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Henry Zabriskie Jailed with Prophet Joseph Smith
(This comes from the History of Zabriskie Descendants by Leon Zabriskie)
"My (Betty's) great great grandfather Henry
Zabriskie was born 11 Aug. 1788 in Pennsylvania. He served as a private
in the NY State militia in the war of 1812. He moved with his parents
to New York and then to Ohio, and then to Indiana. On 11 Aug. 1832, he
became a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and
in about 1836 moved to Clay Co. Missouri. In the winter of 1838-39 he
and the other Mormons were driven from Missouri to Illinois. However,
for a while he was held in jail with Joseph Smith and the other Mormon
leaders. He settled in Lee Co. Iowa across the Miss. River from Nauvoo,
the Mormon settlement in Illinois. He was ordained a High Priest 10
Aug. 1845. When the Mormons were driven from Nauvoo in 1846 he moved
westward across Iowa to the present Council Bluffs. He lived there
until 1849 when he went to Utah, being one of the early settles of
Provo, Utah. He died there 13 Dec. 1857. "
Picture above of
L.D.S. Church History Volume 2, Chapter 15
1838-1839.
Joseph Smith's account is as follows:-
"Saturday, 3d. We continued our march and arrived at the Missouri
River, which separated us from Jackson County, where we were hurried
across the ferry when but few troops had passed. The truth was General
Clark had sent an express from Richmond to General Lucas to have the
prisoners sent to him and thus prevent our going to Jackson County,
both armies being competitors for the honor of possessing 'the royal
prisoners.' Clark wanted the privilege of putting us to death himself,
and Lucas and his troops were desirous of exhibiting us in the streets
of Independence.
"General Clark informed us that he would turn us over to the civil
authorities for trial. Joseph Smith, Jr., Hyrum Smith, Sidney Rigdon,
Parley P. Pratt, Lyman Wight, Amasa Lyman, George W. Robinson, Caleb
Baldwin, Alanson Ripley, Washington Voorhees, Sidney Turner, John
Buchanan, Jacob Gates, Chandler Holbrook, George W. Harris, Jesse D.
Hunter, Andrew Whitlock, Martin C. Allred, William Allred, George D.
Grant, Darwin Chase, Elijah Newman, Alvin G. Tippets, Zedekiah Owens,
Isaac Morley, Thomas Beck, Moses Clawson, John T. Tanner, Daniel
Shearer, Daniel S. Thomas, Alexander McRae, Elisha Edwards, John S.
Higbee, Ebenezer Page, Benjamin Covey, Ebenezer Robinson, Luman Gibbs,
James M. Henderson, David Pettegrew, Edward Partridge. Francis Higbee,
David Frampton, George Kimball, Joseph W. Younger, Henry Zabriski,
Allen J. Stout, Sheffield Daniels, Silas Maynard, Anthony Head,
Benjamin Jones, Daniel Carn, John T. Earl, and Norman Shearer, were
brought before Austin A. King, at Richmond, for trial, charged with the
several crimes of high treason against the State, murder, burglary,
arson, robbery, and larceny.
"'Defendants against whom nothing is proven; viz., Amasa Lyman, John
Buchanan, Andrew Whitlock, Alvah L. Tippets, Jedediah Owens, Isaac
Morley, John T. Tanner, Daniel S. Thomas, Elisha Edwards, Benjamin
Covey, David Frampton, Henry Zabriski,
Allen J. Stout, Sheffield Daniels, Silas Maynard, Anthony Head, John T.
Earl, Ebenezer Brown, James Newberry, Sylvester Hulet, Chandler
Holbrook, Martin Allred, William Allred. The above defendants have been
discharged by me, there being no evidence against them.
"'Austin A. King, Judge, etc.
"'November 24,1838.'
"Seeking Redress for Missouri Grievances"
"While the Prophet and others suffered in Liberty Jail in 1839, they
had discussed how to obtain redress from the state of Missouri for the land
and property lost by the Saints during the persecutions of 1833 and 1838-39.
In 1833, the Lord directed the brethren to petition the local and state
governments. If this failed they were to seek help from the federal
government. ...The members of the Church were charged
to gather ‘up a knowledge of all the facts, and sufferings and abuses put
upon them by the people of the State [Missouri].' This would
be the ‘the last effort which is enjoined on us by our Heavenly Father,
before we can fully and completely claim that promise which shall call him
forth from his hiding place' (D & C 123: 1,6). ...The brethren wrote
home (Joseph Smith and Judge Elias Higbee
from Washington, D. C. ) asking the Saints to gather and send as many certificates
and affidavits as possible verifying the persecutions and proving their ownership
of Missouri land. In all the Prophet said he submitted the claims of
about 491 individuals against the state of Missouri"
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. (2000.)
Church History In The Fulness of Times. Salt Lake City, Utah:
Author.
Henry Zabrisky filed for
Missouri Grievances:
This May the 6th AD 1839
Henry Zabrisky
"A bill of damages that
I hold against Missouri:
First
for having to leave Clay Co. Missouri and loss of
land
80 acres
not having the right of living on the Land
For fals
Imprisonment and Sufferings $3000.00
For being drivrn from Colwell Co. Mo
for the loss of Lands
and property
$2000.00 Damages
I certify this to be a true
copy of damage to the best of my knowlege "
Mormon Redress Petitions, Henry
Zabrisky, pg. 388
[Sworn to before C.M. Woods,
C.C.C., Adams Co., Il, 6 May 1839]