Day in the Life

Jul 19, 1836

Journal Entry

July 19, 1836 ~ Tuesday

19 Rode to Col Solomon Copeland Henry County Co
Tenn whare I learned that Elders David Patten &
Warren Parrish had addressed a Letter to Col
Copeland stating that the sheriff & other officers
of Benton County Tenn had issued a warrant against

them & myself. The crime alledged against us was that we
had taught that Christ would come in this generation & that
we said some individuals would receieve the Holy Ghost
in 24 hours but as I was absent myself I was not taken
but Elders Patten & Parrish was taken by an armd company
say 50 in number they were bound under $2000.00
dollars bond for their appearence at court Brothers
Seth Utley & Albert Petty was their bondsman
on Tuesday following they appeared at court to plead
their own cause like St. Paul But they were depri
ved of every Privilege that both the law of God
& man warrents them Elder Parish Pled his own
cause in some degree but no evidence or lawful
hearing was not granted them & the judges decided
this mock trial to suit the ungodly rabble & condemned
them without any cause of Guilt found in them &
after condemming they let them go clear But the
ungodly mob desired to beat them before they left
but they were not permited. O, thou God of Israel
stretch fourth thy hand & save thy Saints. O,
America hide thy face in shame & disgrace as the day
dawns While thy sons stab liberty to the heart
by persecuting beating & Puting the LATTER DAY
SAINTS to death for worshiping God after the
dictates of their own conscience for thou wast
built upon the Pillars of freedom. Rode from Col
Copelands to Br Tailors distance of the day 10 miles
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^They were taken June 19, & tried June 22nd 1836^
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Petty, Albert
10 Aug 1795 - 19 Jun 1869
77 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Patten, David Wyman
14 Nov 1799 - 25 Oct 1838
140 mentions
Apostle
Taylor, Levi
13 Feb 1802 - 5 Apr 1884
86 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
156 mentions
Scriptural Figure
Utley, Seth
7 Oct 1789 - 15 Aug 1866
67 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Copeland, Solomon
1799-bef. 1846
73 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Jones, Thomas C.
abt 1803 - abt. 1861
Parrish, Warren Farr
10 Jan 1803 - 3 Jan 1877
186 mentions
Apostle

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O. thou God of Israel stretch fourth thy hand & save thy Saints O. America hide thy face in shame & disgrace as the day dawns While thy Sons stab liberty to the heart by Persecuting beating & Puting the LATTER DAY SAINTS to death for worshiping God after the dictates of their own conscience for thou wast built upon the Pillars of freedom.
~ Wilford Woodruff

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Daybook (31 December 1835 - 3 January 1837)
19 Rode to Col Solomon Copeland Henry Co Tenn Whare I learned that Elders David Pattien & Warren Parrish had addressed a Letter to Col Copeland stateing that the sheriff & & other officers of Benton County Tenn had issued a writ or warrant against them & myself the crime alleged against us was that we had taught that Christ would come in this generation & that we said some individuals would receieve the Holy Ghost i[n] twenty four hours But as I was absent myself I was not taken but Brothers Patten & Parrish was taken by an arm[e]d company say 50 in number they were bound under $1500 fifteen hundred dollars bond which Brothers Seth Utley & Albert Petty was their bondsman on Tuesday following they appeared at court Pled their own cause like St. Paul & was cleared by the Law for their was no cause of guilt found in them but when the ungodly mob found the Law would not condemn them they desired to beat them but they were not permited O thou God of Israel stretch fourth thy hand & save thy Saints O America hide thy face in shame & disgrace as the day dawns while thy sons are Persecuting beating & Putting to death the Latter Day Saints of God for worshiping God after the dictates of their own conscience for thou wast built upon the pillars of freedom Rode from Col Copelands to Br Tailors after visiting the Academy branch of Church distance of the day 10 miles
Autobiography Volume 1 circa 1842-1865
I rode to Col. Solomon Copeland's on the where I learnt that Elders David Patten and Warren Parrish had addressed a letter to the Col., stating that the Sheriff and other officers of Benton County, Ten. had issued a warrant against them and myself. The crime alledged against us was that we had taught that Christ would come in this generation and that we said that some individuals would receive the Holy Ghost in twenty-four hours. As I was absent I was not taken but Elders Patten and Parrish were by an armed mob, in reality, about fifty in number and bound under a bond of two thousand dollars for their appearence in Court: Brothers Seth Utley and Albert Petty were their bondsmen.

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Jul 19, 1836