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Robinson, George W.
Biography
14 May 1814–10 Feb. 1878. Clerk, postmaster, merchant, clothier, banker. Born at Pawlet, Rutland Co., Vermont. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, by 1836. Clerk and recorder for Kirtland high council, beginning Jan. 1836. Ordained a seventy, 20 Dec. 1836. Stockholder in Kirtland Safety Society. Married Athalia Rigdon, oldest daughter of Sidney Rigdon, 13 Apr. 1837, in Kirtland. In Sept. 1837, appointed general church recorder to replace Oliver Cowdery. Moved to Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri, 28 Mar. 1838. Sustained as general church recorder and clerk to First Presidency at Far West, Apr. 1838. Imprisoned with JS and other church leaders in Missouri, Nov. 1838. Moved to Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois, winter 1839. Moved to Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock Co., Illinois, before 1840. Appointed first postmaster in Nauvoo, Apr. 1840. Member of Nauvoo Masonic Lodge. Left church, by July 1842. Moved to Cuba, Allegany Co., New York, by 1846. Affiliated with Sidney Rigdon’s Church of Christ as an apostle. Moved to Friendship, Allegany Co., 1847. Charter member of Masonic lodge in that community. Founder and president of First National Bank, 1 Feb. 1864. Died at Friendship.
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- History, 1838–1856, volume A-1 [23 December 1805–30 August 1834]
- History Draft [6 August 1838–30 December 1839]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- John Whitmer, History, 1831–circa 1847
- Elders’ Journal, August 1838
- Elders’ Journal, July 1838
- Elders’ Journal, November 1837
- Elders’ Journal, October 1837
- Times and Seasons, 1 August 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 September 1842
- Account of Hearing, circa 16 December 1841 [ Robinson v. C. Granger ]
- Account of Meeting and Discourse, 29 August 1842
- Account of Meeting and Discourses, circa 9 March 1841
- Affidavit, 16 November 1841 [ Robinson v. C. Granger ]
- Affidavit, 5 September 1838 [ State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Riot ]
- Agreement with Amos Rees and Alexander Doniphan, 28 November 1838
- Agreement with George W. Robinson and Sidney Rigdon, 26 August 1842
- Agreement with George W. Robinson, 30 April 1839
- Agreement with George W. Robinson, 30 April 1839, as Recorded in Bonds and Mortgages–A
- Agreement with George W. Robinson, 30 April 1839, as Recorded in Bonds and Mortgages–B
- Agreement with George W. Robinson, 5 August 1841
- Appendix 1: Letter to Oliver Cowdery and Others, circa 17 June 1838
- Appendix 2: Constitution of the Society of the Daughter of Zion, circa Late June 1838
- Appendix 3: Discourse, circa 4 July 1838
- Appendix 3: Willard Richards, Journal Excerpt, 23–27 June 1844
- Appendix: Petition to Elias Higbee, circa 16 August 1838 [ State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Riot ]
- Authorization for Stephen Markham, 27 May 1839
- Bill of Damages, 4 June 1839
- Bill to Incorporate the Church, 14 December 1840
- Blessing from Joseph Smith Sr., 9 December 1834
- Bond, 30 August 1839 [ Robinson v. C. Granger ]
- Brigham Young, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 2, 1 March–6 May 1845
- Declaration, 18 January 1842
- Deed from George W. and Athalia Rigdon Robinson, 24 March 1841
- Deed to Emma Smith and Others, 12 July 1843
- Deed to George W. Robinson, 5 August 1841
- Deed, Isaac and Elizabeth Wilcox Galland to George W. Robinson, 29 June 1839
- Discourse, 12 August 1838
- Discourse, 13 April 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 29 August 1842
- Discourse, 29 July 1838
- Discourse, 6 May 1838
- Docket Entry, 1–circa 6 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Docket Entry, Dismissal, 6 May 1842 [ Robinson v. C. Granger ]
- Docket Entry, Nolle Prosequi, 5 August 1840 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Docket Entry, Nolle Prosequi, 5 August 1840 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Arson ]
- Docket Entry, circa 16 December 1841 [ Robinson v. C. Granger ]
