Mormon History Gazetteer for Ohio (1830

Mormon History 1830-1844

Mormon History Gazetteer for Ohio (1830–1839)

Locality / county

Ohio counties

Evolution of Western Reserve Counties

Ohio villages

Ohio Changed Name Locations

Acton Amherst Auburn Austinburg Bainbridge Bellefontaine Brownhelm Burton Chagrin Chagrin Falls Chardon Chippewa		Cincinnati Columbus Cleveland Conneaut East Liverpool Elyria Euclid Fairfield Fairport Harbor Florence Garrettsville Grafton	Harpersfield Hiram Hudson Huntsburg Kirtland Lawrence Co. Madison Mantua Mayfield Mentor Nelson New Garden New London	New Portage Newark North Union Northampton North Ridgeville Norton Orange Parkman Perry Peru Ravenna Richmond	Rome Russia Salem Shalersville Strongsville Thompson Warren Warrensville Weathersfield Wellsville West Township

Acton / Middlesex
	Nov. 1, 1799	Thomas B. Marsh	Birthplace.		Thomas B. Marsh (h)

Amherst (55 mi. W of Kirtland) / Lorain
	1830	Sylvester Smith	Residence.		¶ 1830 Census: Kirtland, et. al.
	"About 1830"	Joel H. Johnson	Sells farm and mill in Pomfret, New York and moves to Amherst. Brother David visits, fall 1830–fall 1831. Both are baptized by missionaries going from Kirtland to Missouri.		B. F. Johnson life, 4–5.
	May–June 1831	Harvey Whitlock, Edson Fuller, Sylvester Smith	Harvey and Edson preach. Edson baptizes David Johnson and others. Lyman Wight, Samuel H. Smith, arrive, "and in a few weeks they baptized about fifty in the vicinity." Sylvester Smith baptizes Joel Hills Johnson, June 1, 1831.		Joel Johnson autobiography, 3. David Johnson later requests rebaptism due to Edson's status at the time.
	[June–September]	Joel Hills Johnson	Put in charge of Amherst church.		Joel Johnson autobiography, 4.
	June 1831	Jared Carter	Moves family from Thompson to Amherst instead of going to Missouri with the rest of the Colesville church.		¶ Jared Carter
	Jan. 22, 1832	Reynolds Cahoon, Thomas B. Marsh	Arrive at Brother [Sylvester] Smith's and attend church at Brother Griffith's.		Cahoon, 30–31.
	Jan. 25, 1832	Conference	Sidney ordains Joseph "President of the high Preashood."		¶ Presidents of the High Priesthood
	[1831 after Sept.]	Joel Hills Johnson	Appointed to preside over church in Amherst.		Joel Hills Johnson autobiography typescript (BYU), 4.
	Jan. 25–26, 1832	Hyrum Smith, Gideon Carter	Evening meeting at Gideon's house. [Hyrum has the conference on the 26th.]		Hyrum's diary, {15}.
	Oct. 9–11, 1834	William E. McLellin, Almon Babbitt	"I found by enquiry of the Elders that the church was in a difficult situation on account of divisions among them, and Jealousies, &c. The Church consisted of 38—members." Labors Friday and Saturday "trying to get them to settle their differences and forgive each other—Though I believe I effected but little in consequence of the coldness and backwardness among them." Sunday speaks 1.75 hours "Though my spirit seemed somewhat bound in consequence of the dissensions among the brethren—but I laboured hard to stir them up."		McLellin journals, 140.
	Oct. 12, 1834	William E. McLellin	Small congregation at schoolhouse. Lorin Babbitt opens with prayer. Speaks 2 hours on the Kingdom of Christ, Book of Mormon, "latter day saints," Covenants and Articles. "We did not break bread because there was such a general division in the Church."

Auburn / Geauga
	1831	Christopher M. and Emily Rockford Stafford	Move from Manchester, New York to Auburn.
	Jan. 15, 1832	Sidney Rigdon, William McLellin	Sidney speaks two hours, McLellin fifteen minutes. "the people did not hearken to the councils of Heaven at all." Leave for Warren next day.		McLellin journals, 69.

Austinburg / Trumbull
	1831	Levi Hancock	Picks up turnpike that runs from Ashtabula through Austinburg, Unionville, to Painesville.		¶ Levi Hancock

Bainbridge / Geauga
	Dec. 1825	Sidney Rigdon	Moves to farm on his father-in-law's land, begins to preach.		¶ Autobiographical Sketch of Sidney Rigdon to 1830

Bellefontaine / Logan
	May [13–14], 1834	Sylvester Smith	"… we first discovered refractory feelings in Sylvester Smith."		¶ Heber's Accounts of Zion's Camp (1)

Black River Township / Lorain
	1824–Aug. 1830	Parley P. Pratt	Residence.		Black River Historical Society

Brownhelm (3 mi. W of Amherst) / Lorain
	August 18, 1833	John E. Page	Baptized by Emer Harris.		¶ John E. Page (h)

Burton (11 mi. S of Chardon) / Geauga
	[1828–1829]	Orson Hyde	Studies 2 terms at Burton Academy, studies with Matthew J. Clapp (summer), goes on a reformed Baptist mission with Sidney Rigdon in the fall.		¶ Orson Hyde (h)

Chagrin [Willoughby, 1834] (3 mi. NW of Kirtland) / Geauga [Lake, 1840]
	1820	Hancock family	Family of Thomas Hancock and Amy Ward Hancock move to Chagrin from Ontario County, New York.		Levi Hancock
	1830		Census.		¶ 1830 Census: Kirtland, et. al.
	Nov. 1831	Alger, Hancock families	Home of Samuel Alger and Clarissa Hancock Algers, her parents, and several siblings. Parley P. Pratt baptizes Clarissa and her father, Thomas Hancock, with Sidney Rigdon and many others in Mayfield, Nov. 14, 1831.		¶ Levi Hancock
	1833	Joseph H. Wakefield	Joseph H. Wakefield and family move to Chagrin.		Joseph H. Wakefield
	Oct. 29, 1835	Church presidency and Kirtland high council	Members in Chagrin scandalized by alleged abuse by David and Mary Elliott on their children. Witnesses: Aaron C. Lyon and his wife, Roxanna, Erastus Babbitt, Sister Osgood, Sister Childs		Minutes of October 29 1835

Chagrin Falls (18 mi. S of Chagrin) / Cuyahoga
	Late 1831	Adamson Bentley	Sidney's Baptist mentor moves to Chagrin Falls from Warren.		Hayden history, 106.

