Minutes, 3 December 1832

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Kirtland Township
Located ten miles south of Lake Erie. Settled by 1811. Organized by 1818. Latter-day Saint missionaries visited township, early Nov. 1830; many residents joined Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Population in 1830 about 55 Latter-day Saints and...
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, OH, 3 Dec. 1832. Featured version copied [ca. 3 Dec. 1832] in Minute Book 1, p. 1; handwriting of
Frederick G. Williams
28 Oct. 1787–10 Oct. 1842. Ship’s pilot, teacher, physician, justice of the peace. Born at Suffield, Hartford Co., Connecticut. Son of William Wheeler Williams and Ruth Granger. Moved to Newburg, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, 1799. Practiced Thomsonian botanical system...
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; CHL. For more complete source information, see the source note for Minute Book 1.
Historical Introduction

A
conference
A meeting where ecclesiastical officers and other church members could conduct church business. The “Articles and Covenants” of the church directed the elders to hold conferences to perform “Church business.” The first of these conferences was held on 9 June...
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of five
elders
A male leader in the church generally; an ecclesiastical and priesthood office or one holding that office; a proselytizing missionary. The Book of Mormon explained that elders ordained priests and teachers and administered “the flesh and blood of Christ unto...
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met in
Kirtland
Located ten miles south of Lake Erie. Settled by 1811. Organized by 1818. Latter-day Saint missionaries visited township, early Nov. 1830; many residents joined Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Population in 1830 about 55 Latter-day Saints and...
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, Ohio, on 3 December 1832 to
ordain
The conferral of power and authority; to appoint, decree, or set apart. Church members, primarily adults, were ordained to ecclesiastical offices and other responsibilities by the laying on of hands by those with the proper authority. Ordinations to priesthood...
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as a
priest
An ecclesiastical and priesthood office. In the Book of Mormon, priests were described as those who baptized, administered “the flesh and blood of Christ unto the church,” and taught “the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.” A June 1829 revelation directed...
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Noah Packard
7 May 1796–17 Feb. 1860. Farmer, surveyor, miner. Born at Plainfield, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. Son of Noah Packard and Molly Hamblin. Moved to Parkman, Geauga Co., Ohio, 1817. Married Sophia Bundy, 29 June 1820, at Parkman. Baptized into Church of Jesus...
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, a church member from
Parkman
Located about fifteen miles southeast of Kirtland Township. Population in 1830 about 700. Population in 1840 about 1,200. Missionaries appointed to preach in township, 5 Dec. 1832. John P. Greene directed to move to Parkman and take charge of branch of Church...
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, Ohio. As clerk of the conference,
Frederick G. Williams
28 Oct. 1787–10 Oct. 1842. Ship’s pilot, teacher, physician, justice of the peace. Born at Suffield, Hartford Co., Connecticut. Son of William Wheeler Williams and Ruth Granger. Moved to Newburg, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, 1799. Practiced Thomsonian botanical system...
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kept the minutes and later copied them as the first entry in Minute Book 1, a record of
Ohio
French explored and claimed area, 1669. British took possession following French and Indian War, 1763. Ceded to U.S., 1783. First permanent white settlement established, 1788. Northeastern portion maintained as part of Connecticut, 1786, and called Connecticut...
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A of convened in on the 3d. day of December AD 1832 for the purpose of ordained Bro [.]

Present Joseph Smith Jr and , then proceded to ordain brothe[r] to be a Priest in the which was done by the hand of Bro Joseph and prayer by ——

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Joseph Smith J[r.] Prsd [p. 1]

A of convened in on the 3d. day of December AD 1832 for the purpose of Bro .

Present Joseph Smith Jr and , then proceded to ordain brother to be a Priest in the which was done by the hand of Bro Joseph and prayer by ——

Clk. of Con

Joseph Smith Jr. Prsd [p. 1]

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Editorial Title
Minutes, 3 December 1832
ID #
7264
Total Pages
1
Print Volume Location
JSP, D2:321–322
Handwriting on This Page
- Frederick G. Williams
Footnotes
1. 1
  It is unclear how long Packard had been in Kirtland, Ohio. He later recalled that sometime between his June 1832 baptism and January 1833, he “went to Kirtland.” After mentioning Packard’s ordination, JS’s journal for this date relates a visit from Solomon Humphrey Jr., followed by “a conference in the Evening” at which William E. McLellin, “Br Jese” (probably Jesse Gause), and an unidentified “Mogan” were excommunicated. Both the journal and these minutes indicate that the disciplinary action was a different “conference” from this one. (Packard, “Life and Travels,” 3; JS, Journal, 3 Dec. 1832.)
  
  Packard, Noah. “The Life and Travels of Noah Packard.” In Voices from the Past: Diaries, Journals, and Autobiographies, compiled by Campus Education Week Program, Education Week Department, Continuing Education, Brigham Young University, 1–7. Provo, UT: Campus Education Week, Brigham Young University Press, 1980.
2. 2
  TEXT: Or “Livie”.
3. 3
  Two days later, a council of high priests assigned Humphrey and Packard to proclaim the gospel together in Parkman. Humphrey had recently arrived in Kirtland after completing a mission to the eastern United States. (Minutes, 5 Dec. 1832; JS, Journal, 3 Dec. 1832.)
4. 4
  JS wrote in his journal that he ordained Packard “with my own hands.” Packard later recounted that Rigdon assisted with the ordination. (JS, Journal, 3 Dec. 1832; Packard, “Life and Travels,” 3.)
  
  Packard, Noah. “The Life and Travels of Noah Packard.” In Voices from the Past: Diaries, Journals, and Autobiographies, compiled by Campus Education Week Program, Education Week Department, Continuing Education, Brigham Young University, 1–7. Provo, UT: Campus Education Week, Brigham Young University Press, 1980.

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