- Gender
- Male
Holmes, Jonathan Harriman
Biography
11 Mar. 1806–18 Aug. 1880. Shoemaker, farmer. Born in Georgetown, Essex Co., Massachusetts. Son of Nathaniel Holmes and Sally Harriman. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by John F. Boynton, 1832. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, and lived with JS, 1834. Ordained a seventy, by 7 Apr. 1836. Received elder’s certificate, 16 May 1836, in Kirtland. Stockholder in Kirtland Safety Society. Married first to Marietta Carter by Frederick G. Williams, 13 Apr. 1837, in Geauga Co. Moved to Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri, ca. 1838; to Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois, Feb. 1839; and to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, by May 1840. Wife died, 20 Sept. 1840. Married second Elvira Annie Cowles, 1 Dec. 1842, in Nauvoo. Moved into JS’s household, 9 Feb. 1843. Arrested for destruction of Nauvoo Expositor press and set free by municipal court, 13 June 1844. Named with JS and others in writ sworn out by Francis M. Higbee and thereafter accompanied JS to Carthage, 24 June 1844. Helped bury and later rebury JS, 29 June 1844 and fall 1844. Served in Mormon Battalion, 1846–1847. Moved to Sacramento, Sacramento Co., California, 1847; to Salt Lake City, 1848; and to Farmington, Davis Co., Utah Territory, by 1850. Died in Farmington.
Links
- History Draft [6 August 1838–30 December 1839]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- Affidavit from Jonathan Holmes, 7 February 1843
- Alias Capias, 30 August 1845 [ State of Illinois v. Perry et al. ]
- Appendix 3: Willard Richards, Journal Excerpt, 23–27 June 1844
- Capias, 6 June 1845 [ State of Illinois v. Perry et al. ]
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845
- Declaration, circa 7 July 1837 [ Underwood, Bald, Spencer & Hufty v. Rigdon et al. ]
- Deed to Jonathan Holmes, 9 March 1843
- Deed, 23 November 1841 [ Underwood, Bald, Spencer & Hufty v. Rigdon et al. ]
- Deed, 3 June 1841 [ Underwood, Bald, Spencer & Hufty v. Rigdon et al. ]
- Docket Entry, Costs, circa 16 April 1839 [ Underwood, Bald, Spencer & Hufty v. Rigdon et al. ]
- 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 ]
- 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 Draft [1 January–3 March 1843]
- 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]
- 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
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 1, 21 December 1842–10 March 1843
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
- Kirtland Elders’ Certificates
- Kirtland Safety Society Bank Stock Ledger, 18 October 1836–12 June 1837
- Letter from Emma Smith, 3 May 1837
- Letter from Newel K. Whitney, 20 April 1837
- License for Jonathan Holmes, 16 May 1836
- Marriage Certificate for Jonathan Holmes and Elvira Annie Cowles, 1 December 1842
- Nauvoo Marriage Record, February 1842–January 1846
- Ordination and Blessing of Cyrus Smalling, 30 June 1835
- Petition from Thomas Grover and Others, 2 May 1842
- Petition to Arial Hanson, 7 November 1836
- Petition, 13 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. on Habeas Corpus ]
- Plat of Kirtland, Ohio, not before 2 August 1833
- Plea, circa 28 October 1837 [ Underwood, Bald, Spencer & Hufty v. Rigdon et al. ]
- Recognizance, 25 June 1844–C [ State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–A ]
- Revised Articles of Agreement for the Kirtland Safety Society, circa March 1837
- Rigdon, Smith & Co., Ledger, 23 September 1836–2 August 1837
- Summons, 9 June 1837 [ Underwood, Bald, Spencer & Hufty v. Rigdon et al. ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 16 April 1839 [ Underwood, Bald, Spencer & Hufty v. Rigdon et al. ]
- Trial Report, 19–21 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–B ]
- Trustees Land Book A, 11 September 1839–30 April 1842
- Trustees Land Book B, 4 August 1842–8 December 1845
- Warrant, 11 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–A ]
- Warrant, 11 June 1844, John Taylor and Willard Richards Copy [ 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 ]