Chardon (county seat, 18 mi. E of Kirtland) / Geauga
	1818	Ezra Booth	Arrives, forms Methodist class of ten members.		Geauga history, 299.
	1819, 1820	Ira Eddy	Preaches every two weeks. (After his disaffection from Mormonism, Ezra Booth details his experience in letters to Ira Eddy which are then published in the Ohio Star (1831).		Geauga history, 299.
	Oct. 23, 1828	Frederick G. Williams, Rebecca Swain Williams	Residence.		¶ Frederick G. Williams
	1830		Census.		¶ 1830 Census: Kirtland, et. al.
	June 1831	Church	"The Church at Chardon Ohio was also anxious to take their journey to Missouri: and by much teasing they obtained a permit to take their journey."		J. Whitmer, 82–83. also: in addition to the Colesville church
	Jan. 13, 1834	Joseph Wakefield	Testifies against Joseph Smith at the Court of Common Pleas. Court determines Joseph does have "reason to fear that Doctor P. Hurlbut would beat wound or kill him or injur his property," and directs Hurlbut to keep the peace and post a $200 bond plus court costs of $112.59.		¶ Joseph Wakefield
	Apr. 2–3, 1834	Joseph Smith, D. P. Hurlbut	Joseph attends court in Chardon, Ohio, accusing D. P. Hurlbut of assault and threatening his life.		Diary-1 in Papers, 28 // Zion in court, 52; HC 2:47.
	Apr. 5, 1834	John Johnson, Joseph Smith	John Johnson petitions the court of common pleas in Chardon for a license to maintain a tavern in Kirtland. Joseph testifies in his behalf.		Diary-1 in Papers, 28n4. In 1837 a committee was appointed to "see if he would desist from selling spirituous liquors to those who were in the habit of getting intoxicated, and report to the authorities of the Church those members who might drink spirits at his house." ¶ Reynolds Cahoon
	Apr. 9, 1834	Joseph Smith, D. P. Hurlbut	Court binds D. P. Philastus Hurlbut over under $200 bond to keep the peace for six months and pay nearly $112.59 in court costs.		Diary-1 in Papers, 28–29 // Zion in court, 52; HC 2:49; Early documents 1:23 cites the court judgment dated March 31.

Charleston (on Lake Erie; Lorain, 1874) / Lorain
	1834		Village site surveyed.

Chippewa Township / Wayne
	Formed in 1815. Doyleston, the principal village, began in 1827. It is 11 mi. SW of New Portage.
	[May–June] 1831	Luke S. Johnson, Robert Rathburn	"… performed a mission to the southern part of Ohio … where we baptized several and organized a branch in Chippewa."		¶ Luke S. Johnson (h)
	[Late Aug.] 1832	Amasa Lyman, Zerubbabel Snow	Visit; members include a brother Baldwin Welton, a brother Bosinger.		¶ Amasa Lyman
	May 1834	Zion's Camp	First stop after New Portage.

Cincinnati / Hamilton
	March [4], 1831	Parley P. Pratt (h)	Reaches Cincinnati after one week travel from St. Louis.		Parley P. Pratt, 67.
	[June–July] 1831	Joseph Smith party	Reaches Cincinnati enroute to Independence. Joseph has an interview with Walter Scott, who is not impressed.		, 126 // [SHOWREF=p1, 356 // HC 1:188.
	August 1831	Joseph Smith party	Pawn trunk on return trip for travel expenses.		¶ Ezra Booth Letter 7
	Feb. 6–Mar. 6, 1835	Orson Pratt, Lorenzo D. Barnes	Baptize "some."		¶ Orson Pratt (h2)

Cleveland / Cuyahoga
	[Feb.] 1831	John Murdock "and others"
	Oct. 1834	Oliver Cowdery	"Cleveland is a pleasantly situated town at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River, and is improving. The Canal from the south has increased its trade, and it now affords a market. The harbor is good, and was built at considerable expense. … many foreigners of late, have taken residence in the town and vicinity—Swiss and German. These, generally, are circumspect, peaceable, and industrious."		Oliver Cowdery (Pontiac, M. T.) , Oct. 20, 1834, MA 1, no. 1 (Oct. 1834): 3.

Columbus / Franklin
	Apr. 20, 1835	Orson Pratt	I saw a man passing, whom I felt impressed to speak to. He was a Saint, and the only one in the city. I stopped at his house, and there read a late number of the Messenger and Advocate. Found that I had been chosen one of the Twelve Apostles, and was requested to be in Kirtland on the 26th of April.		¶ Orson Pratt (h2)
	Jan. [8 or 9], 1836	Oliver Cowdery, Cyprian Rudd	Oliver visits Cyprian, a member whose wife is ""very low of a fever."		Oliver's 1836 diary, 414.

