Gazetteer (1830-1839)

Mormon History 1830-1844

Gazetteer (1830–1839)

Distances are from http://www.mapquest.com (modern roads). EMS = Evening and Morning Star MA = Messenger and Advocate
Location	Date	People	Notes	Sources
Academy branch Somewhere in Henry or Benton county, northwest Tennessee	Apr. 17, 1835	Wilford Woodruff	"Preached at the Academy to A large congregation."	WWJ 1: 30.
	July 12 1835	Wilford Woodruff	"Preached at the Academy to A congregation of hundreds."	WWJ 1: 37.
	Aug. 2, 23, Sept. 6, 1835	Wilford Woodruff	Preaches at the Academy.	WWJ 1: 40, 41, 42.
	May 27, 1836	Wilford Woodruff, David W. Patten, Warren Parrish attend conference in Benton county, Tennessee	Wilford Woodruff represents branch of 10 in good standing "with the exception of their not altogether observing the word of wisdom."	WWJ 1: 72.
Amherst, Lorain county, Ohio 55 miles west-southwest of Kirtland	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
	May–June 1831	Harvey Whitlock and Edson Fuller, Sylvester Smith	Begin baptizing in May 1831, "soon Lyman Wight, Samuel H. Smith, and others came to their assistance, 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.
	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. 25, 1832	Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, Orson Pratt …	General conference. Joseph acknowledged President of the High Priesthood and ordained (?) by Sidney Rigdon.	¶ Orson Pratt (h1) ¶ Minutes of October 25–26, 1831
Avon (later Farmington, Connecticut) branch	Organized July 1, 1838	Wilford Woodruff	Wilford baptizes five family members and Methodist class leader Dwight Webster, then organizes a branch of 9 (eight relatives).	WWJ 1: 264.
Bangor, Maine	Mar. 2, 1838	Wilford Woodruff and Elder Townsend	First missionaries to preach in Bangor, a city of 10,000. Leave the next day: "I left the city of Bangor like David: The Lord has delivered my soul from the hands of wicked men."	WWJ 1: 230.
Bath, New Hampshire 28 miles south of St. Johnsbury, Vermont.	Apr.–May 1832	Orson Pratt and Lyman E. Johnson	Baptize 15 including Amasa Lyman, Orson Johnson. Hazen Aldrich.	¶ Orson Pratt (h1)
	Oct. 20–25, 1832	Orson Pratt	Six meetings in neighboring towns; baptize one; ordain John Duncan a priest, and William Snow of Charleston an elder.	¶ Orson Pratt (h2)
	Jan. 8, 1833	Orson Pratt	Arrive, hold five meetings in nine days.	¶ Orson Pratt (h2)
	June 7, 1833	Orson Pratt and Lyman E. Johnson	Arrive for conference, having baptized thirteen on the way from Kirtland. Conference on the 8th, followed by six days of meetings in the area.	¶ Orson Pratt (h2)
Benson, Rutland county, Vermont	May 20–29, 1832	Gideon and Jared Carter, Sylvester Smith	Arrive on Sunday (Carters originally from Benson), preach. Find the 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 69–74.
	Organized by July 1832	Carter family	Hometown of the Carters.
	Sept. 2, 1832	Orson Pratt	Arrive, four meetings in several days.	¶ Orson Pratt (h2)
Blakesley, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania	Mar. 1832	Orson Pratt, Lyman E. Johnson	Baptize 4	¶ Orson Pratt (h1)
Blood River branch, Benton county, Tennessee	May 27, 1836	Wilford Woodruff, David W. Patten, Warren Parrish	Abraham O. Smoot represents branch of 10.	WWJ 1: 72.
