Footnotes

1. [1]

   Stewart, History of the Freewill Baptists, 323–327, 475; Burgess and Ward, Free Baptist Cyclopaedia, 236, 473–474; Patten, Journal, [16] and 17 Dec. 1832; Obituary for Reynolds Cahoon, Deseret News, 1 May 1861, 72.  

   Stewart, I. D. The History of the Freewill Baptists, for Half a Century, with an Introductory Chapter. Vol. 1, From the Year 1780 to 1830. Dover, NH: Freewill Baptist Printing, 1862.

   Burgess, G. A., and J. T. Ward. Free Baptist Cyclopedia. Historical and Biographical: The Rise of the Freewill Baptist Connection and of Those General and Open Communion Baptist which, Merging Together, Form One People. . . . Chicago: Free Baptist Cyclopedia, 1889.

   Patten, David W. Journal, 1832–1834. CHL. MS 603.

   Deseret News. Salt Lake City. 1850–.

2. [2]

   Geauga Co., OH, Deed Records, 1795–1921, vol. 17, p. 453, microfilm 20,237, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; see also Geauga Co., OH, Deed Records, 1795–1921, vol. 26, pp. 178–179, 185, microfilm 20,241, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.  

   U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

3. [3]

   Revelation, 12 Oct. 1833 [D&C 100]; see also Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, MO, 18 Aug. 1833.  

4. [4]

   JS, Journal, 4–6 Mar. 1834.  

5. [5]

   John Gould attended and chaired a regional church conference in Freedom, New York, on 24–25 January 1835; he was also listed as the presiding elder at a conference in Westfield the following May, though he did not in fact attend that conference. The History of Cattaraugus County confirms that he preached with JS, Sidney Rigdon, and Parley P. Pratt in the area around Fish Lake in about 1835, converting some thirty men and women. (“A Summary,” LDS Messenger and Advocate, Feb. 1835, 75–77; Record of the Twelve, 4–9 May 1835; History of Cattaraugus Co., New York, 398.)  

   Latter Day Saints’ Messenger and Advocate. Kirtland, OH. Oct. 1834–Sept. 1837.

   History of Cattaraugus Co., New York, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Philadelphia: L. H. Everts, 1879.

6. [6]

   Minutes, 10 Aug. 1835.  

7. [7]

   Minutes, 17 Aug. 1835.  

8. [8]

   Whether John Gould spent much time in Kirtland in 1834 or 1835 is unclear. JS’s journal entry for 3 March 1834 indicates that Gould was still living in western New York. While preaching in Westfield, New York, JS noted that “John Gould payed me on papers—$1.50.” JS was likely referring to a subscription to The Evening and the Morning Star, which may indicate that Gould was not in Kirtland frequently enough to pay the subscription in person. (JS, Journal, 3 Mar. 1834.)  

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   1840 U.S. Census, Kirtland, Lake Co., OH, 93.  

   Census (U.S.) / U.S. Bureau of the Census. Population Schedules. Microfilm. FHL.

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    “Extracts from H. C. Kimball’s Journal,” Times and Seasons, 1 Feb. 1845, 6:789.  

    Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.