Conneaut (previously known as Salem, 11 mi. W of Springfield, PA) / Ashtabula
	Jan. 21, 1833	John Boynton, Evan Greene	Preach at Sherman's Corners, "had good attention."		Evan M. Greene, 2.
	Jan. 28, 29, 1833	John Boynton, Evan Greene	Preach in school house "near Vandeverters," the next night at "Furgersone's school house in the town of Conneaut … no open opposition here but a verry uneasy congregation not much prospect at present."		Evan M. Greene, 4.

East Liverpool (on the Ohio River, 5 mi. E of Wellsville) / Columbiana
	Aug. 1834	Lorenzo Young, Isaac Hill	Home of Lorenzo Young and Isaac Hill, who certify they are "perfectly satisfied" with Joseph Smith's behavior on Zion's Camp.		Minutes of Aug. 23, 1834

Elyria / Lorain
	1829	Sidney Rigdon, Matthew S. Clapp	The church "began in the tour of Clapp and Rigdon in 1829. … Church formed in 1832. It increased till there were forty members."		Hayden history, 467.
	Fall 1829	Sidney Rigdon, Orson Hyde	Mission to Lorain and Huron counties. "[W]e baptized a great number of people into the new faith organized several branches of the Church, and returned again to Mentor."		¶ Orson Hyde (h)
	Spring 1830	Orson Hyde	Becomes pastor of the Elyria and Florence churches. Teaches school in fall and winter of 1830.		¶ Orson Hyde (h)
	[Nov.–Dec.] 1831	Hyrum Smith, Orson Hyde	Mission to Elyria, Florence. Convert former followers, organize 2 or 3 branches.		¶ Orson Hyde (h)

Euclid (11 mi. W of Kirtland on Lake Erie) / Cuyahoga
	Oct. 31, 1830	Josiah Jones, Isaac Morley	Attend meeting, first learn of Book of Mormon.		¶ History of the Mormonites
	Jan. [17], 1831	Hyrum Smith	Tries to hold a meeting, "But the wicked raged in Such a maner that we Could not keep order and was oBlieged to DisSmiss the meeting." Continues on to Cleveland, Amherst, Florence.		Hyrum's diary, 12.

Fairfield (on the Miami River, 12 miles W of Steubenville) / Butler
	August 11, 1832	Jesse Gause, Zebedee Coltrin	Stop enroute to Pittsburgh.		ZC, 30.

Fairport Harbor (2.5 miles N of Painesville) / Geauga [Lake, 1840]
	1834	Oliver Cowdery	"Fairport is an excellent harbor … Government has expended a considerable amount in extending its Piers several rods into the Lake, at the end of which a small Light House is now being finished to render the ingress of vessels more easy during the dark gales … "		MA 1, no. 1 (Oct. 1834): 3.

Florence (21 mi. W of Elyria) / Huron [Erie, 1840]
	Fall 1829	Orson Hyde, Sidney Rigdon	Mission to Lorain and Huron counties, establish several Campbellite churches, including Elyria and Lorain.		¶ Orson Hyde (h)
	Spring 1830	Orson Hyde	Returns after winter in Mentor to pastor Elyria and Florence churches. Teaches school in Florence, fall and winter 1830.		¶ Orson Hyde (h)
	1830	Orson Hyde	Reads part of Book of Mormon, concludes it is fiction, denounces it.		¶ Orson Hyde (h)
	[Nov.–Dec.] 1831	Orson Hyde, Hyrum Smith	Mission to Elyria, Florence. Convert former followers, organize 2 or 3 branches.		¶ Orson Hyde (h)
	[Sept.] 1833	David W. Patten	Moves to Florence for a few weeks, gets sick, goes on another mission.		¶ David W. Patten (h)
	Jan. 19, 1832	Hyrum Smith	"from thence to flourence passing through amherst held a meeting at Brother moses Daylys on the 19th of January having the good pleasure to through the mercy of god of meeting a goodly memBer of our Broths and sisters from Newlondon." Stays at Brother Blackman's house.		Hyrum's diary, 13–14.
	May 1834	Orson Hyde	Picks up $100–200 owed him to help finance camp he is leading from the East to Zion.		¶ Orson Hyde (h)

Garrettsville / Portage
	April 1829	Sidney Rigdon	Sidney's Mantua Center church divides to form congregations in Hiram, Nelson, and Garrettsville.
	Nov. 17, 1832	William E. McLellin, Samuel H. Smith	William preaches to "very attentive congregation" for an hour and a half before "some wicked wretch or wret[c]hes" start burning "some odious smelling thing," which broke up the meeting
	Nov. 18, 1832	William E. McLellin, Samuel H. Smith	Attend a Campbellite meeting, bear testimony, "but they rejected all with disdain and desired us to depart out of their coasts. We did so and wiped the dust of our feet against them."		McLellin journals, 61.

Grafton / Lorain
	Feb. 20, 1841	Zebedee Coltrin	Organizes branch with 12 members.		¶ Zebedee Coltrin

Harpersfield (26 mi. NE of Kirtland) / Ashtabula
	Nov. 7, 1813	William Cahoon	Birthplace.		William F. Cahoon autobio
	Oct. 1830	John Corrill	Home when missionaries Oliver Cowdery, Parley P. Pratt, Zebedee Coltrin, and Peter Whitmer Jr. arrive on their way to Kirtland and Missouri. John rides to warn Sidney Rigdon in Mentor but arrives after he has been converted.		¶ John Corrill