Bolton branch, Warren county, New York On Lake George	Organized by Dec. 20, 1832	Orson Pratt, Lyman E. Johnson, Hazen Aldrich and William Snow	Attend conference, ten meetings in ten days, baptize ten.	¶ Orson Pratt (h2)
	Feb. 2, 1833	Orson Pratt	Arrive, three meetings in four days, baptize two, ordain John Tanner a Priest.	¶ Orson Pratt (h2)
	Spring 1836	Amasa Lyman, Nathan Tanner	Preach unsuccessfully, John Tanner arrives a few days later (his hometown)	¶ Amasa Lyman (h)
Brush Valley (township) branch Indiana county, Pennsylvania	Apr.–Dec. 1836	Erastus Snow	Organized branch.	¶ Missionaries
Chalk Level branch, Benton county, Tennessee	May 10–13, 1835	Warren Parrish, Wilford Woodruff	Baptize five within twenty mile radius.	WWJ 1:29. Off-site link to Religion in Benton County
	July 2, 1835	Warren Parrish, Wilford Woodruff, Br. Nicholson, at Br. Utley's house	Organize branch. Warren Parrish ordains Abel B. Wilson a deacon.	WWJ1:36.
	May 27, 1836	Wilford Woodruff, David W. Patten, Warren Parrish	Deacon A. B. Wilson represents branch of 27 in good standing except a few "who have been Shaken of late by the ungodly conduct & teaching of John Jackson Which was a Teacher in the cyprus branch but has now apostatized."	WWJ 1:72.
Chagrin (now Willoughby), Geauga county, Ohio, bordering Mayfield. 16 miles south of Kirtland, 6 miles east of Orange. The name of the town was changed to Willoughby in 1835. Willoughby was in the part of Geauga County that became Lake County in 1840.	Nov. 1831		Home of Samuel Alger and wife, Clarissa Hancock, 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.
	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, Roxana, Erastus Babbitt, Sister Osgood, Sister Childs	Minutes of October 29 1835
Charleston, Vermont 10 miles from the Canadian border	Early May 1832	Orson Pratt and companions	Baptize fourteen in ten days.	¶ Orson Pratt (h1); Orson Pratt journals, 12–13.
Charleston, Vermont 10 miles from the Canadian border	Oct. 15, 1832	Orson Pratt	Preaches twice.	¶ Orson Pratt (h2)
	July 24, 1833	Orson Pratt and Lyman E. Johnson	Conference.	¶ Orson Pratt (h2)
Clarks River branch Probably in Calloway county, southwest Kentucky	May 27, 1836	Wilford Woodruff, David W. Patten, Warren Parrish	Daniel S. Thomas (see Damond's Creek branch) represents branch of 9.	WWJ 1: 72.
Cleveland, Ohio	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."	MA 1, no. 1 (Oct. 1834): 3.
Columbus, Ohio	Apr. 1835	Orson Pratt	Only one member in Columbus.	¶ Orson Pratt (h2)
Cummington, Hampshire county, Massachusetts	[June–Aug.] 1835	Noah Packard	Organizes branch that includes two teachers.	Noah Packard synopsis
Cypress branch Cypress Creek runs through Henry and Benton counties, northwest Tennessee	May 28, 1836	Wilford Woodruff, David W. Patten, Warren Parrish	Wilford represents branch of 10, including 3 apostates (John Jackson their teacher is one), 3 disaffected, 4 in good standing.	WWJ 1: 73. Link to Religion in Benton County website (1830s).
Damond's Creek branch Benton county, Tennessee, 20 miles from Br. Clapp's (Taropen branch)	Nov. 17, 1835	Wilford Woodruff	Organizes branch, ordains Daniel Thomas a teacher, rides 12 miles to Brother Loy's to view signs in the heavens: 3 clouds look like fire and blood rising from the earth into the air in the north, east, and west, frequently changing places.	WWJ 1:48–49.
Danville, Caledonia county, Vermont 8 miles west of St. Johnsbury; county seat until 1856	July 1833	Orson Pratt	Baptizes seventeen in early July.	¶ Orson Pratt (h2)
Dalton, New Hampshire	July 17, 1835	The Twelve	Included in Vermont conference.	, 522.
