September 5, 1844

Hancock County, Illinois
Almon Babbitt appointed legal guardian of the five Lawrence children.
Sources: 
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters, Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch, 
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