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Lee, John Doyle
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6 Sept. 1812–23 Mar. 1877. Farmer, courier, riverboat ferryman, policeman, merchant, colonizer. Born in Kaskaskia, Randolph Co., Illinois Territory. Son of Ralph Lee and Elizabeth Doyle. Served in Black Hawk War, 1831. Married Agatha Ann Woolsey, 23 July 1833, in Randolph Co. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 17 June 1837. Moved to Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri, June 1838. Ordained a seventy, 19 June 1839. Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, by 1840. Served missions to Tennessee in 1841, 1842, and 1843. Served as policeman in Nauvoo, beginning Dec. 1843. Appointed to serve mission to Kentucky, by summer 1844. Elected trustee of Seventies Library and Institute Association, 24 Dec. 1844. Worked as clerk for Quorums of the Seventy and Nauvoo temple committee. Admitted to Council of Fifty, 1 Mar. 1845. Participated in plural marriage during JS’s lifetime. Migrated to Salt Lake Valley with Brigham Young pioneer company, June–Sept. 1848. Moved to Washington Co., Utah Territory, by 1852; assisted in colonization of southern Utah. Served as probate judge, assessor, collector, and clerk of Washington Co. Participated in Mountain Meadows Massacre, Sept. 1857, in Washington Co. Moved to Arizona Territory, after June 1870, and was excommunicated shortly thereafter. Tried for his part in massacre, 1874–1876, in Beaver, Beaver Co., Utah Territory; executed at Mountain Meadows. Buried in Panguitch, Iron Co., Utah Territory.
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- History Draft [6 August 1838–30 December 1839]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- Times and Seasons, 15 June 1842
- Affidavit, 29 November 1841
- Affidavit, 5 September 1838 [ State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Riot ]
- Appendix 4: Council of Fifty, Roll, 22 April 1845–27 December 1846
- Appendix 6: Council of Fifty, Minutes, 18 January 1846
- 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
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 3, 6 May 1845–13 January 1846
- Discourse, 5 June 1842, as Reported by John D. Lee
- History Draft [1 January–21 June 1844]
- History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838]
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- Joseph Smith’s Store Daybook A, January–July 1842
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
- Letter from Alphonso Young, 6 May 1842
- Letter from George Brandon, 6 July 1842
- Letter from John D. Lee and Others, 18 May 1842
- Letter from William Worthyson, 31 May 1842
- License Record Book
- 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
- Minutes, 8 February 1845
- Minutes, 8 February 1845, Draft
- Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 1841–1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February–March 1845
- Nauvoo Registry of Deeds, Deed Record Book A, 1840–1843
- Notice, circa 1 December 1842
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for John D. Lee, 14 January 1844
- Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for John D. Lee, 8 January 1844
- Petition from Hosea Stout and Others, 11 January 1845
- Petition from Jonathan Taylor and Others, 10 February 1842
- Petition from Robert L. Campbell and Others, 13 January 1844
- Petition from Thomas Rich and Others, 23 February 1842
- Proposed Plan for a Moot Organization and Congress, 6 February 1844
- The Book of the Law of the Lord, Book A
- The Book of the Law of the Lord, Book B
John D. Lee Circa 1877, photograph by James Fennemore (Church History Library, Salt Lake City).
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