- Township
- Painesville Township
- County
- Geauga County (now in Lake County)
- State/Province
- Ohio
- Country
- United States of America
Painesville Township, Ohio
Summary
Located on Grand River twelve miles northeast of Kirtland. Created and settled, 1800. Originally named Champion. Flourished economically from harbor on Lake Erie and as major route of overland travel for western emigration. Included Painesville village; laid out, ca. 1805; incorporated as town, 1832; designated county seat of newly formed Lake Co., 1840. Population in 1830 about 1,500. Latter-day Saints borrowed money from Bank of Geauga branch in township. JS visited Painesville often. Early center of opposition to Latter-day Saints. Painesville Telegraph printed material critical of JS and Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. First major anti-Mormon book, Mormonism Unvailed, also published in township. JS was arrested and tried in township multiple times.
Links
- History, 1838–1856, volume A-1 [23 December 1805–30 August 1834]
- History Draft [6 August 1838–30 December 1839]
- Elders’ Journal, August 1838
- Account of Hearing, between circa 3 and 9 June 1837 [ State of Ohio v. JS for Threatening to Take Life ]
- Account of Trial, circa 20 June 1835 [ State of Ohio v. JS for Assault and Battery ]
- Account with the Camp of Israel, circa 11–29 August 1834
- Agreement with John A. Newbould, circa 2 August 1839
- Agreement with Mead & Betts, 2 August 1839
- Agreement with Ovid Pinney and Stephen Phillips, 14 March 1837
- Appendix 3: Discourse, circa 4 July 1838
- Application for Licenses, circa 5 April 1834 [ Johnson v. Remonstrants ]
- Articles of Agreement for the Kirtland Safety Society Anti-Banking Company, 2 January 1837
- Authorization for Oliver Granger, 6 May 1839
- Bond from J. W. Briggs, 8 March 1837
- Capias ad Respondendum, 22 March 1837 [ Bank of Geauga v. JS et al. ]
- Capias ad Respondendum, 26 July 1837 [ Barker for the use of Bump v. JS and O. Cowdery ]
- Constitution of the Kirtland Safety Society Bank, 2 November 1836
- Declaration, circa 17 December 1838 [ Halsted, Haines & Co. v. O. Granger et al. ]
- Declaration, circa 24 April 1837 [ Bank of Geauga v. JS et al. ]
- Declaration, circa 30 November 1837 [ Boynton and Hyde v. JS ]
- Declaration, circa 8 July 1837 [ Newbould v. Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery ]
- Deed from Edmund and Ann Kelly Bosley, 2 November 1836
- Deed from William and Rosannah Robinson Marks, 5 November 1841
- Deed to William Marks, 10 April 1837–E
- Deed, 10 July 1846 [ Russell v. JS et al. ]
- Deed, Oliver and Lydia Dibble Granger to John Howden, 29 March 1838
- Deed, Oliver and Lydia Dibble Granger to John Howden, 30 April 1838
- Deed, Oliver and Lydia Dibble Granger to Zalmon and Robert Mead, 22 February 1841
- Discourse, 29 July 1838
- Docket Entry, 21–22 April 1835 [ State of Ohio v. JS for Assault and Battery ]
- Docket Entry, Cost Bill, circa 18 March 1844 [ Russell v. JS et al. ]
- Docket Entry, Costs, circa 18 March 1844 [ Russell v. JS et al. ]
- Docket Entry, Decree, 18 March 1844 [ Russell v. JS et al. ]
- Docket Entry, Motion, 5 June 1846 [ Russell v. JS et al. ]
- Docket Entry, Order of Sale and Return, circa June 1844 [ Russell v. JS et al. ]
- Docket Entry, between 13 April and 3 June 1837 [ State of Ohio v. JS for Threatening to Take Life ]
- Docket Entry, between 4 and 15 January 1834 [ State of Ohio v. D. P. Hurlbut ]
- Editorial, 26 June 1835 [ State of Ohio v. JS for Assault and Battery ]
- F. G. Williams & Co. Account Book, October 1833–November 1835
- History, 1834–1836
- History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 Addenda
- Introduction to Bailey and Reynolds v. Rigdon et al.
- Introduction to Bank of Geauga v. JS et al.
- Introduction to Barker for the use of Bump v. JS and O. Cowdery
- Introduction to Foster Sr. v. Luke Johnson et al.
- Introduction to Halsted, Haines & Co. v. O. Granger et al.
- Introduction to JS for the use of J. Hitchcock and J. R. Hitchcock v. Cheney
- Introduction to L. Holmes and C. Holmes v. JS and Cahoon
- Introduction to Rounds qui tam v. JS
- Introduction to Russell v. JS et al.
