Aurelius
Aurora
Avon
Black River
Bolton
Burlington
Burns
Butternuts
Cambridge
Canaan Four Corners
Canandaigua
Chenango
Colesville
Day
Dayton
Dunkirk |
Fabius
Fayette
Freedom
Freedom Conference
Friendship
Geneseo
Genoa
Greenwood
Grove
Hanover
Hartford
Henderson
Holland
Hurlgate
Jamestown
Java |
Kortright
Lake George
Laona (Laoni)
Le Roy
Lewis
Lima
Livonia
Lyonstown (Lyons)
Manchester
McDonough
Mendon
Munson
New Lebanon
New York City
Newburgh
Niagara |
Ogdensburg
Onondage County
Orangeville
Orleans Four Corners
Palmyra
Parishville
Perrysburgh
Pillar Point
Plattsburg
Pomfret
Portage
Potsdam
Richland
Rushford
Sackets Harbor
Savanna
Scipio |
Silver Creek
South Bainbridge [Afton]
South Dayton
Spafford
Stephentown
Theresa
Tompkins
Trenton
Victor
Villanova
Warsaw
Waterfield
Westfield
Whitesborough
Wolcott
Woodhull |
|
| Aurelius / Cayuga |
| |
Oct. 8, 1824 |
Brigham Young, Miriam
Works |
Brigham marries Miriam. |
|
|
| Aurora
(on the east shore of Cayuga Lake) / Erie |
| |
May 22–25, 1835 |
Twelve |
Freedom Conference:
4 members. |
Minutes
of May 22–25, 1835 |
|
| Avon
(17 miles south of Rochester, 10 miles north of Geneseo) / Livingston |
| |
[1832–1833] |
Heber C. Kimball, Joseph and Brigham
Young |
"I was ordained an elder by
Joseph Young, and in company with himself and his brother, Brigham, I labored
in Genesee, Avon and Lyonstown,
where we baptized many and built up churches." |
¶ Heber
C. Kimball (h2) |
| |
[Late Mar.] 1833 |
David W. Patten |
Preaches at Father Bosley's and
gains reputation for bodily throwing a man out. |
¶ David
W. Patten (h) |
| |
March 17, 1834 |
Joseph
Smith, Sidney Rigdon, Parley Pratt, Lyman Wight, John Murdock, Orson Pratt,
Orson Hyde, etc. |
Conference of elders
at Alvah Beeman residence to raise volunteers for Zion's Camp. |
Meeting of March 17, 1834 |
| |
May 22–25, 1835 |
Twelve |
Freedom Conference |
Minutes
of May 22–25, 1835 |
|
| Black
River / Jefferson |
| |
March 17, 1834 |
Parley P. Pratt, Harry Brown |
To raise funds
for Zion among the churches in area. |
¶ Meeting
of March 17, 1834 |
| |
Sept. 19, 1835 |
David W. Patten,
president; J[ames] Blakesley, clerk. |
Conference. 6 small branches.
28 added since last conference June 19. Next at Le Roy (175
mi. southwest). |
EMS 1,
no. 12 (Sept. 1835): 186. |
|
| Bolton
/ Warren (on Lake George) |
| |
Dec. 20, 1832 |
Orson Pratt, William
Snow |
Visit branch, 10 meetings, 10
days, 10 baptisms. |
¶ Orson
Pratt (h2) |
| |
Feb. 2, 1833 |
Orson Pratt |
Arrive, 3 meetings in 4
days, baptize 2, ordain John Tanner priest. |
¶ Orson
Pratt (h2) |
| |
Aug. 1834 |
William Burgess, Jonas Putnam |
Home of William Burgess and Jonas Putnam, who
certify they are "perfectly
satisfied" with Joseph Smith's behavior on Zion's Camp. |
Minutes
of August 23, 1834
Original: Burgees |
| |
Spring
1836 |
Amasa Lyman, Nathan
Tanner |
Preach unsuccessfully, John Tanner
arrives a few days later (his hometown). |
¶ Amasa
Lyman (h) |
|
| Burlington / Otsego |
| |
Apr. 12, 1807 |
Parley P. Pratt |
Birth. |
¶ Parley
P. Pratt (h) |
|
| Burns
/ Allegheny |
| |
Jan. 28, 1835 |
|
17 members. |
W. A. Cowdery, Jan. 28, 1835, MA 1,
no. 5 (Feb. 1835): 75. |
| |
Apr. 3, 1835 |
A. J. Squires |
Freedom Conference: 23 members "raised up and
established almost wholly by … Elder A. J. Squires," represented
by A. J. Squires. |
W. A. Cowdery, Apr. 3, 1835, MA 1,
no. 7 (May 1835): 101. |
| |
May 22–25, 1835 |
Twelve |
Freedom Conference:
30 in branch. |
Minutes
of May 22–25, 1835 |
|
| Butternuts (17 miles NE of Bainbridge) / Otsego |
| |
[Sept.–Oct.] 1835 |
Harvey Stanley, Jedediah Grant |
Preach two months and baptize 7 despite "considerable opposition." |
H. Stanley and J. Grant, Dec. 6, 1835 MA 2, no. 4 (Jan. 1836): 256. |
|
| Cambridge / Washington |
| |
Apr. 30, 1790 |
Reynolds Cahoon |
Birthplace. |
|
|
| Canaan
or Canaan Four Corners / Columbia |
| |
1824–1825,
1827, 1829–1830 |
Orson Pratt |
Works as farm laborer, attends
school 3 or 4 months; later returns to work. |
¶ Orson
Pratt (h1) |
| |
Sept. 9, 1827 |
Parley P. Pratt |
Marries Thankful Halsey. |
¶ Parley
P. Pratt (h); Parley P. Pratt, 20. |
|
| Canandaigua
/ Ontario |
| |
1824 |
Heber C. Kimball,
W. W. Phelps |
Heber sends his petition for advancement
in the Masonic Order to Canandaigua—accepted but buildings are burned
before degrees can be awarded. |
¶ Heber
C. Kimball (1) |
| |
1827 |
W. W. Phelps |
Establishes Ontario Phoenix,
pioneering the anti-Masonic movement. |
¶ W.
