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| Gazetteer: Vermont (1831–1839) |
Benson
Cavendish
Charleston
Chester
Danville
Franklin
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Guildhall
Hartford
Jay
Kirby
Marlborough
Pomfret |
Poultney
Randolph
Royalton
Shaftsbury
Sheldon
St. Albans
St. Johnsbury |
Troy
Tunbridge
Underhill
Waterford
Wells
Wheelock
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| Benson,
Rutland |
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July 27, 1818 |
Nancy Miranda Gibbs, William
F. Cahoon |
Nancy marries William F. Cahoon, son of Reynolds
Cahoon. |
William F. Cahoon autobio
William F. Cahoon autobiography. Microfilm of manuscript. Church Archives, MS 8433.
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May
20–29, 1832 |
Gideon and Jared
Carter, Sylvester Smith |
Carter
hometown. People have "falen in the darkness
in some degree." Jared calls them to repentence, bless the sick,
cast out Satan. Hold conference, ordain John L. Carter to High Priesthood
and call him to travel with Jared until next conference on Aug. 10. |
Jared Carter diary
Jared Carter diary. Microfilm of holograph, Church Archives, MS 1441.
69–74. |
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Sept. 7, 1832 |
Orson Pratt |
Arrives, 4 meetings in several
days. |
¶ Orson
Pratt (h2) |
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Aug. 1834 |
Ira Ames |
Home of Ira Ames, who certifies he is "perfectly
satisfied" with Joseph Smith's behavior on Zion's Camp. |
Minutes
of August 23, 1834 |
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| Cavendish
/ Windsor |
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Jan. 9, 1800 |
Freeman
Nickerson, Huldah Chapman |
Married. Their first 6 surviving children are
born here ([Name unknown], Moses Chapman, Eleazar
Freeman, Caroline Eliza, Uriel Chittendon Hatch, Samuel Stillman); next
3 in Springville, Susquehanna
Co., Pennsylvania. |
¶ Freeman
Nickerson |
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| Charleston
(10 mi. S of Canada) / Orleans |
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Early May 1832 |
Orson Pratt, companions |
Baptize 14 in 10 days. |
¶ Orson
Pratt (h1);
Orson Pratt journals
The Orson Pratt Journals, compiled and arranged by Elden J. Watson (Salt Lake City: Elden J. Watson, 1975).
, 12–13. |
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Oct. 15, 1832 |
Orson Pratt |
Preaches twice. |
¶ Orson
Pratt (h2) |
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Jan. 23, 1833 |
Orson Pratt |
"… we have traveled in the states
of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts
and Connecticut; and we baptized … twenty seven in Charleston, Vermont …" |
Orson Pratt (Bath, New Hampshire),
Jan. 23, 1833, 1, no. 10 (Mar. 1833): {6}. |
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June 14, 1833 |
Lyman E. Johnson |
Leaving Orson Pratt in Bath, Lyman goes to
labor in Charleston and St.
Johnsbury. |
¶ Orson
Pratt (h2) cp. ¶ St. Johnsbury |
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July 24, 1833 |
Orson
Pratt, Lyman E. Johnson |
Conference. |
¶ Orson
Pratt (h2) |
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| Chester
/ Windsor |
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[1814] |
Thomas B. Marsh |
"I was fourteen years
of age, when I ran away and went to Chester, Vermont, Vermont, where
I worked on a farm three months; then went to Albany, New York." |
Thomas
B. Marsh (h) |
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| Danville
(8 miles west of St. Johnsbury) / Caledonia |
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June 19, 1833 |
Orson
Pratt |
Arrives, stays with Dudley Swaysey. |
Orson Pratt journals
The Orson Pratt Journals, compiled and arranged by Elden J. Watson (Salt Lake City: Elden J. Watson, 1975).
, 18. |
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June 20, 1833 |
Orson Pratt |
Preaches at the Varney schoolhouse on "the first
principles of the gospel." |
Orson Pratt journals
The Orson Pratt Journals, compiled and arranged by Elden J. Watson (Salt Lake City: Elden J. Watson, 1975).
, 18. |
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June 21, 1833 |
Orson Pratt |
Preaches at the Goss schoolhouse on "the
scattering of Israel and the miracles that are to be wrought at their gathering." |
Orson Pratt journals
The Orson Pratt Journals, compiled and arranged by Elden J. Watson (Salt Lake City: Elden J. Watson, 1975).
, 18. |
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June 22, 1833 |
Orson Pratt |
Preaches at the Varney schoolhouse on "the
gifts in the Church of Christ." |
Orson Pratt journals
The Orson Pratt Journals, compiled and arranged by Elden J. Watson (Salt Lake City: Elden J. Watson, 1975).
