Faria, Larry

Larry Faria is a businessman and historical documents collector in Missouri.

Larry Faria is a businessman and historical documents collector in Missouri.

The Courts of Common Pleas were first established in the Ohio constitution of 1802, and were responsible for criminal and probate proceedings. In the Constitution of 1851 the jurisdiction of the courts were changed, with the Courts of Common Pleas made responsible for criminal and civil proceedings. Probate cases were moved to the newly formed Probate Courts. In the twentieth-century the state constitution was further amended to provide a Court of Common Pleas in each county in Ohio.

Larry Faria donated 238 documents concerning early Latter-day Saint history to Brigham Young University.

Larry Faria and wife Sandra live in Monnett, Missouri. In December 2008, along with David and Steve Faria, Larry Faria donated 238 documents from several counties pertaining to early Latter-day Saint history. Though Steve and David also donated, Brigham Young University employees communicated with Larry Faria during the donation process. These documents, found by Faria, show the way in which the legal system was run when the early Latter-day Saints inhabited New York, Ohio, and Illinois.

Wayne County, New York, formed in 1823, has a rich history of religious movements, abolitionism, agriculture, and westward expansion.

Wayne County, New York was formed in 1823. The new county took in parts of Ontario County and Seneca County, forming a new county between the outskirts of each county. However, the first white settlers came to Wayne County in the late 1700s. The county was not heavily populated by Native Americans at the time, but it may have been a huge Indian settlement hundreds of years before. Due to the geographic placement of Wayne County, the county experienced a rich history due to religious movements, abolitionism, agriculture, and westward expansion. Within twenty five years after the arrangement of this county, two religions formed within its boundaries. In the 1820s, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, presided over by Joseph Smith Jr., was birthed in Palmyra, New York. Twenty years later, in 1848, the religious movement known as Spiritualism sprang from Wayne County as well. The Fox sisters led this movement. Before the Civil War, Wayne County held many abolitionist citizens, many of whom helped with the Underground Railroad. Wayne County also enjoyed great commercial success due to the county's location on the Erie Canal. This commercial success, tied to the Great Lakes commerce, lasted throughout much of the nineteenth century.

Lake County, Ohio, formed in 1840, was settled by early Latter-day Saints in the 1830s and consequently contains some LDS early history there.

Lake County, Ohio, the smallest county in Ohio, was formed in 1840. The county covers 228 square miles. In the 1830s, the Latter-day Saints settled in Lake County, establishing a larger township in Kirtland, Ohio. Though the Saints left within the decade, the history left behind them still supports much of Lake County. The tourists that come to see the remnants of the Saints' early history have become a major part of Lake County. Throughout most of its history, Lake County has been a quiet, agricultural community.

Hancock County, which was formed in 1825, contains Carthage city, a city that has much history with the Latter-day Saint Church.

Hancock County, formed in 1825, was named for John Hancock, the first signer of the Declaration of Independence. Hancock County was formed out of neighboring county Pike County, and was established seven years after Illinois gained statehood in the United States Union. In 1833, Carthage, Illinois became the govermental capitol of Hancock County. The courthouse was run out of a small log cabin that existed until 1945. In 1839, a second courthouse was built that served the state until the early twentieth century. The third courthouse, dedicated in 1908, is still in use in Hancock County. The Latter-day Saints settled in Commerce, Illinois from approximately 1839-1846, though some Latter-day Saints stayed after this time period. They renamed Commerce "Nauvoo", meaning "beautiful place". While living in Hancock County, the Latter-day Saint church thrived. During this time period, Nauvoo became the largest town in Illinois. In 1844, however, Joseph Smith, Jr. was assassinated in Carthage, Illinois. Roughly a year and a half after this assassination, the main body of the Latter-day Saints left Nauvoo to settle in the Rocky Mountains. Though Hancock County is well known for the Latter-day Saints, another Utopian Society established in this county for a short time. The Icarians settled in Nauvoo in 1849. They sought to establish Utopia based on the ideas of a French philosopher named Etienne Cabet. The colony dissipated within the decade. Despite such a history rich with new religions and ideas, Hancock County remains a prominently Catholic region.

Larry Faria is a businessman and historical documents collector in Missouri.

The Courts of Common Pleas were first established in the Ohio constitution of 1802, and were responsible for criminal and probate proceedings. In the Constitution of 1851 the jurisdiction of the courts were changed, with the Courts of Common Pleas made responsible for criminal and civil proceedings. Probate cases were moved to the newly formed Probate Courts. In the twentieth-century the state constitution was further amended to provide a Court of Common Pleas in each county in Ohio.