W. Phelps |
|
Dec. [30], 1830 |
Joseph, Sidney |
Revelation to stop translating until the reach Ohio. |
D&C
37 |
|
| Chenango
or Chenango Point (not on MapQuest; on west
bank of Chenango River, borders Binghamton on the north) / Broome |
| |
1831 |
Jared Carter |
First hears of the Church of Christ, is converted
by Book of Mormonism. |
|
| |
Spring 1833 |
Sylvester Smith,
Harpin Riggs |
Left Kirtland, April [1], baptize
4, 15 meetings, 6 weeks. 15 churches between Kirtland and Chenango |
¶ Sylvester
Smith |
| |
May 25, 1835 |
John Murdock, Lloyd Lewis |
Assigned by Twelve at
Freedom Conference to set things in order at Chenango Point and Springville,
Pennsylvania. |
¶ Minutes
of May 22–25, 1835 |
|
| Colesville
/ Broome |
| |
Fall 1826 |
Joseph |
Works for Joseph Knight |
|
| |
June
28, 1830 |
Joseph, Emma,
Oliver |
Oliver baptizes 13, including
Emma and Joseph and Polly Knight. |
EMS 1,
no. 11 (Apr. 1833); Papers 1:311. |
|
Dec.
1830 |
Orson Pratt |
Orson's first mission |
¶ Orson
Pratt (h1) |
|
Day
/ Saratoga
|
| |
[Nov.–Dec.]
1832 |
Orson Pratt, William
Snow |
Visit 17 days, hold
15 meetings (no baptisms mentioned). |
¶ Orson
Pratt (h2) |
|
| Dayton
/ Cattaraugus |
| |
See also South Dayton |
|
|
|
| |
Apr. 1833 |
Freeman Nickerson |
Baptized by Zerubbabel Snow, ordained
a deacon. |
¶ Freeman
Nickerson |
|
| Dunkirk
/ Chautauqua |
| |
May 4, 1834 |
Twelve |
The Twelve Apostles arrive from Fairport,
Ohio, at 4:00 on their first mission together. The next morning, they split
up to preach in the area. |
¶ William
E. McLellin |
| |
Sept. 1835 |
Heber C. Kimball |
Steamer United States, carrying
Heber and others returning from mission, runs aground, springs a leak,
hobbles in to Erie, Pennsylvania, where it is beached on a sandbar. |
¶ Heber
C. Kimball (h3) |
|
| Fabius
/ Onondaga |
| |
Nov. 1832 |
Orson Pratt, William
Snow |
Spend 6 days, baptize 2. |
¶ Orson
Pratt (h2) |
|
Feb. 1834 |
Zerah Pulsipher,
Wilford Woodruff, Noah [Hatton/Holton] |
Travel to Fabius; Zerah presides
over branch meetings for several days. Meet at Brother Newcomb's house. |
¶ Wilford
Woodruff (h1); WWJ 1:7. |
|
| Fayette
/ Seneca |
| |
June 1829 |
John
Whitmer, Joseph
Smith |
John becomes Joseph's scribe.
D&C 14–18. |
|
| |
Apr. 6, 1830 |
|
Traditional location of the organization of the
church. |
Accounts
of April 6, 1830
Minutes of May 3, 1834 |
| |
Apr.
