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Trustees Land Book B, 4 August 1842–8 December 1845

General Labels Page 214 Township Labels, left side Page 214 Township Labels, right side Page 214 Range Labels, top Page 214 Range Labels, bottom Page 214 Township 7 North, Range 9 West Page 214 Township 7 North, Range 8 West Page 214 Section 25 Page 214 Section 26 Page 214 Section 29 Page 214 Section 32 Page 214 Section 35 Page 214 Section 36 Page 214 Township 7 North, Range 7 West Page 214 Section 21 Page 214 Township 6 North, Range 9 West Page 214 Section 1 Page 214 Section 2 Page 214 Township 6 North, Range 8 West Page 214 Section 1 Page 214 Section 3 Page 214 Section 4 Page 214 Section 5 Page 214 Section 6 Page 214 Section 8 Page 214 Section 9 Page 214 Section 11 Page 214 Section 27 Page 214 Section 28 Page 214 Section 33 Page 214 Section 35 Page 214 Township 6 North, Range 7 West Page 214 Section 8 Page 214 Section 9 Page 214 Section 14 Page 214 Section 18 Page 214 Section 22 Page 214 Section 28 Page 214 Section 29 Page 214 Section 34 Page 214 Section 35 Page 214 Township 5 North, Range 8 West Page 214 Section 6 Page 214 Section 10 Page 214 Section 31 Page 214 Section 33 Page 214 Township 5 North, Range 7 West Page 214 Section 1 Page 214 Section 2 Page 214 Section 3 Page 214 Section 4 Page 214 Section 5 Page 214 Section 6 Page 214 Section 7 Page 214 Section 8 Page 214 Section 9 Page 214 Section 10 Page 214 Section 11 Page 214 Section 12 Page 214 Section 31 Page 214 Fractional Lot, upper left corner Page 217 Fractional Lot, lower left corner Page 217 General Labels Page [0] Cardinal Directions Page [0] Northwest Quarter Page [0] Northeast Quarter Page [0] Streets Running West to East Page 240 Streets Running North to South Page 240 Blocks and Lots Page 240 Block 68 Page 240 Block 69 Page 240 Block 70 Page 240 Block 71 Page 240 Block 72 Page 240 Block 73 Page 240 Block 75 Page 240 Block 76 Page 240 Block 77 Page 240 Block 78 Page 240 Block 79 Page 240 Block 80 Page 240 Block 81 Page 240 Block 82 Page 240 Block 83 Page 240 Block 84 Page 240 Block 85 Page 240 Block 86 Page 240 Block 87 Page 240 Block 88 Page 240 Block 89 Page 240 Block 90 Page 240 Block 91 Page 240 Block 92 Page 240 Block 93 Page 240 Block 94 Page 240 Block 95 Page 240 Block 96 Page 240 Block 97 Page 240 Block 98 Page 240 Block 99 Page 240 Block 100 Page 240 Block 101 Page 240 Block 102 Page 240 Block 103 Page 240 Block 104 Page 240 Block 105 Page 240 Block 106 Page 240 Block 107 Page 240 Block 108 Page 240 Block 109 Page 240 Block 110 Page 240 Cardinal Directions Page 250 Streets Running West to East Page 250 Streets Running North to South Page 250 Blocks and Lots Page 250 Block 116 Page 250 Block 117 Page 250 Block 118 Page 250 Block 119 Page 250 Block 120 Page 250 Block 121 Page 250 Block 122 Page 250 Block 123 Page 250 Block 124 Page 250 Block 125 Page 250 Block 126 Page 250 Block 127 Page 250 Block 138 Page 250 Block 139 Page 250 Block 140 Page 250 Block 141 Page 250 Block 142 Page 250 Block 143 Page 250 Block 144 Page 250 Block 145 Page 250 Block 146 Page 250 Block 147 Page 250 Block 148 Page 250 Block 149 Page 250 Block 154 Page 250 Block 155 Page 250 Block 156 Page 250 Block 157 Page 250 Block 158 Page 250 Block 159 Page 250 Block 160 Page 250 Block 161 Page 250 Block 162 Page 250 Streets Running West to East Page [0] Streets Running North to South Page [0] Blocks and Lots Page [0] Block 111 Page [0] Block 112 Page [0] Block 113 Page [0] Block 114 Page [0] Block 115 Page [0] Block 128 Page [0] Block 129 Page [0] Block 130 Page [0] Block 131 Page [0] Block 132 Page [0] Block 133 Page [0] Block 134 Page [0] Block 135 Page [0] Block 136 Page [0] Block 137 Page [0] Block 150 Page [0] Block 151 Page [0] Block 152 Page [0] Block 153 Page [0]

Source Note

JS as trustee-in-trust for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Land Book B, , Hancock Co., Il., 4 Aug. 1842–8 Dec. 1845; handwriting of , , , , , , and , with insertions by and unidentified scribes; 81 pages; CHL.

