Footnotes
Collectively, the land amounted to around 146 acres. Two of the six transactions were quitclaim deeds to properties, which meant that Marks was given only any interest and investment JS had in the original land purchase and could not rent or sell the property on his own since others were named on the original deed. The other land sold to Marks included property JS had purchased in fall 1836. (See JS to William Marks, Deed, Geauga Co., OH, 7 Apr. 1837; JS to William Marks, Deed, Geauga Co., OH, 10 Apr. 1837–A; JS to William Marks, Deed, Geauga Co., OH, 10 Apr. 1837–C; JS to William Marks, Deed, Geauga Co., OH, 10 Apr. 1837–D; JS to William Marks, Deed, Geauga Co., OH, 10 Apr. 1837–E, Geauga County Deed Record, vol. 23, pp. 535–539; vol. 24, p. 189, Geauga County Archives and Records Center, Chardon, OH.)
Geauga County Archives and Records Center, Chardon, OH.
Revelation, 23 Apr. 1834 [D&C 104:34].
See Historical Introduction to Deed from John and Alice Jacobs Johnson, 5 May 1834.
John Johnson to JS, Deed, 5 May 1834, [2], Lyman Cowdery Papers, CHL.
Cowdery, Lyman. Papers, 1834–1858. CHL. MS 3467.
Newel K. Whitney to John Johnson, Deed, Geauga Co., OH, 23 Sept. 1836, Geauga County Deed Record, vol. 22, pp. 497–498, Geauga County Archives and Records Center, Chardon, OH; Historical Introduction to Deed from John and Alice Jacobs Johnson, 5 May 1834; Geauga Co., OH, Deed Records, 1795–1921, vol. 24, p. 100, 4 Jan. 1837, microfilm 20,240, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.
Geauga County Archives and Records Center, Chardon, OH.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
Marks was likely functioning as an agent for JS by holding this land for him. Ownership of the church’s Kirtland printing office and the church’s newspaper Messenger and Advocate were also transferred to Marks in April 1837. Marks was later appointed as an agent for Kirtland bishop Newel K. Whitney in September 1837, and Marks may have been acting in a similar capacity in this instance. (“Notice,” LDS Messenger and Advocate, Apr. 1837, 3:496; Minutes, 17 Sept. 1837–A.)
Latter Day Saints’ Messenger and Advocate. Kirtland, OH. Oct. 1834–Sept. 1837.
Invoices for goods bought from several New York merchants in October 1836 have postscripts that record that they received promissory notes payable in six months. Other invoices from the same purchasing trip do not include information on the form of payment, but these may have also been due in April. (See Winthrop Eaton to JS and Oliver Cowdery, Invoice, New York City, 11 Oct. 1836, JS Office Papers, CHL; Keeler, McNeil & Co. to Sidney Rigdon, JS, and Oliver Cowdery, Invoice, New York City, 11 Oct. 1836, JS Office Papers, CHL; and Jesse Delano, Bill, 15 Oct. 1836, JS Office Papers, CHL.)
Transcript of Proceedings, 24 Oct. 1837, Eaton v. JS and Cowdery [Geauga Co. C.P. 1837]; Transcript of Proceedings, 24 Oct. 1837, Newbould v. Rigdon et al. [Geauga Co. C.P. 1837], Geauga Co., OH, Court of Common Pleas, Record Book U, pp. 277–278, 351–353, Geauga County Archives and Records Center, Chardon, OH.
Geauga Co., OH, Court of Common Pleas, Record Book U. Geauga County Archives and Records Center, Chardon, OH.
“Sheriff’s Sale,” Painesville (OH) Telegraph, 22 Feb. 1838, [3]; Case Costs, 24 Oct. 1837, Rounds v. JS [Geauga Co. C.P. 1837]; Case Costs, 24 Oct. 1837, Rounds v. Rigdon [Geauga Co. C.P. 1837], Execution Docket Book G, pp. 105–106, Geauga County Archives and Records Center, Chardon, OH; see also Madsen, “Tabulating the Impact of Litigation on the Kirtland Economy,” 232–235.
Painesville Telegraph. Painesville, OH. 1822–1986.
Geauga Co., OH, Court of Common Pleas, Execution Docket G. Geauga County Archives and Records Center, Chardon, OH.
TEXT: Each instance of “Seal” is enclosed in a hand-drawn representation of a seal.