, 18. |
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June 23, 1833 |
Orson Pratt |
(Sunday) two meetings in Mr. Roberts'
barn, large congregation. "I preached upon the
restoration of Israel and the blessings on Joseph." Spends "the night with
Mr. Kelsey, whose wife lay sick of a disease with which she had been afflicted
five or six years. She covenanted to obey the gospel if the Lord would
heal her. I prayed for and laid my hands upon her in the name of Jesus,
and she began to recover, and a few days after was baptized." Returns to
St. Johnsbury the next day. |
Orson Pratt journals
The Orson Pratt Journals, compiled and arranged by Elden J. Watson (Salt Lake City: Elden J. Watson, 1975).
, 18.
¶ Healings |
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June 26, 1833 |
Orson Pratt |
Preaches in Mr. Roberts' barn on the priesthood. |
Orson Pratt journals
The Orson Pratt Journals, compiled and arranged by Elden J. Watson (Salt Lake City: Elden J. Watson, 1975).
, 19. |
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June 27, 1833 |
Orson Pratt |
Preaches at the Varney schoolhouse on "the thousand
years of rest." |
Orson Pratt journals
The Orson Pratt Journals, compiled and arranged by Elden J. Watson (Salt Lake City: Elden J. Watson, 1975).
, 19. |
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June 28, 1833 |
Orson Pratt |
Preaches at the Goss schoolhouse on "the New
Covenant. After meeting I baptized two, viz., Joseph Swasey and Dudley
Swasey." |
Orson Pratt journals
The Orson Pratt Journals, compiled and arranged by Elden J. Watson (Salt Lake City: Elden J. Watson, 1975).
, 19. |
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June 29, 1833 |
Orson Pratt |
Preaches at the Stephens schoolhouse on "the
first principles of the Gospel." |
Orson Pratt journals
The Orson Pratt Journals, compiled and arranged by Elden J. Watson (Salt Lake City: Elden J. Watson, 1975).
, 19. |
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June 30 1833 |
Orson Pratt |
Preaches twice at the Danville Village courthouse
on "the first principles of the Gospel and the gifts."
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Orson Pratt journals
The Orson Pratt Journals, compiled and arranged by Elden J. Watson (Salt Lake City: Elden J. Watson, 1975).
, 19. |
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Early July 1833 |
Orson Pratt |
Baptizes 17, leaves for Charleston
conference, July 19. |
¶ Orson
Pratt (h2) |
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Aug. 31, 1833 |
Orson Pratt |
Returns from conference, 3 meetings,
3 days, 3 baptisms, then to Bath. |
¶ Orson
Pratt (h2) |
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| Franklin / Franklin |
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Oct. 8, 1832 |
Orson Pratt |
Preaches, moves on to Jay. |
¶ Orson
Pratt (h2) |
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| Guildhall (on
Connecticut river, border with New Hampshire) / Essex |
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1812 |
Heman Basset |
Birthplace. |
FamilySearch |
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| Hartford (a
mile W of White River Junction, which is across the Connecticut river from
Lebanon, New Hampshire) /
Windsor |
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Nov. 20, 1792 |
Symonds Ryder |
Birthplace. |
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| Jay
/ Orleans |
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Oct. 12–14,
1832 |
Orson Pratt |
Preaches three times. |
¶ Orson
Pratt (h2) |
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July 17, 1835 |
The Twelve |
Included in the Vermont conference
(St. Johnsbury). |
, 522. |
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| Kirby (11 miles N of
St. Johnsbury, near Lyndonville) / Caledonia |
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June 16, 1833 |
Orson Pratt |
Arrives from St. Johnsbury, holds
two meetings and preaches on "the gospel and prophecies," returns
to St. Johnsbury and preaches "upon the thousand years of rest." |
Orson Pratt journals
The Orson Pratt Journals, compiled and arranged by Elden J. Watson (Salt Lake City: Elden J. Watson, 1975).
, 17. |
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| Marlborough
/ Windham |
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Feb. 5, 1795 |
N. K. Whitney |
Birthplace. |
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| Poultney
/ Rutland |
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October 17, 1788 |
Warren
A. Cowdrey |
Birthplace. |
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1803 |
William Miller |
Born Feb. 15, 1782
in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, raised in Low Hampton, New York, the founder
of the "Millerites," marries and moves to Poultney, where he rejects his
Baptist heritage and becomes a Diest. Elected constable, deputy sheriff,
justice of the peace. 1815 returns to Low Hampton,
studies Bible, and by 1818 develops theory that Jesus
Christ would return in late 1843 or early 1844. Begins lecturing Aug. 1831.
