Interim Content
Carter, John Sims
Biography
Ca. 1792–25/26 June 1834. Married Elizabeth (Betsey) Kinyon, 28 Feb. 1813, at Benson, Rutland Co., Vermont. Lived in Benson, by 1820. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ca. 1832. Served mission in Vermont with his brother Jared Carter, 1832. Helped brothers Simeon D. and Jared Carter establish branches of church at North West Bay and Bolton, in Chittenden Co., Vermont, summer 1832. Moved to Bolton, 1 Jan. 1833. Left for Jackson Co., Missouri, 5 Sept. 1833. Ordained a high priest, by 1834. Appointed to first Kirtland high council, 17 Feb. 1834. Appointed to serve mission to eastern U.S. with Jesse Smith, 20 Feb. 1834. Participated in Camp of Israel expedition to Missouri, 1834. Died in Clay Co., Missouri.
Links
papers
- History, 1838–1856, volume A-1 [23 December 1805–30 August 1834]
- John Whitmer, History, 1831–circa 1847
- Account with the Church of Christ, circa 11–29 August 1834
- Declaration, 21 June 1834
- Declaration, 21 June 1834, as Published in Evening and Morning Star
- Declaration, 21 June 1834, as Published in The Evening and the Morning Star
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1835
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1844
- F. G. Williams & Co. Account Book, October 1833–November 1835
- Journal, 1835–1836
- Letter to Emma Smith, 18 May 1834
- Letter to Emma Smith, 4 April 1839
- Letter to John S. Carter, 13 April 1833
- Letterbook 1
- Minute Book 1
- Minutes, 11 August 1834
- Minutes, 13 January 1836
- Minutes, 17 August 1835
- Minutes, 17 February 1834
- Minutes, 19 February 1834
- Minutes, 20 February 1834
- Minutes, 28 November 1834
- Minutes, 28–29 August 1834
- Resolutions of Committee from Lafayette County, Missouri, 23 June 1834
- Revelation Book 2
- Revelation, 22 June 1834 [D&C 105]
- Revised Minutes, 18–19 February 1834 [D&C 102]
- Gender
- Male