Appendix E: Mormon Participants in the October Defense of Daviess County

Note: The following list contains the names of the Mormons cited in both Mormon and non-Mormon sources as having participated in the Daviess assaults on Gallatin, Millport, and Grindstone Fork; as well as other military activities against the citizens in Daviess and Livingston Counties during October 1838. Some misspelled and misidentified names have been corrected.

Name: Reference

William Aldridge: BCCCR, #5.

Martin C. Allred: DOC, 127.

William Allred: DOC, 127.

Sampson Avard: DOC, 99

*Caleb Baldwin: BCCCR, #5, #7; DOC, 112, 115, 118, 137–38, 150.

*Samuel Bent: BCCCR, #3, #5; DOC, 125, 150.

James Bingham: BCCCR, #5.

Truman Brace: JT, 387, 394.

Alanson Brown: BCCCR, #5.

Seymour Brunson: BCCCR, #3, #5, #7; DOC, 99, 118; DPA, 204; MU, 69–72; RPM, 21.

John L. Butler: DOC, 133; MLR, 41–42.

Reynolds Cahoon: BCCCR, #3, #5; DOC, 99.

David Carns: BCCCR, #3, #5.

*Daniel Carn: DOC. 115, 131–32, 135, 150.

Darwin Chase: DOC, 107, 112, 115, 118, 127, 130; JHR, 4.

Moses Clawson: DOC, 107, 115.

John Cleminson: DOC, 115.

Moses Daily: BCCCR, #5.

James Durphey: BCCCR, #3, #5.

Perry Durphey: BCCCR, #5.

Chapman Duncan: MU, 70.

*Jonathan Dunham: DDM, 16; DOC, 119, 150; MU, 71; RPM, 20–21.

Elijah Everett: JHR, 4.

Elisha Everett: JHR, 4.

*Jacob Gates: BCCCR, #3, #5; DOC, 107, 135, 144, 150; JT, 386–87.

Luman Gibbs: DOC, 144.

*George Grant: DOC, 107. 112, 118, 135, 144, 150; JT, 386–87.

John P. Greene: ES, 83.

*Clark Hallett: DOC, 141, 150. ^[395]

George W. Harris: BCCCR, #3, #5; DOC, 112, 115, 118, 125, 127, 135; ES, 83.

*James M. Henderson: DOC, 108, 118, 132, 150.

Chauncey Higbee: JHR, 4; JT, 393.

Elias Higbee: BCCCR, #7; DOC, 114.

*Francis Higbee: DOC, 108, 118 132, 144, 150; JHR, 4; JT, 393.

*John S. Higbey: DOC, 108, 115, 118, 135, 150.

George M. Hinkle: DOC, 99, 125.

*Joseph Hunter: DOC, 150.

*Jesse D. Hunter: BCCCR, #3, #5, #7; DOC, 129–31, 135, 144; JHR, 4.

Dimick B. Huntington: DOC, 118, 131.

William D. Huntington: MLR, 38, 49.

Benjamin F. Johnson: MLR, 38–39, 42–45.

Mahlon Johnson: DOC, 132.

Perry Keyes: DOC, 118.

Heber C. Kimball: ES, 83.

*George Kimble: DOC, 118, 144, 150.

Benson W. Kurith: JHR, 4.

John D. Lee: MU, 68–72.

John Lemmon: BCCCR, #5.

Timothy Lewis: DOC, 145.

Cornelius Lott: BCCCR, #6, #9; MLR, 38.

Daniel D. McArthur: DDM, 16.

*Alexander McRae: BCCCR, #3, #5; DOC, 107–08, 112, 115, 118, 125, 127, 135, 137–38, 150; DPA, 204; MU, 71–72; RPM, 21.

Thomas B. Marsh: BCCCR, #3, #5, #7; DOC, 57.

Ira Miles: JHR, 4.

*Joel S. Miles: DOC, 140–41, 150; JHR, 4.

Arthur Morrison: BCCCR, #7.

Jeremiah Myers: DOC, 131.

Elijah Newman: DOC, 125, 135.

Ephraim Owens: BCCCR, #5.

*Ebenezer Page: DOC, 108, 132, 150.

*Edward Partridge: BCCCR, #3, #5; DOC, 108, 112, 115, 118, 125, 127, 135, 150.

David W. Patten: APPP, 177; DOC, 55–56, 99, 132, 135, 140; DPA, 204; JT, 386–87, 393; MOR, 185–86; RPM, 20.

*David Pettegrew: BCCCR, #3, #5; DOC, 115, 145; DPA, 204.

Morris Phelps: DOC, 108, 115, 118, 127, 130, 132, 144.

Orson Pratt: ES, 83.

Parley P. Pratt: BCCCR, #3, #5, #7; DOC, 99, 107, 112, 115, 117, 125–27, 141, 144; JHM, n.p.

*Thomas Rich: BCCCR, #3, #5, DOC, 135, 150.

