George A. Smith Circa 1852, photograph likely by Marsena Cannon (Church History Library, Salt Lake City).
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Smith, George Albert
Biography
26 June 1817–1 Sept. 1875. Born at Potsdam, St. Lawrence Co., New York. Son of John Smith and Clarissa Lyman. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Joseph H. Wakefield, 10 Sept. 1832, at Potsdam. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, 1833. Labored on Kirtland temple. Participated in Camp of Israel expedition to Missouri, 1834. Ordained a seventy, 1 Mar. 1835, at Kirtland. Served mission to eastern U.S. with Lyman Smith, 1835. Served mission to Ohio, 1836. Stockholder in Kirtland Safety Society. Arrived at Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri, from Kirtland, 16 June 1838, and soon located at Adam-ondi-Ahman, Daviess Co., Missouri. Member of Adam-ondi-Ahman high council, 1838. In exodus from Missouri, located north of Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois. Ordained member of Quorum of the Twelve, 26 Apr. 1839, at Far West. Served mission to England, 1839–1841. Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, 1841. Married to Bathsheba W. Bigler by Don Carlos Smith, 25 July 1841, at Nauvoo. Moved to Zarahemla, Lee Co., Iowa Territory, 1841. Member of Nauvoo Masonic Lodge. Member of Nauvoo City Council, 1842–1843. Nauvoo city alderman, 1843–1844. Admitted to Council of Fifty, 11 Mar. 1844. Elected trustee of Nauvoo House Association, Apr. 1845. Member of Brigham Young pioneer company that journeyed to Salt Lake Valley, 1847. Appointed church historian and recorder, 1854. Member of Utah territorial supreme court, 1855. First counselor to Brigham Young in church presidency, 1868. Died at Salt Lake City.
Links
- History, 1838–1856, volume A-1 [23 December 1805–30 August 1834]
- History Draft [6 August 1838–30 December 1839]
- History Draft [1 January–31 December 1840]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- John Whitmer, History, 1831–circa 1847
- Elders’ Journal, August 1838
- Times and Seasons, 1 April 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 August 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 July 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 June 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 September 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 August 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 July 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 June 1842
- Times and Seasons , 2 May 1842
- Account of Meeting and Discourse, 18 June 1842
- Account with the Church of Christ, circa 11–29 August 1834
- Account with the Camp of Israel, circa 11–29 August 1834
- Addenda Notes [1835]
- Addenda Notes [January 1840]
- Appeal and Minutes, 21 June 1833
- Appendix 2: Council of Fifty, Minutes, 27 February 1845
- Appendix 3: Orson Hyde, Statement about Quorum of the Twelve, circa Late March 1845
- Appendix 4: Council of Fifty, Roll, 22 April 1845–27 December 1846
- Appendix: Wasp, Extra, 27 July 1842
- Appendix: Orson Pratt, A[n] Interesting Account of Several Remarkable Visions, 1840
- Appointments of Shadrach Roundy and Others, 9 September 1842, Draft
- Authorization for George A. Smith, 1 June 1843
- Authorization, 1 June 1843, Draft
- Bill from William Law and Others, circa 30 January 1843
- Blessing from Joseph Smith Sr., 9 December 1834
- Blessing to George A. Smith, 1 March 1835
- Bond, 31 May 1843, Draft
- Capias, 30 May 1839 [ State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Riot ]
- Committee Appointments, 11 February 1843
- Committee Appointments, circa 19 May–circa August 1842
- Complaint, 12 September 1838 [ State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Riot ]
- Complaint, 28 August 1838 [ State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Riot ]
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 2, 1 March–6 May 1845
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 3, 6 May 1845–13 January 1846
- Declaration, 21 June 1834
- Discourse, 18 June 1842
- Discourse, 2 July 1839, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff–A
- Discourse, 30 July 1840, as Reported by John Smith
- Discourse, 7 November 1841, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff
- Docket Entry, 12 May 1844 [ F. M. Higbee v. JS–A on Habeas Corpus ]
- Docket Entry, 12–circa 13 April 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Colton on Habeas Corpus ]
- Docket Entry, 23–circa 24 November 1843 [ State of Illinois v. Finch on Habeas Corpus ]
- Docket Entry, 2–circa 3 April 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Greene et al. on Habeas Corpus ]
