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| Attica
(on S bank of Wabash River) / Fountain |
| |
July 13, 1831 |
Hyrum Smith, John Murdock |
Arrive from Lafayette after
"the place where Bro Solomon Hancock and Simeon Carter built up a branch. … On
the 14th we preached twice; on the 16th one on the 17th (Sunday) twice,
and on the 18th and 19th twice. On the 20th we passed through Danville
(Vermillion county, Ill), 30 miles southwest of Attica." |
Murdock autobiography, 24. |
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| Eugene
township (includes communities of Cayuga and Eugene in metro Terre Haute)
/ Vermillion |
| |
Oct. 30–31,
1834 |
John
Murdock |
Conference of eleven elders, "three
of whom presided over three churches": Levi Jones over Eugene (55
members), Charles Rich over Pekin, Illinois (30 members), Moses Harris
over Liberty, Park County, Indiana (6 members). Total 91. |
"Communications," MA 1, no. 1 (Nov. 1834):
35. |
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| Greenville (12 mi.
W of New Albany) / Floyd |
| |
May–June 1832 |
Joseph Smith, Newel K. Whitney |
After Newel breaks his leg in
a stagecoach accident, the two put up here for a month while the leg mends. |
Joseph
Smith in Greenville, May–June 1832 |
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| Hanover
/ Jefferson |
| |
Winter
1832–1833 |
Simeon Carter |
Organizes branch with 27 members. |
"Letters," EMS 1,
no. 11 (Apr. 1833). |
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| Lafayette / Tippecanoe |
| |
July 12, 1831 |
Hyrum Smith, John Murdock |
Preach in the evening. |
Murdock autobiography, 24. |
|
| Liberty
/ Park |
| |
Oct. 30–31,
1834 |
John Murdock |
Moses Harris presides over 6
members. Conference at Eugene, Indiana. |
"Communications," MA 1 no. 1 (Nov. 1834):
35. |
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| New
Albany (county seat, on the Ohio River opposite Louisville, Kentucky at
the Falls of the Ohio) / Floyd |
| |
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Founded in 1813. Economy based
on shipbuilding (steamships, packet boats) and related industries. Largest
city in Indiana by 1850. |
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| |
May 1832 |
Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, Newel
K. Whitney |
Transfer point on the
return trip from Independence to Kirtland after traveling across Missouri,
Illinois, and Indiana by stage. Here they would take a steamboat up the
Ohio River. |
Joseph
Smith in Greenville, May–June
1832 |
|
| Pekin (across
Blue South Fork River from later New Pekin) / Washington |
| |
June 16, 1831 |
Hyrum Smith, John Murdock |
Arrive, preach 6 times. |
Murdock autobiography, 23. |
|
| Randolph Co. |
| |
1831 |
George Burkett Jr. |
Joins church with his wife. |
George Burket, Jr., Autobiographical
sketch, 1, MS 1599, Church Archives. |
|
| Sugar
Creek / Shelby |
| |
Dec.–Jan.
2, 1835 |
Orson
Pratt, John
Murdock |
Hold a few meetings, baptize "a few." |
¶ Orson
Pratt (h2) |
|
| Terre
Haute (on Wabash River) / Vigo |
| |
[Oct.–Nov.]
1834 |
Orson Hyde |
Preaches, baptizes George Harris. |
¶ Orson
Hyde |
|
| Vincennes
(county seat, in southwestern Indiana opposite the
state of Illinois on the Wabash River ) / Knox |
| |
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|
French fur trading outpost founded
in 1732; oldest city in Indiana. On the most direct land route from the
Ohio river (at New Albany) to Independence. |
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| |
May 1832 |
Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, Newel
K. Whitney |
First stop in Indiana after crossing
the Wabash from Illinois n the return trip from Independence to Kirtland. |
Joseph
Smith in Greenville, May–June 1832 |
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| Winchester
(on Ohio border) / Randolph [Adams] |
| |
July–Aug. 1831 |
Zebedee
Coltrin, Levi Hancock |
Baptize "about one hundread" in Winchester
and Ward Township, immediately north of Winchester. |
Levi's journal, 101. |
| |
Sept. 1831 |
Hyrum
Smith, William E. McLellin (h) |
Pass through enroute
to Kirtland from Independence. Ordain Jarvis Lee a priest. |
¶ 1831
Journey of Hyrum and William E. McLellin |
| |
Nov. 29–Dec. 1,
1831 |
Oliver
Cowdery, John Whitmer,
Thomas B. Marsh (h), Seymour
Brunson, Oliver Walker, George Burkett,
Henry Jackson |
Dispute over Acts, Book of Mormon
regarding common stock. Jackson apologizes and is re-ordained an elder.
Seymour is ordained to the High Priesthood |
Minutes
of November 29–30, 1831
Minutes of December 1, 1831 |
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| Tippacanoe / Fountain
counties |
| |
[June] 1831 |
Solomon Hancock, Simeon Carter |
Somewhere between Lafayette, Tippacanoe Co.,
and Attica, Fountain Co., Solomon Hancock and Simeon Carter "built up a
branch." |
Murdock autobiography, 24. |
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