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Smith, John
Biography
16 July 1781–23 May 1854. Farmer. Born at Derryfield (later Manchester), Rockingham Co., New Hampshire. Son of Asael Smith and Mary Duty. Member of Congregational church. Appointed overseer of highways at Potsdam, St. Lawrence Co., New York, 1810. Married Clarissa Lyman, 11 Sept. 1815. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Solomon Humphrey, 9 Jan. 1832. Confirmed and ordained an elder by Joseph Wakefield and Solomon Humphrey, 9 Jan. 1832. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, 1833. Ordained a high priest, June 1833. Charter member of Kirtland high council, 17 Feb. 1834. Appointed president of Kirtland high council, 21 Jan. 1836. Served mission to eastern states with his brother Joseph Smith Sr., 1836. Stockholder in Kirtland Safety Society. Appointed assistant counselor in First Presidency, 3 Sept. 1837; member of Kirtland stake presidency, 1838. Left Kirtland for Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri, 5 Apr. 1838. Appointed president of stake in Adam-ondi-Ahman, Daviess Co., Missouri, 28 June 1838. Expelled from Missouri; arrived in Illinois, 28 Feb. 1839. Moved to Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock Co., Illinois, June 1839. Appointed president of branch in Lee Co., Iowa Territory, 5 Oct. 1839. Moved to Nashville, Lee Co., Oct. 1839. Member of Nauvoo Masonic Lodge. Appointed to preside at Macedonia (later Webster), Hancock Co., Illinois, 1843–1844. Ordained a patriarch, 10 Jan. 1844. Admitted to Council of Fifty, 26 Mar. 1844. Appointed Nauvoo stake president, 7 Oct. 1844. Joined westward exodus of Latter-day Saints into Iowa Territory, 9 Feb. 1846. Arrived in Salt Lake Valley, 23 Sept. 1847. Presided over Salt Lake stake, 1847–1848. Ordained patriarch of church, 1 Jan. 1849. Died at Salt Lake City.
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- History, 1838–1856, volume A-1 [23 December 1805–30 August 1834]
- History Draft [6 August 1838–30 December 1839]
- History Draft [1 January–31 December 1840]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- John Whitmer, History, 1831–circa 1847
- Letter from Thomas Burdick, 28 August 1840
- Elders’ Journal, August 1838
- Accounts Payable, 1 February–19 April 1838
- Addenda Notes [October–November 1840, November 1841]
- Appeal and Minutes, 21 June 1833
- Appendix 1: Letter to Oliver Cowdery and Others, circa 17 June 1838
- Appendix 4: Council of Fifty, Roll, 22 April 1845–27 December 1846
- Appendix 4: William Clayton, Daily Account of Joseph Smith’s Activities, 14–22 June 1844
- Bond to John Smith, 27 March 1840
- 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 2, 1 March–6 May 1845
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 3, 6 May 1845–13 January 1846
- Deed from Edmund and Ann Kelly Bosley, 23 October 1835
- Deed to John Smith, 10 February 1844
- Deed to John Smith, 23 August 1841
- Deed to John Smith, 27 April 1844
- Discourse, 1 March 1840
- Discourse, 21 May 1843, as Reported by Howard Coray
- Discourse, 27 February 1835–A, as Recorded in Pratt, Notebook
- Discourse, 27 February 1835–A, as Reported by Oliver Cowdery
- Discourse, 29 July 1838
- Discourse, 30 July 1840, as Reported by John Smith
- Discourse, 5 January 1841, as Reported by William Clayton
- Discourse, 6 April 1843–B, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Discourse, 6 April 1843–B, as Reported by William Clayton
- Discourse, 6 March 1840, as Reported by John Smith
- Discourse, circa 19 July 1840, as Reported by Martha Jane Knowlton Coray–A
- Discourse, circa 19 July 1840, as Reported by Martha Jane Knowlton Coray–B
- Discourse, circa 21 March 1841, as Reported by Martha Jane Knowlton Coray
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1835
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1844
- Draft Notes, 29 June–1 July 1844
- Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account
- Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account, Draft
- History Draft [1 January–21 June 1844]
- History Draft [1 January–31 December 1841]
- History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]
- History Draft [1 July–31 December 1842]
- History Draft [21 June–8 August 1844]
- History, 1834–1836
- History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 Addenda
- History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- Introduction to State of Illinois v. Williams et al. and State of Illinois v. Elliott–C
