John W. Stoker was the second son born to Michael Stoker Sr. and Catherine Eller Stoker in Ashe County, North Carolina on March 16, 1802. In 1827 he married Sarah "Sally" McDaniel, the daughter of James McDaniel and Zibiah McCarley McDaniel who lived near the Stokers in Jackson County, Ohio. In addition to Sarah McDaniel, three additional children of the McDaniels would marry into the Stoker family. In 1833 the Stokers joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and would, three years later, sell their lands in Ohio and move to Far West, Caldwell County, Missouri where they would undergo continued persecutions. After the Mormons' expulsion from Missouri, John W. Stoker followed the instructions of Joseph Smith Jr. and prepared an affadavit that listed his losses from being driven from Missouri. This affadavit, along with a number of others, was presented to the U.S. Congress, but to no avail. The affadavit of John W. Stoker reads as follows (spelling and punctuation as on the original):
State of Illenois Adams County May 11th 1839
the following is my bill of Damage a gainst the State of Missouri by being Driven from my house and home Land and property in the year 1838 and 1839
Loss on Deeded Land in Caldwell county forty five Dollars
Right for preemption improvement and crop in clinton county 2 hundred 50
Loss in stock fifty Dollars
Rifle gun nine Dollars
two bee hives one cary plough ten Dollars
mill wheel and irons and whip saw $18.00
Time Lost and Moving Expense one hund
total sum $482.00
I certify the a bove to be a true schedule
John W. Stoker
John W. Stoker and Sarah McDaniel had ten children born to them in Ohio, Illinois and Iowa. They settled and farmed south east of Nauvoo, Illinois in Bear Creek Township. He was listed in Nauvoo Temple Endowment records as a seventy when he and his wife were endowed on January 21, 1846. Soon thereafter they joined the Mormon exodus west and came to Kanesville, now known as Council Bluffs. John W. Stoker died on May 7, 1857, three months after his wife, Sarah, passed away.
State of Illenois Adams County May 11th 1839
the following is my bill of Damage a gainst the State of Missouri by being Driven from my house and home Land and property in the year 1838 and 1839
Loss on Deeded Land in Caldwell county forty five Dollars
Right for preemption improvement and crop in clinton county 2 hundred 50
Loss in stock fifty Dollars
Rifle gun nine Dollars
two bee hives one cary plough ten Dollars
mill wheel and irons and whip saw $18.00
Time Lost and Moving Expense one hund
total sum $482.00
I certify the a bove to be a true schedule
John W. Stoker
John W. Stoker and Sarah McDaniel had ten children born to them in Ohio, Illinois and Iowa. They settled and farmed south east of Nauvoo, Illinois in Bear Creek Township. He was listed in Nauvoo Temple Endowment records as a seventy when he and his wife were endowed on January 21, 1846. Soon thereafter they joined the Mormon exodus west and came to Kanesville, now known as Council Bluffs. John W. Stoker died on May 7, 1857, three months after his wife, Sarah, passed away.
John W. Stoker was the second son born to Michael Stoker Sr. and Catherine Eller Stoker in Ashe County, North Carolina on March 16, 1802. In 1827 he married Sarah "Sally" McDaniel, the daughter of James McDaniel and Zibiah McCarley McDaniel who lived near the Stokers in Jackson County, Ohio. In addition to Sarah McDaniel, three additional children of the McDaniels would marry into the Stoker family. In 1833 the Stokers joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and would, three years later, sell their lands in Ohio and move to Far West, Caldwell County, Missouri where they would undergo continued persecutions. After the Mormons' expulsion from Missouri, John W. Stoker followed the instructions of Joseph Smith Jr. and prepared an affadavit that listed his losses from being driven from Missouri. This affadavit, along with a number of others, was presented to the U.S. Congress, but to no avail. The affadavit of John W. Stoker reads as follows (spelling and punctuation as on the original):
State of Illenois Adams County May 11th 1839
the following is my bill of Damage a gainst the State of Missouri by being Driven from my house and home Land and property in the year 1838 and 1839
Loss on Deeded Land in Caldwell county forty five Dollars
Right for preemption improvement and crop in clinton county 2 hundred 50
Loss in stock fifty Dollars
Rifle gun nine Dollars
two bee hives one cary plough ten Dollars
mill wheel and irons and whip saw $18.00
Time Lost and Moving Expense one hund
total sum $482.00
I certify the a bove to be a true schedule
John W. Stoker
John W. Stoker and Sarah McDaniel had ten children born to them in Ohio, Illinois and Iowa. They settled and farmed south east of Nauvoo, Illinois in Bear Creek Township. He was listed in Nauvoo Temple Endowment records as a seventy when he and his wife were endowed on January 21, 1846. Soon thereafter they joined the Mormon exodus west and came to Kanesville, now known as Council Bluffs. John W. Stoker died on May 7, 1857, three months after his wife, Sarah, passed away.
State of Illenois Adams County May 11th 1839
the following is my bill of Damage a gainst the State of Missouri by being Driven from my house and home Land and property in the year 1838 and 1839
Loss on Deeded Land in Caldwell county forty five Dollars
Right for preemption improvement and crop in clinton county 2 hundred 50
Loss in stock fifty Dollars
Rifle gun nine Dollars
two bee hives one cary plough ten Dollars
mill wheel and irons and whip saw $18.00
Time Lost and Moving Expense one hund
total sum $482.00
I certify the a bove to be a true schedule
John W. Stoker
John W. Stoker and Sarah McDaniel had ten children born to them in Ohio, Illinois and Iowa. They settled and farmed south east of Nauvoo, Illinois in Bear Creek Township. He was listed in Nauvoo Temple Endowment records as a seventy when he and his wife were endowed on January 21, 1846. Soon thereafter they joined the Mormon exodus west and came to Kanesville, now known as Council Bluffs. John W. Stoker died on May 7, 1857, three months after his wife, Sarah, passed away.
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