Detroit, Michigan	Oct. 1834	Oliver Cowdery	"Detroit is a small town on the West bank of the River of the same name; is pleasantly situated … it is said that some hundreds have fallen victims to[cholera this season] … contains no more than 4000 inhabitants … [a] stage runs daily from Detroit to [Pontiac]."	MA 1, no. 1 (Oct. 1834): 6.
Eagle Creek branch Eagle Creek is part of the Tennessee River in Benton county, northwest Tennessee	Apr. 6, 7, 1835	Wilford Woodruff	Preaches in the "Meeting house on Eagle Creek."	WWJ 1: 26.
	June 28, 1835	Wilford Woodruff, Warren Parrish	Warren gives Wilford an elder's license, preaches his farewell sermon to the branch, and ordains Caswell Medlock "A Deacon over the Egle Creek branch."	WWJ 1: 33. Link to Religion in Benton County website (1830s).
	Aug. 2, 1835	Wilford Woodruff	Preaches at meeting house, baptizes 2.	WWJ 1: 40–41.
	May 28, 1836	Wilford Woodruff, David W. Patten, Warren Parrish attend conference Benton county, Tennessee	Wilford represents branch of 15.	WWJ 1: 72–73.
Euclid, Ohio 11.4 miles west southwest of Kirtland, on the shores of Lake Erie	Oct. 31, 1830
Eugene, Indiana	Oct. 30–31, 1834	John Murdock	Conference of eleven elders, "three of whom presided over three churches": Levi Jones over Eugene (55 members), Charles Rich over Pekin, Illinois (30 members), Moses Harris over Liberty, Park County, Indiana (6 members). Total 91.	MA 1, no. 1 (Nov. 1834): 35.
Fabius, New York (60 miles from Richland)	Organized by Feb. 1834	Zerah Pulsipher	Presides over meetings for several days (accompanied by Wilford).	¶ Wilford Woodruff (h1)
Fairport Harbor, Ohio 2.5 miles north of Painesville, Ohio	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.
Farmington, Hartford county, Connecticut	July 1, 1838	Wilford Woodruff	Branch of 9 members, including Dwight Webster, a Methodist class leader living in Aphek Woodruff's home (ordained a priest) and 8 Woodruff relatives: Aphek Woodruff and Azubah Hart, Wilford's father and stepmother; Eunice, his sister; Seth, a cousin, Aunt Anna Cossett.	¶ Wilford Woodruff (h3)
Farmington, Maine	Late June to July 10, 1834	Sylvester B. Stoddard and Josiah Butterfield	Ten members present, baptize seven, "one of them a Methodist preacher, who is now preaching the whole gospel, and bids fair to be a very useful member in this church."	MA 1, no. 2 (Nov. 1834): 24.
	Sept.–Oct. 1834	Sylvester B. Stoddard	Labors six weeks, baptizes one.	MA 1, no. 2 (Nov. 1834): 24.
	Summer 1835	The Twelve	Conference.	¶ Heber C. Kimball (h3)
Fayette, Seneca county, New York	Apr. 11, 1830	Joseph, Oliver, Whitmers	Oliver delivers first public discourse. Meet at Whitmer home. Large crowd. Whitmer, H. Page, and Jolly families baptized. Branch probably organized.	Papers, 304.
Florence, Michigan (Florence Bay, Lake, Pond, or Island?)	May 1832	Gideon and Jared Carter	"Brother Jared has been to Michigan and raised up three small ones. There is the greatest prospect in Florence that there ever has been: I baptised ten there."	Gideon H. Carter, Evening and Morning Star 2, no. 14 (Jul. 1833): 108.
Freedom, Cattaraugus county, New York	Mar. 11, 1834	Joseph, Parley	Baptize Heman Hyde.	¶ Heman Hyde
	Mar. 30, 1834	Orson Pratt and John Murdock	Baptize 22 in twelve days.	¶ Orson Pratt (h2)
	Nov. 25, 1834	Warren Cowdery to preside		D&C 106
	Summer 1835	Heber C. Kimball	Conference.	¶ Heber C. Kimball (h3)
	July 28, 1835	Warren writes Oliver	Branch contributes $341.37 1/2 toward stone church in Kirtland despite Jared Carter's ineffective discourse.