- Habeas Corpus, circa 16 August 1838, Draft [ State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Riot ]
- Henry G. Sherwood, Account Book, November 1839–June 1844, November 1844
- Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account
- Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account, Draft
- History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838]
- History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- History, circa 1841, fair copy
- History, circa June 1839–circa 1841 [Draft 2]
- Hyrum Smith, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Indictment, circa 10 April 1839 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Arson ]
- Indictment, circa 10 April 1839 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Indictment, circa 10 April 1839, Copy [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Arson ]
- Indictment, circa 10 April 1839, Copy [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Introduction to Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS
- Introduction to Robinson v. C. Granger
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. Baldwin et al. for Arson
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Arson
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny and State of Missouri v. JS for Receiving Stolen Goods
- Introduction to Illinois Land Transactions
- Invoice and Receipt, George W. Robinson to John Brown and Others, 26 October 1839
- John Corrill, A Brief History of the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1839
- John Corrill, “Brief History,” Manuscript, circa 1838–1839
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 1, 21 December 1842–10 March 1843
- Journal, December 1841–December 1842
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 2, 10 March 1843–14 July 1843
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 3, 15 July 1843–29 February 1844
- Journal, March–September 1838
- Journal, September–October 1838
- Kirtland Elders’ Certificates
- Kirtland Safety Society Bank Stock Ledger, 18 October 1836–12 June 1837
- Kirtland Safety Society Daybook, circa 4–16 January 1837
- Land Survey, May–July 1838
- Lease to John Taylor and Wilford Woodruff, between 8 and 10 December 1842
- Letter from Austin A. King, 10 September 1838
- Letter from David Thomas, 31 March 1838
- Letter from Don Carlos Smith, circa Late May 1838
- Letter from Edward Partridge, 5 March 1839
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 20 February 1840–B
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 24 March 1840
- Letter from Emma Smith, 3 May 1837
- Letter from George W. Robinson, 26 April 1843
- Letter from George W. Robinson, 6 November 1842
- Letter from Heber C. Kimball and Orson Hyde, between 22 and 28 May 1838
- Letter from Isaac Galland, 24 July 1839
- Letter from Isaac Stathem, 10 May 1843
- Letter from John E. Page, 8 August 1842
- Letter from Joseph L. Heywood, 5 June 1843
- Letter from Joseph Wood, 14 March 1843
- Letter from Sidney Rigdon, 1 July 1842
- Letter from Sidney Rigdon, 10 April 1839
- Letter from Sidney Rigdon, 27 March 1843
- Letter from Sidney Rigdon, 3 April 1840
- Letter from Sidney Rigdon, circa 13 February 1843
- Letter from William Perkins, 29 October 1838
- Letter to Emma Smith, 12 November 1838
- Letter to Emma Smith, 4 November 1838
- Letter to George W. Robinson, 6 November 1842
- Letter to Horace Hotchkiss, 26 November 1842
- Letter to James Arlington Bennet, 8 September 1842
- Letter to John Corrill and the Church in Missouri, 4 September 1837
- Letter to John Whitmer, 9 April 1838
- Letter to Sidney Rigdon, 27 March 1843
- Letter to Stephen Post, 17 September 1838
- Letter to the Church and Edward Partridge, 20 March 1839
- Letter to the Church in Caldwell County, Missouri, 16 December 1838
- Letter to the Citizens of Jackson County, 5 November 1838
- Letter to the Presidency in Kirtland, 29 March 1838
- Letter, Solicitor of the Treasury to Montgomery Blair, 1 June 1841
- Letterbook 2
- License Record Book
- License for Abel Butterfield, 31 May 1840, Extract
- License for Albern Allen, 29 September 1838, Extract
- License for Alford Loy, between circa 1 June and circa 29 September 1838
