Ep 204 – Joseph H. Jackson and Nauvoo Bogus

On this episode, we take the opportunity to examine an enigmatic figure of Nauvoo Mormon history, Joseph H. Jackson. He visited the settlement in late 1842 where he was branded a Missouri spy and a Danite attempted to assassinate him. From that point forward he vowed revenge on the man responsible for nearly taking his life, Joseph Smith. Jackson ingratiated himself into the highest ranks of Nauvoo leadership and even participated in multiple secretive Danite missions to Missouri to break Porter Rockwell out of prison and kidnap two people who were set to testify against Joseph Smith in a Missouri court hearing. Jackson's chief source of income during 1843-44 was manufacturing bogus coins (counterfeit) and his story is stranger than fiction as he himself stands as a wonderful personification of counterfeit. We discuss his dealings, misdealings, and maneuvers which illustrate a strong sense of self-preservation. Links: Joseph H. Jackson June 1844 expose http://www.sidneyrigdon.com/dbroadhu/IL/sign1844.htm Council of Fifty Minutes https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/council-of-fifty-minutes-march-1844-january-1846-volume-1-10-march-1844-1-march-1845/98#full-transcript Lucy Mack Smith Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith https://archive.org/details/BiographicalSketchesOfJosephSmithTheProphet/mode/2up Thomas Ford's History of Illinois https://archive.org/details/ahistoryillinoi00shiegoog/page/n342/mode/2up/search/nauvoo HoC volume 6 https://byustudies.byu.edu/content/volume-6-chapter-19 Nauvoo City Council Minutes https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/nauvoo-city-council-rough-minute-book-february-1844-january-1845/28#full-transcript JS 1844 journal https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/journal-december-1842-june-1844-book-4-1-march-22-june-1844/149#full-transcript How to find Chris Smith: https://www.facebook.com/ccsmith3 https://twitter.com/christophcsmith @christophcsmith Show links: Website http://nakedmormonismpodcast.com Twitter @NakedMormonism Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Naked-Mormonism/370003839816311 Patreon http://patreon.com/nakedmormonism Music by Jason Comeau http://aloststateofmind.bandcamp.com/ Show Artwork http://weirdmormonshit.com/ Legal Counsel http://patorrez.com/