The Personal History of J ohn Wood By SK Rice JOHN WOOD TABLE OF CONTENTS Forward 1 Chapter 1 - Introduction 3 Chapter 2 - Coming to America 5 Richard Dubois Wood 5 Thomas Dubois Wood 5 Richard Wood 5 Allen Wood 11 Chapter Notes 12 Chapter 3 - Birth and Background 13 Chapter Notes 17 Chapter 4 - John and Rebecca move to Missouri 19 The Saints in Missouri 19 Jackson County ..19 Clay County 20 Ray County 20 Adam Ondi Ahman 22 Mormon War Heats up 23 Election Day 23 Dewitt and Adam Ondi Ahman 24 Battle of Crooked River ..25 Hauns Mill Massacre 29 Far West 32 Chapter Notes 35 Chapter 5 - On to Illinois 37 Warsaw 38 Nauvoo 39 Chapter Notes 41 Chapter 6 - The Wood's move to Iowa 42 The Move to Iowa 42 Outfitting Posts 42 Chapter Notes 46 Chapter 7 - Conclusion 47 Appendix A - Richard Dubois Wood 48 Chapter Note 2 48 Huguenots 48 Additional information 49 Ballymote Castle, Sligo County 50 Chapter Note 4 50 Appendix B - Thomas Dubois Wood 51 Appendix C - Richard Wood 52 Chapter Note 5, Sligo Legends 52 The Mermaid Rocks 52 Queen Maeve's Tomb 54 The Dobharchu 55 Dobharchu (Water hound) 56 Finn Mac Cumail and Split Rock 58 The Battles of Moytura 59 The Aghree Water horse 60 Chapter Note 7 Acts Passed by Britain 61 1764, Sugar Act 61 1764, Currency Act 61 Beginnings of Colonial Opposition 61 1765, Quartering Act 61 1765, Stamp Act 61 Organized Colonial Protest 61 1766, Repeal of the Stamp Act 61 1766, Declaratory Act 61 Resistance to the Quartering act 62 1767, TownsendAct 62 Nonimportation 62 Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania to the inhabitants of the British colonies 62 ii Americans Take a Stand 62 1768, Massachusetts Circular letter 62 1769, Virginias Resolutions 62 1770, Townsend Acts cut back 62 1770, End to Nonimportation 62 1770, Conflict between Citizens and British Troops in New York 63 1770, Boston Massacre 63 1772, Attack on the Gaspee 63 1772, Committees of Correspondence 63 1773, Tea Act 63 1773, Boston Tea Party 63 1774, Coercive Acts by Britain 63 1774, Quartering Acts 63 1774, The Colonies Organize Protest 63 1774, The First Continental Congress 63 1774, New England Prepares for War 64 1775, New England Restraining Act 64 1775, New England Resists 64 1775, Lexington and Concord 64 1775, The Second Continental Congress 64 1775, George Washington is named Commander -in- Chief 64 1775, Bunker Hill 64 1775, Olive Branch Petition 64 1775, Congress Treaties with the Indians 64 1775, Congress Creates a Navy 65 1775, Congress Searches for Foreign Aid 65 Chapter Note 8 - Virginia County Lines 65 Chapter Note 10 - Daniel Boone 67 Appendix D - Allen Wood 81 Chapter Note 12 - First Virginia Regiment of Foot 82 Lineage 82 Engagements 82 Battles 83 Kips Bay 86 Harlem Heights 86 White Plains 87 Fort Washington 90 History 93 Engagements 99 Culpeper's War 101 iii Appendix E - John Wood 108 Fishers Hornpipe 109 The Louisiana Purchase Ill Napoleon 116 War of 1812 119 Origins 121 Operations on the Ocean 122 Operations on the Great Lakes 124 American Northwest 1813 125 The Niagara Frontier 1813 126 The Saint Lawrence 127 Niagara Campaign, Battle of Lake Champlain,1814 128 The West, 1814 128 The American Coast 128 Chesapeake Campaign, The Star Spangled Banner, 129 The American South 129 The Treaty of Ghent and the Battle of New Orleans 130 Effects on the United States 131 Effects on Canada 131 References 133 History of Ripley County 133 Early Indiana History 134 Appendix F - Rebecca Belt 136 Appendix G - Missouri 137 Battle of Crooked River 137 Introduction 138 Foreshadowing 139 Gathering of Mormon Forces 142 25 October 1838 144 Armed Encounter 147 Return to Far West 152 Patten's Death 155 Funeral of David W. Patten 159 Aftermath 161 Tragedy at Crooked River 162 Notes 167 Mormon War Letters 172 12 September 1838 to Governor Boggs 173 7 October 1838 to the Citizens of Howard County 174 9 October 183 8 to the Commander in Chief. 