- Introduction to Seymour & Griffith v. Rigdon and JS
- Introduction to State of Ohio v. Ritch
- Introduction to State of Ohio v. D. P. Hurlbut
- Introduction to State of Ohio v. JS for Assault and Battery
- Introduction to State of Ohio v. JS for Threatening to Take Life
- Introduction to Kirtland Mercantile Firms
- Introduction to Ohio Agent Papers
- Introduction to the Kirtland Safety Society
- Journal, 1832–1834
- Journal, 1835–1836
- Kirtland Safety Society Account with Bank of Monroe, 11 February–4 April 1837
- Kirtland Safety Society Bank Stock Ledger, 18 October 1836–12 June 1837
- Letter from George Gee, 30 December 1841
- Letter from Lester Brooks, 7 November 1842
- Letter from Newel K. Whitney, 20 April 1837
- Letter from Oliver Cowdery, 12 November 1830
- Letter from Oliver Cowdery, 15 June 1835
- Letter from Parley P. Pratt, 23 May 1837
- Letter from Reuben McBride, 28 February 1844
- Letter from Reuben McBride, 3 January 1842
- Letter from Wilford Woodruff and Others, 9 March 1838
- Letter from William Perkins, 29 October 1838
- Letter of Introduction from Horace Kingsbury, 26 October 1838
- Letter of Introduction from John Howden, 27 October 1838
- Letter of Introduction from John Howden, 27 October 1838, in Handwriting of John Howden
- Letter of Introduction from Thomas Griffith and John Seymour, 19 October 1838
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 2 July 1833
- Letter to Editor, 22 June 1835
- Letter to Oliver Cowdery, December 1834
- Letter to Oliver Granger, 30 August 1841
- Letter to Orville Browning and Nehemiah Bushnell, 7 December 1841
- Letter to the Church in Clay County, Missouri, 22 January 1834
- Letter to the Elders of the Church, 30 November–1 December 1835
- Letter, Don Carlos Smith to Oliver Granger, 14 February 1841
- Letter, Grandison Newell to Editor, 30 June 1837 [ State of Ohio v. JS for Threatening to Take Life ]
- Letterbook 1
- Letterbook 2
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845
- Minutes, 23 March 1833–B
- Minutes, 3 October 1835
- Mortgage to Mead, Stafford & Co., 11 July 1837
- Motion, 29 October 1860 [ Rounds for the use of the State of Ohio as well as Himself v. JS ]
- Note to Newel K. Whitney, circa October 1833–Early 1834
- Note, circa 9 December 1832
- Notice, 1 May 1838 [ Patterson and Patterson v. Cahoon, Carter & Co. and Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery ]
- Notice, 1 May 1844 [ Russell v. JS et al. ]
- Notice, 14 July 1843 [ Russell v. JS et al. ]
- Notice, circa Late August 1837
- Order of Sale, 23 April 1844 [Russell v. JS et al.]
- Power of Attorney to Oliver Granger, 27 September 1837
- Promissory Note to Halsted, Haines & Co., 1 September 1837–A
- Promissory Note to Halsted, Haines & Co., 1 September 1837–B
- Promissory Note to Halsted, Haines & Co., 1 September 1837–C
- Promissory Note to Holbrook & Ferme, 1 September 1837–A
- Promissory Note to Holbrook & Ferme, 1 September 1837–C
- Promissory Note to Mead & Betts, 1 September 1837–C
- Receipt from G. B. Harleston and J. D. Morton, 20 February 1837
- Receipt to Jonathan Harrington, 8 July 1842
- Receipt, Reuben Hitchcock to Oliver Granger, 30 October 1838
- Recommendation for Edward Partridge and Isaac Morley, 1 June 1835
- Revelation, 1 August 1831 [D&C 58]
- Revelation, 25 December 1832 [D&C 87]
- Revelation, 4 February 1831 [D&C 41]
- Revelation, 7 December 1830 [D&C 35]
- Revelation, 9 December 1830 [D&C 36]
- Schedule of Creditors, circa 14–16 April 1842
- Statement of Account from Hitchcock & Wilder, between 3 April and 6 November 1838
- Statement of Account from Hitchcock & Wilder, between 9 July and 6 November 1838
- Statement of Account from John Howden, 1 January 1838
- Statement of Account from John Howden, 29 March 1838
- Statement of Account from Perkins & Osborn, between 1 September 1837 and 28 October 1838
- Statement of Account from Perkins & Osborn, circa 29 October 1838
- Subpoena, 20 June 1843–A [ Russell v. JS et al. ]
- Subpoena, 20 June 1843–B [ Russell v. JS et al. ]
- Subpoena, 20 June 1843–C [ Russell v. JS et al. ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 10 June 1837 [ State of Ohio v. JS for Threatening to Take Life ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 16 April 1839 [ Halsted, Haines & Co. v. O. Granger et al. ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 18 March 1844 [ Russell v. JS et al. ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 24 October 1837 [ Barker for the use of Bump v. JS and O. Cowdery ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 24 October 1837 [ Newbould v. Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 3 April 1838 [ Boynton and Hyde v. H. Smith ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 3 April 1838 [ Boynton and Hyde v. JS ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 3 April 1838 [ Boynton and Hyde v. Rigdon ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 31 October 1860 [ Rounds for the use of the State of Ohio as well as Himself v. JS ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 6 June 1837 [ Bank of Geauga v. JS et al. ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 9 April 1834 [ State of Ohio v. D. P. Hurlbut ]
- Travel Account and Questions, November 1837
- William Perkins, Statement, 23 July 1867 [ Halsted, Haines & Co. v. Granger et al. ]