Carthage Jail
Illinois jail where Joseph and Hyrum Smith were martyred by a mob in 1844.
19 documents · 5 libraries · 1978–2025
Emphasis over time
Peak: 2 documents in 2007
Documents tagged with this topic each year. Libraries cover different years (Liahona starts in 2021), so the rate compares eras more fairly than the count.
Where it lives
- BYU Studies9 documents
- Scripture Central4 documents
- BYU Speeches3 documents
- General Conference2 documents
- Liahona Articles1 document
Latest
Scripture Central
Who Killed Joseph and Hyrum Smith? (opens in a new tab)
Nov 2025
Liahona Articles
A Message to Strengthen Us: Sally Randall’s Letter about the Martyrdom (opens in a new tab)
Shaun Stahle · Jun 2024
BYU Studies
A Forensic and Historical Look at John Taylor’s Watch (opens in a new tab)
Brian A. Warburton · 2024
Scripture Central
Why was Joseph Smith Murdered? (opens in a new tab)
Scripture Central · Feb 2023
Scripture Central
What Does It Mean to Be a Martyr? (opens in a new tab)
Scripture Central · Aug 2019
BYU Studies
The Day Joseph Smith Was Killed (opens in a new tab)
Alex D. Smith · 2019
BYU Studies
Road to Martyrdom (opens in a new tab)
Joseph I. Bentley · 2016
General Conference
The Prophet Joseph Smith: Teacher by Example (opens in a new tab)
Thomas S. Monson · Oct 2005
General Conference
The Greatest Miracle in Human History (opens in a new tab)
Gordon B. Hinckley · Apr 1994
BYU Speeches
A Wonderful Summer (opens in a new tab)
Gordon B. Hinckley · Sep 1989
Earliest
BYU Speeches
Joseph Smith Lecture 8: The Last Months and Martyrdom (opens in a new tab)
Truman G Madsen · Aug 1978
Most frequent voices
- Gordon B. Hinckley2 documents
People with the most documents on this topic.
How topics are assigned
Topics come from a reviewed list of about 2,500 subjects. A document's topics were chosen by an AI model from that list or carried over from labels the source or an earlier import already had. Tags are not ranked, and a few are wrong. The scriptures and the Apocrypha are not tagged yet. Counts update daily.
More about topics