11, 1830 |
Joseph, Oliver, Whitmers |
Oliver Cowdery delivers first
public discourse. Meet at Whitmer home. Large crowd. Whitmer, Hiram
Page,
and Jolly families baptized. Branch probably organized. |
Papers, 304. |
|
June 9, 1830 |
Conference |
Conference held "acording to the Church
Articles and Covenants." Oliver Cowdery to keep "the Church record
and Conference minutes until the next conference." |
Minutes
of June 9, 1830 |
|
Oct. 1830 |
Joseph, Ezra Thayer |
|
D&C
33 |
|
Nov. 4, 1830 |
Orson Pratt |
Arrives to see Joseph after
two hundred mile walk. D&C 34 |
¶ Orson
Pratt (h1) |
| |
Dec. 1830–Jan.
1831 |
Sidney
Rigdon, Edward
Partridge |
Visit Joseph, travel to churches.
Third conference, Jan. 2, 1831 |
D&C 35, 36, 38, 39, 40 |
|
| Fredonia
(now in Pomfret) / Chautauqua |
| |
1826 |
Fredonia Academy |
"The Fredonia Academy
(later the Fredonia Normal School), one of the only institutions of higher
learning in the western US, opened in 1826 in what is now village hall." |
Link to "The History of Fredonia"
Link to Wikipedia article
|
| |
1831 |
Ebenezer Johnson |
Works as a carpenter. |
B. F. Johnson life, 6. |
| |
May 5, 1831 |
Luke
Johnson, William E. McLellin |
|
|
| |
July 1832 |
Baptisms, never die, end in 5 years |
"Mormonism is said to have taken
seep room in the Baptist church in Mendon, Miss. [New York]— a number
were redipped a few days ago. The preacher said he would never die, but
be transplanted after the manner of Enoch, and in eighteen months Mormonism
would be the prevailing religion, and that in five years the wicked would
be swept from the face of the earth." |
Fredonia Censor, Aug.
1, 1832. Link
to source at UDR. |
|
| Freedom
/ Cattaraugus |
| |
See also Freedom
Conference. |
|
|
| |
[Nov.] 1815 |
Warren Cowdery |
Moves to Freedom. |
¶ Warren
A. Cowdery |
| |
Mar.
11, 1834 |
Joseph, Parley |
Baptize Heman Hyde. |
¶ Heman
Hyde |
|
Mar.
30, 1834 |
Orson Pratt, John
Murdock |
Baptize 22 in twelve days. |
¶ Orson
Pratt (h2) |
| |
Nov.
25, 1834 |
Warren A. Cowdery |
To preside. |
D&C
106 |
| |
Jan. 24–25,
1835 |
[Warren A. Cowdery] |
74 members represented at conference,
presumably by Warren Cowdery. |
W. A. Cowdery, Jan 28, 1835, MA 1,
no. 5 (Feb. 1835): 75. |
| |
Apr. 3, 1835 |
Heman Hyde |
70 members at conference represented
by H. Hyde. |
W. A. Cowdery, Apr. 3, 1835, MA 1,
no. 7 (May 1835): 101. |
| |
June 1835 |
Hazen Aldrich |
Joined by Darwin Richardson on mission
to Vermont, New Hampshire. |
¶ Hazen
Aldrich |
| |
May 22–25
1835 |
Twelve |
Freedom Conference. 65 members in
branch. |
Minutes
of May 22–25, 1835 |
| |
July
28, 1835 |
Warren writes Oliver |
Branch contributes $341.37 1/2
toward stone church in Kirtland despite Jared Carter's ineffective discourse. |
|
|
| Freedom
Conference |
| |
Jan. 24–25,
1835 |
John
Gould, chair;
Heman Hyde sec. |
11 branches: Freedom, Westfield, Mendon-Lima, Java-Weathersfield, Portage, Grove, Perrysburgh,
Laoni [Laona] Village [Pomfret], Hanover, Geneseo. |
W. A. Cowdery, Jan 28, 1835, MA 1,
no. 5 (Feb. 1835): 75. |
| |
Apr. 3, 1835 |
Sidney
Rigdon, chair;
W. A. Cowdery, sec. |
Freedom, Westfield, Munson-Lima, Portage, Grove, Perrysburgh,
Laoni [Laona] Village, Geneseo-Avon. |
|
| |
May 22–25, 1835 |
Twelve |
|
Minutes
of May 22–25, 1835 |
|
| Friendship / Allegany |
| |
July 14, 1876 |
Sidney Rigdon |
Residence at time of death. |
|
|
| Genesee
(9 miles south of Rochester, 30 miles north of Geneseo) / Monroe |
| |
[May 1832–Fall 1833] |
Brigham Young, Joseph Young, Heber
Kimball, Ezra Landon |
Joseph and Brigham Young
and Heber "built up many churches" in Genesee, Avon and Lyonstown. Ezra
baptizes 18–20 in Avon and Genesee. |
¶ Heber
C. Kimball (h2) |
| |
Late Dec. 1833 |
Lyman E. Johnson, Orson Pratt |
From Silver Lake to Genesee to raise volunteers for Zion's Camp, then to Waterloo (early Jan.). |
