November 23, 1838

Caldwell and Daviess Counties, Missouri
The preemption rights of the Saints lapsed while many were unjustly detained in preliminary hearings. Some of their lands were purchased by their Missouri enemies.
Sources: 
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters, Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch, 
"Mormon Land Rights in Caldwell and Daviess Counties and the Mormon Conflict of 1838: New Findings and New Understandings," Jeffrey N. Walker, 
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