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Joseph Smith’s Residences
Joseph Smith’s major places of residence and the general direction of his migrations.
Mission to the Indians, 1830–1831
Oliver Cowdery, Peter Whitmer Jr., Ziba Peterson, and Parley P. Pratt departed New York in October 1830 on a mission to preach to the “Lamanites” in Indian territory. Frederick G. Williams joined the group in Ohio. They preached to the Indians in early 1831, but they were soon ordered off Indian land.
Joseph Smith’s Travel between Ohio and Missouri, 1831
In accordance with instructions in a June 1831 revelation, Joseph Smith and several others traveled from Kirtland, Ohio, to Jackson County, Missouri, where a new revelation designated Independence as the “centre place” of the city of Zion.
Joseph Smith’s Travel between Ohio and Missouri, 1832
In accordance with instructions in a March 1832 revelation, Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and Newel K. Whitney traveled from Hiram, Ohio, to Independence, Missouri, to counsel with church leaders.
Joseph Smith’s Proselytizing Mission, October–November 1833
In the fall of 1833, Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon traveled with church member Freeman Nickerson from Kirtland, Ohio, to Mount Pleasant, Upper Canada.
Joseph Smith’s Recruiting Mission, February–March 1834
In early 1834, Joseph Smith and Parley P. Pratt traveled from Kirtland, Ohio, to western New York to enlist recruits and raise funds for an expedition to help exiled Latter-day Saints reoccupy their lands in Jackson County, Missouri.
Published Maps
United States
New York and the Northeastern United States
Missouri
Illinois and Iowa Territory
- Illinois and Surrounding Area, 1843–1844
- Illinois, 27 June 1844
- Church Land Purchases, Lee County, Iowa Territory, and Hancock County, Illinois, April–August 1839
- Church Land Purchases, Commerce, Illinois, and Vicinity, 1839
- Hancock County, Illinois, 1843–1844
- Nauvoo, Illinois, 30 April 1843
- Nauvoo and Surrounding Area, 1843–1844
- Nauvoo Political Wards, 1843–1844
- Nauvoo Ecclesiastical Wards, 1843–1844
- Nauvoo Plats, Blocks, and Lots, 27 June 1844
Ohio
- Ohio, 1831–1838
- Portion of Kirtland Township, Ohio, 31 December 1833
- Portion of Kirtland Township, Ohio, 31 December 1835
- Portion of Kirtland Township, Ohio, 12 January 1838
- Northwestern Kirtland Township, Ohio, 31 January 1833
- Church Landholdings in Kirtland, Ohio, circa July 1833
- United Firm Stewardships, Kirtland, Ohio, 1834
- Hiram Township, Ohio, 1831–1833