*Alanson Ripley: BCCCR, #3, #5; DOC, 107, 112, 115, 118, 125, 132, 134–35, 145, 150.

*Ebenezer Robinson: BCCCR, #3, #5; DOC, 118, 125, 127, 134–35, 150.

*George W. Robinson: BCCCR, #3, #5; DOC, 99, 107, 112, 118, 125, 127, 134, 144, 147, 150. ^[396]

*James H. Rollins: BCCCR, #3, #5; DOC, 108, 112, 115, 118, 125, 127, 129–30, 132, 150; JHR, 4.

Absalom Sentchfield: BCCCR, #5.

Norman Shearer: DOC, 144.

James Sloan: MLR, 39, 48.

George A. Smith: BCCCR, #5.

*Hyrum Smith: BCCCR, #3, #5; DOC, 99, 107, 112, 114, 115, 117, 125–26, 134, 144, 150; RPM, 20.

*Joseph Smith: BCCCR, #2, #3, #5, #7, #9; DOC, 99–100, 107, 112–15, 117, 124–26, 132, 134, 144, 150; DPA, 204; MU, 69–70; RPM, 20.

Edward Stevenson: ES, 79–83.

Nathan Tanner: JT, 386–87, 393–94.

*Sydney Tanner: BCCCR, #3, #5; DOC, 132, 150; JT, 386–87.

Amos Tubbs: BCCCR, #5; JT, 387, 394.

*Washington Vorhees: BCCCR, #3, #5; DOC, 107, 127, 132, 150.

*William Whiteman: BCCCR, #3, #5; DOC, 119, 150.

James Whittaker: BCCCR, #5.

Lyman Wight: BCCCR, #3, #5, #7; DOC, 57, 99–100, 107, 112, 114–15, 117, 124–26 132–34, 150; MOR, 186; MU, 68–70; RPM, 20.

Ezra Williams: DOC, 143–44.

James Wilson: BCCCR, #5.

John Wood: BCCCR, #5.

James Worthington: BCCCR, #3, #5, #6.

Brigham Young: ES, 83.

James W. Younger: DOC, 118.

*Joseph Younger: BCCCR, #3, #5; DOC, 108, 112, 118, 127, 145, 150.

*Indicates probable cause was found by Judge Austin A. King during the Richmond Court of Inquiry on charges of treason, arson, burglary, robbery, or larceny in connection with the October military activities conducted by the Mormons in Daviess County. (See Document, 150.)

Abbreviated References

APPP: Parley P. Pratt, Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1979.

BCCCR: Missouri, Boone County Circuit Court Records, Indictment Case No. 1362, Joint Collection: University of Missouri and the State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia Missouri, Ellis Library.

DDM: Daniel D. McArthur, “Autobiography of Daniel D. McArthur, manuscript, Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.

DOC: Document Containing the Correspondence, Orders, &C, in Relation to the Disturbances With the Mormons; and the Evidence Given Before the Hon. Austin ^[397] A. King, Judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit of the State of Missouri, at the Court-House in Richmond, in a Criminal Court of Inquiry, Begun November 12, 1838, on the Trial of Joseph Smith, Jr., and Others, for High Treason and Other Crimes Against the State. Fayette, Missouri: Boon’s Lick Democrat, 1841.

DPA: David Pettegrew, “Autobiography,” in An Enduring Legacy 3 (1980).

ES: Edward Stevenson, “Life and History of Elder Edward Stevenson,” manuscript, Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.

JHM: Joseph H. McGee, “The Mormons in Missouri: Personal Recollections of Maj. Joseph H. McGee of Gallatin—Why the Mormons Were Forced to Leave the State,” St. Louis Globe-Democrat (St. Louis, Missouri), 27 November 1898.

JHR: James Henry Rollins, “A Short Sketch of the Life of James Henry Rollins,” typescript, LDS Church Archives, Salt Lake City, Utah.

JT: George S. Tanner, John Tanner and His Family. Salt Lake City: Published by the John Tanner Family Association, 1974.

MLR: Benjamin F. Johnson, My Life’s Review. Independence, Missouri: Zion’s Printing and Publishing Co., 1947.

MOR: James H. Hunt, Mormonism: Embracing the Origin, Rise and Progress of the Sect, With an Examination of the Book of Mormon; Also, Their Troubles in Missouri, and the Final Expulsion from the State. With An Appendix, Giving an Account of the Late Disturbances in Illinois, Which Resulted in the Death of Joseph and Hyrum Smith. St. Louis: Ustick & Davies, 1844.

MU: John D. Lee, Mormonism Unveiled; Including the Remarkable Life and Confessions of the Late Mormon Bishop, John D. Lee. St. Louis: Moffatt Publishing Co., 1881.

RPM: Reed Peck, “Reed Peck Manuscript,” typescript, Utah Lighthouse Ministry, Salt Lake City, Utah. ^[398]