¶ Orson Pratt (h2) |
| |
Mar. 15, 1834 |
Orson Pratt, Orson Hyde |
Arrive on another mission. |
¶ Orson Pratt (h2) |
|
| Geneseo
(10 miles south of Avon) / Livingston |
| |
Dec. [15],
1833– Spring 1834 |
Orson
Pratt, John
Murdock, Amasa Lyman (h), others |
Labor with
branch, excommunicate President Landon and twenty-five others "(perhaps
in some instances rather prematurely)." |
¶ Amasa
Lyman (h) |
| |
March 15, 1834 |
Orson Pratt, Orson Hyde |
Arrive from Kirtland "to assist
in gathering up the strength of the Lord's House, preparatory to the redemption
of Zion." |
Orson Pratt journals, 34 |
| |
Jan. 24–25,
1835 |
|
Freedom Conference: 24 members
represented. |
W. A. Cowdery, Jan 28, 1835, MA 1,
no. 5 (Feb. 1835): 75. |
| |
Apr. 3, 1835 |
Reuben Hedlock |
Freedom Conference:
23 members (1 moved, 2 excluded) represented by Reuben Hedlock. |
W. A. Cowdery, Apr. 3, 1835, MA 1,
no. 7 (May 1835): 101. |
|
| Genoa / Cayuga |
| |
Nov.12, 1784 |
Joseph Coe |
Possible birth site. |
|
|
| Greenwood (near Pennsylvania border) / Steuben |
| |
Late Mar. 1834 |
Orson Hyde, Orson Pratt |
Baptize 2. |
¶ Orson
Pratt (h2) |
| |
May 22–25, 1835 |
Twelve |
Freedom Conference |
Minutes
of May 22–25, 1835 |
| |
[October] 1835 |
Harvey Stanley, Jedediah Grant |
Branch numbers about 30; preach twice and baptize 1. |
H. Stanley and J. Grant, Dec. 6, 1835 MA 2, no. 4 (Jan. 1836): 256. |
|
| Grove
/ Allegheny |
| |
Nov. 22, 1834 |
J. Grove |
"About 20" recently
baptized; added to church of 13 raised up by J. Grove. |
W. A. Cowdery to MA 1, no. 3 (Dec. 1834): 45. |
| |
Jan. 28, 1835 |
|
Freedom Conference: 16
members, "a
firm little band," represented. |
W. A. Cowdery, MA 1,
no.5 (Feb. 1835): 75. |
| |
Apr. 3, 1835 |
John Gould |
18 members represented at Freedom
conference by John Gould. |
W. A. Cowdery, Apr. 3, 1835, MA 1,
no. 7 (May 1835): 101. |
| |
May 22–25, 1835 |
Twelve |
Freedom Conference |
Minutes
of May 22–25, 1835 |
|
| Hanover
/ Chautauqua |
| |
1833 |
Jacob Bump |
"Not long after this event [Jacob declared he
would stop drinking], the great Mormon revival of 1833 set in here. Bump
was one of the first converts, and from the first took a prominent and active
part in all their meetings. Early in the spring of 1832 he disposed of his
property and with his family, and several other families, started for Kirtland." |
"Early History of Hanover," Fredonia
Censor, Sept. 24, 1884. Link
to source at Dale Broadhurst website. |
| |
Jan. 24–25,
1835 |
|
Freedom Conference: 11
members represented by Elder Hadlock. "They have much persecution,
but count it all joy, being deeply rooted in the faith." |
W. A. Cowdery, Jan 28, 1835, MA 1,
no. 5 (Feb. 1835): 75. |
|
| Hartford
/ Washington |
| |
Sept. 11, 1811 |
Orson Pratt |
Birth. |
¶ Orson
Pratt (h1) |
|
| Henderson
/ Jefferson |
| |
[June] 1833 |
David W. Patten |
Baptizes 8 "and when hands
were laid upon them the Holy Ghost fell on them, and they spake with tongues
and prophesied." |
¶ David
W. Patten (h) |
| |
Mid-Aug. 1837 |
Orson Pratt, Sarah
Marinda Bates |
Move family to Henderson, where
they remain until assigned to preside over New York City in spring 1838. |
¶ Orson
Pratt |
|
| Holland
(30 miles southeast of Buffalo) / Erie |
| |
May 22–25, 1835 |
Twelve |
Freedom Conference:
15 in branch, "represented by P. P. Pratt as having suffered much from
false teachings by hypocrites and knaves" |
Minutes
of May 22–25, 1835 |
|
| Hurlgate
(before and after, Hell-Gate) / New York (later Queens) |
| |
Spring 1825 |
Orson Pratt |
Moves to Hurlgate with a brother,
works for a farmer for most of 2 years, attends school 3 months. returns
to Canaan. |
¶ Orson Pratt (h1) |
|
| Jamestown / Chautauqua |
| |
Aug. 1834 |
Oliver Higley |
Home of Oliver Higley, who certifies he is "perfectly
satisfied" with Joseph Smith's behavior on Zion's Camp. |
