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Grant, George Davis
Biography
10 Sept. 1812–20 Sept. 1876. Farmer. Born in Windsor, Broome Co., New York. Son of Joshua Grant and Athalia Howard. Moved to Naples, Ontario Co., New York, by 1830. Married Elizabeth Wilson, 22 Jan. 1834, in Naples. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Don Carlos Smith, June 1836, in Ontario Co. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, by Mar. 1837; to Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri, Sept. 1837; to Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois, Jan. 1839; to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, Mar. 1840; to Plymouth, Hancock Co., Nov. 1840; and to near Carthage, Hancock Co., Sept. 1843. Ordained an elder, 8 Apr. 1840. Carried news of deaths of JS and Hyrum Smith to Nauvoo with David Bettisworth. Ordained a seventy, 8 Oct 1844. Appointed president of Sixteenth Quorum of the Seventy, 19 Jan. 1845. Admitted to Council of Fifty, 8 Sept. 1845. Left Nauvoo to go west, 11 Feb. 1846. Arrived in Salt Lake Valley, 22 Sept. 1848. Served as general in Utah Indian wars. Moved to Bountiful, Davis Co., Utah Territory, by 1860. Died in Bountiful.
Links
papers
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- Account of Trial, 24–28 May 1845–A [ State of Illinois v. Williams et al. ]
- Account of Trial, 24–28 May 1845–A, as Published in Trial of the Persons Indicted [ State of Illinois v. Williams et al. ]
- Account of Trial, 24–28 May 1845–B [ State of Illinois v. Williams et al. ]
- Appendix 4: Council of Fifty, Roll, 22 April 1845–27 December 1846
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 3, 6 May 1845–13 January 1846
- Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account
- History Draft [1 January–21 June 1844]
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. Baldwin et al. for Arson
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Arson
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny and State of Missouri v. JS for Receiving Stolen Goods
- John Taylor, Martyrdom Account
- Joseph Smith’s Store Daybook A, January–July 1842
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
- License Record Book
- License for George D. Grant, between 23 and 31 December 1840, Extract
- Minute Book 2
- Minutes and Testimonies, 12–29 November 1838 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Minutes and Testimonies, 12–29 November 1838, Copy [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Minutes and Testimonies, 12–29 November 1838, Copy and Letter [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Petition from Hosea Stout and Others, 11 January 1845
- Ruling, 29 November 1838 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- “A History, of the Persecution, of the Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints in Missouri,” December 1839–October 1840
- Gender
- Male