Interim Content
Elliott, John C.
Biography
Ca. 1820–3 Oct. 1862. Schoolmaster, deputy sheriff, constable, clerk, marshal. Born in Butler Co., Ohio. Lived four miles south of Warsaw, Hancock Co., Illinois, 1843, where he worked as a schoolmaster. Arrested for and later acquitted of kidnapping Daniel Avery, 1843. Deputy sheriff of Hancock Co., by Feb. 1845. Constable in Warsaw, 1845. Arrested for murders of JS and Hyrum Smith and committed to jail, 11 Feb. 1845, but was never brought to trial. Married Sophronia M. Nickols, 23 Sept. 1849, in Adams Co., Illinois. Moved to Hanover Township, Butler Co., by 1850. Served as marshal of Hamilton, Butler Co., for several years. Served in Civil War. Died in Taylorsville, Spencer Co., Kentucky.
Links
papers
- Account of Hearings, circa 20 December 1843
- Account of Trial, 21–28 May 1845, Longhand [ State of Illinois v. Williams et al. ]
- Account of Trial, 21–28 May 1845, Shorthand [ State of Illinois v. Williams et al. ]
- Account of Trial, 24–28 May 1845–A [ State of Illinois v. Williams et al. ]
- Account of Trial, 24–28 May 1845–A, as Published in Trial of the Persons Indicted [ State of Illinois v. Williams et al. ]
- Account of Trial, 24–28 May 1845–B [ State of Illinois v. Williams et al. ]
- Affidavit from Amos Chase, 19 December 1843
- Affidavit from Amos Chase, 19 December 1843, Thomas Bullock First Copy
- Affidavit from Amos Chase, 19 December 1843, Thomas Bullock Second Copy
- Affidavit from Anson Call and Others, 19 June 1844
- Affidavit from Anson Call and Others, 19 June 1844, Copy
- Affidavit from Daniel Avery, 28 December 1843
- Agreement, 2 October 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Williams et al. ]
- Agreement, 2 October 1844, as Published in Warsaw Signal [ State of Illinois v. Williams et al. ]
- Complaint, 11 December 1843 [ State of Illinois v. Elliott–A ]
- Complaint, 18 December 1843 [ State of Illinois v. Elliott–B ]
- Docket Entry, 11–12 February 1845 [ State of Illinois v. Elliott–C ]
- Docket Entry, Dismissal, 24 May 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Elliott–A ]
- Docket Entry, circa 11–18 December 1843 [ State of Illinois v. Elliott–A ]
- History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- Introduction to State of Illinois v. Elliott–A and State of Illinois v. Elliott–B
- Introduction to State of Illinois v. Sympson, Sympson v. JS, and State of Illinois v. JS for Perjury
- Introduction to State of Illinois v. Williams et al. and State of Illinois v. Elliott–C
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 3, 15 July 1843–29 February 1844
- Subpoena, 11 February 1845 [ State of Illinois v. Elliott–C ]
- Trial Report, 13 February 1845 [ State of Illinois v. Elliott–C ]
- Trial Report, circa 12 February 1845 [ State of Illinois v. Elliott–C ]
- Warrant, 11 December 1843 [ State of Illinois v. Elliott–A ]
- Gender
- Male