Minutes, 30 April 1833

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Minutes,
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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, Geauga Co., OH, 30 Apr. 1833. Featured version copied [between 4 June and ca. 6 June 1833] in Minute Book 1, pp. 19–20; 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
These minutes of a midweek meeting of
high priests
An ecclesiastical and priesthood office. Christ and many ancient prophets, including Abraham, were described as being high priests. The Book of Mormon used the term high priest to denote one appointed to lead the church. However, the Book of Mormon also discussed...
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demonstrate the variety of concerns that occupied the attention of JS and other leaders of the
Church of Christ
The Book of Mormon related that when Christ set up his church in the Americas, “they which were baptized in the name of Jesus, were called the church of Christ.” The first name used to denote the church JS organized on 6 April 1830 was “the Church of Christ...
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. In the meeting, participants made financial and administrative decisions while also determining how to follow directions given in a JS revelation. At the meeting, the high priests appointed
Albert Brown
13 Nov. 1807–28 Jan. 1902. Carpenter. Born at Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut. Son of James Brown and Mary. Lived in Hoosick, Rensselaer Co., New York, 1830. Joined Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1832. Participated in Camp of Israel expedition...
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to raise funds, designated
John P. Greene
3 Sept. 1793–10 Sept. 1844. Farmer, shoemaker, printer, publisher. Born at Herkimer, Herkimer Co., New York. Son of John Coddington Greene and Anna Chapman. Married first Rhoda Young, 11 Feb. 1813. Moved to Aurelius, Cayuga Co., New York, 1814; to Brownsville...
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to lead the church branch in
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, and discussed
Vienna Jaques
10 June 1787–7 Feb. 1884. Laundress, nurse. Born in Beverly, Essex Co., Massachusetts. Daughter of Henry Jaques and Lucinda Hughes. Lived in Boston, 1827–1830. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by E. Harris, 12 July 1831. Moved to ...
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’s immigration to
Missouri
Area acquired by U.S. in Louisiana Purchase, 1803, and established as territory, 1812. Missouri Compromise, 1820, admitted Missouri as slave state, 1821. Population in 1830 about 140,000; in 1836 about 240,000; and in 1840 about 380,000. Latter-day Saint ...
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. Jaques had recently arrived 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, with a large financial donation for the church, and a revelation dated 8 March 1833 directed that she “should receive money to bear her expences and go up unto the Land of
Zion
A specific location in Missouri; also a literal or figurative gathering of believers in Jesus Christ, characterized by adherence to ideals of harmony, equality, and purity. In JS’s earliest revelations “the cause of Zion” was used to broadly describe the ...
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and the residue of her money I [the Lord] will
consecrate
The dedicating of money, lands, goods, or one’s own life for sacred purposes. Both the New Testament and Book of Mormon referred to some groups having “all things common” economically; the Book of Mormon also referred to individuals who consecrated or dedicated...
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unto myself and reward her in mine own due time.”
1
Revelation, 8 Mar. 1833 [D&C 90:28].
This
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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, presided over by JS, decided that she would travel with
William Hobert
Ca. 1813–Oct. 1833. Typographer. Directed to accompany recent Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints convert Vienna Jaques from Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, to Jackson Co., Missouri, June 1833. Intended to work for The Evening and the Morning Star newspaper...
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, who was moving to Missouri to work as a typographer for The Evening and the Morning Star in
Independence
Located twelve miles from western Missouri border. Permanently settled, platted, and designated county seat, 1827. Hub for steamboat travel on Missouri River. Point of departure for Santa Fe Trail. Population in 1831 about 300. Latter-day Saint population...
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.
2
“Obituary,” The Evening and the Morning Star, Dec. 1833, 117.
Comprehensive Works Cited
The Evening and the Morning Star. Independence, MO, June 1832–July 1833; Kirtland, OH, Dec. 1833–Sept. 1834.

Footnotes
1. 1
  Revelation, 8 Mar. 1833 [D&C 90:28].
2. 2
  “Obituary,” The Evening and the Morning Star, Dec. 1833, 117.
  Comprehensive Works Cited
  The Evening and the Morning Star. Independence, MO, June 1832–July 1833; Kirtland, OH, Dec. 1833–Sept. 1834.

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30 of April 1833

A of convened in the school room. the meeting commen[c]ed with prayer by Bro Joseph the councel being organized in due form Bro Joseph said that it was necessary that a subscription should be opened to procure money to pay for the use of the house that meetings were held in the past season. accordingly the conference appointed bro to circulate a subscription paper for that purpose

next thing in question was the exped[i]ency of going to and to take the charge of that of of the , it was decided that [p. 19] he should have letters of reccommendation and an Epistle to that church and take the oversight thereof and as soon as is convenient moove to that place

it was also decided that Sister should not immediately procede on her Journy to but to wait untill gets ready and go in company with him no furthe[r] business the closed

< Clk PT. [pro tempore]> [p. 20]

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1
The schoolroom was located in Newel K. Whitney’s store.
2
The house referred to here is likely the schoolhouse on “the flats,” which was often used for church meetings in Kirtland.
3
William and Elizabeth Stones Jolly were reportedly the first Mormons to live in Parkman, Ohio. They moved from Fayette, New York, to Parkman in late 1831. Elizabeth preached to Noah Packard and gave him a copy of the Book of Mormon, which led to the conversion of Noah and his wife, Sophia Bundy, in early June 1832. Solomon Humphrey was subsequently called to preach in the Parkman area with Noah Packard in December 1832. While it is unknown how many people had joined the church in Parkman by April 1833, the number was apparently sufficient to warrant appointing Greene to oversee a branch there. According to his son, Greene moved his family to Parkman to fulfill this appointment. (“Synopsis of the Life and Travels of Noah Packard,” 1; Minutes, 5 Dec. 1832; Greene, “Biographical Sketch of the Life and Travels of John Portenus Greene,” 2.)
Comprehensive Works Cited
“A Synopsis of the Life and Travels of Noah Packard Written by Himself,” between 1858 and 1860. Typescript. BYU.
Greene, Evan Melbourne. “A Biographical Sketch of the Life and Travels of John Portenus Greene,” 1857. CHL. MS 15390.
4
Hobert and Jaques likely departed Kirtland no later than mid-May: the journey from Kirtland to the Independence area generally took between three and five weeks to complete, and a letter to Kirtland from Missouri indicated that Hobert and Jaques had arrived by 7 June 1833. (Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson Co., MO, 2 July 1833.)

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