Hiram Township / Portage
	One of the original Western Reserve townships, originally including Mantua, Shalersville, Freedom, Windom, and Nelson. "The name of the township, Hiram, was suggested by Col. Tilden, who proposed it to all the original proprietors, who were Freemasons, in honor of an Illustrious Ancient Master Workman well known to the fraternity."				Portage history, 466, 470.
	Jan. 6, 1814	Symonds Ryder	Buys 115 acres, builds a home, finds himself "surrounded by old acquaintances; for Hiram was a Vermont colony." Returns to Vermont for his family the following winter.		¶ Symonds Ryder
	[1816]	Symonds Ryder	Symonds and Jason Ryder arrive with their parents and sisters.		Portage history, 470.
	March 4, 1818	John Johnson	John's and four other families from Pomfret and Hartford, Vermont arrive.		¶ John Johnson
	Apr. 18, 1829	Sidney Rigdon	Sidney's Mantua Center church divides. Thirty-seven in Hiram and Nelson form one church, and another is formed in Shalersville.		Hayden history, 238.
	Oct. 11, 1831	Conference	David Whitmer and Reynolds Cahoon are "ordained to their office or appointment" of fund raising.		Minutes of October 11, 1831
	Oct. 29, 1831	Joseph Smith, William E. McLellin	Revelation: William to take Samuel on a mission east.		D&C 66
	Nov. 1–2, 1831	Conference	Joseph Smith, Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer, John Whitmer, Peter Whitmer Jr., Sidney Rigdon, William E. McLellin, Orson Hyde, Luke Johnson, Lyman Johnson to publish 10,000 copies of the Book of Commandments.		Minutes of November 1–2, 1831
	Sept. 12, 1831	Joseph Smith, Emma Smith	Joseph, Emma, and the twins move to Hiram.
	Mar. 24, 1832	Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon	Joseph and Sidney are tarred and feathered.		1832 Tarring of Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon

	Hudson (now a Cleveland suburb 28 miles south of Kirtland) / Summit
	1826	Western Reserve College	Western Reserve College at Hudson, Summit Co., Ohio, , founded 1826.
	Jan. 1836	William E. McLellin	Secures the services of Joshua Seixas to teach Hebrew in the Kirtland school.
	1833–1835	Ebenezer Robinson	"worked in the "'Hudson Observer' office, a Presbyterian paper, published in the interest of the Hudson College in that place."		Items 1, no. 4 (April, 1889), 58.

Huntsburg (19 mi. SE of Kirtland) / Geauga
	Mar. 29, 1835	Joseph Smith	Preaches 3 hours Sunday "where William E. McLellin had been {debating} holding a public discussion on a challenge from Mr I. M. Tracy, a campbellite preacher, the two days previous. on the divinity of the book of Mormon. at the close of which two were baptized. and on monday four more came forward for baptism."		, 588 // HC 2:218. I. M.: J. M. in HC.

Kirtland / Geauga
	Jan. 30, 1831	Sidney Rigdon	Returns from New York.
	January [12–17]	John Whitmer	Arrives from New York with revelations. Zion extends from Kirtland to the Pacific Ocean.		¶ 1831 Chronology
	Feb. [1], 1831	Joseph, Emma Smith	Arrive from New York.
	Feb. 27, 1831	Orson Pratt, William Smith	Arrive from New York.		¶ Joseph to Hyrum, March 3–4, 1831
	June 13, 1831	Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, Martin Harris, W. W. Phelps, Edward Partridge, Sidney and Elizabeth Gilbert, Joseph Coe	Leave Kirtland for Jackson County (900 miles).		¶ 1831 Chronology
	1833	John Johnson	Moves to Kirtland from Hiram.		Marinda Johnson Hyde in Women, 404.

Lawrence Co. (Ohio's southernmost county)
	1832	Luke S. Johnson, Seymour Brunson	Organize branch.		¶ Luke S. Johnson (h)
	Late Aug. 1832	Amasa Lyman, Zerubabel Snow	"… our destination was the southern part of the State of Ohio, where Elders Seymour Brunson and Luke Johnson (h) had been laboring, and had built up a small Branch of the Church. We continued here and in Cabell county, [West] Virginia, until the following spring, during which time there were some forty souls added to the Church."		¶ Amasa Lyman (h) Cabell County, West Virginia is across the river from Lawrence Co., Ohio.
	Fall 1833	Luke S. Johnson	"I visited the branches raised up in Lawrence County, Ohio, and preached and baptized in that vicinity."		¶ Luke S. Johnson (h)

Madison (11 E of Painesville along S Ridge Road) / Geauga
	August 2, 1832	Jesse Gause, Zebedee Coltrin	Preach at Chancy Lovlin's "in which good attention was paid"		ZC, 29.

Mantua Township / Portage
	1809	Oliver Snow	Elder Jones founds Baptist church in Mantua, baptizes Oliver Snow and wife in the Cuyahogua River. Church meets in the first schoolhouse.		Portage history, 484.
	1810	Oliver Snow	Listed in 1810 census as head of a family of six. Total population, 152, "a great decrease within that year."		Portage history, 480.
	1826	Sidney Rigdon	Serves as preacher in Baptist church.

Mantua Center, Mantua Township / Portage					History at RootsWeb
	Jan. 1, 1827	Sidney Rigdon	Organizes a reformed Baptist church (aka, in 1830 as "disciples of Christ" or popularly, Campbellite), taking almost all the members of the old Baptist Church with him."		¶ Sidney Rigdon Portage history, 484.
	April 18, 1829	Sidney Rigdon	Sidney's church divides. Thirty-seven in Hiram and Nelson form one church, and another is formed in Shalersville.		¶ Sidney Rigdon
	March 21, 1830	Adamson Bentley	Ordains Darwin Atwater an elder and Seth Harmon a deacon in the "disciples of Christ" congregation. Other members are Seth Sanford, Seth Harmon, and "a number of excellent sisters."		Darwin Atwater to A. S. Hayden, Apr. 26, 1873, Hayden history, 239.

