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The 1838 Mormon War, also known as the Missouri Mormon War, was a conflict between Mormons (Latter Day Saints) and other residents of northwestern Missouri from August 6 to November 1, 1838. Founded in upstate New York in 1830, the Latter Day Saint movement rapidly expanded in Missouri through organized migration.
Missouri Governor Lilburn Boggs. Missouri Executive Order 44 (known as the Mormon Extermination Order) was a state executive order issued by Missouri Governor Lilburn Boggs on October 27, 1838, in response to the Battle of Crooked River.
In October 1833, Mormon leaders received an ultimatum demanding their departure from the county. The expelled Mormons sought refuge in neighboring counties, especially Clay County. Despite legal efforts and sympathy from the Missouri press and state government, the Mormons were unable to regain a foothold in Jackson County.
While Jacob moved to Missouri and founded the mill around the same time as the Mormon migration to Missouri, he was not a Mormon. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] However, by October 1838 there were approximately 75 Mormon families living along the banks of Shoal Creek, about 30 [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] of them in the immediate vicinity of Hawn's Mill and the James ...
Under mob pressure, the Mormons in Jackson County, Missouri make agreements that they will leave the area. [169] October: As a result of the hostility in Jackson County, Missouri, Mormons who had settled there move to Clay County. December 16: Revelation is received appointing the formation of Stakes of Zion to gather the saints. (D&C 101:21)
The Mormons were given a short amount of time to comply; when they refused to leave, a violent expulsion occurred. The Mormons were forced to flee their homes and seek refuge in neighboring counties. The Missouri state government, rather than protecting the Mormons, largely turned a blind eye to the violence and displacement. [9]
The main body of the church moved first to Kirtland, Ohio, in the early 1830s, then to Missouri in 1838, where the 1838 Mormon War with other Missouri settlers ensued. On October 27, 1838, Lilburn W. Boggs, the Governor of Missouri, signed Missouri Executive Order 44, which called to expel adherents from the state
The life of Joseph Smith, Jr. from 1831 to 1837, when he was 26–32 years old, covers the period of time from when Smith moved with his family to Kirtland, Ohio, in 1831, until he left Ohio for Missouri early in early January 1838. By 1831, Smith had already published the Book of Mormon, and established the Latter Day Saint movement.