How Many Mormons Were Killed In Missouri During The 1830's?

[Duncan]

Does anyone have a figure as to how many Mormons were killed in Missouri during the 1830's when the Church had all that trouble there?

[BCSpace]

The Mormon War is a name sometimes given to the 1838 conflict which occurred between Latter Day Saints (Mormons) and their neighbors in the northwestern region of the US state of Missouri. This conflict is also sometimes referred to as the Missouri Mormon War to differentiate it from the Utah Mormon War (also known as the "Utah War") and the lesser known Illinois Mormon War.

The specific dates of the war are from August 6, 1838, (the Gallatin election battle) to November 1, 1838, when Joseph Smith surrendered at Far West. During the conflict 22 people were killed (3 Mormons and 1 non-Mormon at Crooked River,[2] one Mormon prisoner fatally injured while in custody,[3] and 17 Mormons at Haun’s Mill).[4] An unknown number of non-combatants died due to exposure and hardship as a result of being expelled from their homes in Missouri.[5]

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1838_Mormon_War

 

Doesn't really say anything about the time period since 1831 though.

Edited September 13, 2013 by BCSpace

[Duncan]

Doesn't really say anything about the time period since 1831 though.

 

very cool thank you! well not cool for those killed but you get my drift!

[SargentYork]

Only one non-Mormon was killed?

[Rivers]

Only one non-Mormon was killed?

About 120 non-mormons get killed by mormons a couple of decades later.

[Scott Gordon]

Does anyone have a figure as to how many Mormons were killed in Missouri during the 1830's when the Church had all that trouble there?

 

I believe that most of the Mormon deaths occurred after being kicked out of Nauvoo and crossing the plains. Several thousand died.

 

On a more positive note, one group of true Christians (and Jews--as there were many there) were the people of Quincy who took in the Mormons after they everything taken from them in Far West, with many of the women being raped by the militia. The Mormons stumbled back to Quincy where they were taken in by the people there. Those people were Angels of God.