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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.
The Mormons are as much protected in their religion, their property, and persons, as any other denomination or class of men. (Missouri Republican, November 1833) [30] New converts to Mormonism continued to relocate to Missouri and settle in Clay County. Tensions rose in Clay County as the Mormon population grew.
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 order was directed to General John Bullock Clark, and it was implemented by the state militia to forcefully displace the Mormons from Missouri. In response to the order, the Mormons surrendered and subsequently sought refuge in Nauvoo, Illinois. In 1976, citing its unconstitutional nature, Missouri Governor Kit Bond formally rescinded it.
The plat for the City of Zion (Independence, Missouri) originally called for 24 temples at the center of the city. [12] A temple has never been built at this location because the temple's site, as designated by Joseph Smith, is occupied by a Latter Day Saint movement denomination known as the Church of Christ (Temple Lot) .
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 ...
Far West was a settlement of the Latter Day Saint movement in Caldwell County, Missouri, United States, during the late 1830s.It is recognized as a historic site by the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, added to the register in 1970.
The State of Deseret (modern pronunciation / ˌ d ɛ z ə ˈ r ɛ t / ⓘ DEZ-ə-RET, [1] contemporaneously / d ɛ s iː r ɛ t / dess-ee-ret, [dubious – discuss] as recorded in the Deseret alphabet spelling 𐐔𐐯𐑅𐐨𐑉𐐯𐐻) [2] was a proposed state of the United States promoted by leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who had founded settlements in what is ...