- Docket Entry, circa 5 July 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. McGraw ]
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1844
- Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account
- Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account, Draft
- History Draft [1 January–21 June 1844]
- History Draft [1 January–30 June 1842]
- History Draft [1 January–31 December 1841]
- History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]
- History Draft [1 January–3 March 1843]
- History Draft [1 July–31 December 1842]
- History Draft [21 June–8 August 1844]
- History, 1834–1836
- History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 Addenda
- History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- Indenture from Warren A. Cowdery, 23 November 1836
- Index to Nauvoo City Council Minute Book–B
- Indictment, circa 10 April 1839 [ State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Riot ]
- Indictment, circa 10 April 1839, Copy [ State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Riot ]
- Introduction to City of Nauvoo v. F. M. Higbee, F. M. Higbee v. JS–A, F. M. Higbee v. JS–A on Habeas Corpus, and F. M. Higbee v. JS–B
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Riot
- JS’s Store Daybook A, January–July 1842
- John Taylor, Martyrdom Account
- Journal, 1832–1834
- Journal, 1835–1836
- Journal, 1839
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 1, 21 December 1842–10 March 1843
- Journal, December 1841–December 1842
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 2, 10 March 1843–14 July 1843
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 3, 15 July 1843–29 February 1844
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
- Journal, March–September 1838
- Kirtland Elders’ Certificates
- Kirtland Safety Society Bank Stock Ledger, 18 October 1836–12 June 1837
- Letter from Austin A. King, 10 September 1838
- Letter from Brigham Young and Willard Richards, 5 September 1840
- Letter from Brigham Young, 7 May 1840
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 9 March 1840
- Letter from George J. Adams, 21 April 1842
- Letter from Heber C. Kimball, 9 July 1840
- Letter from Jedediah M. Grant, 17 August 1843
- Letter from John Taylor, 3 February 1841
- Letter from John M. Bernhisel, 12 July 1841
- Letter from Parley P. Pratt, 22 November 1839
- Letter from Parley P. Pratt, 4 December 1841
- Letter from Parley P. Pratt, 24 October 1841
- Letter to Brigham Young, 17 and 20 June 1844
- Letter to Emma Smith, 18 May 1834
- Letter to Emma Smith, 4 June 1834
- Letter to Heber C. Kimball and Brigham Young, 16 January 1839
- Letter to Isaac Galland, 11 September 1839
- Letter to John Smith, 17 June 1844
- Letter to Lyman Wight and Others, 16 August 1834
- Letter to Oliver Granger, between circa 22 and circa 28 July 1840
- Letter to Quorum of the Twelve, 15 December 1840
- Letter to Vilate Murray Kimball, 2 March 1841
- Letter to the Church and Others, 23 June 1842
- Letter to the Church and Others, 23 June 1842, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Letterbook 2
- License Record Book
- License for George A. Smith, 28 September 1838, Extract
- License for George A. Smith, 5 June 1843
- License for George A. Smith, 7 June 1836
- List of Members, Council of Fifty, May 1844
- List of Members, Council of Fifty, probably between 25 April and 3 May 1844
- Location of the Twelve Apostles, circa 20 June 1844
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 28 November 1843
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, circa 16 December 1843–12 February 1844, Draft
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, circa 16 December 1843–12 February 1844, Thomas Bullock First Copy
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, circa 16 December 1843–12 February 1844
- Minute Book 1
- Minutes and Blessings, 28 February–1 March 1835
- Minutes and Discourse, 18 April 1844
- Minutes and Discourse, 1–5 October 1841
- Minutes and Discourse, 2 May 1835, as Reported by William E. McLellin–A
- Minutes and Discourses, 11 April 1844
- Minutes and Discourses, 6 May 1844
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–7 April 1844, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–8 April 1842
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–8 April 1843
- Minutes, 10 August 1844
- Minutes, 10 August 1844, Extract, Published in Nauvoo Neighbor
- Minutes, 11 August 1834
- Minutes, 11 January 1845
- Minutes, 11 March 1844
- Minutes, 12 December 1843
- Minutes, 13 April 1844
- Minutes, 13 April 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Colton on Habeas Corpus ]
- Minutes, 13 January 1844