Georgetown (formerly New Rowley), Essex county, Massachusetts	By July 1838		Nathaniel Holmes presides.	Leaves, 38; WWJ 2:245.
Geneseo, Livingston county, New York	Dec. [15], 1833–Spring 1834	Orson Pratt, John Murdock, Amasa Lyman and others	Labor with branch, excommunicate President Landon and twenty-five others "(perhaps in some instances rather prematurely)."	¶ Amasa Lyman (h)
Girard, Erie county, Pennsylvania	Dec. 11, 1833	Lyman E. Johnson, Orson Pratt, John Murdock, Amasa Lyman	Conference. Ordain Amasa Lyman to the High Priesthood.	¶ Amasa Lyman (h)
Grafton, Lorain county, Ohio	Feb. 20, 1841	¶ Zebedee Coltrin	Organize branch with 12 members.	Times and Seasons, vol. 2 no. 14 (May 15, 1841): 413.
Hanover, Indiana	Winter 1832–1833	Simeon Carter	Organizes branch with 27 members.	"Letters," Evening and Morning Star 1, no. 11 (Apr. 1833).
Hornerstown, Monmouth county, New Jersey	Dec. 31, 1838	Organized by Benjamin Winchester	Josiah Ells, a former Methodist preacher, branch president. By Jan. 28, 1839, there are 26 members.	Benjamin Winchester, Times and Seasons 1, no. 1 (Nov. 1839): 11.
Jay, Vermont 5 miles from Canadian border	Oct. 12–14, 1832	Orson Pratt	Preaches three times.	¶ Orson Pratt (h2)
Jay, Vermont 5 miles from Canadian border	July 17, 1835	The Twelve	Included in the Vermont conference (St. Johnsbury).	, 522.
Lake George, Warren county, New York	Spring 1834	Amasa Lyman and others	John Tanner president.	¶ Amasa Lyman (h)
Landaff, New Hampshire	July 17, 1835	The Twelve	Included in the Vermont conference (St. Johnsbury).	, 522.
Laona, Chautauqua County, New York Jamestown metro area at southern end of Lake Chautauqua	May 9–10, 1835	The Twelve	Branch already organized, 20 members.	Orson Hyde and William E. McLellin, MA 1, no. 8 (May 1835): 116. (See Westfield.)
Liberty, Park county, Indiana	Oct. 30–31, 1834	John Murdock	Moses Harris presides over 6 members. Conference at Eugene, Indiana.	MA, 1 no. 1 (Nov. 1834): 35.
Licking river, Kentucky (just south of Cincinnati)	Jan. 1835	Orson Pratt	9 members when Orson visits, baptizes a few.	[SHOWRREF=jh], Jan. 22, 1835; ¶ Orson Pratt (h2)
Liberty, Iowa		Zebedee Coltrin and N. West	2 baptisms in two weeks, planning to organize a church; many anxious to hear.	Nov. 28 letter cited, Messenger and Advocate 1, no. 3 (Dec. 1834): 45.
Littleton, New Hampshire	July 17, 1835	The Twelve	Included in the Vermont conference.	, 522.
Mayfield, Cuyahoga county, Ohio 9 miles southwest of Kirtland	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
McDonough, Chenango county, New York	June 23–July 14, 1833	Noah Packard	Preaches in sister's home town, baptizes 16.	Noah Packard synopsis
	Aug. 26–Sept. 1 , 1833	Noah Packard	Organizes branch which includes 1 elder, 1 deacon.	Noah Packard synopsis
Mt. Pleasant, Upper Canada	Dec. 29, 1833		"[T]here are 34 members attached to the church at Mount Pleasant, all of whom appear to live up to their profession, five of whom have spoken in tongues, and three sing in tongues; and we live at the top of the mountain!"	M. C. Nickerson to EMS 2, no. 17 (Feb. 1834): 134.