Publishes conclusions in
Vermont Telegraph (16 installments beginning in May 1832), and
pamphlet, Evidences from Scripture and History of the Second Coming
of Christ, about the year 1843; and of his Person Reign of One Thousand
Years.
(Brandon, VT, Telegraph Office, 1833)1832. |
¶ Willliam
Miller |
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| Pomfret
(on New York border) / Windsor |
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1807–1815 |
John
Johnson |
Six children by Elsa Jacobs Johnson
(Luke,
1807; Olmstead, 1809; Lyman, 1811; Emily,
1813; Miranda Nancy, 1815). |
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Jan. 1818 |
John
Johnson |
Several families, including John's
leave for Hiram, arriving, March 4, 1818. |
¶ John
Johnson |
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| Randolph
13 mi. N of Royalton, on the Connecticut River / Windsor |
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Oct. 14, 1791 |
Ezra Thayer |
Birthplace. |
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| Royalton
(on the Connecticut River, 2 mi. N of South Royalton) / Windsor |
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Sept. 6, 1804 |
Elias Smith |
Born to Asael and Elizabeth Schellenger
Smith. |
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Ma. 13, 1811 |
William B. Smith |
Born to Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy
Mack Smith. |
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| Shaftsbury
/ Bennington |
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Fall 1831 |
Eliel Strong (or
possibly Eleazer Miller), and Brothers Potter and Bowen |
"… a few received the
work." |
EMS
The Evening and the Morning Star
1, no. 12 (May
1833): {7}. |
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| Sheldon
/ Franklin |
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Summer 1835 |
Heber C. Kimball |
Preaches to family and friends |
¶ Heber
C. Kimball (h3) |
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| St.
Albans / Franklin |
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Summer 1835 |
Heber C. Kimball,
Orson Pratt |
Visit en route to Heber's hometown,
Sheldon |
¶ Heber
C. Kimball (h3) |
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| St.
Johnsbury / Caledonia |
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| Troy / Orleans |
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Jan. 23, 1833 |
Orson Pratt |
"… we have traveled in the states
of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts
and Connecticut; and we baptized … eighteen in Troy, Vermont …" |
Orson Pratt (Bath, New Hampshire),
Jan. 23, 1833,
MA
Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate
1, no. 10 (Mar. 1833): {6}. |
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| Tunbridge / Orange |
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Mar. 13, 1808 |
Samuel H. Smith |
Born to Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy
Mack Smith |
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| Underhill / Chittenden |
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Spring 1836 |
Hazen Aldrich |
Baptizes 7, Elder Butterfield baptizes
18 a few days later. |
Hazen Aldrich (Ogdensburg,
NY) , Oct. 10, 1836,
MA
Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate
3, no.23 (Nov. 1836): 414. |
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| Vermont
conference |
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July 17, 1835 |
The Twelve |
Conference organized. Includes
entire state plus branches in Littleton, Dalton, and Landaff, New Hampshire. |
MH-A
Manuscript History of the Church (December 1805-August 30, 1834), 553 pages numbered from the "back" of Joseph's "large journal" (A-1), written June 11, 1839-Aug. 24, 1843. Selected Collections 1:1, Volume 1 // “Joseph Smith History, 1839” (first 93 pages), Early Mormon Documents 1:56-148; “History, 1839” (first 240 pages), Papers of Joseph Smith 1:265-386. Original, Church Archives, CR 100 102, Volume 1.
, 597; ¶ Heber
C. Kimball (h3) |
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| Waterford / Caledonia |
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Aug. 1834 |
Roswell Evans |
Roswell Evans, formerly of Waterford, now a
member of the Norton, Ohio church, certifies he is "perfectly
satisfied" with Joseph Smith's behavior on Zion's Camp. |
Minutes
of August 23, 1834 |
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| Wells
(31 miles SW of Rutland, near the New York border) / Rutland |
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Oct. 3, 1806 |
Oliver Cowdery |
Birthplace. |
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| Wheelock (16 miles
NW of St. Johnsbury) / Caledonia |
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July 1, 1833 |
Orson Pratt |
Preaches at "Leavensworth" schoolouse
in Wheelock on "the first principles of the Gospel." |
Orson Pratt journals
The Orson Pratt Journals, compiled and arranged by Elden J. Watson (Salt Lake City: Elden J. Watson, 1975).
, 19.
Henry Leavenworth |
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