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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. 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. 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]
- Times and Seasons, 1 August 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 July 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 March 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 October 1842
- Affidavit from Wilson Law and Others, 4 January 1843
- Appendix 1, Document 6. Joseph Smith, Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, 31 December 1842
- Appendix 1, Document 7. Writ of Habeas Corpus, 31 December 1842
- Appendix 1, Document 9. Wilson Law and Others, Affidavit, 4 January 1843
- Appendix 2: Council of Fifty, Minutes, 27 February 1845
- Appendix 3: Willard Richards, Journal Excerpt, 23–27 June 1844
- City Council Order, 30 January 1843–F
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Invitation to Nauvoo Legion Officers and Wives, 28 April 1842
- Invitation to Wilson and Elizabeth Sikes Law, 11 January 1843
- 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 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, 26 January 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
- 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
- Minute Entry, Appointment of Samuel Bennett, 4 March 1843
- Minute Entry, Appointment of Wilson Law, 25 February 1843
- Minutes and Ordinance, Nauvoo Legion, 3 August 1842
- Minutes and Ordinance, Nauvoo Legion, 3 June 1842
- Minutes, 13 January 1844
- Minutes, 22 July 1842
- Minutes, 4 February 1841
- Minutes, 6 May 1844
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion Committee of Revision, 26 January, 2 and 10 February 1844
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 10 June 1843
- 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
- Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 3 February 1841–8 February 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
- Oaths, 3 and 8 February 1841
- Ordinance, Nauvoo Legion, 3 August 1842
- Pay Order to William Clayton for Stephen Markham and Charles C. Rich, 9 December 1843
- Poll Record, Nauvoo Legion, 13 August 1842
- Receipt to Wilson Law, 11 April 1844
- Reflections and Blessings, 16 and 23 August 1842
- Report of Nauvoo Legion General Court-Martial, 30 November 1841
- Requisition from Henry G. Sherwood, 8 December 1843
- Resolution, 30 January 1843–B