Historical Introduction

Trustees Land Book B is a large record book used to record financial and property transactions in and other areas in , Illinois, that JS made as trustee on behalf of the church. In September 1839, JS’s scribes created Trustees Land Book A to record JS’s financial transactions as trustee-in-trust and to create multiple indices of Nauvoo city lots that had been sold or transferred. This record book was used by several of JS’s scribes through mid-1843. In the meantime, in February 1842, JS hired , an experienced clerk and professional bookkeeper who had emigrated from in the fall of 1840. By April 1842, Clayton apparently determined to create a new record book documenting JS’s land transactions as trustee-in-trust for the church that expanded on and replaced Trustees Land Book A. Clayton divided Trustees Land Book B into several general sections, such as a daybook of JS’s land or other financial transactions in Hancock County (pages 4–27), a list of property owned by JS as trustee-in-trust in Hancock County (pages 214–220), and an index of Nauvoo city lots (pages 234–275). The property list and index of city lots were accompanied by hand-drawn maps of the county and city.
The daybook provided a largely chronological record of land transactions by JS and subsequent church trustees and from 20 April 1842 to 23 January 1846. However, the record is not complete, and within this range there are several gaps, most notably between November 1843 and May 1844. Similarly, the number of entries dropped off considerably following JS’s death in June 1844.
The land index followed the structure established in Trustees Land Book A. The entries were first organized by the major land purchases made by church leaders, using the name of the individual from whom the land was purchased. Thus, the index was divided into sections for property purchased from , , and . Within those sections, the property was organized by location based on the numerical block order in the town plat. With each entry, and other scribes recorded the name of the person purchasing or receiving the lot, purchase price, date of purchase, and status of the transaction. JS’s scribes apparently ceased using the index in Book A by February 1843 and presumably created the Book B index around that same time, although they copied many of the previous entries into the new volume. It appears that the Book B index was regularly used until 1845, with scattered entries thereafter through January 1848.
The final section of this record book relates to the property church leaders had purchased from , , and in 1839. In summer 1843, JS and these men renegotiated the terms of this purchase. According to the final settlement with these men, JS would obtain title to fifty specific lots in —most of them just west of the temple block—in exchange for the original bonds and all promissory notes JS held from church members who had purchased lots on the land he returned to Tuttle, Gillet, and Hotchkiss. Pages 278–279 and 284–286 contain three separate lists of blocks and lots related to this resettlement.

Footnotes

  1. [1]

    See Trustees Land Book A, 11 Sept. 1839–30 Apr. 1842.

  2. [2]

    Clayton, Diary, 10 Feb. 1842; Clayton, History of the Nauvoo Temple, 18.

    Clayton, William. Diary, Jan.–Nov. 1846. CHL.

    Clayton, William. History of the Nauvoo Temple, ca. 1845. CHL. MS 3365.

  3. [3]

    For more on these land purchases, see Documents, Volume 6, Introduction to Part 4: 24 Apr.–12 Aug. 1839.

  4. [4]

    Bond from Smith Tuttle and John Gillet, 7 July 1843.

