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Morley Settlement, Illinois
Summary
Also called Yelrome and Morley Town. Area in southwest corner of county, on the Hancock-Adams county line. Settled by refugee Saints from Missouri, spring 1839. Formally laid out by county surveyor on forty-nine acres, 26–28 Mar. 1844. At least seventy Latter-day Saint families eventually occupied settlement. Multipurpose meetinghouse completed in area, by 1842. JS visited and preached in settlement, 13–14 May 1843. Mobs destroyed settlement and expelled residents, fall 1845.
Links
papers
- Times and Seasons, 15 September 1842
- Affidavit from Allen Wait, 20 June 1844
- Affidavit from Hiram Mount and John Cunningham, 20 June 1844
- Affidavit from Isaac Morley and Others, 20 June 1844
- Affidavit from Obadiah Bowen, 20 June 1844
- Affidavit from Solomon Hancock and Others, 20 June 1844
- Appendix 4: William Clayton, Daily Account of Joseph Smith’s Activities, 14–22 June 1844
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 3, 6 May 1845–13 January 1846
- Discourse, 14 May 1843, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff
- History Draft [1 January–21 June 1844]
- History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]
- 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]
- 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
- Letter from Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball, 12 September 1842
- Letter from Isaac Morley, 16 June 1844
- Letter from Isaac Morley, 24 July 1842
- Letter to Isaac Morley, 16 June 1844
- Miscellaneous Notes [20–22 June 1844]
- Town/City
- Morley Settlement
- County
- Hancock County
- State/Province
- Illinois
- Country:
- United States of America
- Alternate Names
- Yelrome, Illinois
- Morley Town, Illinois