LDS Redress Petition Listing, 1843

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The Judiciary Committee of the Twenty-eighth Congress of the United States received a petition in 1843 to redress the "injuries to persons and properties" of Mormons expelled from Missouri in the 1830s. This database is a listing of residents of Hancock County, Illinois who signed that petition. Compiled by respected family historian Lyman Platt, each record reveals the signatory's name, ward of residence in Nauvoo, and page in the original petition on which their name appears. The original document numbered fifty-nine pages and contained 3400 signatures. For researchers seeking information regarding early LDS ancestors, this can be a helpful database.

Sources Platt, Lyman. Listing of Latter-day Saints Who Petitioned Congress, 1843. [database online] Orem, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 2000.

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