- 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. Constable in Carthage 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 13 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. ]
- Execution, 13 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. ]
- Habeas Corpus, 12 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. JS on Habeas Corpus ]
- Habeas Corpus, 13 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. ]
- Habeas Corpus, 13 June 1844, Copy [ State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. ]
- Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account
- Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account, Draft
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- John Taylor, Martyrdom Account
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–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
- Petition, 13 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. ]
- Warrant, Robert F. Smith for Arrest of Joseph W. Coolidge, 24 June 1844, Willard Richards Copy