| June [3–6],
1831, Kirtland, Ohio. |
| First conference in
Kirtland. First ordinations to the High Priesthood. John Corrill and Isaac
Morley assistants to Bishop Partridge. Exhortations by Joseph, Sidney, Lyman
Wight, and Harvey Whitlock. |
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Thursday, June 3,
1831 is the first day of the conference according to the copy of the
minutes in the Far West Record, the Painesville Telegraph of
June 14, John Whitmer's history, and Zebedee Coltrin's 1880
autobiography. |
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FWR, 6.
PT, June 14, 1831. Source
J. Whitmer, 69. |
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Friday, June 4, 1831
is the first day of the conference according to Levi Hancock's
diary, Ezra Booth's
October 31 letter. John Whitmer's history gives both dates. |
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Levi's journal, 89.
¶ Ezra
Booth Letters (4–6).
J. Whitmer, 41, 69. |
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The Far West Record for June 3 and 6 contains several errors that
suggest the minutes were composed at a date far removed from
the actual conference. I consider both dates uncertain. |
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June [3] Minutes |
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June 3, 1831 |
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FWR,
6–7. |
| Location |
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[Kirtland,] Geauga
county, Ohio. |
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| Description |
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… a general Conference
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A "general
conference" usually includes all baptized members, though no known account
refers to women or children on this occasion. |
| [Moderator] |
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[Joseph Smith] |
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| Clerk |
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John Whitmer |
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| Elders
present |
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Joseph Smith Jr.
David Whitmer
John
Whitmer
Samuel H. Smith
Hyrum Smith
Joseph Smith Sr.
Parley P. Pratt (h)
Thomas B. Marsh (h)
Sidney Rigdon
John Murdock
Lyman Wight (h) (swh)
Levi Hancock
Orson
Pratt
Edward Partridge
Ezra Thayer
Newel Knight
Northrop Sweet (denied faith)
Emer Harris
Joseph Wakefield
Ezra Booth (denied the
faith)
John Corrill
Seymour Brunson |
Isaac
Morley
Harvey Whitlock
Zebedee
Coltrin
Jacob Scott (denied the faith)
William Carter (denied the faith)
Sylvester Smith
Simeon Carter
Calvin Beebe
Solomon Hancock
Wheeler Baldwin
Edson Fuller (denied the faith)
Burr Riggs (was cast out)
Ebenezer Abbott (denied the faith)
Reynolds
Cahoon
Solomon Humphrey
John Woodward (denied the faith)
Joseph Brackenberry (died on a mission to preach)
Joseph
Coe
William Mitchell
Ebenezer Page
Alpheus Gifford |
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Comments in parentheses were added when the original
minutes were copied into the Far West Record.
Though listed here, David Whitmer is not present. ¶
David Whitmer: Minutes of June [3]–6, 1831
Also not listed is Leman Copley, who is reported present in the reminiscences
of Levi Hancock and Philo Dibble. ¶ Lyman's
Vision and the Man of Sin
Original: Edison Fuller, Northrop Sweat |
| Priests |
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Martin
Harris
Caleb Baldwin (cut off recd back & reordained a Priest) |
James Durfee
Major N. Ashley |
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| Teachers |
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Hezekiah
Peck
Hiram Page
Christian Whitmer
Daniel Stanton
Solomon Chamberlain
Lorin Page
Jacob Sherman (cut off)
Benjamin Bragg (denied the faith) |
William
Smith
Stephen Burnett
Isaac Bebee
Benjamin Johnson
Samuel Day
Thoret Parsons
Jacob Chamberlain |
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| Open
and speakers |
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Conference opened
by br. Joseph Smith, Jr. in exhortation & prayer. Prayer by br. Sidney
Rigdon & exhortation by the same. Exhortation by most of the Elders
present. |
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| Ordinations |
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Joseph
ordains [to the High Priesthood]: |
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Lyman Wight (h)
(swh)
John
Murdock
Reynolds
Cahoon
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Harvey
Whitlock
Hyrum Smith |
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According
to his son, William F., Reynolds Cahoon was ordained "a High Priest"
by Lyman Wight. William F. Cahoon autobio |
| Speakers |
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Lyman Wight (h)
(swh) and Harvey
Whitlock exhort. |
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| Ordinations |
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Lyman
Wight ordains the following to the High Priesthood: |
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Parley P. Pratt (h)
Thomas B. Marsh (h)
Isaac
Morley
Edward Partridge
Joseph Wakefield
Martin Harris
Ezra Thayer
Ezra Booth
John
Corrill |
Samuel
H. Smith
Solomon Hancock
Simeon Carter
Wheeler Baldwin
Jacob Scott
Joseph Smith Sr.
John Whitmer
Joseph Smith Jr.
Sidney Rigdon |
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Levi's journal
has Jacob Scott ordained by Joseph Smith Jr.
Parley P. Pratt claims Joseph ordained him "with many others, to the High
Priesthood" on June 6. ¶ Parley
P. Pratt (h)
John Whitmer's history follows the lists of ordinations to the High Priesthood
by Joseph and Lyman with the following exceptions: reverses Thayer
and Harris; adds Whitlock after Booth (as well as in Joseph's list above);
omits Corrill through Scott; repeats Wakefield; reverses Joseph Smith Jr.
and John Whitmer; and omits Sidney Rigdon. J. Whitmer, 70–71. |
| Bishop
blesses |
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Bishop Edward Partridge
blesses "those who were ordained in the name of Christ according to
commandment." |
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| Bishop's
assistants |
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Lyman
Wight ordains John Corrill and Isaac
Morley assistants to Bishop Partridge. |
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| Speakers |
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Sidney Rigdon, Joseph
Smith, Jr. |
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| Close |
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Prayer by Sidney Rigdon. |
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June
[6] Minutes |
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June 6th 1831 |
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ordains 6 |
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[Men named below] were
ordained Elders of this Church according to the Church Covenants under
the hand of Joseph Smith jr. |
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FWR,
9. |
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Symonds
Ryder
Selah J. Griffin
Daniel Stanton |
Peter Dustin
Sidney
Gilbert
William W. Phelps |
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Original:
Simonds
Sidney Gilbert is instructed to be ordained an elder in D&C
53, revealed "shortly
after" D&C 52 (June [6], 1831).
W. W. Phelps did not arrive in
Kirtland until mid-June. He was baptized on the 16th. ¶ W.
W. Phelps Letter 6 I have not ascertained when he was ordained an elder,
but he was ordained to the High Priesthood on October 1. ¶ Minutes
of October 1, 1831 |
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Minutes of April 9, 1831
Minutes of August 4, 1831
Lyman's Vision and the Man of Sin
First Conference in Kirtland
Ohio Minutes
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