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Minutes and Testimonies, 12–29 November 1838, Copy and Letter [State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason] Minutes and Testimonies, 12–29 November 1838, Copy [State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason] Document Containing the Correspondence, Excerpt, 1841 [State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason] Document Showing the Testimony, 1841 [State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason] Affidavit, circa 25 January 1839 [State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason] Memorial to the Missouri Legislature, 24 January 1839 [State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason] Petition to George O. Tompkins, between 9 and 15 March 1839 [State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason]

Minutes and Testimonies, 12–29 November 1838, Copy and Letter [State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason]

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Minutes and Testimonies, [
Richmond

Area settled, ca. 1814. Officially platted as Ray Co. seat, 1827. Population in 1840 about 500. Seat of Fifth Judicial Circuit Court of Missouri; also location of courthouse and jails. JS and about sixty other Latter-day Saint men were incarcerated here while...

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, Ray Co., MO], 12–29 Nov. 1838, State of MO v. Gates et al. for Treason (Fifth Judicial Circuit of MO 1838). Copied with letter ca. late 1838–ca. early 1839; unidentified handwriting; fifty-one pages; Mormons Collection, 1813–1970, Missouri History Museum.

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Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. Minutes and Testimonies, 12–29 November 1838 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ] Minutes and Testimonies, 12–29 November 1838, Copy and Letter [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ] Minutes and Testimonies, 12–29 November 1838, Copy [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]

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Mr. Worthington, and 2⅓ yds of cloth and the trimmings belonging to James Handley Also 3½ yards of Cloth, & a vest pattern and trimmings belonging to Maberry Splawn 7 yards of Jeans and trimmings belonging to Enoch Riggs, also 4 yards of Jeans and trimmings belonging to Thomas Gilreath also 4 yards of Jeans <​& trimmings​> belonging to Mr Chreek Creekmore, & 3½ yds of Jeans and trimmings belonging to James Bleckley.
And further this deponent saith not.
J. H. McGee
 
John Lockhart a witness for the state produced sworn, & examined, deposeth & saith: That he was in
[Samuel] Bogart

2 Apr. 1797–11 Mar. 1861. Preacher, military officer, farmer. Born in Carter Co., Tennessee. Son of Cornelius Bogart and Elizabeth Moffett. Served in War of 1812. Married Rachel Hammer, 19 May 1818, in Washington Co., Tennessee. Moved to Illinois and became...

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’s company and was one of the piquet guard on the morning of the attack.
Myself and the other guard, were standing at the same tree, near the road, about a quarter of a mile from the camp, And about day break we discovered men approaching us in the road, When the front of them got within about 15 or 20 steps of us, the other guard raised his gun, I told him not to shoot but to hail them, He hailed them and asked, “who comes there” they replied a friend, but still moved on, I hailed the second time & bade them to stand, I asked who was there, they answered a friend, I asked them if they had any arms? they replied a few— I told them to lay down their arms and go off and leave them; they told me to come and get them, I again told them to lay them down & leave theme— They made a noise with their guns as tho’ they were laying them down, and again told us to come [p. [35]]
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Minutes and Testimonies, 12–29 November 1838, Copy and Letter [State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason]
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