- 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 anti-Mormon activities. Painesville Telegraph printed material critical of JS and LDS church. 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]
- Account Statement from Perkins & Osborn, circa 29 October 1838
- Account with the Camp of Israel, circa 11–29 August 1834
- Appendix 3: Discourse, circa 4 July 1838
- Application for Licenses, circa 5 April 1834 [Johnson v. Remonstrants]
- Bond from J. W. Briggs, 8 March 1837
- Deed from William and Rosannah Robinson Marks, 5 November 1841
- Deed to William Marks, 10 April 1837–E
- Elders’ Journal, August 1838
- History, 1834–1836
- History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 Addenda
- Journal, 1832–1834
- Journal, 1835–1836
- Kirtland Safety Society Account with Bank of Monroe, 11 February–4 April 1837
- Letter from George Gee, 30 December 1841
- Letter from Justin Brooks, 7 November 1842
- Letter from Oliver Cowdery, 12 November 1830
- Letter from Oliver Cowdery, 15 June 1835
- Letter from Reuben McBride, 3 January 1842
- Letter of Introduction from John Howden, 27 October 1838
- Letter of Introduction from John W. Howden (Fragment), 27 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 the Church in Clay County, Missouri, 22 January 1834
- Letterbook 1
- Letterbook 2
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845
- Minutes, 23 March 1833–B
- Note to Newel K. Whitney, circa October 1833–Early 1834
- Note, circa 9 December 1832
- Receipt from G. B. Harleston and J. D. Morton, 20 February 1837
- 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]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 3 April 1838 [Boynton and Hyde v. JS]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 31 March 1834 [State of Ohio v. Hurlbut]