Minutes
of August 23, 1834 |
|
| Java–Weathersfield
/ Genesee (Wyoming in 1841) |
| |
See also
Orangeville-Java. |
|
|
| |
Jan. 24–25,
1835 |
|
Conference, John Gould chair,
Heman Hyde secretary, 18 members. "[M]any have moved to the places
of gathering." |
W. A. Cowdery, Jan 28, 1835, MA 1,
no. 5 (Feb. 1835): 75. |
| |
May 22–25, 1835 |
Twelve |
Freedom Conference |
Minutes
of May 22–25, 1835 |
|
| Kortright
/ Deleware |
| |
July 15, 1792 |
John Murdock |
Birthplace. |
|
| |
Nov. 1834 |
|
Small church. John Murdock previously
baptized 6 "or more some time since," James Lawson "informs
us of others." |
James Lawson, Nov. 17, 1834, cited, MA 1,
no. 3 (Dec. 1834): 45. |
| |
Apr. 3, 1835 |
|
Freedom Conference: 8
members, including 2 elders, represented by John [James?] Lawson. |
W. A. Cowdery, Apr. 3, 1835, MA 1,
no. 7 (May 1835): 101. |
|
| Lake George / Warren |
| |
Spring 1834 |
Amasa Lyman, others |
John Tanner president. |
¶ Amasa
Lyman (h) |
|
| Laona
(Laoni) / Chautauqua (metro Jamestown, southern end of Lake Chautauqua) |
| |
Jan. 24–25,
1835 |
|
Freedom Conference: "In Laoni
Village, Pomfret, Chautaeque county, there is a church … [of] 20
members in good standing." |
W. A. Cowdery, Jan 28, 1835, MA 1,
no. 5 (Feb. 1835): 75. |
| |
April 3, 1835 |
|
"… in point of number
is the same as represented at last coonference, with the exception of
one member removed.. |
W. A. Cowdery, Apr. 3, 1835, MA 1,
no. 7 (Apr. 1835): 101. |
| |
May 9–11, 1835 |
The Twelve |
Westfield
Conference: 20 members
represented. Westfield and Laona branches
are "low in spirits" due
to "some
difficulties" that the missionaries settle. |
Meeting
of May 9–11, 1835 |
|
| Le
Roy / Genesee |
| |
1820 |
Warren Cowdery |
Living in Le Roy. |
¶ Warren
A. Cowdery |
|
| Lewis
(14 mi. W of Lake Champlain in NE New York) / Essex |
| |
Nov. 28, 1834 |
John H. Tippets, Joseph H. Tippets |
Turn over funds and property raised
by branch to purchase property in Missouri to Joseph. |
Minutes of November 28, 1834 |
|
| Lima
/ Livingston |
| |
See
also Mindon-Lima, Munson-Lima. |
|
|
| |
[1829/1830] |
Thomas B. Marsh |
Feeling prompted by God to travel
west, leaves Boston, stays 3 months in Lima. On return trip stops in Lyonstown
and hears of Book of Mormon. |
|
|
| Livonia
(48 miles northeast of Palmyra) / Livingston |
| |
June 30, 1830 |
Samuel H. Smith |
Intended destination of Samuel's
first book-selling mission. |
¶ Samuel's
Books |
|
| Lyonstown
(Lyons) (15 mi. east of Palmyra, on Erie Canal) / Wayne |
| |
March 1830 |
Thomas B. Marsh |
First hears of Book of Mormon,
goes to see Martin Harris in Palmyra as book begins to come off the press. |
¶ Thomas
B. Marsh |
| |
[1832–1833] |
Heber C. Kimball |
"I was ordained an elder by
Joseph Young, and in company with himself and his brother, Brigham, I labored
in Genesee, Avon and Lyonstown,
where we baptized many and built up churches." |
¶ Heber
C. Kimball (h2) |
| |
June 5, 1835 |
Twelve |
Conference (scheduled). |
¶ Minutes
of March 12, 1835
¶ Heber
C. Kimball (h3) |
|
| Manchester
/ Wayne (7 mi. south of Palmyra) |
| |
[1823–1824] |
Smith family |
Moves to home started by Alvin
shortly before his death, Nov. 19, 1823. |
|
| |
Jan. 1827 |
Joseph, Emma |
Move to Manchester from Colesville
after marriage. Move to Harmony, Pennsylvania, late 1827. |
|
| |
Apr. 6, 1830 |
Church organization |
Location favored by many scholars for the
organization of the church. |
Accounts
of April 6, 1830
Off-site
link to H. Michael Marquardt's "An Appraisal of Manchester as Location for the
Organization of the Church." |
| |
Dec. 1830 |
Edward Partridge |
Visits to ascertain Joseph Smith's reputation. |
¶ Edward
Partridge |
|
| McDonough
/ Chenango |
| |
June 23–July
14, 1833 |
Noah Packard |
Preaches in sister's home town,
baptizes 16. |
¶ Noah
Packard |
| |
Aug. 26–Sept.
