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Minutes, 28 June 1838
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For the Elders Journal.
CONFERENCE MINUTES.
A conference meeting of Elders, and members, of the church of Christ o[f] Latter Day Saints, was held in this place, this day, for the purpose of or ganziing this stake of Zion, calle[d] Adam-ondi-ahman. The meeting con vened at 10 o’clock A. M. in the grov[e] near the house of elder Lyman Wight[.] President Joseph Smith Jr. was calle[d] to the chair, who explained the objec[t] [p. 60]
Town located in northwest Missouri. JS revelations designated area as place where Adam blessed his posterity after leaving Garden of Eden and where Adam will return prior to Second Coming. While seeking new areas in Daviess Co. for settlement, JS and others...
More Info9 May 1796–31 Mar. 1858. Farmer. Born at Fairfield, Herkimer Co., New York. Son of Levi Wight Jr. and Sarah Corbin. Served in War of 1812. Married Harriet Benton, 5 Jan. 1823, at Henrietta, Monroe Co., New York. Moved to Warrensville, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, ...
View Full BioMinutes, Far West, MO, 28 June 1838; Elders’ Journal, Aug. 1838, pp. 60–61.
Originally called Shoal Creek. Located fifty-five miles northeast of Independence. Surveyed 1823; first settled by whites, 1831. Site purchased, 8 Aug. 1836, before Caldwell Co. was organized for Latter-day Saints in Missouri. William W. Phelps and John Whitmer...
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