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| Mormon History Gazetteer
for Missouri (1831–1839) |
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| Chariton
(county seat until 1833,) / Chariton |
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Situated on the northern bank of the Missouri River, Chariton was the county seat of Chariton County until 1833. The Chariton ferry was often used by travelers to and from western Missouri. It was abandoned by 1840 due to its unhealthy location. (Malaria was a common affliction.) |
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Aug. [12–13], 1831 |
Hyrum Smith, John Murdock |
en route to Independence, meet Joseph
Smith and Sidney Rigdon on their return trip to Kirtland. Harvey
Whitlock and David Whitmer also arrive. The four pool resources and continue on
to Independence. (John has raging fever.) |
Murdock journal, 9. |
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Aug. 13, 1831 |
Joseph Smith |
Receives D&C
62. |
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| Far West / Caldwell |
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Oct. 20, 1837 |
Oliver Cowdery |
Arrives in Far West. |
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June 19, 1838 |
David Whitmer, Oliver Cowdery,
W. W. Phelps, Lyman E. Johnson |
Warned to leave Far
West immediately "or
a more fatal calamity shall befall you." Signed
by Hyrum Smith and eighty-three others. |
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| Huntsville
(county seat, 115 mi. E of Far West) / Randolph |
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Sept. 25, 1838 |
Kirtland Camp |
Passes through "Huntsville
in Randolph County which has been appointed as one of the Stakes of Zion,
and is the ancient cite of the city of Manti." Camp at "Dark
Creek, Salt Licks … It
was reported to the camp that one hundred and ten men had volunteered from
Randolph and gone to Far West to settle difficulties." In the morning,
counselor James Foster proposes to break up the camp due to "existing
circumstances, so much excitement—so many moving West and in large
bodies too, it was wisdom for them to go to work, and provide for their families,
until the difficulties should be settled or they heard from Far West." Four
of seven counselors present. "Silence
prevailed … Shortly
it was manifest that it was the desire of the camp collectively to go forward,
notwithstanding their dese deference always to the Will of the Lord through
the Council." |
[MHCB1], 829. (Projected
stake, ancient history omitted at HC 3:143–144.)
Ellipses after prevailed in original.
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| Independence
/ Jackson |
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Jan. 13, 1831 |
Oliver Cowdery,
Parley P. Pratt, Peter Whitmer Jr., Ziba Peterson |
Arrive, next day Peter gets a
job, others visit Delaware nation across the river. |
¶ Peter
Whitmer |
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Feb. 14, 1831 |
Parley P. Pratt |
Begins return trip to begins
return trip to Kirtland, arriving late March after delay due to illness. |
Parley P. Pratt, 66. |
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July 14, 1831 |
Joseph Smith, Edward Partridge,
Martin Harris, W. W. Phelps, Joseph Coe |
Arrive Independence. |
¶ W.
W. Phelps |
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July
20, 1831 |
Edward
Partridge, Algernon Sidney Gilbert, W. W. Phelps, Oliver Cowdery |
All are to move their
families to Independence. Edward to divide land among the Saints, Sidney
to establish a store, William to be the church printer and Oliver to
assist him. |
D&C
57:6, 8–10
¶ Algernon Sidney
Gilbert |
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July 25, 1831 |
Colesville church |
Arrive Independence. |
Revelations, 85. |
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Aug. 1, 1831 |
Ziba
Peterson |
Stripped of "that which has been bestowed
upon [him]." |
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Aug. 2, 1831 |
Sidney Rigdon |
Leads the brethren in pledging to keep the laws
of God, and see that those who follow also keep the laws of God. Consecrates
and dedicates the land. |
J. Whitmer, 21. |
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Aug. 3, 1831 |
Joseph, Sidney
Rigdon, Frederick, Oliver
Cowdery, Martin Harris, Newel
Knight, W. W. Phelps, Peter Whitmer
Jr, Joseph Coe |
Sidney dedicates the city site, Joseph lays
a stone at the northeast corner of the temple site. "After all present
had rendered thanks to the great ruler of the Universe, Sidney Rigdon pronounced
this Spot of ground wholy dedicated unto the Lord forever: Amen." |
J. Whitmer, 86–87. |
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Aug. 4, 1831 |
Conference |
Obedience urged.
