- Gender
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Williams, Levi
Biography
18 Apr. 1794–27 Nov. 1860. Postmaster, farmer, military officer. Born in Madison Co., Kentucky. Married Mary (Polly) Reid. Moved to Hancock Co., Illinois, ca. 1831, eventually settling in Green Plains. Served in Black Hawk War, 1832. Served as captain in Illinois militia, beginning 1835, and as colonel, beginning 1840. Postmaster of Green Plains, 1837–1857. Commander of troops at Warsaw, Hancock Co. Indicted for murder of JS and Hyrum Smith, 1844; acquitted. Leader of attacks on Latter-day Saints in settlements outside Nauvoo, Hancock Co. Died in Hancock Co.
Links
- Affidavit from Daniel Avery, 28 December 1843
- Affidavit from Orson Hyde, 28 December 1843
- Affidavit from Willard Richards, 18 December 1843
- 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
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 3, 6 May 1845–13 January 1846
- General Orders for Nauvoo Legion, 25 January 1842
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 3, 15 July 1843–29 February 1844
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
- Letter from Isaac Morley, 16 June 1844
- Letter to Thomas Ford, 1 January 1844
- Military Order to Wilson Law, 18 December 1843–A
- Petition from Aaron Johnson, 18 December 1843