Carthage, Illinois: The Place of the martyrdom of Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum Smith on June 27, 1844.
The jailor’s (George Stigall) family dinning room.The kitchen on the lower level of Carthage Jail where George Stigall and his family lived.The actual cell that they kept criminals. The jailor felt they were no threat and moved them to the upstairs room where they were killed. The room where Joseph Smith, Hyrum Smith, John Taylor, and Willard Richards were when the mob attacked and later killed Joseph and his brother Hyrum. John Taylor was shot four times and one other shot that hit his pocket watch and it is believed to have saved his life.Original door and bullet whole from the mob’s assassinations of Joseph and Hyrum Smith.Original door and the bullet hole that is believed to have caused the death of Hyrum Smith.