	May 19–[July] 1834	John P. Greene	Received at brother Nickerson's "with expressions of joy by all the brethren." Labors two months.	John P. Greene (n.d.), to MA 1, no. 1 (Oct. 1834): 7.
Nelson, Portage county, Ohio 35 miles southeast of Kirtland, 5 miles east of Hiram	[Feb.–Mar.] 1831	John Whitmer, Lyman Wight	John returns to Kirtland for Apr. 9, 1831 conference after organizing Nelson church.	Whitmer history typescript in J. Whitmer, 55.
	Sept. 6, 1831	Joseph, Sidney, Oliver, others	Silence Ezra Booth as an elder.	Minutes of September 6, 1831
New London, Huron County, Ohio, 79 miles west southwest of Kirtland	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.
New Portage, Norton township, Medina (now Summit) county, Ohio 55 miles south of Kirtland, 2 miles east of Norton	1831	Missionaries	"The gospel was first preached in New Portage in 1831 by Reynolds Cahoon, David Whitmer and Lyman E. Johnson. Later, Thomas B. Marsh and Sidney Rigdon preached in the same neighborhood. A branch of the Church, organized there as early as 1834, had upwards of 60 members at the time of its organization."	Encyclopedic history, 577.
	[Mar.–Apr. 4], 1831	John Whitmer, Lyman Wight	"I returned from Nelson Ohio where I and Lyman Wight had built a branch of the Church of Christ."	J. Whitmer, 55.
	[June] 1831	Ezra Booth	Preaches the Book of Mormon in Bates Corners, 4.5 miles west of New Portage, enroute to Independence.	¶ Ezra Booth
	[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
	Apr. 20–21, 1834	Joseph, Sidney, Oliver, Zebedee Coltrin	Attend conference, raising funds and volunteers for Zion's Camp. "A large congregtion of Saints."	Times and Seasons 6, no. 19 (Dec. 15, 1845): 1058, 1059–1061.
	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.		WWJ 1:9; ¶ Heber's Accounts of Zion's Camp
	May 16, 1834	Joseph	Arrives with a hundred members of Zion's Camp.	Orson Pratt journals, 40.
	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 November 18, 1835
Newry, Maine Southwest of Rumford, near New Hampshire border	Sept. 26, 1835	Edward Partridge, William E. McLellin	26 members.	E. Partridge vol. 2.
[North Haven, Fox Islands] branch	Oct. 1, 1837	Wilford Woodruff and Jonathan Hale	Organize branch of twelve.	WWJ 1:80.
Norton, Medina (now Summit) county, Ohio 52 miles south of Kirtland and 2 miles west of New Portage. Summit county was created in 1840 from townships in Portage, Medina, and Stark counties.				See New Portage
Orange, Warrensville township, Cuyahoga county, Ohio (now in SE Cleveland, west of Warrensville Heights)	Nov. 14, 1830	John Murdock	Baptizes 3.	¶ John Murdock
	May 17, 1831	Joseph, Parley, Reynolds	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, Sidney, Hyrum, Martin, Reynolds, others (minutes name 38)	General conference in home of Serenes Burnet. Ordinations to High Priesthood. Sidney rebukes men for not taking it seriously. Joseph: High Priesthood is the "power … to seal up the Saints unto eternal life."	Minutes of October 25–26, 1831
Palmyra, Missouri	May 16, 1833	George M. Hinkle, Elisha Groves	Have baptized 18 "in this settlement."	Evening and Morning Star 2, no. 14 (July 1833): 108.
Paris, Henry county, Tennessee	[Sept.]–Oct. 1834	David Patten, Warren Parrish	"We are now in the flourishing town of Paris, where the Campbellites are holding a two days meeting. … All kinds of religion prevail here … even to the 'Live forevers,' and 'two seeds,' or 'Iron sides' …"	David Patten, Warren Parrish to Oliver Cowdery, Oct. 11, 1834, MA 1, no. 2 (Nov. 1834): 24.
