Thomas Carlin Lithograph, unknown artist, no date. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City.)
- Gender
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Carlin, Thomas
Biography
18 July 1789–14 Feb. 1852. Ferry owner, farmer, sheriff, politician. Born in Fayette Co., Kentucky. Son of Thomas Carlin and Elizabeth Evans. Baptist. Moved to what became Missouri, by 1803. Moved to Illinois Territory, by 1812. Served in War of 1812. Married Rebecca Hewitt, 13 Dec. 1814, in Madison Co., Illinois Territory. Moved to Greene Co., Illinois Territory, 1818. Appointed first sheriff of Greene Co., 1821. Served as state senator, 1824–1828. Donated land for construction of public buildings in Carrollton, Greene Co. Served in Black Hawk War as captain of spy battalion in Illinois Mounted Volunteers, 1832. Appointed receiver of public monies by U.S. president Andrew Jackson, 1834, in Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois. Affiliated with Church of Christ in Quincy. Served as governor of Illinois, 1838–1842. Issued warrant for arrest of JS for involvement in attempt to kill former Missouri governor Lilburn W. Boggs, 1842. Returned to Carrollton, 1842. Elected state representative, 1849. Died near Carrollton.
Links
- Commission as Justice of the Peace, 13 June 1842
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- John Whitmer, History, 1831–circa 1847
- Times and Seasons, 1 August 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 August 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 February 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 October 1842
- Appendix 1, Document 1. Lilburn W. Boggs, Affidavit, 20 July 1842
- Appendix 1, Document 2. Thomas Reynolds, Requisition, 22 July 1842
- Appendix 1, Document 3. Thomas Carlin, Proclamation, 20 September 1842
- Appendix 1, Document 4. Joseph Smith, Petition for New Arrest Warrant, 31 December 1842
- Appendix 1: Missouri Extradition Attempt, 1842–1843, Selected Documents, Introduction
- Appendix 5, Document 3. Draft Notes, December 1842
- Commission from Thomas Carlin, 10 March 1841
- Discourse, 13 August 1843–B, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 13 August 1843–B, as Reported by William Clayton
- Discourse, 27 August 1843, as Reported by William Clayton
- Discourse, 29 August 1842, as Reported by William Clayton
- Discourse, 4 July 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 6 April 1843–A, as Reported by Times and Seasons
- Discourse, 6 April 1843–B, as Reported by Times and Seasons
- General Orders for Nauvoo Legion, 25 January 1842
- 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]
- Index to Nauvoo City Council Minute Book–A
- Index to Nauvoo City Council Minute Book–B
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 1, 21 December 1842–10 March 1843
- Journal, December 1841–December 1842
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 2, 10 March 1843–14 July 1843
- 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 Abraham Jonas, 21 March 1843
- Letter from Alanson Ripley, 10 April 1839
- Letter from Aldrich & Chittenden, 28 July 1842
- Letter from Calvin A. Warren, 13 July 1842
- Letter from Edward Hunter, 27 October 1841
- Letter from James Arlington Bennet, 1 September 1842
- Letter from James Arlington Bennet, 20 February 1843
- Letter from Justin Butterfield, 17 December 1842
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 15 June 1841
- Letter from Robert B. Thompson, 13 May 1839
- Letter from Sidney Rigdon, 10 April 1839
- Letter from Thomas Carlin, 27 July 1842
- Letter from Thomas Carlin, 30 June 1842
- Letter from Thomas Ford, 17 December 1842
- Letter from “Old Fifty,” 15 October 1842
- Letter to Emma Smith, 16 August 1842
- Letter to James Arlington Bennet, 17 March 1843
- Letter to James Arlington Bennet, 8 September 1842
- Letter to John M. Bernhisel, 7 September 1842
- Letter to Thomas Carlin, 24 June 1842
- Letter to Thomas Carlin, 30 July 1842
- Letter to Wilson Law, 14 August 1842
- Letterbook 2
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 21 December 1843
- Minutes and Discourse, 31 August 1842
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–8 April 1840
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–8 April 1843
- Minutes, 22 July 1842
- Minutes, 6–9 October 1843
- Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 3 February 1841–8 February 1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February 1844–January 1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February–December 1841
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, January–November 1842
- Nauvoo Relief Society Minute Book
- Parley P. Pratt, History of the Late Persecution, 1839
- Petition to United States Congress, circa 29 November 1839
- Proclamation, 15 January 1841
- Requisition from Thomas Reynolds, 22 July 1842
- Resolution, 22 July 1842
- Resolution, 3 February 1841
- Sidney Rigdon, Appeal to the American People, 1840, Second Edition
- Transcript of Proceedings, 12–29 November 1838 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- “Church History,” 1 March 1842
- “Latter Day Saints,” 1844