Backenstos, Jacob B. (Jacob Benjamin), 1811-1857
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1811 - 1857
Biography
Jacob B. Backenstos (1811-1857) was a sheriff, soldier, and politician in Illinois and Oregon.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Hancock County (Ill.) Circuit Court legal documents
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1443
Scope and Contents
Collection contains about 750 documents relating to some 250 actions arising in justice of the peace or circuit courts in Hancock County, Illinois. Also includes a letter from David Martin concerning part of the collection and indexes to court cases involving Joseph Smith Jr. and the autographs of those who martyred Smith.
Dates:
1839-1860
Jauncy and Miller v. Jacob B. Backenstos transcript
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230244151]
Identifier: MSS SC 633
Scope and Contents
Ms. contains the transcript of the case of Jauncy and Miller vs. Jacob B. Backenstos which was heard in the Hancock County, Illinois Circuit Court, Dec. 24, 1845.
Dates:
1845
The origin of Mormonism and reminiscences of the Mormons in Illinois
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230233634]
Identifier: MSS SC 89
Scope and Contents
Prepared typescript of a series of ten articles written by J.H. Sherman which appeared in the Ithaca Daily Journal during April and May, 1886. The articles, decidedly anti-Mormon, tell of Joseph Smith's early life, the Solomon Spaulding manuscript from which Smith supposedly got the idea for the Book of Mormon, the organization of the Latter-day Saint Church, the settlement of the Mormons in Nauvoo, Illinois, death of Joseph Smith, mob violence in Illinois, expulsion of the Mormons from...
Dates:
1886
Filtered By
- Subject: Hancock County (Ill.) -- History X