	Oct. 1834	David Patten, Warren Parrish	Baptize 7. "We believe [Patten and Parrish] are the first who have proclaimed this gospel in Ten. and we look upon this opening providence as a peculiar manifestation of divine wisdom …"	David Patten and Warren Parrish, Oct. 27 letter cited, MA 1, no. 3 (Dec. 1834): 44.
	Oct.–Dec. 1834	David Patten, Warren Parrish	Baptize 20 in Paris and vicinity.	¶ David W. Patten (h)
Pekin, Illinois	Oct. 30–31, 1834	John Murdock	Charles Rich presides over 30 members. Conference at Eugene, Indiana.	MA 1, no. 1 (Nov. 1834): 35.
Peru, Delaware county, Ohio	Summer 1831	Parley and Orson Pratt	Baptize 5 en route to Missouri.	¶ Orson Pratt (h1)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Summer 1831	Sidney Rigdon, Luke S. Johnson	Organize branch.	¶ Luke S. Johnson (h)
Plainfield, New Hampshire East central New Hampshire, 12 miles south of Lebanon	July or Aug. 1835	Heber C. Kimball	Preaches to relatives "amid much opposition."	¶ Heber C. Kimball (h3)
Pleasant Grove, Missouri	May 25, 1833	Charles Rich	"There is great opposition, but some believe and are striving to keep the commandments … none has fallen away, but some have fallen asleep.	EMS 2, no. 14 (July 1833): 108.
Plumb Creek township, Armstrong county, Pennsylvania	Apr.–Dec. 1836	Erastus Snow	Organized branch.	¶ Missionaries
Pontiac, Oakland county, Michigan	Feb. 16, 1833	Jared Carter	Samuel Bent writes that Jared has been there about five weeks and baptized 22, including himself, wife, and children.	EMS 1, no. 11 (Apr. 1833).
	Organized 1833		Branch was organized the year before Joseph visit.	Edward Stevenson manuscript, The Life and History, Elder Edward Stevenson. LDS Church Archives.
	Oct. 1834	Joseph and Samuel H. Smith, Oliver Cowdery, Frederick G. Williams, David Whitmer, Amos and Roger Orton visit	Visit.	MA 1, no. 1 (Oct. 1834): 6; Edward Stevenson Reminiscence (2)
Providence, Rhode Island	Nov. 1834		Letter "informs us, not of a great increase of numbers to the church, but an anxious request for the elders to call, should they be passing."	D. Nelson and M. Wilber, Nov. 13 letter cited, MA 1, no. 3 (Dec. 1834): 44–45.
Richland, Oswego county, New York	Jan. 2, 1834	Zerah Pulsipher	Founds branch. Twelve members, including Wilford and Azmon Woodruff.	¶ Wilford Woodruff (h1)
Richmond, Ohio	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, Ashtabula county, Ohio 32 miles east of Kirtland	Nov. 1830	Levi Hancock	Baptized by Parley P. Pratt 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
	Jan. 1831	Heman Basset, Edson Fuller, Burr Riggs	Proselyte, exhibit unusual operations of the spirit, baptize.	¶ Levi Hancock
	Spring 1831	Parley and Orson Pratt		¶ Orson Pratt (h1)
Rutland, Pennsylvania	June 1831		Missionaries baptizing.	EMS 1, no. 12 (May 1833): [6].
	Mar. 1833		About 45 have been baptized, some have gone to Zion, nearly all others preparing.	EMS 1, no. 12 (May 1833): [7].
	June 13, 1836	Heber C. Kimball joins Luke Johnson and Orson Pratt		MA 3, no. 4 (Jan. 1837): 439.
Saco, Maine	Jan. 20, 1834	John F. Boynton	Has baptized "about forty in this section."	EMS 2, no. 17 (Feb. 1837): 270.
