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| Beaver (34 miles NW of Pittsburg near Ohio border) / Beaver |
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Late Oct . 1835 |
Orson Pratt |
Preaches three times, then south 1 mile to Bridgewater. |
Orson Pratt, Nov. 18, 1835 MA 2, no. 4 (Jan. 1836): 256. |
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| Blakely
Township / Luzerne |
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[Summer] 1832 |
Orson Pratt |
Baptized 4. |
Orson Pratt (Bath
NH), Jan. 23, 1833, EMS, Mar. 1833, 78. |
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| Bridgewater (33 miles NW of Pittsburg near Ohio border) / Beaver |
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Early Nov . 1835 |
Orson Pratt |
Preaches four times, then southeast 3 miles to Freedom. |
Orson Pratt, Nov. 18, 1835 MA 2, no. 4 (Jan. 1836): 256. |
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| Economy (Ambridge) (Rappite community, 18 miles N of Pittsburgh) / Beaver |
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August 11, 1832 |
Jesse Gause, Zebedee Coltrin |
Pass through enroute to Pittsburgh. |
Zebedee's diary, 30. |
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| Elk
Creek Township (about 25 miles southwest of Erie and 20 miles southeast of Conneaut, Ohio) / Erie |
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One of 16 original townships organized in Erie County. Villages include Pageville and Pont near the Crawford County border; Wellsburg and Cranesville in the center of the township near the Conneaut Township border. |
History of Elk Creek Township Source |
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1817, 1820 |
Stephen Winchester |
Children born. |
¶ Stephen
Winchester |
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Jan. 27, 1833 |
John F. Boynton (h),
Evan Greene |
Preach to large congregation, baptize
5 the next day. On or about this date, baptize Stephen and Nancy Winchester and son Benjamin. |
Evan M. Greene, 3–4. |
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Mar. 21, 1833 |
John F. Boynton,
Evan Greene |
Organize church. |
Evan M. Greene |
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Apr. 27–28, 1833 |
Evan Greene, William Sagers |
Meet "O. Hyde [Pratt?], John
Boynton, Daniel Copley, D. P. Hurlbut and Bro. Hyde." |
Evan M. Greene |
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Spring, 1833 |
Hyrum Smith, Orson Hyde |
Labor several weeks at Elk
Creek, baptizing several. |
¶ Orson
Hyde (h) |
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Oct. 8, 1833 |
Joseph Smith, Freeman Nickerson,
Sidney Rigdon, Shadrack Roundy |
Joseph, Freeman, and Sidney (enroute
to Canada) stay the night at Shadrach's home in Elk Creek. |
Diary-1, 6 // PWJS, 24. |
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Dec. 11, 1833 |
Orson Pratt, Lyman E. Johnson |
"Settled some difficulties between the Elders." Lyman ordains Amasa Lyman a High Priest. |
¶ Orson
Pratt (h2) |
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Dec. 1833–Spring 1834 |
Orson Hyde, Orson Pratt |
Mission from Elk Creek to Genesee
to organize company and lead them to Zion in May 1834. |
¶ Orson
Hyde |
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Dec. 14, 1833 |
Zebedee
Coltrin |
Presiding Elder Zebedee Coltrin
writes the Star of an excommunicated elder who may be trying to
deceive members. |
¶ Zebedee
Coltrin |
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| Erie
Township / Erie |
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Jan. 17–21 |
John F. Boynton,
Evan Greene |
Preach in the area, baptize 9. |
Evan M. Greene, 2. |
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Sept. 1835 |
Heber C. Kimball |
Steamer United States
runs aground a sand bar to avoid sinking. Heber
C. Kimball and others returning from mission are on board. |
¶ Heber
C. Kimball (h3) |
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| Fallston (37 miles NW of Pittsburg near Ohio border) / Beaver |
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Late Oct . 1835 |
Orson Pratt |
Preaches twice, then south 3 miles to the village of Beaver. |
Orson Pratt, Nov. 18, 1835 MA 2, no. 4 (Jan. 1836): 256. |
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| Freedom (31 miles NW of Pittsburg near Ohio border) / Beaver |
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Early Nov . 1835 |
Orson Pratt |
Preaches seven times, baptizes Campbellite preacher Sampson Avard. "There is a prospect of many embracing the gospel in those parts: May the Lord bless elder Avard and send some one of his servants to assist him." |
Orson Pratt, Nov. 18, 1835 MA 2, no. 4 (Jan. 1836): 256–257. |
| Genesee
(on the NewYork border, 30 miles south of Friendship) / Potter |
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[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) |
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May 22–25, 1835 |
Twelve |
Freedom Conference |
Minutes
of May 22–25, 1835 |
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| Girard
/ Erie |
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Dec. 11, 1833 |
Lyman
E. Johnson,
Orson Pratt, John Murdock, Amasa Lyman
(h) |
Conference. Ordain Amasa
to the High Priesthood. |
¶ Amasa
Lyman (h) |
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| Harmony [Oakland] /
Susquehanna |
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July 1828 |
Joseph Smith, Martin Harris |
God's work cannot fail though prophets may fall.
