- Gender
- Male
Edwards, William Holliday
Biography
13 June 1821–13 May 1846. Policeman. Born in Overton Co., Tennessee. Son of Thomas Edwards and Elizabeth. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, before Oct. 1839. Ordained an elder, Oct. 1839, in Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock Co., Illinois. Appointed Nauvoo policeman, Dec. 1843. Married Eliza Allred, 1 Jan. 1844, in Nauvoo. Among those arrested for destruction of Nauvoo Expositor press, 1844. Accompanied James Emmett’s expedition to explore western U.S., 1844; left expedition and returned to Nauvoo, 1845. Died in Garden Grove, Decatur Co., Iowa Territory.
Links
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- Affidavit, 29 November 1841
- Appendix 3: Willard Richards, Journal Excerpt, 23–27 June 1844
- Docket Entry, 18–19 September 1843 [ Niswanger v. Wight and Jett ]
- 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, 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 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 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
- Letterbook 2
- License Record Book
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 28 November 1843
- Minutes and Discourses, 5–7 October 1839
- Nauvoo Marriage Record, February 1842–January 1846
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for William H. Edwards, 14 January 1844
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for William H. Edwards, 8 January 1844
- Petition from Hezekiah Peck and Others, 7 April 1842
- Petition from John P. Herr and Others, 7 March 1844
- Petition, 13 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. ]