	Feb. 20, 1834		Kirtland council schedules general conference for Saco on June 13, 1834.	¶ Minutes of February 20, 1834
	Summer 1835	The Twelve	Conference	¶ Heber C. Kimball (h3)
Scarborough, Ontario (12 miles north-northeast of Toronto)	May 1836	Parley Pratt and Orson Hyde	Baptize 40.	¶ Orson Hyde
Shaftsbury, Bennington county, Vermont 10 miles north of Bennington	Fall 1831	Eliel Strong (or possibly Eleazer Miller), and Brothers Potter and Bowen	"… a few received the work."	EMS 1, no. 12 (May 1833): [7].
Springfield, Erie county, Pennsylvania (4–5 miles east of Ohio border on Lake Erie)	Oct. 6, 1833	Joseph Smith, Freeman Nickerson	Arrive, find Sidney meeting with "the Brotheren" (congregation), preach and again at evening meeting at John Rudd's.	[SHOWREF-js3234], 5–6.
St. Albans, Franklin county, Vermont	Summer 1835	Heber C. Kimball, Orson Pratt	Visit en route to Heber's hometown, Sheldon	¶ Heber C. Kimball (h3)
St. Johnsbury, Caledonia county, Vermont Northeast Vermont, becomes Caledonia county seat, 1856	July 17, 1835	The Twelve	Included in Vermont conference. St. Johnsbury branch, 41 members	MS history, 597; ¶ Heber C. Kimball (h3)
Salt River branch (Allred settlement), Monroe county, Missouri			Conference of Sept. 26, 1833 does not decide whether it should move to in the fall. Edward Partridge journal: 40 members in Feb. 1835.
Shalersville, Portage county, Ohio 2 mi. south of Mantua, 6 miles north of Ravenna, Ohio	Sept. 12, 1831	Priest Benjamin Bragg	Silenced in Kirtland.	Minutes of September 12, 1831
Sheldon, Vermont	Summer 1835	Heber C. Kimball	Preaches to family and friends	¶ Heber C. Kimball (h3)
Springfield township, Erie county, Pennsylvania	Feb. 1832	Organized by Samuel H. Smith, Orson Hyde
	Late Apr.–May 2, 1832	Jared Carter and Ebenezer Page	An elder and two members have fallen away. Erastus and John Rudd Jr. remain faithful. Reclaim two that had fallen away and baptize Clea and Fanny Mariah Rudd, Randall and Experience Wheeler, Andrew M. C. Adams, Abagail Spencer, Cornelia Battles, Phebe Thomson.	Jared Carter diary, 62–63.
	Oct. 6–8, 1833	Joseph Smith and Freemen Nickerson	Find Sidney preaching to the church.	Diary-2 in JS personal, 17.
Strongsville, Ohio, southwest Cleveland, near the junction of I-80 and I-71	1814		Coltrin family moves to Strongsville from New York.	¶ Zebedee Coltrin
	Dec. 1830	Oliver Cowdery, Parley Pratt, Peter Whitmer Jr., Ziba Peterson, and Frederick G. Williams baptize Coltrins, others
	Early March 1831	Parley Pratt	Reaches Coltrin home en route from Independence to Kirtland to report results of Lamanite Mission. Sick, remains two weeks	Parley P. Pratt, 67.
	Feb. 20, 1834	Sidney Rigdon and John P. Green	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 conference in New Portage. (KCMB says 15 members).	¶ Zebedee Coltrin; Kirtland council
Taropen branch	Oct. 15, 1835	Wilford Woodruff	"Rode to Mr Clapps on Taropen. Preached at his house."	WWJ 1:45.
	May 27, 1836	Wilford Woodruff, David W. Patten, Warren Parrish attend conference	Benjamin Clapp, priest, represents branch of 28 at conference held at Seth Utley's.
Thompson, Geauga county, Ohio 26 miles east of Kirtland	May 26, 1831	[Colesville church]	Settlement has commenced at Leman Copley's farm.	Western Courier (Ravenna, Ohio), May 26, 1831. Link to source at Dale Broadhurst website.