Joseph feared man more than God and transgressed for entrusting manuscript
pages to Martin. |
D&C
3 |
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Feb. 1829 |
Joseph Smith, Joseph Smith Sr. |
Son calls father to the ministry. |
D&C
4 |
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Mar. 1829 |
Joseph Smith, Martin Harris |
Joseph's only gift is translation. Three witnesses
to be called. Enemies lie in wait. |
D&C
5 |
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Mar. [28–31], 1830 |
Joseph Smith, Martin Harris |
Endless/eternal punishment. Martin to preach
nothing but repentance; pay the printer. |
D&C
19 |
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Apr. 1829 |
Joseph Smith |
D&C 6–9, 21–23 |
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May 1829 |
Joseph Smith |
D&C 10–13 |
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June 1829 |
Joseph Smith |
D&C 14–18 |
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July 1829 |
Joseph Smith |
D&C 24–26 |
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Aug. 1829 |
Joseph Smith |
"It mattereth not what ye shall eat or what
ye shall drink when ye partake of the sacrament, if it so be that ye do
it with an eye single to my glory." Significant 1835 additions. |
D&C
27 |
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| Harrisburg / Dauphin |
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Jan. 7, 1805 |
David Whitmer |
Birthplace. |
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| North East Township
/ Erie |
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Spring 1833 |
Hyrum Smith, Orson Hyde |
Preach. |
¶ Orson
Hyde |
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| Philadelphia / Philadelphia |
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[Nov.]–Dec. 1836 |
Oliver Cowdery |
Assigned to go to Philadelphia to
obtain plates for printing bank notes. |
¶ Oliver
Cowdery |
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| Pittsburgh
/ Allegheny |
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1822 |
Alexander Campbell, Sidney Rigdon |
Alexander arranges for Sidney
to be pastor of the First Baptist Church in Nov. 1821 and Sidney begins
in Feb. 1822. |
Auto
Sketch of Sidney Rigdon to 1830 |
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Summer 1831 |
Sidney Rigdon, Luke
S. Johnson |
Organizes branch. |
¶ Luke
S. Johnson (h) |
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[Sept.] 1832 |
Jesse Gause, Zebedee Coltrin |
Jesse leaves mission, church. |
¶ Zebedee
Coltrin |
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| Plumb
Creek Township / Armstrong |
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[Aug.] 1836 |
Erastus Snow |
Letter written September 2, 1836
reports organization of small branch. |
MA 3, no. 4 (Jan. 1837): 445. |
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| Rutland
Township / Tioga |
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June 1831 |
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Missionaries baptizing. |
EMS 1, no.
12 (May 1833): {6}. |
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Mar. 1833 |
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About 45 have been
baptized, some have gone to Zion, nearly all others preparing. |
EMS 1, no.
12 (May 1833): {7}. |
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June 13, 1836 |
Heber
C. Kimball joins Luke Johnson, Orson Pratt |
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MA 3, no. 4 (Jan. 1837):
439. |
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| Springfield
Township (includes present towns of East, West, North Springfield) / Erie |
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Feb. 1832 |
Samuel
H. Smith,
Orson Hyde |
Organize church. |
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Apr. 27–May 3, 1832 |
Jared Carter, Calvin Stoddard |
Preach at Brother Joseph Hart's; Brother Rudd lives nearby. "the work broak out & not withstandin the great opposition and the falling away that had taken plase." Orson Hyde and Samuel H. Smith had baptized five and ordained an elder "some weeks before," but the elder and two members "had fell away." Carter and Stoddard baptize eight and reclaim two of the three who had fallen away. Baptized: Randall and Experience Wheeler, Andrew M. C.
Adams, Abagail Spencer, Cornelia Battles, Fanny Mariah Rudd and Clea Rudd, Phebe Thomson. |
Jared Carter diary, 59, 60–63. |
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[Early Dec.] 1832 |
David W. Patten, Hyrum Smith, William
Smith |
Baptize 8. |
¶ David
W. Patten (h) |
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March 26, 1833 |
Hyrum Smith |
Leaves Kirtland for Springfield, returning April
10. |
Hyrum Smith diary |
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Oct. 6–8, 1833 |
Joseph Smith,
Freemen Nickerson, Sidney Rigdon, John
Rudd |
Joseph and Freeman arrive
at Springfield, Erie County, Pennsylvania,
on Sunday and find Sidney preaching to the church there. They speak to "a
great congregation" at John Rudd's that night and leave Elk Creek,
on Tuesday. |
Diary-2 in
JS personal, rev. ed., 23–24. |
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Aug. 1834 |
John Rudd |
Home of John Rudd, who certifies he is "perfectly
satisfied" with Joseph Smith's behavior on Zion's Camp. |
Minutes
of August 23, 1834 |
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| Springville / Susquehanna |
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Apr. 2, 1814 |
Freeman
Nickerson, Huldah Chapman |
First of three children
born here (Levi Stillman, Huldah Abigail, Eliphalet Coineca Sullivan); previous
6 born in Cavendish,
Windsor, Vermont. |
¶ Freemen
Nickerson |
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May 24, 1835 |
John Murdock, Lorenzo Lewis |
Assigned by the Twelve at the Freedom
Conference to go to Springville "to regulate that church and set in order
the things that were wanting ther[e]." |
¶ Minutes
of May 22–25, 1835; McLellin journals, 179. |
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| St. Clair
Township / Allegheny |
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Feb. 19, 1793 |
Sidney Rigdon |
Birthplace. |
Autobiographical Sketch of Sidney
Rigdon to 1830 |
Connecticut Gazetteer
New York Gazetteer
Ohio Gazetteer
Gazetteers
Missions
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