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Rufus C. Allen commission

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 597
Scope and Contents

Printed appointment with handwritten entry of Rufus C. Allen as a captain, Company F, Battalion of Infantry, Cedar and Harmony Posts, Nauvoo Legion.

Dates: 1854

George Washington Bean diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1038
Scope and Contents Handwritten diaries, two autobiographies, account books, patriarchal blessings, biographies of family members, and Bean family history and genealogy. Bean writes about his early life and migration to Utah; his work as an Indian interpreter from 1852 to 1853; his pursuit of the Ute chief, Walker, in 1854; his Indian mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Las Vegas, Nevada from 1855 to 1856; his life in Provo, Utah; his participation in the Black Hawk Indian War; and...
Dates: 1852-1897

Black Hawk committee meeting minutes

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2233
Scope and Contents

Handwritten entries into a book of blank pages. The entries relate to the meetings of the "Black Hawk Committee" of Springville, Utah. The organization commemorated the Black Hawk War between the whites and Indians of Utah. Also included are financial records and a list of men from Springville who participated in the war.

Dates: 1897-1959

Peter Sutton election certificate

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 509
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a printed and handwritten certificate. The document confirms the election of Peter Sutton to be a major of the First Battalion of the Calvary and Infantry of the Utah Militia. The item was issued under the authority of the territorial governor of Utah, Charles Durkee, who also signed the certificate.

Dates: 1865

Brigham Young certificate of appointment for W. S. S. Willis

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 424
Scope and Contents

Printed form with handwritten notations. The item is dated 11 March 1851 and signed by Almon W. Babbitt and Brigham Young, second president of the Mormon Church. W. S. S. Willis is appointed as captain of Company B, Battalion of Infantry in Lehi, Utah.

Dates: 1851 March 11

James H. Martineau certificates

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 235
Scope and Contents

Printed and handwritten certificates, bonds, and commissions. The items document Martineau's commission in the Utah Militia, his appointment as the Sheriff of Iron County, Utah, and his position as an alderman of Parowan, Utah. Seven of the manuscripts were signed by Brigham Young (1801-1877), the second president of the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1851-1876

Collection on Utah Expedition

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2379
Scope and Contents

The collection contains the original and typescript of "The Echo Canon War," probably written by William Stowell, and a typed document regarding the Weber Military District and the Utah War, beginning with Chapter 3 [no author].

Dates: 1857-1858

Peter Wilson Conover autobiography

 Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 664
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typescript of an autobiography. The date of composition of the item is uncertain. Conover writes about the persecutions of Mormons before their emigration to Utah, his service in the Utah Militia against the Utes and in the Utah War from 1857 to 1858, and his family.

Dates: approximately 1860

Thomas Waters Cropper autobiography

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 654
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a handwritten autobiography. Some of the item is in Cropper's own hand. The rest was dictated to his daughters. Cropper was born in Texas, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and migrated to Utah in 1856. One fourth of the original party turned back in 1853 when they heard of the Mormon doctrine of polygamy. He describes the immigrant group killed by Mormons at Mountain Meadows in 1857. Cropper lived in Fillmore, Utah, and later moved to Deseret, Utah. ...
Dates: 1926

William Horne Dame papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 55
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence, patriarchal blessings, financial records, militia records, photographs, and miscellaneous items. Much of the correspondence is between Dame and General Authorities of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The material relates to Dame's life and activities, including his militia service and his connection to the Mountain Meadows Massacre in 1857.

Dates: 1846-1884

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Young, Brigham, 1801-1877 7
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Wells, Daniel H. (Daniel Hanmer), 1814-1891 4
Babbitt, Almon W. (Almon Whiting), 1813-1856 2
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Dame, William Horne, 1819-1884 2
Ferguson, James, 1828-1863 2
Harmon, Jesse Perse, 1795-1877 2
Richards, F. D. (Franklin Dewey), 1821-1899 2
United States. Army. Mormon Battalion 2
West, Chauncey W. (Chauncey Walker), 1827-1870 2
Allen, Rufus C., 1827- 1
Bean, Elizabeth Baum, 1834-1916 1
Bean, Emily Haws, 1836-1908 1
Bean, George Washington, 1831-1897 1
Bean, Mary Jane Wall, 1841-1891 1
Bean, Willard Washington, 1868-1949 1
Cluff, William Wallace, 1832-1915 1
Conover, Peter Wilson 1
Cropper, Thomas Waters 1
Durkee, Charles, 1805-1870 1
Farnsworth, Moses Franklin, 1834- 1
Farnsworth, Philo Taylor, 1906-1971 1
Haight, Isaac Chauncey, 1813-1886 1
Hart, Edward L. (Edward LeRoy), 1916-2008 1
Hart, James E. 1
Hart, James H., 1825-1906 1
Hart, Sabina 1
Haskell, Thales 1
Hatch, Ira 1
Higbee, John M. 1
Higgins, Nelson, 1806-1890 1
Illinois. Militia. Nauvoo Legion 1
Johnson, Aaron, 1806-1877 1
Judd, Zadok K 1
Leavitt, Dudley 1
Lee, John D. (John Doyle), 1812-1877 1
Manti Temple (Manti, Utah) 1
Margetts, Phillip, 1829-1914 1
Marineau, James H 1
Martineau, James H. (James Henry), 1828-1921 1
McBride, Reuben Augustus 1
McClellan family 1
Moore, David 1
Nuttall, L. John (Leonard John), 1834-1905 1
Pace, William B., 1832-1907 1
Pendleton, Calvin Crane 1
Richards, Franklin S. 1
Richards, Samuel W. (Samuel Whitney), 1824-1909 1
Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844 1
Smith, Lot 1
Steele family 1
Steele, John, 1821-1903 1
Stowell, William Rufus Rogers, 1822-1901 1
Sutton, Peter 1
Thomas, Elbert Duncan, 1883-1953 1
Urie, Jacob 1
Utah. Governor (1865-1869 : Durkee) 1
Van Zile, Philip T. (Philip Taylor), 1843-1917 1
Walker, James Barr, 1805-1887 1
Webber, Thomas George, 1836- 1
Whitmer, David, 1805-1888 1
Willis, W.S.S. 1
Woodruff, Wilford, 1807-1898 1
Woolley, Edwin Gordon, 1845-1930 1
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