Mayfield (9 mi. SW of Kirtland) / Cuyahoga
	Township organized in 1819.
	1805	Rufus Mapes	First settler in what became Highland Heights in Mayfield Township. Early convert, defected when asked to consecrate his farm.		Rufus "said he did not read in his Bible that the Lord required his farm. He and many others left them." "Joel Miller’s Statement," 1, no. 2 (Apr. 1888): 2.
	1830		Census.		¶ 1830 Census: Kirtland, et. al.
	Nov. 1, 1830	Lyman Wight	Lyman is moving to Mayfield to lead the new common stock community of five families when he hears of the Mormon missionaries		¶ Lyman Wight Journal
	Nov. 1830	Levi Hancock, Parley P. Pratt (h), Sidney Rigdon	Levi hears Parley and Sidney preach. Levi's father, Thomas, and sister Clarissa Hancock Alger are baptized.		¶ Levi Hancock
	Nov. 7, 1830	Lamanite missionaries	Preach, baptize, and confirm "about thirty" (based on November 5 baptismal date for John Murdock).		SHOWREF=impact], 483.

Mentor Township (adjacent to Kirtland Township on the north) / Geauga
	Oct. 28, 1820	Algernon Sidney Gilbert	Purchases an acre, starts a store. N. K. Whitney learns the trade working in the store until 1821.		¶ Algernon Sidney Gilbert
	June 1826	Sidney Rigdon	Preaches funeral sermon of reformed Baptist minister. In the fall, Sidney is called to be the pastor in Mentor.		Hayden history, 191.
	[1828]	Sidney Rigdon	Moves to Mentor at request of Baptists there.		¶ Autobiographical Sketch of Sidney Rigdon to 1830
	1830		Census.		¶ 1830 Census: Kirtland, et. al.
	Oct. [27 or 28], 1830	Oliver Cowdery, Sidney Rigdon	Lamanite missionaries call on Sidney in Mentor. The next morning, he tells the Clapps, "It's all a lie!"		¶ Missionaries in Kirtland, 1830
	Apr. 1835	Parley P. Pratt	Egged by townspeople.		Egging of Parley P. Pratt (1835)

Middlebury / Portage [Summit, 1840]
	[Jan.–Feb.] 1832	William E. McLellin	Drops out of mission to work.		¶ Luke S. Johnson (h)

Nelson Township (35 mi. SE of Kirtland, 5 E of Hiram) / Portage
	July 30, 1808	Bethesda Baptist church	"Bethesda" church, with members in Nelson, Hiram and Mantua, is organized in Nelson. Nelson, Hiram and Mantua. Created primarily through the efforts of Deacon John Rudolph of Maryland, who settled near the site of Garrettsville in 1806. William West was the first pastor for a few years, then Thomas Miller. When the reform movement reached Ohio, the Bethesda church broke up. Bethesda belonged first to the Beaver Association, then to the Mahoning Baptist Association (organized 1820).		Hayden history, 237; Buckeye disciples, 24.
	Spring 1816 or Sept. 1817	Township organized out of Hiram Township.			Portage history, 474, 492.
	1824	Reformed Baptists	"The reformed views effected a lodgment among the members of this church early in 1824, and after a series of struggles to reconcile differences of opinion on the question of creeds, and on some points of doctrine, seventeen members were excommunicated for heresy. The heretics represented the largest share of the intelligence and piety of the Bethesda Church; moreover, but eight votes were cast for the exscinding resolution. They were citizens of Nelson, Hiram, and Mantua; and being devoted to the Bible and the religion of the New Testament, they met successively for worship on Lord's days in these Townships."		Hayden history, 247.
	[Feb.–Mar.] 1831	John Whitmer, Lyman Wight (h) (swh)	John returns to Kirtland for Apr. 9, 1831 conference after organizing Nelson church.		J. Whitmer, 55.
	Sept. 6, 1831	Joseph, Sidney, Oliver, others	Silence Ezra Booth as an elder.		Minutes of September 6, 1831
	Nov. 16, 1831	William E. McLellin, Samuel H. Smith	First stop on their mission from Hiram. "[T]he brethren were much animated and made known their good determinations and zeal for the cause of thruth."		McLellin journals, 61.

New Garden (9 miles S of Salem) / Columbiana County
	August 10, 1832	Jesse Gause, Zebedee Coltrin	Stay with Joseph Ingram enroute to Pittsburgh.		ZC, 29–30.

New London (79 mi. W of Kirtland) / Huron
	Feb. [10] –Mar. [3], 1831	John Corrill, Solomon Hancock	"We went to New London, about one hundred miles from Kirtland, where we built up a church of thirty-six members in about three weeks time, though we were bitterly opposed by other preachers. After which we returned to Kirtland."		Corrill history, 17.
	Jan. 19, 1832	Hyrum Smith	"from thence to flourence passing through amherst held a meeting at Brother moses Daylys on the 19th of January having the good pleasure to through the mercy of god of meeting a goodly memBer of our Broths and sisters from Newlondon." Stays at Brother Blackman's house.		Hyrum's diary, 13–14.

