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Law, Wilson
Biography
26 Feb. 1806–15 Oct. 1876. Merchant, millwright, land speculator, farmer. Born in Ireland. Son of Richard Law and Ann Hunter. Immigrated to U.S. and settled in Springfield Township, Mercer Co., Pennsylvania, by 1820. Moved to Delaware Township, Mercer Co., by 1830. Moved to Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock Co., Illinois, 1839. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and ordained an elder, in Nauvoo. Member of Nauvoo City Council, 1841–1843. Elected brigadier general in Nauvoo Legion, Feb. 1841, and then major general, Aug. 1842. Member of Nauvoo Masonic Lodge. Married first to Elizabeth F. Sikes by JS, 25 Dec. 1842, in Nauvoo. Served mission to Ohio, 1843. Wife died, late Mar. 1844. Excommunicated, 18 Apr. 1844, in Nauvoo. With his brother William and dissenters from Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, organized new church, 1844. Cashiered from Nauvoo Legion, May 1844. Publisher of Nauvoo Expositor, 1844. Moved to Burlington, Des Moines Co., Iowa Territory, June 1844. Moved to Hampton, Rock Island Co., Illinois, by Oct. 1844. Lived in Delaware Township, by 1850. Married second Eliza Sowash, 13 Jan. 1853, in Jefferson Township, Mercer Co. Moved to Gratiot, Lafayette Co., Wisconsin, by 1860. Moved to Shullsburg, Lafayette Co., by 1870. Died in Shullsburg.
Links
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- City Charter: Laws, Ordinances, and Acts, July 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 August 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 July 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 March 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 October 1842
- Account of Hearing, 4 January 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Account of Hearing, 8 May 1844, Copy [ F. M. Higbee v. JS–A on Habeas Corpus ]
- Account of Meeting and Discourse, circa 16 March 1841
- Agreement with William Law, 26 April 1841
- Amendment from Wilson Law, 22 February 1841
- Appendix 2: Council of Fifty, Minutes, 27 February 1845
- Appendix 3: Willard Richards, Journal Excerpt, 23–27 June 1844
- Bill from Daniel H. Wells and Others, 31 October 1842
- Bill from John P. Greene, 19 November 1841
- Bill from Wilson Law and Others, circa 14 January 1843
- Bill from Wilson Law, circa 9 July 1842
- Bill, 26 September 1842–A
- Bill, 26 September 1842–B
- Bill, 26 September 1842–C
- Committee Appointments, 22 January 1842–B
- Committee Appointments, 22 January 1842–B, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Committee Appointments, circa 19 May–circa August 1842
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845
- Deed to Wilson Law, 1 February 1842
- Deed to Wilson Law, 24 January 1842
- Discourse, 24 March 1844-A, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff
- Discourse, 24 March 1844–A, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 26 May 1844, as Compiled by Leo Hawkins
- Discourse, circa 16 March 1841
- Docket Entry, 5–ca. 22 January 1844 [ R. D. Foster v. Hawn ]
- Docket Entry, Motion Overruled and Discharge, 5 January 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Docket Entry, Petition and Order for Habeas Corpus, 31 December 1842 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Docket Entry, Recognizance, 27 May 1844 [ State of Illinois v. JS for Adultery and Fornication ]
- Docket Entry, Return of Habeas Corpus, Bond, and Order, 31 December 1842 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- General Orders for Nauvoo Legion, 2 August 1842
- General Orders for Nauvoo Legion, 20 December 1841
- General Orders for Nauvoo Legion, 22–27 February 1842
- Habeas Corpus, 31 December 1842, Willard Richards Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Habeas Corpus, 31 December 1842, William Clayton Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account
- Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account, Draft
- History Draft [1 January–30 June 1842]
- History Draft [1 January–31 December 1841]
- History Draft [1 January–3 March 1843]
- History Draft [1 July–31 December 1842]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 Addenda
- History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 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]
- Index to Nauvoo City Council Minute Book–B
- Indictment, 24 May 1844 [ State of Illinois v. JS for Adultery and Fornication ]
- Indictment, circa 22 May 1844 [ State of Illinois v. JS for Adultery and Fornication ]
