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List of Passes Granted, 18–22 June 1844

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List of Passes Granted, [
Nauvoo

Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....

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, Hancock Co., IL], 18–22 June 1844; handwriting of
Thomas Bullock

23 Dec. 1816–10 Feb. 1885. Farmer, excise officer, secretary, clerk. Born in Leek, Staffordshire, England. Son of Thomas Bullock and Mary Hall. Married Henrietta Rushton, 25 June 1838. Moved to Ardee, Co. Louth, Ireland, Nov. 1839; to Isle of Anglesey, Aug...

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William Clayton

17 July 1814–4 Dec. 1879. Bookkeeper, clerk. Born at Charnock Moss, Penwortham, Lancashire, England. Son of Thomas Clayton and Ann Critchley. Married Ruth Moon, 9 Oct. 1836, at Penwortham. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Heber...

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, and unidentified scribe; seven pages; Nauvoo Legion Records, CHL. Includes dockets.

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June 21. 1844 Pass to Mr. Mendenhall— to pass to Prairie
William Redfield— to pass & repass to
Le Harp

Located about twenty-five miles east of Nauvoo. Settled 1830. Originally called Franklin. Developed, platted, and renamed La Harpe, by 1836. Immigration and missionary work led to creation of branch of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in area, ...

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J. L. Morse— do—
Iowa

Area acquired by U.S. in Louisiana Purchase, 1803. First permanent white settlements established, ca. 1833. Organized as territory, 1838, containing all of present-day Iowa, much of present-day Minnesota, and parts of North and South Dakota. Population in...

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John Orr— do— Prairie
Joseph Aldridge

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— do.— Pilot Grove
Franklin Holman—)
Ashill Shurtleff— do— do.— Bigfield
Willard Griffiths— do— do.—
Le Harp

Located about twenty-five miles east of Nauvoo. Settled 1830. Originally called Franklin. Developed, platted, and renamed La Harpe, by 1836. Immigration and missionary work led to creation of branch of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in area, ...

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Clarke Carter— do—
Bear Creek

Named after stream that rises near Carthage, Illinois, and flows southwest into Mississippi River. JS arrested in area, 5 June 1841, by Adams Co., Illinois, sheriff Thomas King, acting on warrant from Illinois governor Thomas Carlin, who planned to deliver...

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Gideon Gibbs— do.— do.— Prairie
Samuel Hicks— do— Camp Creek via Hemp Yard <​Young Street​>
Abraham Bartleburgh— do.—
St. Louis

Located on west side of Mississippi River about fifteen miles south of confluence with Missouri River. Founded as fur-trading post by French settlers, 1764. Incorporated as town, 1809. First Mississippi steamboat docked by town, 1817. Incorporated as city...

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William Wil[l]sey— do— do—
Fort Madison

Fort established in area, fall 1808. Fort evacuated and torched, 3 Sept. 1813, to prevent capture by Indians. Area settled, 1832, and surveyed, June 1835. Significant center of trade, manufacturing, and shipping on Mississippi River. Established as Lee Co...

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Leonard Rice— do.— do—
Le Harp

Located about twenty-five miles east of Nauvoo. Settled 1830. Originally called Franklin. Developed, platted, and renamed La Harpe, by 1836. Immigration and missionary work led to creation of branch of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in area, ...

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Road
Gilbert Rolfe

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— do.— to relieve Pickets
Seth Jones— do.— do. to prairie
J. T. Parker— do— to
Le Harp

Located about twenty-five miles east of Nauvoo. Settled 1830. Originally called Franklin. Developed, platted, and renamed La Harpe, by 1836. Immigration and missionary work led to creation of branch of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in area, ...

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James W. Steel— do.— on Le Harp Road
Wm. Middleton [Midleton]

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— do.— on Carthage Road
Samuel Snyder

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— do— do.—
Le Harp

Located about twenty-five miles east of Nauvoo. Settled 1830. Originally called Franklin. Developed, platted, and renamed La Harpe, by 1836. Immigration and missionary work led to creation of branch of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in area, ...

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William A. Orrin— do—— do.—
Jacob Baum— do— do
Joseph Colton— do.— River Road
Jacob H. Potts— do.— do. Pilot Grove
A. Huntsucher [Abraham Huntsucker]

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— do.— do— River Road
Abraham Goulding — do— to pass down
River

Principal U.S. river running southward from Itasca Lake, Minnesota, to Gulf of Mexico. Covered 3,160-mile course, 1839 (now about 2,350 miles). Drains about 1,100,000 square miles. Steamboat travel on Mississippi very important in 1830s and 1840s for shipping...

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Ezra Chase

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— do— do— the Prairie
Wells Chase— do— do— do.
Benjamin Taylor & Wm. Mc.Cee do— do. across the
river

Principal U.S. river running southward from Itasca Lake, Minnesota, to Gulf of Mexico. Covered 3,160-mile course, 1839 (now about 2,350 miles). Drains about 1,100,000 square miles. Steamboat travel on Mississippi very important in 1830s and 1840s for shipping...

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Joseph Dudley &
J[ames] D. Allen

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— do— do.— Green Plains
Isaac Nelson

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& another— do— do.
Keokuk

Located near confluence of Mississippi and Des Moines rivers. First settled, 1820. Fur trading post established, 1828. Named Keokuk, 1829, after Sac Indian chief, who later visited JS in Nauvoo, 1841. Platted 1837. Incorporated 1847. Population in 1841 about...

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John Bassier— do—
Madison

Fort established in area, fall 1808. Fort evacuated and torched, 3 Sept. 1813, to prevent capture by Indians. Area settled, 1832, and surveyed, June 1835. Significant center of trade, manufacturing, and shipping on Mississippi River. Established as Lee Co...

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Henry Suit— do— do.— River Road—
Wm. N. Beecher—— do.— do.
Joseph Shelly

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—— do.— do.
Elam Mecham— do— do.— do.
Frederick [J.] Levi

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— do— do— do.
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List of Passes Granted, 18–22 June 1844
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