1, 1833 |
Noah Packard |
Organizes branch which includes
1 elder, 1 deacon. |
Noah Packard synopsis |
|
| Mendon
/ Monroe |
| |
See also Mendon-Lima. |
|
|
| |
[1821–1822] |
Heber C. Kimball |
Moves to Mendon to learn be a
potter from brother, Charles. |
¶ Heber
C. Kimball (h1) |
| |
Sept. 22, 1827 |
Heber C. Kimball |
Heber and John P. Greene witness
signs in the heavens |
¶ Heber
C. Kimball (h1) |
| |
June 1830 |
Samuel H. Smith |
Leaves Book of Mormon with Rhoda
Greene, Phineas Young. The Youngs, Greens, Kimballs all live in Mendon. |
¶ Samuel's
Books |
|
| Mendon-Lima branch /
Monroe-Livingston (Lima is 11 mi. southwest of Mendon) |
| |
Jan. 24–25,
1835 |
|
Freedom Conference: 8 members
represented. |
W. A. Cowdery, Jan 28, 1835, MA 1,
no. 5 (Feb. 1835): 75. |
|
| Munson-Lima
/ Monroe-Livingson |
| |
Apr. 3, 1835 |
Reuben Hedlock |
Freedom Conference: 8
members represented by Reuben Hedlock. |
W. A. Cowdery, Apr. 3, 1835, MA 1,
no. 7 (May 1835): 101. |
|
| New
Lebanon (on Massachusetts border) / Columbia |
| |
1785 |
|
Mount Lebanon Shaker Society is established in
New Lebanon as the spiritual headquarters of the movement after the death
of Ann Lee. |
Link
to Shaker Historic Trail |
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Mar. 18, 1797 |
Thankful Halsey |
Birth of Parley P. Pratt's first wife. |
¶ Parley
P. Pratt (h) |
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[1815]–1822 |
Orson (and Parley) Pratt |
Childhood years. (Parley is four years older.) |
¶ Orson
Pratt (h1) |
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| New
York City / New York |
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[1816–1817,
1819–1820] |
Thomas B. Marsh |
Works in the New York Hotel as
a teenager, marries, then moves to Long Island. |
Thomas
B. Marsh (h) |
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October 1832 |
Joseph Smith, N. K. Whitney |
Joseph accompanies N. K. to purchase merchandise. |
Joseph
Smith to Emma, October 13, 1832 |
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Oct.1833 |
Oliver Cowdery |
Purchases press. |
¶ Oliver
Cowdery |
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July 25, 1836 |
Oliver Cowdery, Sidney
Rigdon |
Leave Fairport for New York City,
apparently looking for materials to print bank notes. |
¶ Oliver
Cowdery |
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May 1837–Apr. 1838 |
Parley P. Pratt |
Writes Voice of Warning, baptizes Addison Everett. |
¶ Parley
P. Pratt (h) |
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June 22, 1837 |
Elijah Fordham, Joseph
Fielding, Orson Hyde, John Gooodson, Isaac Russell, and John Snyder |
Heber and Willard arrive enroute
to England. Joseph Fielding, Orson, John Goodson, Isaac,
and John Snyder had recently arrived. Elijah, the only member of
the church resident in the city, puts them up in his father's warehouse where they sleep on straw
and blankets for a week. |
¶ Elijah
Fordham |
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Spring 1838 |
Orson Pratt |
Arrives to preside for about a
year. "I
preached diligently among them some six or seven months; baptized many." |
¶ Orson
Pratt |
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May 18, 1838 |
Wilford Woodruff, Orson
Pratt, David
Rogers, Lucian Foster, Elijah Fordham |
Arrives from Providence, attends
meetings with Orson until the 27th when Wilford "went up the North
river to Newburgh, and preached in several towns in New York." "This
is the first time mine eyes beheld the preat city of New York the largest
City in America & the fourth upon the globe. Pop 300,000. … We
finally found a Brother David W. Rogers & his household who were Saints
dwelling in Greenwich street corner of Spring street No 515. … From
thence we walked to Hamersly Street No 26. I there found Elder Orson Pratt
& his family. … I also found another family of Saints residing
in the same house viz. Lucian R. Foster. … We met at early Candle
light in Varrick street to hold a meeting … principally of Saints
as there had been about one hundred baptized & many of them were present.