- Minutes, 13 July 1833
- Minutes, 14 December 1844
- Minutes, 14 December 1844, Extract, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor
- Minutes, 14 September 1844
- Minutes, 16 December 1843
- Minutes, 16 August 1841
- Minutes, 17 September 1837–B
- Minutes, 18 September 1843
- Minutes, 19 February 1834
- Minutes, 19 March 1844
- Minutes, 19 May 1842
- Minutes, 19 May 1842, Partial Draft
- Minutes, 21 December 1843
- Minutes, 21 June 1833
- Minutes, 23 June 1833
- Minutes, 25 April 1844
- Minutes, 25 February 1843
- Minutes, 27 May 1843
- Minutes, 28 June 1838
- Minutes, 28–29 August 1834
- Minutes, 29 April 1844
- Minutes, 29 April 1844, Extract, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor
- Minutes, 29 June 1843
- Minutes, 3 July 1834
- Minutes, 30 January 1843
- Minutes, 4–5 May 1839
- Minutes, 5 January 1844
- Minutes, 6 June 1833
- Minutes, 6 May 1839
- Minutes, 6–8 May 1844 [ F. M. Higbee v. JS–A on Habeas Corpus ]
- Minutes, 8 February 1845
- Minutes, 8 February 1845, Draft
- Minutes, 9 November 1844
- Minutes, 9 November 1844, Draft
- Minutes, 9 September 1842
- Minutes, Discourse, and Blessings, 1 March 1835
- Minutes, Discourse, and Blessings, 14–15 February 1835
- Minutes, circa 1 June 1833
- Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 1841–1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February 1844–January 1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February–March 1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, January–November 1842
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, November 1842–January 1844
- Nauvoo Marriage Record, February 1842–January 1846
- Note to Newel K. Whitney, circa October 1833–Early 1834
- Note, circa 24 May 1839
- Notice, 11 May 1842
- Notice, 28 April 1842
- Notice, circa 15 July 1842
- Oath from George A. Smith, 11 February 1843
- Oath from George A. Smith, 23 May 1842
- Ordinance, 14 December 1844–B
- Ordinance, 14 December 1844–B, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor
- Ordination and Blessing of Cyrus Smalling, 30 June 1835
- Pay Order, James Sloan to Nauvoo City Treasurer for George A. Smith, 30 January 1843
- Pay Order, Willard Richards to William Clayton for Hyrum Smith and Others, 4 December 1843
- Petition from George A. Smith and Daniel H. Wells, circa 8 February 1845
- Petition from Stephen Winchester and Others, circa 11 March 1843
- Petition to Arial Hanson, 7 November 1836
- Petition, circa 11 September 1838 [ State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Riot ]
- Poll Record, Nauvoo Legion, 13 August 1842
- Proposed Plan for a Moot Organization and Congress, 6 February 1844
- Recognizance, 18 September 1838 [ State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Riot ]
- Recommendation for Brigham Young, 3 June 1839
- Recommendation for George A. Smith, 21 September 1839
- Recommendation for George A. Smith, 3 June 1839
- Report of Committee, 15 April 1843–A
- Report of Committee, 15 April 1843–B
- Report of Committee, 19 May 1842–A
- Report of Committee, 19 May 1842–B
- Report of Committee, 30 January 1843
- Report of Committee, circa 12 August 1843
- Report of Committee, circa 30 January 1843
- Resignation from George A. Smith, circa 10 August 1844
- Revelation, 27 February 1833 [D&C 89]
- Revelation, September 1830–B [D&C 28]
- Revelation, 19 January 1841 [D&C 124]
- Revelation, 22 June 1834 [D&C 105]
- Revelation, October 1830–B [D&C 33]
- Revised Articles of Agreement for the Kirtland Safety Society, circa March 1837
- Revised Committee Appointments, 11 February–circa 10 June 1843, as Recorded in Nauvoo City Council Minute Book
- Revised Committee Appointments, 11 February–circa 10 June 1843
- Rigdon, Smith & Co., Ledger, 23 September 1836–2 August 1837
- Summons, 2 April 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Greene et al. on Habeas Corpus ]
- The Book of the Law of the Lord
- Transcript of Proceedings, Burglary, 6 July 1839 [ Extradition of JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 18 September 1838 [ State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Riot ]
- Trial Report Draft, 12 May 1844 [ F. M. Higbee v. JS–A on Habeas Corpus ]
- Trial Report, 12–15 May 1844 [ F. M. Higbee v. JS–A on Habeas Corpus ]
- Trial Report, 12–15 May 1844, as published in Times and Seasons [ F. M. Higbee v. JS–A on Habeas Corpus ]
- Trial Report, between 4 and 22 March 1843 [ Dana v. Brink ]
- Trustees Land Book A, 11 September 1839–30 April 1842
- Trustees Land Book B, 4 August 1842–8 December 1845
- Warrant, 12 September 1838 [ State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Riot ]
- “Church History,” 1 March 1842