New Portage, Norton Township (55 mi. S of Kirtland, 2 mi. E of Norton) / Medina [Summit, 1840]
	On the Tuscarawas River/Ohio-Erie Canal; now part of Barberton.
	[June] 1831	Early missionaries	"In the year 1831, Ezra Booth preached at the 'Bates Corners' in Norton, to a numerous assembly, where I, for the first time, saw the book of Mormon, and was taught from it. … [62] … we afterward received preaching from brother R. Cahoon, David Whitmer, and Lyman Johnson, and after that, also by brother Thomas B. Marsh (h) and others … and the way being thus prepared, the Lord in his providence, sent brother Milton Stow among us, who baptized a number of persons, some of whom belonged to the Methodist Church—which … caused the preachers, which had charge of the circuit, to stand forth with great exertions to prevent its influence spreading further; and with the strongest expression of their exasperated feelings, thundered out anathamies and divine vengeance on the heads of those 'wolves in sheeps clothing,' ….		Ambrose Palmer, Jan. 28, 1835, to the editor, MA 1, no. 4 (Jan. 1835): 61–62. Also, ¶ Ezra Booth.
			"At this time, being April, 1833, God, … sent us brother Sidney Rigdon, who opened the scriptures to our understanding … showing us the fruits which the gospel produced in former ages, as also the gifts that were in the church—such as visions, revelation, the ministration of angels, the gift of the holy spirit, and prophecy—and that these were again restored to the world and were found in the 'mormon church.' Many now obeyed the gospel and were baptized, at which time myself also, received baptism.
			"This little branch continued to increase rapidly for some time, … till the number, in the beginning of 1834, amounted to something more than sixty. For a few months the work of gathering seemed almost to cease, … and there has been additions to the church … till the number now remaining, according to our church record, is ninety three: one has died; six have moved away, and two have been cut off from the church."
		Ezra Booth	Preaches the Book of Mormon in Bates Corners, , enroute to Independence.
	[Oct.–Dec.] 1831	Ezra Booth	Writes nine letters opposing Mormonism to Rev. Ira Eddy. They are published in the Ohio Star, Ravenna.		Ezra Booth Letters
	May 2, 1833	Joseph, Sidney, Frederick	Rule several ordinations "illegal."		Minutes of May 2, 1833
	Apr. 20–21, 1834	Joseph, Sidney, Oliver, Zebedee Coltrin	Attend conference, raising funds and volunteers for Zion's Camp. "A large congregation of Saints."		TS 6, no. 19 (Dec. 15, 1845): 1058, 1059–1061.
	May 1, 1834		Kirtland contingent of Zion's Camp leaves for New Portage.		¶ Wilford Woodruff 1:9
			Joseph allegedly misappropriates a quit from the quartermaster.		¶ Minutes of August 29, 1834
	May 5, 1834		Zion's Camp leaves for Missouri.		Encyclopedic history, 577.
	May 6, 1834		First group that left Kirtland on May 1 is joined in New Portage by the rest of the company and leaves May 8.		¶ Wilford Woodruff; ¶ Heber's Accounts of Zion's Camp
	May 7, 1834	Amasa Lyman, John Tanner	Amasa, John and his sons join the Camp.		¶ Amasa Lyman (h)
	May 16, 1834	Joseph Smith	Arrives with a hundred members of Zion's Camp.		Orson Pratt journals, 40.
	Sept. 8, 1834	Joseph Smith, Oliver Cowdery	Attend conference. Joseph explains gift of tongues to be used for preaching the gospel to other nations and languages, not for governance of the church.		¶ Minutes of Sept. 8, 1834
	Winter 1834–1835	Parley P. Pratt	Spends the winter, then to Kirtland.		¶ Parley P. Pratt (h)
	June 6, 1835	Oliver Cowdery	Presides over conference of New Portage (100 members) and Strongsville branches.		Minutes of June 6, 1835
	Nov. 18, 1835	Ambrose Palmer	Presides over a council of high priests and elders that finds Reuben Keeler guilty of prosecuting members in a court of law and unchristian-like behavior.		Minutes of Nov. 18, 1835

Newark (county seat, 35 mi. E of Columbus) / Licking
	1830		"By 1830, Newark had a population of roughly one thousand people. … probably best known for the Newark earthworks, a series of mounds built by prehistoric Native American cultures in Ohio."		Source
	June 1831	Joseph Smith's party	Exit Ohio Canal (176 mi. of Cleveland). Proceed through Columbus to Dayton.

North Union (19 mi. SW of Kirtland; now in Shaker Heights) / Cuyahoga
	March 31, 1822		First public Shaker meeting in North Union. The Center Family is organized in 1824; the 30 x 40, two-story dwelling house is completed in May 1826.		Shaker west, 92. Source
	Fall 1828		80 members sign a covenant completing the organization, the fourth Shaker community in Ohio.		Shaker west, 92. Source
	Oct. 22, 1831	Jesse Gause	Arrives with family.		¶ Jesse Gause

Northampton (16 mi. N of New Portage) / Portage [Summit, 1840]
	May 1831	Lyman Wight	Baptizes John Smith (not the prophet's uncle).

North Ridgeville (4 mi. E of Elyria) / Lorain
	[Late 1830–early 1831]	Orson Hyde	"On one occasion, the people of Ridgeville, near Elyria, sent for me to preach against the 'Mormon' bible. I complied with the request, and preached against it. The people congratulated me much, thinking that "Mormonism" was completely floored. But I, for the first time, thought that the "Mormon" bible might be the truth of heaven; and fully resolved before leaving the house, that I would never preach against it anymore until I knew more about it, being pretty strongly convicted in my own mind that I was doing wrong." (Orson is a Campbellite preacher at this time.)		¶ Orson Hyde (h)

Norton (52 mi. S of Kirtland, 2 mi. W of New Portage) / Medina [Summit,1840]
	Apr. 19, 1834	Joseph Smith	Joseph's party prays for Joseph and bless one another.		Minutes of Apr. 20–21, 1834
	Apr. 21, 1834	Joseph Smith	Conference of elders. Joseph: history of obtaining and translating the Book of Mormon, the revelation of the Aaronic Priesthood, the organization of the church, the revelation of the High Priesthood, "and the gift of the Holy Spirit poured out upon the Church &c."
	Aug. 1834	J. B. Bosworth, John Smith, Orson Johnson, Roswell Evans	Meeting minutes indicate these brethren are from "the church in Norton." Certify they are "perfectly satisfied" with Joseph Smith's behavior on Zion's Camp.		Minutes of August 23, 1834
	Sept. 7, 1834	Oliver Cowdery, W. W. Phelps	Oliver writes William the first in a series of letters published in the Messenger and Advocate regarding the early history of Mormonism.		Oliver Cowdery's History of the Church (1)
	See New Portage

