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Unknown. Ancestral File
has "Abt 1828" but this is much too late since he is listed as
an elder at the Conference of June 3–6, 1831. There is the possibility
of another William Carter but this seems unlikely because all other Carters
known to be members of the church in 1831 were descendants of John Carter
(b. 1720 in Killingsworth, Middlesex county, Connecticut). Two sons of consecutive
wives, Jabez (1752–1836) and Gideon (1766–1828) moved to Benson,
Rutland county, Vermont, where at least two of Jabez's 11 children and all
six of Gideon's joined the church. William and his uncle Jared
were sons of Gideon and Johanna Sims. |
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According to Ancestral
File, William's parents were married February 28, 1813 and had six children.
If William were born after that date but before June 6, 1814, he would
have been 17 at the June 1831 conference—not an unreasonable age
for an elder at the time. The first date
of a child born to his parents in the Ancestral File is 1819 (Harriet Amelia).
Their other children were born in 1820 (Marrietta), 1821(Angaline), 1824
(Johanna), and 1826 (Nancy). |
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On the
other hand, if William had only been silenced there would be no need for
him to be baptized in Vermont, as Jared urges. > There
is nothing in Jared's account to indicate that this is the same William
who had been silenced in Ohio. |
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| Died |
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Unknown |
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| Father |
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John S. Carter |
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| Mother |
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Elizabeth Kenyon |
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| Baptized |
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1830–1831 |
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| Ordinations |
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Elder by June 3, 1831 |
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| Events |
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June [3]–6, 1831
attends the Kirtland conference as an elder. The High Priesthood is bestowed
for the first time, Lyman Wight has a vision of the Lord, and "the
man of sin"
is revealed. |
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Minutes
of June 3–6, 1831
Lyman Wight's Vision and the Man of Sin |
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June [6], 1831 called to travel
to Missouri with Wheeler Baldwin. |
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¶ D&C
52:31 |
| Silenced |
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September 1, 1831 silenced
in Kirtland with Edson Fuller. |
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Minutes
of September 1, 1831 |
| Uncle
Jared's visit |
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July 9, 1832 the day
after baptizing "sister Joanna" (possibly William's sister),
Jared Carter: |
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Jared Carter diary, 102–103. |
| William
believes but not ready |
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went to Prudence Gibbses
house one of the daughters of Zion where I found William Carter who is my
Brother John Carters son With whom I began to converse about the work of
the book of mormon he said he was convinced that it was the work of the
Lord but he did not as yet feel prepared to obey the work |
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William
grieves the Spirit
Jared cries out mightily |
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I then told him that
was an impropriety impacting of obediance to the Lord I also felt with in
my own soul as though his situation for he had some time grieved the spirit
by his disobediance and I having a sense of his situation felt to cry mightaly
to my heavenly [Father] for him |
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| Jared
prophesies |
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I at
length felt the power of prophecy to him & expressed to him that his
was [103] the vary day that he would obey the commands if ever I then commanded
him to repent & be Baptised in the name of Christ for the remision of
sins < |
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| William
surrenders |
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he soon after this
neeled down with me and intreated the Lord to have mercy on him he the same
day was baptised & received the spirit of the Lord to his soul |
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| Promised restoration of sight |
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March 7, 1835 William, "who was
blind, was promised a blessing of being restored to sight if faithful." |
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¶ Minutes
of March 7, 1835 |
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it doesn't take |
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1838 conference minutes
are copied into the Far West Record and "(denied the faith)" is
appended to William's name. |
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¶
Minutes of September 1, 1831 |
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