	June [23], 1833	Doctor 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
Toronto, Ontario, "Upper Canada"	Apr. 19, 1836	Parley P. Pratt	First missionary arrives.	¶ Parley P. Pratt letter
	May 21, 1836	Parley P. Pratt	Baptize 9, including Isabella Russell Walton.	¶ Parley P. Pratt letter ¶ Joseph Fielding diary
	May 22, 1836	Parley P. Pratt	Membership 25.	¶ Parley P. Pratt letter
Umbagog Lake area, currently a recreational area straddling the New Hampshire / Maine border near Canada. Included are Cambridge, Dummer, Errol, Millsfield, and Wentworth Location, New Hampshire; and Magalloway, Upton, and Wilsons Mills, Maine.	Nov. 1833	A missionary from Ohio, one from New Hampshire, and two from Saco, Maine	"Nearly the whole of the Freewill Baptist Church, numbering thirty persons, with their pastor, have gone over to the Mormonites, and avowed their faith in the book of Mormon."	Portland Advertiser, qtd. in "The Mormonites," Rochester Daily Advertiser, Nov. 14, 1833. Link to source at Dale Broadhurst website.
Vermillion county, Illinois	[June–July] 1831]	Orson Pratt, Parley P. Pratt	First in Blount township at the home of Olive Miller, then Eckler's school house, appointments at Harrison Oliver's and John Chandler's. Chandler's wife was the sister of a preacher named Swinford. "She favored it while her husband neither approved or disapproved of the doctrine. They had a number of followers, among whom were Elders Sherer, George Morey, Coon, Packard, Jackoway, and others … Consider Scott was one of the first converts. Harrison Oliver, Louis Neely and Olive Miller were among those who went to Independence with their families and the missionaries when they left Newell township. A number of their converts would not go with them, however. "	Online History of Vermillion County, Illinois (1911). Link to source. ¶ Orson Pratt (h1)
Vermont conference	July 17, 1835	The Twelve	Conference organized. Includes entire state plus branches in Littleton, Dalton, and Landaff, New Hampshire	MS history, 597; ¶ Heber C. Kimball (h3)
Warrensville, both a village, and a township that includes Orange, 2.5 miles east of the village. Now in SE Cleveland.	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.	Murdock journal, 1; Murdock abridged record.
	May [13–14], 1831	Joseph, Parley, and Reynolds	Meet with the brethren.	¶ Reynolds Cahoon
Willoughby township, first known as Charlton, a French trading post at the mouth of the Chagrin River durng the French and Indian Wars. Chagrin township was organized in 1815 for the river that flowed through it. Name changed to Willoughby in 1835.
Winchester, Randolph [now Adams] county, Indiana 23 miles east of Muncie (8 miles from Ohio border)	July and Aug. 1831	Zebedee Coltrin, Levi Hancock	Proselyte, organize branch of 100, and baptize another hundred in nearby Ward township.	Life of Levi Hancock, cited in McLellin journals, 55n42.
	Sept. 1831	Hyrum Smith, William E. McLellin	Pass through en route from Independence to Kirtland, ordain Jarvis Lee a priest.	¶ 1831 Journey of Hyrum and William E. McLellin
	Nov. 29-Dec. 1, 1831	Oliver, John Whitmer, Thomas B. Marsh, Seymour Brunson,Oliver Walker, George Burkett, Henry Jackson	Dispute over Acts, Book of Mormon re: common stock. Jackson apologizes and is re-ordained an elder.	Minutes of November 29-30, 1831 Minutes of December 1, 1831
[Zion: branches 1–10]	Sept. 9, 1833	Newel Knight (Branch 1) Daniel Stanton (Branch 2) David Whitmer (Branch 3) John Corrill (Branch 4) Thomas B. Marsh (Branch 5) Peter Dustin (Branch 6) Lyman Wight (Branch 7) Parley P. Pratt (Branch 8) Simeon Carter (Branch 9) Calvin Bebee (Branch 10)	High priests appointed to preside over ten branches in Zion.	Minutes of September 11, 1833
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