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Pettegrew (Pettigrew), David
Biography
29 July 1791–31 Dec. 1863. Farmer. Born in Weathersfield, Windsor Co., Vermont. Son of William Pettegrew and Phoebe. Married Elizabeth Alden. Moved to Cincinnati. Master Mason of Harmony Masonic Lodge, Oct. 1820, in Cincinnati. Moved to Kelso, Dearborn Co., Indiana, by 1830. Member of Methodist church. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Isaac Higbee, 1832. Moved to Jackson Co., Missouri, fall 1832; settled on Blue River. Moved to Clay Co., Missouri, Nov. 1833; to what became Caldwell Co., Missouri, summer 1836; to Ray Co., Missouri, 1838; to Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois, 1839; and to Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock Co., Illinois, 1839. Appointed member of high council in Lee Co., Iowa Territory, 5 Oct. 1839. Lived in Lee Co., 1840. Appointed counselor to John Smith in Iowa stake presidency, 24 Apr. 1841. Served mission to eastern states with Willard Snow, Sept. 1842–May 1843. Served mission to New York with John Tanner, 28 Apr.–Dec. 1844. Ordained a high priest, by 6 Nov. 1844. Moved to what became Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa Territory, July 1846. Commissary sergeant in Mormon Battalion in U.S. war with Mexico, 1846–1847. Moved to Salt Lake City, Sept. 1847. Served as senator of provisional state of Deseret, 1849. Died in Salt Lake City.
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- History Draft [1 January–31 December 1840]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- John Whitmer, History, 1831–circa 1847
- Agreement with Amos Rees and Alexander Doniphan, 28 November 1838
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845
- 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 ]
- History Draft [1 January–31 December 1841]
- History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838]
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- 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 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
- Letter from Edward Partridge, 13–15 June 1839
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 21 February 1840
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 7 July 1837
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 18 August 1833
- Letter, 30 October 1833
- Letterbook 2
- License Record Book
- Minute Book 2
- Minutes and Discourses, 5–7 October 1839
- 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, 15–16 March 1842
- Ruling, 29 November 1838 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- The Book of the Law of the Lord, Book A
- Transcript of Proceedings, Treason, 6 July 1839 [ Extradition of JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes ]
- “A History, of the Persecution, of the Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints in Missouri,” December 1839–October 1840
- Gender
- Male