- Introduction to Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault
- Introduction to State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–A, State of Illinois v. JS for Riot on Habeas Corpus, State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. on Habeas Corpus, and State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–B
- Introduction to State of Illinois v. JS for Adultery and Fornication
- Invitation to Nauvoo Legion Officers and Wives, 28 April 1842
- Invitation to Wilson and Elizabeth Sikes Law, 11 January 1843
- John Taylor, Martyrdom Account
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 1, 21 December 1842–10 March 1843
- Journal, December 1841–December 1842
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 2, 10 March 1843–14 July 1843
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 3, 15 July 1843–29 February 1844
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
- Letter from Aldrich & Chittenden, 28 July 1842
- Letter from Emma Smith, 6 December 1839
- Letter from George Fidler, 23 March 1842
- Letter from James Arlington Bennet, 20 February 1843
- Letter from John M. Bernhisel, 12 July 1841
- Letter from Thomas Carlin, 27 July 1842
- Letter from Thomas Rawcliff, 24 May 1843
- Letter from Wilson Law, 15 August 1842
- Letter from Wilson Law, 16 August 1842
- Letter from Wilson Law, 17 August 1842
- Letter from Wilson Law, 9 December 1843
- Letter to Edward Hunter, 21 December 1841
- Letter to Edward Hunter, 26 January 1842
- Letter to Edward Hunter, 9 and 11 March 1842
- Letter to Emma Smith, 9 November 1839
- Letter to Newel K., Elizabeth Ann Smith, and Sarah Ann Whitney, 18 August 1842
- Letter to Thomas Carlin, 30 July 1842
- Letter to Wilson Law, 14 August 1842
- Letter to Wilson Law, 16 August 1842
- Letter to the Church, 23 June 1842
- Letter, Thomas Carlin to Emma Smith, 7 September 1842 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Letter, William W. Phelps to Thomas Ford, 30 December 1843
- Letterbook 2
- Letters from Amasa Bonney and John C. Bennett, 16 May 1842
- License Record Book
- Marriage Certificate for Wilson Law and Elizabeth Sikes, 25 December 1842
- Military Order to Charles C. Rich, 29 April 1844–A
- Military Order to Charles C. Rich, 29 April 1844–B
- Military Order to Hosea Stout, 29 April 1844
- Military Order to John Scott, 29 April 1844
- Military Order to Wilson Law, 18 December 1843–A
- Military Order to Wilson Law, 18 December 1843–B
- Military Order to Wilson Law, 8 December 1843
- Minutes and Discourses, 6 May 1844
- Minutes and Ordinance, Nauvoo Legion, 3 August 1842
- Minutes and Ordinance, Nauvoo Legion, 3 June 1842
- Minutes, 1 January 1842
- Minutes, 1 March 1841
- Minutes, 1 May 1841
- Minutes, 1 November 1841
- Minutes, 10 June 1844
- Minutes, 12 February 1842
- Minutes, 13 November 1841
- Minutes, 14 May 1842
- Minutes, 14 November 1842
- Minutes, 15 February 1841
- Minutes, 15 January 1842
- Minutes, 15 March 1841
- Minutes, 17–18 February 1842
- Minutes, 18 December 1841, Extract, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Minutes, 1 March 1841, Copy
- Minutes, 1 May 1841, Copy
- Minutes, 20 November 1841
- Minutes, 22 February 1841
- Minutes, 22 January 1842
- Minutes, 22 January 1842, Extract, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Minutes, 22 July 1842
- Minutes, 22 July 1842, as Published by Times and Seasons
- Minutes, 25 February 1843
- Minutes, 25 October 1842
- Minutes, 26 September 1842
- Minutes, 27 November 1841
- Minutes, 29 March 1841
- Minutes, 3 February 1841
- Minutes, 30 January 1843
- Minutes, 3 February 1841, Copy
- Minutes, 4 December 1841
- Minutes, 4 March 1843
- Minutes, 4 September 1841
- Minutes, 4 February 1841
- Minutes, 5 January 1844
- Minutes, 5 March 1842
- Minutes, 6 November 1841
- Minutes, 8 June 1844
- Minutes, 8 March 1841
- Minutes, 9 July 1842
- Minutes, 9 September 1842
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion Committee of Revision, 26 January, 2 and 10 February 1844
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 10 June 1843
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 13 January 1844
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 15 October 1842
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 2 March 1841
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 20 February 1841
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 20 May 1843
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 8 July 1843
- Motion from Wilson Law, 15 January 1842–A
- Motion from Wilson Law, 15 January 1842–B
- Motion from Wilson Law, 17 February 1842
