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Clay County, Missouri
| Title | Clay County, Missouri |
| Publication Type | Magazine Article |
| Year of Publication | 1888 |
| Authors | Jenson, Andrew |
| Magazine | The Historical Record |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue Number | 11–12 |
| Pagination | 648–671 |
| Date Published | December 1888 |
| Keywords | Clay County, Missouri; Latter-day Saint History (1820-1846); Liberty Jail; Liberty, Missouri; Mormon-Missouri War of 1838 |
| Abstract | A short historical essay on Clay County, Missouri, which occupies an important place in Latter-day Saint history due to settlements there, as well as events in the Mormon- Missouri War of 1838. Especially prominent is Liberty Jail in the county seat, where Joseph Smith and a number of other Church leaders would be imprisoned from November 1838 to April 1839. |
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Bibliographic Citation
"Clay County, Missouri." The Historical Record 7, no. 11–12 (1888): 648-671.
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