Footnotes

1. [1]

   “Sketch of an Elder’s Life,” 9; see also Tanner, “History of John Tanner,” 2.

   “Sketch of an Elder’s Life” (John Tanner). In Scraps of Biography, Faith-Promoting Series 10, pp. 9–19. Salt Lake City: Juvenile Instructor Office, 1883.

   Tanner, Nathan. “History of John Tanner,” no date. CHL. MS 14605.

2. [2]

   Tanner, Address, [3].

   Tanner, Nathan. Address, no date. CHL. MS 2815.

3. [3]

   “Sketch of an Elder’s Life,” 8–9; Tanner, “History of John Tanner,” 1. Land deed records from Warren County, New York, show that Tanner sold several parcels of land, as well as his interest in a sawmill, in October 1833, April 1834, November 1834, and December 1834, for a total amount of $6,552. In addition to his property in New York, Tanner owned livestock and dairy cattle, which he may have sold as well. (Warren Co., NY, Deed Records, 1813–1876, vol. G, pp. 169–170, 1 Oct. 1833; pp. 298–299, 2 Apr. 1834; pp. 458–459, 1 Dec. 1834; pp. 459–460, 1 Dec. 1834; pp. 465–466, 12 Dec. 1834, microfilm 474,221; Warren Co., NY, Deed Records, 1813–1876, vol. H, pp. 528–530, 4 Nov. 1834, microfilm 474,222, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Tanner, Address, [2]–[3].)

   “Sketch of an Elder’s Life” (John Tanner). In Scraps of Biography, Faith-Promoting Series 10, pp. 9–19. Salt Lake City: Juvenile Instructor Office, 1883.

   Tanner, Nathan. “History of John Tanner,” no date. CHL. MS 14605.

   U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

   Tanner, Nathan. Address, no date. CHL. MS 2815.

4. [4]

   “Sketch of an Elder’s Life,” 9; Tanner, “History of John Tanner,” 2; see also Tanner, Address, [10].

   “Sketch of an Elder’s Life” (John Tanner). In Scraps of Biography, Faith-Promoting Series 10, pp. 9–19. Salt Lake City: Juvenile Instructor Office, 1883.

   Tanner, Nathan. “History of John Tanner,” no date. CHL. MS 14605.

   Tanner, Nathan. Address, no date. CHL. MS 2815.

5. [5]

   Revelation, 4 June 1833 [D&C 96:2]; Geauga Co., OH, Deed Records, 1795–1921, vol. 17, pp. 360–361, 17 June 1833, microfilm 20,237, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.

   U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

6. [6]

   Geauga Co., OH, Deed Records, 1795–1921, vol. 17, pp. 38–39, 10 Apr. 1833, microfilm 20,237, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; “New York Account Book Sept. 1834,” [3]–[17], Newel K. Whitney, Papers, BYU.

   U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

   Whitney, Newel K. Papers, 1825–1906. BYU.

7. [7]

   JS, Journal, 30 Nov. 1834.

8. [8]

   Sketch of an Elder’s Life,” 9; Tanner, “History of John Tanner,” 2.

   “Sketch of an Elder’s Life” (John Tanner). In Scraps of Biography, Faith-Promoting Series 10, pp. 9–19. Salt Lake City: Juvenile Instructor Office, 1883.

   Tanner, Nathan. “History of John Tanner,” no date. CHL. MS 14605.

9. [9]

   F. G. Williams & Co., Account Book, 18. There are no extant records corroborating a loan from Tanner for precisely $2,000, nor are there records indicating that church leaders used such money to make a payment on the House of the Lord property. In 1836, Peter French entered a bill in chancery with the Geauga County Court of Common Pleas, requesting the sale of the land where the House of the Lord was located because of defaults in payment. (Geauga Co., OH, Court of Common Pleas, Court Records, 1807–1904, vol. R, pp. 101–106, 13 June 1836, microfilm 20,278, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Loving, “Ownership of the Kirtland Temple,” 18.)

   F. G. Williams & Co. Account Book, 1833–1835. CHL. In Patience Cowdery, Diary, 1849–1851. CHL. MS 3493.

   U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

   Loving, Kim L. “Ownership of the Kirtland Temple: Legends, Lies, and Misunderstandings.” Journal of Mormon History 30, no. 2 (Fall 2004): 1–80.

10. [10]

    While in Kirtland, John Tanner apparently invested in the Kirtland Safety Society and made “liberal donations to the building of the temple.” Nathan Tanner also stated that at some point, his father loaned the committee responsible for constructing the House of the Lord “thirteen thousand dollars in merchandize at cost prices in New York.” In addition, Tanner “signed a note with the Prophet Joseph and others for thirty thousand dollars for goods purchased in New York, in which he had no pecuniary interest.” No contemporary records for these loans are extant. (“Sketch of an Elder’s Life,” 9–12; Tanner, “History of John Tanner,” 2.)

    “Sketch of an Elder’s Life” (John Tanner). In Scraps of Biography, Faith-Promoting Series 10, pp. 9–19. Salt Lake City: Juvenile Instructor Office, 1883.

    Tanner, Nathan. “History of John Tanner,” no date. CHL. MS 14605.