175 13 October 1838 to Excellency Boggs 176 iv 21 October 1838 to Governor of the State of Missouri 177 21 October 1838 to Major General D.R. Atchison 178 Sworn statement by Jonathon J. Drydon 179 Sworn statement by James Stone 180 Sworn statement by Thomas Martin 180 22 October 183 8 to Excellency, Commander in Chief, 180 23 October 1838 to General Atchison 181 23 October 1838 to Excellency Governor of Missouri 182 23 October 1838 to the Governor of the State of Missouri 183 24 October 1838 From Sachel Woods and Joseph Dickson 184 24 October 1838 From Henry Marks 185 24 October 1838 From E.M. Ryland 185 24 October 1838 From Thomas B. Marsh 186 24 October 1838 From Austin A. King 189 24 October 1838 Resolutions for Mormons 190 24 October 1838 From Morehead, Thornton, Gudgel 191 25 October 1838 To Major General John B Clark 192 27 October 1838 Order by Boggs to exterminate Mormons 193 28 October 1838 To the Commander in Chief of the Militia 194 30 October 1838 To His Excellency Governor Boggs 194 30 October 1838 To Major General Lucas and Atchison 195 1 November 1838 To Major General JohnB Clark 195 1 November 1838 To Generals Atchison and Lucas 196 2 November 1838 To Governor Boggs 197 2 November 1838 To General Samuel D Lucas 200 4 November 1838 To Brigadier General Parks 201 5 November 1838 To His Excellency LW Boggs 202 6 November 1838 To Major General John B Clark 203 7 November 1838 General Order to Brigadier General Robert Wilson..204 7 November 1838 To Excellency LW Boggs 205 10 November 1838 To Excellency LW Boggs 206 11 November 1838 To Excellency LW Boggs 209 12 November 1838 To Maj. Gen. Clark about Adam-Ondi-Ahman 210 12 November 1838 To Maj. Gen. Whitlock 212 14 November 1838 To Governor Boggs 212 14 November 1838 To Gov. Boggs about Far West 214 23 November 1838 Letter about Mormon Surrender 216 25 November 1838 To General Clark 216 28 November 1838 To Senate about Hauns Mill 218 Appendix H - Nauvoo 220 Remembering the Martyrdom 220 v Illustrations Presbyterian church Log Cabin 66 Virginia County map for 1770 66 Letterhead of the French Colonial Administration Ill Carlos IV, King of Spain and the Indies Ill Marquis de Barbe-Barbois 113 Robert R. Livingston 113 James Monroe 113 William Claiborne 114 General James Wilkinson 114 Pierre Laissat 114 General Lafayette 115 Myra Clark Gaines Whitehurst 116 Napoleon 117 Embroidered Bee 117 Napoleon Death Mask 118 Map of Louisiana Purchase 119 New Orleans, 1815, by Herbert Morton Stoops 130 Map of positions for the Battle of Crooked River 137 Amasa Lyman 140 Housing Plat Map of Goose Creek 143 Map of Battle of Crooked River 147 Hauns Mill Massacre 164 The Arrest of Mormon Leaders 165 Liberty Jail 166 Joseph and Emma's Home inNauvoo 221 Sunset over Mississippi River 222 Joseph's Front Gate 223 Flora on Nauvoo Temple grounds 224 Plowed fields on Joseph's property 225 Martyrdom Trail 226 Carthage Jail 227 Room Joseph was killed 228 Stair well the mob came in painted faces 229 Room where Hyrum Smith laid dead 230 Well Joseph's body was placed by mob 231 Statue of Joseph and Hyrum 232 vi FORWARD "Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord: And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse" (Malichi 4:5 - 6). I have always felt in my heart this scripture meant more than finding names and dates of our ancestors. It is the Lord wanting us, as children, to know our ancestors. As we do this we learn about ourselves, we find a love for a person we've never met, and we turn our hearts to our fathers. I have coupled the life of John Wood with history, because of my strong belief that psychological predisposition and environmental behavior impinge on an individual. I start my thesis by giving brief information on John's forefathers, then I discuss John Wood and the lives of those close to him, who were an influence in his life. Those who descend from John Wood will learn to love him as I have. The great man he was while he was on this earth. Though I have spent several years researching his life, there is much I will never know about him. Turning your hearts to your fathers is a continuous study, and as we document what we learn about our forefathers, and document our own lives, we also turn our hearts to our children. I would like to share a poem that expresses this well, titled The Dash, written by Linda Ellis. I read of a reverend who stood to speak at the funeral of a friend. He referred to the dates on her tombstone from the beginning .. .to the end. He noted that first came the date of her birth and spoke of the following date with tears, but he said what mattered most of all was the dash between those years. For that dash represents all the time That she spent alive on earth... And now only those who loved her Know what that little line is worth. 1 For it matters not, how much we own; The cars.... The house... .the cash.