Orange (village and Township now in SE Cleveland) / Cuyahoga
	1830		Census.		¶ 1830 Census: Kirtland, et. al.
	Nov. 14, 1830	John Murdock	Baptizes 3.		¶ John Murdock
	May 17, 1831	Joseph, Parley Pratt, Reynolds Cahoon	Church meets in Burnet home, baptize two. Reynolds thinks "some verry far from the truth."		Jared Carter diary, 1.
	Oct. 25–26, 1831	Joseph, Oliver Cowdery, Sidney Rigdon, Hyrum, Martin Harris, Reynolds Cahoon, others (minutes list 38)	General conference in Sirenes Burnett home. Ordinations to High Priesthood. Sidney rebukes men for not taking it seriously. High Priesthood is sealing power. Oliver Cowdery and David Whitmer instructed regarding the selection of the Twelve.		Minutes of October 25–26, 1831
	Nov. 19, 1831	James A. Garfield	Birthplace.
	Jan. 16–17	Reynolds Cahoon	Committee visits disgruntled families, excommunicates several the next night.		Cahoon.

Painesville / Geauga [Lake, 1840]
	Nov. 2, 1829	Edward Partridge	Meeting of homeowners of School District No. 6 scheduled "to meet at the Hat Store of E. Partridge on Monday the 2nd of November at 7 oclock pm for the purpose of devising ways and means for purchasing a site and erecting a School House thereon and doing other school business …"		¶ Edward Partridge
	Jan. 2, 1832	Reynolds, Orson Pratt	Visit disgruntled members in Painesville and Kirtland, excommunicate several.
	Mar. 20, 1832	Jonathan Stebbins	Dies in Mentor. "…formerly of this village [Painesville] aged 36 years. He was a convert to the Mormon faith, and was on the point of embarkation for the 'promised land' in Missouri."		PT, Mar. 20, 1832

Parkman Township / Geauga
	Dec. 5, 1832	Solomon Humphry, Noah Packard	To leave on mission from Parkman. Noah goes east January 3–22, 1833 and on April 22 starts east again with William Pratt, returning September 25, 1833.		Minutes of December 5, 1832

Perry/ Perry
	1829	Sidney Rigdon	Founds Campbellite church of Perry.		Hayden history, 346.

Peru / [probably Huron]
	Summer 1831	Parley, Orson Pratt	Baptize 5 en route to Missouri.		¶ Orson Pratt (h1)

Ravenna Township (county seat) / Portage
	January [8–10], 1832	Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon	Conclude their mission to Shalersville, Ravenna, and other places to refute "the scandalous letters then being published in the Ohio Star, at Ravenna, by … Ezra Booth."		MH-A, 179–80 // HC 1:239.

Richmond / Jefferson
	Oct. 1834	Oliver Cowdery	1.5 miles up the river from Fairport. Richmond "has several extensive stores which afford most kinds of merchandise conssumed in the country, very cheap. Farmers generally find a certain market for their produce, and a large extent of country south receive their eastern merchandise at the two places [Richmond and Fairport]."		MA 1, no. 1 (Oct. 1834): 7.

Rome (32 mi. E of Kirtland) / Ashtabula
	1830		Census.		¶ 1830 Census: Kirtland, et. al.
	Nov. 1830	Levi Hancock	After being baptized in Kirtland, Levi returns to his home in Rome and commences holding meetings. December, moves 3 miles west, lives in a home while laying hardwood floor.		¶ Levi Hancock
	Dec. [19], 1831	Reynolds Cahoon, Hyrum Smith	Hold Sunday meeting at home of James Baldwin.		Hyrum's diary, 7.
	Jan. 1831	Heman Basset, Edson Fuller, Burr Riggs	Proselyte, exhibit unusual operations of the spirit, baptize.		¶ Levi Hancock
	Spring 1831	Parley, Orson Pratt	Proselyte.		¶ Orson Pratt (h1)
	August 4–7, 1832	Jesse Gause, Zebedee Coltrin	Stay with John Reed on mission to Pittsburgh, East.		ZC, 29.

Russia Township / Lorain
	1825		Township incorporated (the year after Lorain County was organized).
	November 1826	Parley P. Pratt (h)	Arrives at "a small settlement about thirty miles west of Cleveland" and begins a new life.		Parley P. Pratt, 14–15.
	October 1827	Parley P. Pratt	After marrying Thankful Halsey in Canaan, Columbia County, NY on September 9, Parley and his bride land "within ten miles of my place" at the mouth of Black River.		Parley P. Pratt, 20–21.
	1830	Parley P. Pratt	Living in Russia Township.		1830 U.S. Census
	July–Aug. 1830	Parley P. Pratt	Arrested for debt. Flees up the Erie canal to Palmyra, where he learns of the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith.		¶ Debt

Salem (11 miles N of Lisbon, near Pennsylvania border) / Columbiana County
	August 9, 1832	Jesse Gause, Zebedee Coltrin	Stay at Thomas French's enroute to Pittsburgh.		ZC, 29.