Elder Eligah Fordham was with us also." |
¶ Wilford
Woodruff (h3); WWJ 1:250–251. |
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May 20, 1838 |
Wilford Woodruff, Elijah
Fordham |
Varick Street between Vandall and
Carlton "is the stated place of Preaching for the saints." Dine with Brother
Harderbrook in Carlton Street. Man philadelphia baptized. Addison Everett
boards at corner of Spring and Renwick Streets. Elijah Fordham lives at
327 Cherry Street. |
WWJ 1:252–253. |
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| Newburgh
/ Orange |
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May 27, 1838 |
Wilford Woodruff |
Arrives from New York City, preaches in area,
then to Farmington, Connecticut to visit family. |
¶ Wilford
Woodruff (h3) |
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| Niagara
/ Niagara |
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May 22–25, 1835 |
Twelve |
Freedom Conference |
Minutes
of May 22–25, 1835 |
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| Ogdensburg
/ St. Lawrence |
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Mid–June 1836 |
Heber C. Kimball |
Baptizes 7 in 7 days. |
¶ Heber
C. Kimball (h3) |
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Aug. 25–29,
1836 |
Heber C. Kimball,
Joseph Sr., Uncle John Smith |
Joseph Sr. gives patriarchal blessings,
branch organized. |
¶ Heber
C. Kimball (h3) |
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Early Sept. 1836 |
Heber C. Kimball |
Heber says good-bye. 28 members
in branch. |
¶ Heber
C. Kimball (h3) |
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| Onondage
County |
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Jan. 1832 |
Jared Carter |
Baptizes about 20, including Zerah
Pulsipher, who is the presiding elder for about two years. |
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| Orangeville-Java
/ Genesee (southern Genesee becomes Wyoming in 1841) |
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See
also Java-Weathersfield. |
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Apr. 3, 1835 |
Reuben Hedlock |
Freedom Conference: 14
members (3 excluded) represented by Otis Shumway. |
W. A. Cowdery, Apr. 3, 1835, MA 1,
no. 7 (May 1835): 101. |
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| Orleans
Four Corners / Jefferson |
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By summer
1833 |
David W. Patten |
Organizes branch with 18 members,
including David W. Patten's family. |
¶ David
W. Patten (h) |
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| Palmyra
/ Wayne |
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[1815–1816] |
Joseph Smith |
Smith family moves to Palmyra.
Moves to Manchester in 1823. |
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Aug. 1829–Mar.
1830 |
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Book of Mormon typeset and printed,
Grandin's print shop. |
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Sept. 1830 |
Thomas B. Marsh |
Moves family to Palmyra from Charlestown, Massachusetts. |
¶ Thomas
B. Marsh (h) |
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| Parishville / St. Lawrence |
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Aug. 1834 |
Asa Lyman |
Home of Asa Lyman, who
certifies he is "perfectly satisfied" with Joseph Smith's behavior
on Zion's Camp. |
Minutes
of August 23, 1834
Original: Burgees |
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| Perrysburg
/ Cattaraugus |
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Oct. 12, 1833 |
Joseph Smith, Sidney
Rigdon, Freeman Nickerson |
Home of Father Nickerson. Joseph
writes, “I feel very well in my mind the Lord is with us but have
much anxiety about my family &c.” |
D&C
100 (introduction)
Diary-1, 7. |
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Jan. 24–25,
1835 |
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Freedom Conference: Not
represented, 35 members plus recent additions. |
W. A. Cowdery, Jan 28, 1835, MA 1,
no. 5 (Feb. 1835): 75. |
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Apr. 3, 1835 |
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40 members represented at Freedom
conference by Freeman Nickerson. |
W. A. Cowdery, Apr. 3, 1835, MA 1,
no. 7 (May 1835): 101. |
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| Pillar
Point (across Black River Bay from Sackets Harbor) / Jefferson |
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Nov. 1834 |
James Blakslee |
20–30 members. See Sackets
Harbor. |
James Blakslee, Nov. 12, 1834,
cited, MA 1, no. 3 (Dec. 1834): 44. |
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June 19, 1835 |
The Twelve |
Conference (scheduled). |
¶ Minutes
of March 12, 1835 |
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| Plattsburg
/ Clinton |
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Summer 1835 |
Orson Pratt, Heber
C. Kimball |
Leave the rest of the Twelve to
go to St. Albans, Vermont |
¶ Heber C. Kimball (h3) |
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| Pomfret
(a town 1.6 mi. S of Dunkirk, including several hamlets and the vllage of
Fredonia) / Chautauqua |
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Spring 1831 |
Ebenezer
Johnson family |
Sons David and Joel Hills Johnson
are baptized in Amherst, Ohio, send
a Book of Mormon to parents. |
[SHOWRF=show], 9; B. F. Johnson life,
5. |
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Fall 1831 |
Ebenezer Johnson family |
David Johnson visits family with
Almon W. Babbitt. Family converts. James
Brackenbury and Jabez Durfee arrive
unexpectedly. Mother, older children, Lyman R. Sherman (son-in-law) baptized.
