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Source: Church History Vol. 2 Chapter 20 Page: 435 (~1840)

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435 "I John P. Green, was in company with several of my neighbors walking the road in peace, when one of our company, a young man, by the name of O'Banion, was shot down at my side! being shot by a company of mobbers; and soon after this we were fired upon again, and two more were killed and several others wounded. This was about the 25th day of October, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, in the State of Missouri. And I do hereby certify the above to be true according to the best of my knowledge.

"JOHN P. GREEN

"Sworn to before John E. Holton, notary public."

-Millennial Star, vol. 17, p. 646.

"This is to certify that I, Asahel A. Lathrop, was a citizen of the State of Missouri at the time the difficulty originated between the people called Mormons and the inhabitants of the aforesaid State, and herein give a statement of the transactions that came under my observation, according to the best of my recollection.

"I settled in Missouri in the summer of 1838, in Caldwell County, where I purchased land and erected buildings. The said land I now have a deed of; and in the fall I purchased a claim on what is called the East Fork of Grand River, together with a large stock of cattle and horses, sheep and hogs; it being about sixty miles from the aforesaid county where I first located; and moved on to the latter place, supposing that I was at peace with all men. But I found by sad experience that I was surrounded by enemies, for in the fall of 1838, whilst at home with my family, I was notified by a man by the name of James Welden that the people of Livingston County had met at the house of one Doctor William P. Thompson, then living in the attached part of said county, for the purpose of entering into measures respecting the people called Mormons; and the same Welden was a member of the same, and also the aforesaid W. P. Thompson was a justice of the peace; and they all jointly agreed to drive every Mormon from the State; and notified me that I must leave immediately, or I would be in danger of losing my life.

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