Docket Entry, Removal Orders, 11 April 1839 [State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason]

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Docket Entry, Removal Orders, Honey Creek Township, Daviess Co., MO, 11 Apr. 1839, State of MO v. Gates et al. for Treason (Daviess Co., MO, Circuit Court 1839); in Daviess County Circuit Court Record, vol. A, 1837–1843, pp. 66–67; handwriting of
Robert Wilson
Nov. 1800–10 May 1870. Politician, Lawyer, Farmer. Born near Staunton, Augusta Co., Virginia. Moved to Franklin, Howard Co., Missouri Territory, by 1820. Married Margaret (Peggie) Snoddy, 18 May 1826. Served as clerk of circuit and county courts in Randolph...
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The State of Missouri Area acquired by U.S. in Louisiana Purchase, 1803, and established as territory, 1812. Missouri Compromise, 1820, admitted Missouri as slave state, 1821. Population in 1830 about 140,000; in 1836 about 240,000; and in 1840 about 380,000. Latter-day Saint ... More Info )	Indictment for Treason
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Joseph Smith Jr, Lyman Wight 9 May 1796–31 Mar. 1858. Farmer. Born at Fairfield, Herkimer Co., New York. Son of Levi Wight Jr. and Sarah Corbin. Served in War of 1812. Married Harriet Benton, 5 Jan. 1823, at Henrietta, Monroe Co., New York. Moved to Warrensville, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, ... View Full Bio , Hiram [Hyrum] Smith 9 Feb. 1800–27 June 1844. Farmer, cooper. Born at Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vermont. Son of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack. Moved to Randolph, Orange Co., 1802; back to Tunbridge, before May 1803; to Royalton, Windsor Co., Vermont, 1804; to Sharon, Windsor Co... View Full Bio , Caleb Baldwin 2 Sept. 1791–11 June 1849. Born in Nobletown (later Hillsdale), Orange Co., New York. Son of Philemon Baldwin and Esther. Served in War of 1812 in Ohio militia. Married Nancy Kingsbury, 7 Dec. 1814, in Cuyahoga Co., Ohio. Moved to Warrensville (later in University... View Full Bio , and Alexander McCray [McRae] 7 Sept. 1807–20 June 1891. Tailor, sheriff, prison warden. Born in Anson Co., North Carolina. Son of John B. McRae and Mary. Moved to South Carolina; to Iredell Co., North Carolina; and back to South Carolina. Enlisted in U.S. Army, Mar. 1829, and served ... View Full Bio and others—

The of this Court having been Counsel in this cause; and the Parties herein not consenting to a Trial thereof, in this Court But the said Defendants Joseph Smith Jr, , , and , objecting thereto for the reason that the of this Court has been of Counsel in this cause; It is therefore ordered by the Court here that said cause as to the said Joseph Smith Jr, , and be removed to the Circuit Court of the County of in the Second Judicial Circuit in this . It is further ordered by the Court here that the Sheriff of the County of , do and he is commanded to remove the Bodies of the said Joseph Smith Jr, , and to the Jail of the County <of > aforesaid and there deliver them to the keeper of said Jail together with the warrant or process by which they are [p. 66]

The State of Missouri Area acquired by U.S. in Louisiana Purchase, 1803, and established as territory, 1812. Missouri Compromise, 1820, admitted Missouri as slave state, 1821. Population in 1830 about 140,000; in 1836 about 240,000; and in 1840 about 380,000. Latter-day Saint ... More Info )	Indictment for Treason
vs)
Joseph Smith Jr, Lyman Wight 9 May 1796–31 Mar. 1858. Farmer. Born at Fairfield, Herkimer Co., New York. Son of Levi Wight Jr. and Sarah Corbin. Served in War of 1812. Married Harriet Benton, 5 Jan. 1823, at Henrietta, Monroe Co., New York. Moved to Warrensville, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, ... View Full Bio , Hiram Hyrum Smith 9 Feb. 1800–27 June 1844. Farmer, cooper. Born at Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vermont. Son of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack. Moved to Randolph, Orange Co., 1802; back to Tunbridge, before May 1803; to Royalton, Windsor Co., Vermont, 1804; to Sharon, Windsor Co... View Full Bio , Caleb Baldwin 2 Sept. 1791–11 June 1849. Born in Nobletown (later Hillsdale), Orange Co., New York. Son of Philemon Baldwin and Esther. Served in War of 1812 in Ohio militia. Married Nancy Kingsbury, 7 Dec. 1814, in Cuyahoga Co., Ohio. Moved to Warrensville (later in University... View Full Bio , and Alexander McCray [McRae] 7 Sept. 1807–20 June 1891. Tailor, sheriff, prison warden. Born in Anson Co., North Carolina. Son of John B. McRae and Mary. Moved to South Carolina; to Iredell Co., North Carolina; and back to South Carolina. Enlisted in U.S. Army, Mar. 1829, and served ... View Full Bio and others—

The of this Court having been Counsel in this cause; and the Parties herein not consenting to a Trial thereof, in this Court But the said Defendants Joseph Smith Jr, , , and , objecting thereto for the reason that the of this Court has been of Counsel in this cause; It is ordered by the Court here that said cause as to the said Joseph Smith Jr, , and be removed to the Circuit Court of the County of in the Second Judicial Circuit in this . It is further ordered by the Court here that the Sheriff of the County of , do and he is commanded to remove the Bodies of the said Joseph Smith Jr, , and to the Jail of the County of aforesaid and there deliver them to the keeper of said Jail together with the warrant or process by which they are [p. 66]

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