Though the precise acreage is unknown, church members had purchased large quantities of land in Caldwell County and had settled on a vast amount of property in Daviess County in order to claim preemption rights when the federal government made that land available for public sale. (See Walker, “Mormon Land Rights,” 4–55; Gentry, “Land Question at Adam-ondi-Ahman,” 45–56; and Baugh, “Call to Arms,” 31–34; see also LeSueur, 1838 Mormon War in Missouri, 237–239.)

Walker, Jeffrey N. “Mormon Land Rights in Caldwell and Daviess Counties and the Mormon Conflict of 1838: New Findings and New Understandings.” BYU Studies 47, no. 1 (2008): 4–55.

Gentry, Leland H. “The Land Question at Adam-ondi-Ahman.” BYU Studies 26, no. 2 (Spring 1986): 45–56.

Baugh, Alexander L. “A Call to Arms: The 1838 Mormon Defense of Northern Missouri.” PhD diss., Brigham Young University, 1996. Also available as A Call to Arms: The 1838 Mormon Defense of Northern Missouri, Dissertations in Latter-day Saint History (Provo, UT: Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History; BYU Studies, 2000).

LeSueur, Stephen C. The 1838 Mormon War in Missouri. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1987.

24 or 25 February 1840.

Lyman witnessed the immediate aftermath of the October 1838 siege of De Witt as a spy charged with reporting on the growth and movements of the vigilantes throughout the region. Ripley and Higbee were both members of the church militia that was active in Daviess and Caldwell counties during the 1838 conflict and may have been among the group of men who traveled to De Witt with JS to help protect the Saints there. Follett also may have been part of the group that traveled to De Witt with JS. (“Amasa Lyman’s History,” Deseret News [Salt Lake City], 15 Sept. 1858, 121; Baugh, “Call to Arms,” appendix E; Corrill, Brief History, 35.)

Deseret News. Salt Lake City. 1850–.

Baugh, Alexander L. “A Call to Arms: The 1838 Mormon Defense of Northern Missouri.” PhD diss., Brigham Young University, 1996. Also available as A Call to Arms: The 1838 Mormon Defense of Northern Missouri, Dissertations in Latter-day Saint History (Provo, UT: Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History; BYU Studies, 2000).

As members of the church militia, Rich and Brunson were involved in several events related to the Missouri conflict. (Charles C. Rich, Statement, ca. Feb. 1845, Historian’s Office, JS History Documents, ca. 1839–1860, CHL; Reed Peck, Quincy, IL, to “Dear Friends,” 18 Sept. 1839, p. 87, Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.)

Historian’s Office. Joseph Smith History Documents, 1839–1860. CHL. CR 100 396.

Peck, Reed. Letter, Quincy, IL, to “Dear Friends,” 18 Sept. 1839. Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.

This sentence apparently refers to the possibility that Linn and Jameson might subpoena JS to appear as a witness should the church’s memorial be considered further by a Senate committee.