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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 1831, Joseph Smith told LDS Church members that Independence, Missouri, was to be the gathering spot for the church. [5]There were many Mormons in Missouri and it served as one of the headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the 1830s.
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 ...
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]
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)
Lilburn Williams Boggs (December 14, 1796 – March 14, 1860) [1] was the sixth Governor of Missouri, from 1836 to 1840.He is now most widely remembered for his interactions with Joseph Smith and Porter Rockwell, and Missouri Executive Order 44, known by Mormons as the "Extermination Order", issued in response to the ongoing conflict between church members and other settlers of Missouri.