Ebenezer, working in Fredonia prevents "minor" children from being baptized. |
B. F. Johnson life, 5–6. |
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Feb. 14, 1832 |
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"… some miserable
fanatics … have made a few converts in
Pomfret, Chautauqua county, N. Y. One of their number died and the night
after his burial, a party of "resurrection
men" were disturbed while disinterring the deceased, and one of the
offenders taken and bound over for trial." |
"Mormonism," Wayne
Sentinel, Feb.
14, 1832, citing Fredonia Censor. Source |
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Jan. 9, 1832 |
Uncle
John Smith, Solomon Humphrey,
Joseph Wakefield |
Uncle John is baptized by Solomon Humphrey, confirmed
and ordained an elder by Joseph H. Wakefield and Solomon Humphrey. |
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May 1832 |
Gideon Carter, Sylvester
Smith |
Have baptized by the time Jared
Carter and Ebenezer Page arrive in May. David Johnson feels Edson
Fuller was "under the influence of an evil Spirit" when he baptized
him shortly before being excommunicated. Jared rebaptizes David. Home
of Seth Johnson. |
Jared Carter diary, 64–65. |
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Aug. 1834 |
Alman Sherman |
Home of Alman Sherman, who certifies he is
"perfectly satisfied" with Joseph Smith's behavior on Zion's Camp. |
Minutes of August 23, 1834 |
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| Portage
/ Livingston (on Genesse river near Portageville and Oakland) |
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Jan. 24–25,
1835 |
A. J. Squires |
Branch of 19 recently organized. |
W. A. Cowdery, Jan. 28, 1835, MA 1, no. 5 (Feb. 1835): 75. |
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Apr. 3, 1835 |
A. J. Squires, William
Marks |
Freedom Conference: 26
members "raised principally
by Elder
Squires," represented
by priest William Marks. |
W. A. Cowdery, Apr. 3, 1835, MA 1,
no. 7 (May 1835): 101. |
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May 22–25, 1835 |
|
Freedom Conference |
Minutes
of May 22–25, 1835 |
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| Potsdam
/ St. Lawrence |
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June 26, 1817 |
George A. Smith |
Birthplace. |
¶ Uncle
John Smith |
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Sept 10, 1832 |
Joseph
H. Wakefield, George A. Smith |
Joseph H. Wakefield baptizes George, son of Uncle
John Smith. |
¶ Joseph
H. Wakefield |
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Aug. 1834 |
John Smith |
Home of Smith, who certifies he is "perfectly
satisfied" with Joseph Smith's behavior on Zion's Camp. |
Minutes
of August 23, 1834 |
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Summer 1836 |
Heber C. Kimball,
Solon Foster |
Heber meets Solon, preaches. |
¶ Heber
C. Kimball (h3) |
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| Richland
/ Oswego |
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Spring 1832 |
Azmon Woodruff,
Wilford Woodruff |
Move to Richland, from Connecticut. Purchase
farm, sawmill. |
¶ Wilford
Woodruff (h1) |
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Dec. 31, 1833 |
Zerah Pulsipher,
Azmon Woodruff, Wilford Woodruff |
Zerah baptizes the brothers and
two young females. |
¶ Wilford
Woodruff |
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Jan 1. 1834 |
Zerah Pulsipher,
Noah [Hatton/Holton] |
Baptizes several, including Freewill
Baptist preacher Noah Hatton. |
WWJ 1:6; ¶ Wilford
Woodruff (h) |
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Jan. 2, 1834 |
Zerah Pulsipher,
Azmon Woodruff, Wilford Woodruff |
Organizes branch of 12, ordains
Azmon and Noah elders and Wilford a teacher. |
¶ Wilford
Woodruff (h1) |
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[Mar.] 1834 |
Harry Brown, James
Blakesly/Blakeslee |
Visit Richland branch for 2 meetings. |
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June 4, 1837 |
Wilford Woodruff,
Jonathan Hale |
Wilford visits brothers Azmon and Thompson after
three-year separation. Next day: "Brother Azmon said he was still seeking
for light & truth & should not have left the truth or the Church of latter
day Saints had it not ben for his temptations trials &c. But I commended
him to God & was under the necessity of taking the parting hand and perhaps
for the last time of my Brethren and their household amid some painful sensations
with a firm belief there will be a change in their household which Sentiment
I expressed to Azmon." |
WWJ 1:150. |
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| Rushford
/ Allegany |
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Apr. 3, 1835 |
A. J. Squires |
Organized March 23, 1835 by A.
J. Squires.
Freedom Conference: 26 members represented
by A. J. Squires. |
W. A. Cowdery, Apr. 3, 1835, MA 1,
no. 7 (May 1835): 101. |
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May 22–25, 1835 |
Twelve |
Freedom Conference:
28 members in branch. |
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