Footnotes

1. [1]

   See Minutes, 23 Mar. 1833–A.

2. [2]

   JS History, vol. A-1, 283.

3. [3]

   No records indicate that the farm was subsequently leased.

4. [4]

   Geauga Co., OH, Deed Records, 1795–1921, vol. 16, pp. 409–410, 2 Oct. 1832, microfilm 20,236, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; see also Staker, Hearken, O Ye People, 430n12.

   U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

   Staker, Mark L. Hearken, O Ye People: The Historical Setting of Joseph Smith’s Ohio Revelations. Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2009.

5. [5]

   Revelation, 23 Apr. 1834 [D&C 104:20].

6. [6]

   Geauga Co., OH, Deed Records, 1795–1921, vol. 18, pp. 487–488, 3 May 1834, microfilm 20,237, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL. Rigdon had previously worked as a tanner. The increased value of the land suggests significant improvements had been made on the property since Mason initially purchased it from French. (JS History, vol. A-1, 65.)

   U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

7. [7]

   Mason was still considered the legal owner of the property for tax purposes in 1833 and early 1834. (Geauga Co., OH, Duplicate Tax Records, 1816–1850, Tax Record for 1833, p. 21, microfilm 506,577; Tax Record for 1834, p. 23, microfilm 506,578, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.)

   U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.