- Motion from Wilson Law, 27 November 1841–A
- Motion from Wilson Law, 27 November 1841–B
- Motion from Wilson Law, 5 March 1842
- Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 1841–1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February 1844–January 1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February–December 1841
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, January–November 1842
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, November 1842–January 1844
- Nauvoo Marriage Record, February 1842–January 1846
- Oaths from Nauvoo City Officers, 3 and 8 February 1841
- Ordinance, 1 March 1841–C
- Ordinance, 1 March 1841–C, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Ordinance, 25 October 1842–A
- Ordinance, 25 October 1842–A, as Published in the Wasp
- Ordinance, 25 October 1842–B
- Ordinance, 25 October 1842–B, as Published in the Wasp
- Ordinance, 26 September 1842–A
- Ordinance, 26 September 1842–A, as Published in the Wasp
- Ordinance, 26 September 1842–B
- Ordinance, 26 September 1842–B, as Published in the Wasp
- Ordinance, 26 September 1842–C
- Ordinance, 26 September 1842–C, as Published in the Wasp
- Ordinance, 3 February 1841–B
- Ordinance, 3 February 1841–B, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Ordinance, Nauvoo Legion, 3 August 1842
- Pay Order to William Clayton for Stephen Markham and Charles C. Rich, 9 December 1843
- Pay Order, James Sloan to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Wilson Law, 30 January 1843
- Pay Order, Wilson Law to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Theodore Turley, 26 September 1842
- Petition from William Law and Wilson Law, circa 14 May 1842
- Petition to Chauncey Robison, 26 December 1842 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Petition to Chauncey Robison, 26 December 1842, Draft [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Petition to the United States Circuit Court for the District of Illinois, 31 December 1842, Willard Richards Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Petition to the United States Circuit Court for the District of Illinois, 31 December 1842, William Clayton Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Poll Record, Nauvoo Legion, 13 August 1842
- Praecipe, 29 May 1844 [ F. M. Higbee v. JS–B ]
- Praecipe, circa 7 May 1844–B [ F. M. Higbee v. JS–B ]
- Receipt from William Law and Wilson Law, 24 January 1842
- Receipt to Wilson Law, 11 April 1844
- Reflections and Blessings, 16 and 23 August 1842
- Report from Lewis Robison, circa 14 January 1843
- Report of Committee and Ordinance, circa 27 November 1841
- Report of Committee, 14 January 1843
- Report of Committee, 5 February 1841
- Report of Nauvoo Legion General Court-Martial, 30 November 1841
- Requisition from Henry G. Sherwood, 8 December 1843
- Requisition from Henry G. Sherwood, 8 December 1843, Thomas Bullock Copy
- Resignation of Fees from Wilson Law, 17 February 1842
- Resolution, 14 January 1843–C
- Resolution, 14 May 1842–G
- Resolution, 9 September 1842
- Revised Minutes, 17 June 1844
- Revised Minutes, 17 June 1844, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor
- Revised Minutes, circa 17 June 1844, Partial Draft
- Rules of Order for Nauvoo City Council, 22 January 1842
- Statement of Account from Henry G. Sherwood, circa 10 November 1843
- Statement of Account from John P. Greene, circa 5 March 1844
- Subpoena, 27 May 1844–A [ State of Illinois v. JS for Adultery and Fornication ]
- Subpoena, 8 May 1844–A [ F. M. Higbee v. JS–B ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, 6 January 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Trial Report, 12–15 May 1844, as published in Times and Seasons [ F. M. Higbee v. JS–A on Habeas Corpus ]
- Trial Report, 19–21 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–B ]
- Trustees Land Book A, 11 September 1839–30 April 1842
- Trustees Land Book B, 4 August 1842–8 December 1845
- Voting Record, 4 December 1841
- Warrant, 11 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–A ]
- Warrant, 11 June 1844, John Taylor and Willard Richards Copy [ State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–A ]
- Warrant, 11 June 1844, William Clayton Copy [ State of Illinois v. JS for Riot on Habeas Corpus and State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. on Habeas Corpus ]
- Wilson Law and Others, Affidavit, 4 January 1843, Willard Richards Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Wilson Law and Others, Affidavit, 4 January 1843, Justin Butterfield Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]