- License for Allen Rothburn, between circa 28 and circa 29 September 1838, Extract
- License for Alonzo W. Whitney, 24 June 1840, Extract
- License for Alpheus Gifford, 9 June 1840, Extract
- License for Alros Cook, between circa 1 June and circa 29 September 1838, Extract
- License for Andrew Moore, between circa 1 June and circa 29 September 1838, Extract
- License for Asa Bills, 1 January 1838
- License for Asahel Perry, 8 June 1840, Extract
- License for Austin Hammer, between circa 28 and circa 29 September 1838, Extract
- License for Benjamin Clapp, between circa 1 June and circa 29 September 1838
- License for Daniel Cathcart, 25 May 1840, Extract
- License for Daniel Russell, 4 June 1840, Extract
- License for David Lewis, between circa 28 and circa 29 September 1838, Extract
- License for Don Carlos Smith, 28 September 1838, Extract
- License for Elihu S. White, 3 June 1840, Extract
- License for Gardner Snow, 19 January 1839
- License for George A. Smith, 28 September 1838, Extract
- License for George Snyder, 25 May 1840, Extract
- License for George W. Robinson, 2 May 1836
- License for Gilbert Goldsmith, 8 June 1840, Extract
- License for Harrison Sagers, 28 September 1838, Extract
- License for Henry Jacobs, 5 June 1840, Extract
- License for Hiram Clark, 28 May 1840, Extract
- License for Isaac Allred, between circa 1 June and circa 29 September 1838
- License for Isaac Behunin, 5 June 1840, Extract
- License for Isaac Perry, 8 June 1840, Extract
- License for Isaiah Call, 4 June 1840, Extract
- License for Israel Calkins, 4 June 1840, Extract
- License for Jacob Foutz, between circa 28 and circa 29 September 1838, Extract
- License for James B. Hamilton, between circa 1 June and circa 29 September 1838, Extract
- License for James Carroll, between circa 28 and circa 29 September 1838, Extract
- License for James Goff, 8 June 1840, Extract
- License for James Henderson, 4 June 1840, Extract
- License for James McCord, between circa 1 June and circa 29 September 1838, Extract
- License for Joel Shearer, between circa 28 and circa 29 September 1838, Extract
- License for John Gallop, 4 June 1840, Extract
- License for John Loveless, between circa 28 and circa 29 September 1838, Extract
- License for John Pea, between circa 28 and circa 29 September 1838, Extract
- License for John S. Higbee, 26 July 1838
- License for John W. Clark, between circa 1 June and circa 29 September 1838, Extract
- License for John York, between circa 28 and circa 29 September 1838, Extract
- License for Jonathan H. Hale, 26 January 1839
- License for Joseph Cooper, between circa 28 and circa 29 September 1838, Extract
- License for Joseph S. Allen, between circa 28 and circa 29 September 1838, Extract
- License for Julian Moses, 28 September 1838, Extract
- License for Leonard E. Harrington, 4 June 1840, Extract
- License for Lorenzo Barnes, 28 September 1838, Extract
- License for Luman Gibbs, 29 September 1838, Extract
- License for Moses Eckard, 8 June 1840, Extract
- License for Nathan Stewart, 9 June 1840, Extract
- License for Norvil M. Head, 8 June 1840, Extract
- License for Roswell Prindle, between circa 1 June and circa 29 September 1838, Extract
- License for Samuel Henderson, 27 June 1840, Extract
- License for Samuel Russell, 4 June 1840, Extract
- License for Stephen St. John, between circa 1 June and circa 29 September 1838, Extract
- License for Sylvester Hulet, 9 June 1840, Extract
- License for Truman Wait, between circa 1 June and circa 29 September 1838, Extract
- License for Warriner Porter, 1 June 1838
- License for William B. Simmons, 8 July 1840, Extract
- License for William Gregory, between circa 1 June and circa 29 September 1838, Extract
- License for Zachariah Willson, between circa 28 and circa 29 September 1838, Extract
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845
- Lyman Wight, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Memorial to Nauvoo High Council, 18 June 1840
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 28 November 1843
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, circa 30 October 1839–27 January 1840
- Minute Book 1
- Minute Book 2
- Minutes and Discourse, 31 August 1842