Shalersville Township / Portage
	Late spring 1828	Sidney Rigdon, Thomas Campbell	Preach Alexander Campbell's Baptist reforms, baptize two.		Hayden history, 334.
	Apr. 18, 1829	Sidney Rigdon	Sidney's Mantua Center church divides. Thirty-seven in Hiram and Nelson form one church, and another is formed in Shalersville.		Hayden history, 238.
	Nov. 15, 1831	Reynolds Cahoon , David Whitmer	On a fund-raising mission, David seals the Shalersville church "up unto Eternial life."		Cahoon, 21–22.
	Jan. [8–10], 1832	Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon	Conclude their mission to Shalersville, Ravenna, and other places to refute "the scandalous letters then being published in the Ohio Star, at Ravenna, by … Ezra Booth."		MS history, 179–80 // HC 1:239.
	Nov. 15, 1832	Zebedee Coltrin, David W. Patten (h)	David seals up the brethren to eternal life.		Cahoon, 21–22.

Strongsville (SW Cleveland) / Cuyahoga
	1814		Coltrin family moves to Strongsville from New York.		¶ Zebedee Coltrin
	1830		Census.		¶ 1830 Census: Kirtland, et. al.
	Dec. 1830	Oliver Cowdery, Parley Pratt (h), Peter Whitmer Jr., Ziba Peterson, Frederick G. Williams	Baptize Coltrins, others.
	Mar. [5], 1831	Parley Pratt	Reaches Coltrin home en route from Independence to Kirtland to report results of Lamanite Mission. Sick, remains two weeks		¶ 1831 Chronology
	Jan. 1832	Major N. Ashley	Living in Strongsville, probably working as a tanner.		¶ Oliver Cowdery to Joseph Smith, January 28, 1832
	Feb. 20, 1834	Sidney Rigdon, John P. Greene	Assigned to Strongsville.		¶ Minutes of February 20, 1834
	June 6, 1835	Oliver Cowdery	Presides over conference of New Portage (100 members) and Strongsville branches.		Minutes of June 6, 1835
	June 6, 1835	Zebedee Coltrin	Represents branch of 8 at New Portage conference.		¶ Zebedee Coltrin; Kirtland council

Thompson (26 mi. E of Kirtland) / Geauga
	April 1817	Leman Copley	Elected a trustee in Township's first election.		¶ Leman Copley
	Spring 1831	Parley and Orson Pratt	Preaches, works 5–6 weeks on Colesville church settlement.		¶ Orson Pratt (h1)
	May 26, 1831	Colesville church	Settlement has commenced at Leman Copley's farm.		Western Courier (Ravenna), May 26, 1831. Source
	June 15, 1831	Colesville church	Revelation: leave Thompson for Missouri.		D&C 56
	June [23], 1833	D. P. Hurlbut	Tells branch, "I have proved that Council has no wisdom, I told them I was sorry I confessed and they believed it to be an honest confession, I deceived the whole of them and made them restore me to the Church."		¶ Satan Came Also

Warren (14 mi. NW of Youngstown) / Trumbull
	May 1819	Sidney Rigdon	Moves into Rev. Adamson Bentley's home to apprentice as a Baptist minister.		¶ Sidney Rigdon
	March 1828	Sidney Rigdon	Visits Walter Scott.

Warrensville Township includes neighboring villages of Warrensville and Orange / Cuyahoga
	April 30, 1810	Frederick G. Williams	Purchases 161 acres from his father. Moves with wife to Chardon by 1828.		¶ Frederick G. Williams
	Nov. 14, 1830	John Murdock	Baptizes 5, including John's wife (Julia Clapp), a Brother Covey, and three more.		¶ John Murdock
	Nov. 21, 1830	John Murdock	Baptizes 3.		¶ John Murdock
	Mar. 1831	John Murdock	In four months of preaching, John estimates he is responsible for seventy baptisms in Orange and Warrensville. His journal lists fifty-nine names.		¶ John Murdock
	May [13–14], 1831	Joseph, Parley, Reynolds	Meet with the brethren.		¶ Reynolds Cahoon

Weathersfield (Niles) / Trumbull
	Jan. 16–17, 1832	Sidney Rigdon, William E. McLellin	Arrive from Auburn, spend the night at "friend Reed's." Next day "spent in visiting hte members, there and that eve we held a meeting at John Edward's." Sidney preaches on 17th and 18th, then leave for Hiram.		McLellin journals 69.
	Feb. 13, 1832	William E. McLellin, Luke S. Johnson	"[O]ld Mother Edwards" reports a vision which converted her to the Book of Mormon. "she had a foot and leg which had been struck with the num palsy." They administer to her and "she was immediately healed."		McLellin journals 69.

Wellsville / Columbiana
	June 1831	Colesville church	Moves from Leman Copley's farm in Thompson to Wellsville, 90 mi. SE of Kirtland on the Ohio River.		¶ 1831 Chronology
	July 3, 1831	Colesville church	Boards steamboat on Ohio River enroute to Independence		¶ 1831 Chronology

West Township / Columbiana
	Oct. 6, 1837	Conference	Baptize 2 in early morning, assemble in "a mart house near the village of Rochester." Presiding Elder J. Cooper, 13 members, 1 high priest, 8 elders, 3 priests, 1 teacher. 36 members in "this place; 8 members of Suffield, Portage Co., church represented by A. Stanley; 6 members of Strongsville church represented by Elder Weatherby; 20 members in New Portage represented by priest J. Roberson. B. Winchester reports mission with J. Grant to Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland; baptized twelve. Came through Beaver City; "he believed the church in that place numbered 15 in good standing."		"Minutes of a Conference of Elders and members," Elders' Journal 1, no. 1:15

Willoughby / Geauga [Lake, 1840]
	Known as Chagrin (not Chagrin Falls) in the early 1830s, and before that, Charlton, a French trading post at the mouth of the Chagrin River during the French and Indian Wars.				Geauga County Place Names
	1830		Census.		¶ 1830 Census: Kirtland, et. al.
	Spring 1838	Frederick G. Williams, Luke S. Johnson	Luke arrests, helps Frederick escape.		¶ Luke S. Johnson

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