Entry, circa 29 November 1842, Copy [ City of Nauvoo v. Hunter ]
- Docket Entry, circa 4 February 1843 [ State of Illinois v. Goddard et al. ]
- Docket Entry, circa 7 June 1844 [ JS v. Emmons ]
- History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- Index to Nauvoo City Council Minute Book–A
- Index to Nauvoo City Council Minute Book–B
- Introduction to City of Nauvoo v. Hunter
- Introduction to Dana v. Brink
- Introduction to JS v. Emmons
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 1, 21 December 1842–10 March 1843
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 2, 10 March 1843–14 July 1843
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
- Letter from Sylvester Emmons, 21 June 1844
- Letter from Sylvester Emmons, 29 January 1843
- Letter, John Taylor and Others to Thomas Ford, between 12 May and 1 June 1843, Draft
- Minute Entry, Motion, 8 June 1844
- Minute Entry, Report and Orders, 12 February 1844
- Minutes, 1 January 1842, Draft
- Minutes, 1 November 1841, Draft
- Minutes, 10 March 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of JS–A ]
- Minutes, 12 May 1843
- Minutes, 16 December 1843
- Minutes, 16 December 1843
- Minutes, 21 December 1843
- Minutes, 25 February 1843
- Minutes, 30 October 1841, Draft
- Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 3 February 1841–8 February 1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February 1844–January 1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February–December 1841
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, January–November 1842
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, November 1842–January 1844
- Oath from Sylvester Emmons, 11 February 1843
- Petition from John M. Finch and Others, circa 15 April 1843
- Petition from Orson Spencer and Others, circa 12 May 1843
- Revised Committee Appointments, 11 February–circa 10 June 1843