- Minutes and Discourse, 3–5 October 1840
- Minutes and Testimonies, 12–29 November 1838 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Minutes and Testimonies, 12–29 November 1838, Copy [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Minutes and Testimonies, 12–29 November 1838, Copy and Letter [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Minutes, 17 September 1837–A
- Minutes, 17 September 1837–B
- Minutes, 20 June 1840
- Minutes, 22 July 1842, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Minutes, 26 July 1838
- Minutes, 27 October 1839
- Minutes, 28 April 1838, as Reported by Ebenezer Robinson
- Minutes, 28 April 1838, as Reported by George W. Robinson
- Minutes, 3 September 1837
- Minutes, 4 February 1841
- Minutes, 6 April 1838
- Minutes, 7–8 April 1838
- Minutes, 8 March 1841
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 20 February 1841
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 9 March 1841
- Motto, circa 16 or 17 March 1838
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February–December 1841
- Nauvoo Registry of Deeds, Deed Record Book A, 1840–1843
- Notice, 28 April 1842
- Ordinance, 1 June 1843–A, as Recorded in Nauvoo City Council Minute Book
- Parley P. Pratt, History of the Late Persecution, 1839
- Parley P. Pratt, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Pay Order, George W. Robinson to Mrs. Huntington Johnson, 19 July 1839
- Petition from Philemon Merrill and Others, 3 February 1842
- Petition to United States Congress, circa 29 November 1839, Draft
- Promissory Note to Robert E. Lee, 10 September 1840, Charles B. Penrose Copy
- Promissory Note to Robert E. Lee, 10 September 1840, Nathaniel Childs Jr. Copy
- Questions and Answers, between circa 16 and circa 29 March 1838–A [D&C 113:1–6]
- Questions and Answers, between circa 16 and circa 29 March 1838–B [D&C 113:7–10]
- Receipt from Alpheus Cutler, Reynolds Cahoon, and Elias Higbee, 29 April 1841
- Receipt from Wesley Williams, 5 September 1839
- Receipt to Alva Keller, 10 June 1839
- Recognizance, 7 September 1838 [ State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Riot ]
- Report of Agents, circa 30 January 1841
- Resolution, circa 8 April 1838
- Revelation, 11 April 1838 [D&C 114]
- Revelation, 12 January 1838–A
- Revelation, 12 January 1838–A, as Recorded in Book of the Law of the Lord
- Revelation, 12 January 1838–B
- Revelation, 12 January 1838–C
- Revelation, 17 April 1838
- Revelation, 26 April 1838 [D&C 115]
- Revelation, 4 September 1837
- Revelation, 8 July 1838–A [D&C 118]
- Revelation, 8 July 1838–B
- Revelation, 8 July 1838–C [D&C 119]
- Revelation, 8 July 1838–D [D&C 120]
- Revelation, 8 July 1838–E [D&C 117]
- Revised Articles of Agreement for the Kirtland Safety Society, circa March 1837
- Ruling, 29 November 1838 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Sidney Rigdon, Appeal to the American People, 1840
- Sidney Rigdon, Appeal to the American People, 1840, Second Edition
- Sidney Rigdon, JS, et al., Petition Draft (“To the Publick”), circa 1838–1839
- Sidney Rigdon, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Statement of Expenses to Thomas King, 30 September 1841
- Statement, circa 1 November 1839–A
- Statement, circa 1 November 1839–B
- Subpoena, 13 December 1841 [ Robinson v. C. Granger ]
- Subpoena, 16 December 1841 [ Robinson v. C. Granger ]
- Summons, 16 November 1841 [ Robinson v. C. Granger ]
- Summons, 21 December 1841 [ Robinson v. C. Granger ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, Treason, 6 July 1839 [ Extradition of JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes ]
- Trial Report, 8–26 July 1843, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Trustees Land Book A, 11 September 1839–30 April 1842
- Trustees Land Book B, 4 August 1842–8 December 1845
- Venire Facias, 16 November 1841 [ Robinson v. C. Granger ]
- Verdict, 16 December 1841 [ Robinson v. C. Granger ]
- “A History, of the Persecution, of the Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints in Missouri,” December 1839–October 1840
- “Extract, from the Private Journal of Joseph Smith Jr.,” July 1839
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