Ziba Peterson confesses, is forgiven. |
Minutes
of August 4, 1831 |
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Aug. 7, 1831 |
Polly Knight |
Joseph attends the funeral of Polly Knight,
wife of Joseph Knight Sr. |
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Aug. 8, 1831 |
Joseph, Sidney, Oliver, Samuel
H. Smith, Reynolds Cahoon, W.
W. Phelps, Ezra Booth, Peter Gilbert, Frederick
G. Williams, Peter Whitmer Jr., Joseph
Coe |
Leave for Kirtland, taking different
routes to proselyte as they go. |
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Aug. 12, 1831 |
Lyman Wight, John
Corrill |
Arrive. |
J. Whitmer, 72. |
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Aug. 18, 1831 |
William E. McLellin |
Arrives. Is baptized two days later by Hyrum
Smith. |
McLellin journals, 33, 34. |
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Aug. 25, 1831 |
Hyrum Smith, William E. McLellin |
Leave for Kirtland. |
1831
Journey of Hyrum and William E. McLellin |
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| Jefferson
City (state capitol, residence of Governor Daniel Dunklin, county seat)
/ Cole |
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Jan. 13, 1830 |
Oliver
Cowdery, Parley P. Pratt, Ziba Peterson, Peter Whitmer Jr. |
Arrive on mission to the Lamanites. |
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May 1834 |
Orson Hyde, Parley P. Pratt |
Ask the governor to reinstate Jackson
county refugees. He refers them to the courts. |
¶ Orson
Hyde (h) |
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| St. Louis / St. Louis |
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Feb. [24], 1831 |
Parley P. Pratt |
Arrives after 9-day journey from Independence on
return trip to Kirtland. |
Parley P. Pratt, 66. |
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| New London (county
seat) / Ralls |
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August 3, 1831 |
Hyrum Smith, John Murdock |
Arrive en route to Independence.
"[A] very wicked place." |
Murdock autobiography |
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| Palmyra / Marion |
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May 16, 1833 |
George M. Hinkle,
Elisha Groves |
Have baptized 18 "in this
settlement." |
EMS 2,
no. 14 (July 1833): 108. |
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| Pleasant Grove / [Camden/Cooper/Ripley?] |
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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. |
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| Richmond / Ray |
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June 1838 |
David
Whitmer |
Flees to Richmond after being warned
out of Far West. Operates a livery stable. Elected to mayor's
unexpired term (1867–1868). |
¶ David
Whitmer |
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Mar. 3, 1850 |
Oliver Cowdery |
Dies. |
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Jan. 25, 1888 |
David Whitmer |
Dies. |
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| Salt River (Allred
settlement) / Monroe |
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August 12–13, 1831 |
Hyrum Smith, John Murdock |
Arrive, preach, sick. Remain a week. John gives
William Ivy his watch to take him to Chariton (70
miles), where they meet Joseph, Sidney and others on their return from
Jackson County; also David Whitmer and Harvey
Whitlock on their way to
Independence. |
¶ John
Murdock |
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Sept. 26, 1833 |
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Conference fails to decide where
it should move in the fall. |
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Feb. 1835 |
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40 members in branch. |
E. Partridge |
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| Westport (14 mi. SW
of Independence, predecessor of Kansas City) / Jackson |
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Rev. Isaac McCoy and
his family moved to what became Westport, on Dec. 28, 1831. He was a Baptist
missionary to the Indians. By 1833 his son, John Calvin McCoy and his two
partners had established a trading business with the Indians. (The Indians
were paid by the government for moving from the East.) The following year,
John platted and named Westport and became its postmaster. By the 1840s Westport
outstripped Independence as the main jumping off point for travelers, being
farther west and having a better (rock) landing on the river at the foot
of what is now Grand Avenue in Kansas City. |
Source |
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| Zion: branches 1–10 |
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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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