King Follet is most known for the discourse Joseph Smith gave a few months after the death of King Follett. It coincided with general conference and was given in the grove by the Nauvoo temple. Joseph mentioned Follett at the beginning and the end of the discourse. King Follett was a friend of the prophet Joseph Smith. He was an elder in the church and possibly a high priest. He and his wife joined the church in Ohio in 1831. They had nine children. He was in Jackson County, and Clay County, as well as Caldwell County in Far West. The members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were expelled from all three places. At Far West he was arrested. Trial was held and all charges were dismissed. He was the last member of the church released from prison in 1838. In Nauvoo he served as a police constable. He died March 9, 1844 when a tub of rocks fell on him as he was lining the wall of a well.
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| This is a reconstruction of the King Follett well |
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