- Gender
- Male
Bettisworth, David
Biography
14 July 1814–8 Nov. 1866. Constable, merchant. Born in Virginia. Son of Evan Bettisworth and Drusilla Bean. Moved to Chili Township, Hancock Co., Illinois, 1833. Hancock County constable who arrested JS, 12 June 1844. Carried news of deaths of JS and Hyrum Smith to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., with George D. Grant. Moved to Corpus Christi, Nueces Co., Texas, by 1860. Returned to Hancock Co., by 1865. Buried in Bethel Cemetery, Bear Creek Township, Hancock Co.
Links
- Appendix 3: Willard Richards, Journal Excerpt, 23–27 June 1844
- 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
- Docket Entry, circa 12 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. JS for Riot on Habeas Corpus ]
- Docket Entry, circa 13 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. on Habeas Corpus ]
- Execution, 13 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. on Habeas Corpus ]
- Execution, 13 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. JS for Riot on Habeas Corpus ]
- Habeas Corpus, 12 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. JS for Riot on Habeas Corpus ]
- Habeas Corpus, 13 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. on Habeas Corpus ]
- Habeas Corpus, 13 June 1844, Copy [ State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. on Habeas Corpus ]
- Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account
- Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account, Draft
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- Introduction to State of Illinois v. JS and H. Smith for Treason
- Introduction to State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–A, State of Illinois v. JS for Riot on Habeas Corpus, State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. on Habeas Corpus, and State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–B
- John Taylor, Martyrdom Account
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
- Letter from Thomas Ford, 22 June 1844
- Letter to James W. Woods and Hugh T. Reid, 26 June 1844
- Letter, William A. Richardson and Others to Willard Richards and the People of Nauvoo, 1 July 1844
- Minutes, 12 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. JS for Riot on Habeas Corpus ]
- Order, 26 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. JS and H. Smith for Treason ]
- Petition to Nauvoo Municipal Court, 12 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. JS for Riot on Habeas Corpus ]
- Petition, 13 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. on Habeas Corpus ]
- Trial Report, between circa 12 and 20 June 1844, Draft [ State of Illinois v. JS for Riot on Habeas Corpus ]
- Trial Report, between circa 12 and 20 June 1844, Partial Draft [ State of Illinois v. JS for Riot on Habeas Corpus ]
- Warrant, 11 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–A ]
- Warrant, 11 June 1844, William Clayton Copy [ State of Illinois v. JS for Riot on Habeas Corpus and State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. on Habeas Corpus ]
- Warrant, Robert F. Smith for Joseph W. Coolidge, 24 June 1844