Editorial Note
Attached to page 266 is a sheet of paper with a hand-drawn map showing the southwest quarter of section 2 in Township 6 North, Range 9 West. The following transcript presents the label for the quarter first, then the street names, and then the text for the individual blocks and the lots within those blocks in the section. The block number is transcribed first, followed by the lots in that block and the text in each lot. The blocks are labeled sequentially in the center of the block from 111–115, 128–137, and 150–153. The transcription begins with the northwest block and continues through the blocks snaking back to the northwest. The lot numbers are transcribed in the left column of each block table, with the text in the lot transcribed in the column to the right of the lot number.
purchase
being South West fractional quarter 2– 6 N. 9 W.
Streets Running West to East
Munson Street
Kimball Street
Parley Street
Sidney Street
Streets Running North to South
Hill Street
Marion Street
Locust Street
Cherry Street
Bain Street
Blocks and Lots
Block 111
1
2 180
3 156 112
4 150
Block 112
1
2
3
4
Block 113
1
2
3
4
Block 114
1 <​​>
2 <​​>
3
4
Block 115
1 T. C
J. K
2 T. C
3 T. C
4 T. C
Block 128
1
2
3
4
Block 129
1
2
3
4
Block 130
1 <​​>
2
3 <​​>
4
Block 131
1
2
3 [illegible]
4
Block 132
1 250 <​not ours​>
2
3
4 216 90
Block 133
60
72
90
Block 134
1
2 151 230
3 150
4 156 222 48
Block 135
1
[Isaac] Blood
2
3 <​​>
4
Block 136
1 <​​>
2
3
4
Block 137
1
2
3
4
Block 150
1
2
3 140 117 95 85
4
[illegible]
[illegible]
Block 151
1 [H. T.] Eldridge Deeded
2
3 204
4 [H. T.] Eldridge 130 204 65
Block 152
1 . 167 222
2 W. Law 50 112
mill
<​153​>
Block 153
72
23
73
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Related Case Documents
Editorial Title
Trustees Land Book B, 4 August 1842–8 December 1845
ID #
7032
Total Pages
295
Print Volume Location
Handwriting on This Page
  • William Clayton

Footnotes

  1. [266]

    TEXT: Written on the northern border of the lot.

  2. [267]

    TEXT: Written on the northern border of the lot.

  3. [268]

    TEXT: Written on the southern border of the lot.

  4. [269]

    TEXT: Written on the southern border of the lot.

  5. [270]

    TEXT: Lot divided in half with graphite, with “J. C Annis” written over the line.

  6. [271]

    TEXT: Written in graphite.

  7. [272]

    TEXT: Written in graphite.

  8. [273]

    TEXT: Written in graphite.

  9. [274]

    TEXT: Written in graphite.

  10. [275]

    TEXT: Written in a box in the northeast corner of the lot.

  11. [276]

    TEXT: The lot is circled.

  12. [277]

    TEXT: This block is circled.

  13. [278]

    TEXT: Written along the top of the lot.

  14. [279]

    TEXT: Written across the entire block.

  15. [280]

    TEXT: Written over the line at the top of the lot.

  16. [281]

    TEXT: Written along the bottom of the lot.

  17. [282]

    TEXT: This block is circled.

  18. [283]

    TEXT: The following measurements are written clockwise around the fractional block 133.

  19. [284]

    TEXT: Written along the western side of the lot.

  20. [285]

    TEXT: Written along the eastern side of the lot.

  21. [286]

    TEXT: Written along the southern side of the lot.

  22. [287]

    TEXT: The following measurements are written clockwise around the lot starting on the east side.

  23. [288]

    TEXT: Written in a box in the southeast corner of the lot

  24. [289]

    TEXT: Written in graphite.

  25. [290]

    TEXT: Written vertically in a box in the eastern third of the lot.

  26. [291]

    TEXT: Written vertically in a box in the eastern third of the lot.

  27. [292]

    TEXT: Written on the west side of the lot.

  28. [293]

    TEXT: Written on the south side of the lot.

  29. [294]

    TEXT: Written under the bottom line of the east third of the lot.

  30. [295]

    TEXT: Written over the bottom line of the east third of the lot.

  31. [296]

    TEXT: Written in the western third of the lot.

  32. [297]

    TEXT: Written in the eastern third of the lot.

  33. [298]

    TEXT: Written along the south side of the lot.

  34. [299]

    TEXT: The following measurements are written clockwise around the lot starting on the east side.

  35. [300]

    TEXT: The following measurements are written clockwise around the lot starting on the east side.

  36. [301]

    TEXT: The following measurements are written clockwise around the lot starting on the east side.

  37. [302]

    TEXT: Written along the southwest edge of block 152.

  38. [303]

    TEXT: Fractional block inserted in graphite in the wrong place.

  39. [304]

    TEXT: The following measurements are written clockwise around the fractional block 153.

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