- John Smith Daybook Entry, circa 1 July 1835
- John Taylor, Martyrdom Account
- Joseph Smith’s Store Daybook A, January–July 1842
- Journal, 1832–1834
- Journal, 1835–1836
- Journal, December 1841–December 1842
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 2, 10 March 1843–14 July 1843
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 3, 15 July 1843–29 February 1844
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
- Journal, March–September 1838
- Kirtland Elders’ Certificates
- Kirtland Safety Society Bank Stock Ledger, 18 October 1836–12 June 1837
- Kirtland Safety Society Daybook, circa 4–16 January 1837
- Land Survey, May–July 1838
- Lands Deeded, after 26 June 1839
- Letter from Almon Babbitt, 5 May 1844
- Letter from John Smith, 16 June 1844
- Letter from Thomas B. Marsh, 15 February 1838
- Letter to John Smith, 2 July 1833
- Letter to John Corrill and the Church in Missouri, 4 September 1837
- Letter to John M. Bernhisel, 7 September 1842
- Letter to John Smith, 12 December 1843
- Letter to John Smith, 17 June 1844
- Letter to Quorum of the Twelve, 15 December 1840
- Letter to Silas Smith, 26 September 1833
- Letter to Vienna Jaques, 4 September 1833
- Letter to Wilford Woodruff, circa 18 June 1838
- Letter to Wilson Law, 14 August 1842
- Letter to the Church and Edward Partridge, 20 March 1839
- Letter to the Presidency in Kirtland, 29 March 1838
- Letterbook 2
- License Record Book
- License for John Smith, 30 March 1836
- List of Members, Council of Fifty, May 1844
- List of Members, Council of Fifty, probably between 25 April and 3 May 1844
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845
- Memorandum of Deeds, 3 March 1842
- Minute Book 1
- Minutes and Discourse, 18 April 1844
- Minutes and Discourse, 1–5 October 1841
- Minutes and Discourse, 3 May 1844
- Minutes and Discourse, 4 April 1844
- Minutes and Discourse, 6 March 1840
- Minutes and Discourse, 6–8 April 1840
- Minutes and Discourses, 11 April 1844
- Minutes and Discourses, 27 February 1835, as Recorded in Pratt, Notebook
- Minutes and Discourses, 27 February 1835, as Reported by Oliver Cowdery
- Minutes and Discourses, 5–7 October 1839
- Minutes and Discourses, 6 May 1844
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–7 April 1843, as Reported by William Clayton
- Minutes and Discourses, 7–8 March 1835
- Minutes and Testimonies, 12–29 November 1838, Copy [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Minutes, 10 August 1835
- Minutes, 11 August 1834
- Minutes, 13 January 1836
- Minutes, 13 July 1833
- Minutes, 16 June 1836
- Minutes, 16 March 1835
- Minutes, 16 September 1835
- Minutes, 17 August 1835
- Minutes, 17 August 1835, as Published in Latter Day Saints’ Messenger and Advocate
- Minutes, 17 August 1840
- Minutes, 17 February 1834
- Minutes, 18 January 1835
- Minutes, 19 February 1834
- Minutes, 19 September 1835
- Minutes, 2 January 1836
- Minutes, 24 February 1834
- Minutes, 24 September 1834
- Minutes, 25–26 October 1831
- Minutes, 26 March 1844
- Minutes, 28 December 1834
- Minutes, 28 December 1835
- Minutes, 28 June 1838
- Minutes, 28 November 1834
- Minutes, 28–29 August 1834
- Minutes, 28–29 September 1835
- Minutes, 29 October 1835
- Minutes, 3 October 1835
- Minutes, 3 September 1837
- Minutes, 4–5 May 1839
- Minutes, 7 November 1837
- Minutes, circa 3–4 June 1831
- Nauvoo Registry of Deeds, Deed Record Book B, 1843–1846
- Ordination and Blessing of Cyrus Smalling, 30 June 1835
- Petition to Arial Hanson, 7 November 1836
- Plat of Kirtland, Ohio, not before 2 August 1833
- Promissory Note from John Smith, 27 March 1840–A
- Promissory Note from John Smith, 27 March 1840–B
- Promissory Note from John Smith, 27 March 1840–C
- Promissory Note from John Smith, 27 March 1840–D
- Promissory Note from John Smith, 27 March 1840–E
- Prospectus for Elders’ Journal, 30 April 1838
- Resolutions, circa 23 August 1834
- Resolutions, circa 23 August 1834, as Published in Evening and Morning Star
- Resolutions, circa 23 August 1834, as Published in The Evening and the Morning Star
- Revelation Book 2
- Revelation, 12 October 1833 [D&C 100]
- Revelation, 12 January 1838–A
- Revelation, 12 January 1838–C
- Revelation, 26 April 1838 [D&C 115]
- Revelation, 8 November 1835
- Revelation, circa Early March 1841 [D&C 125]
- Revised Articles of Agreement for the Kirtland Safety Society, circa March 1837
- Revised Minutes and Discourses, 23 April-circa 8 May 1843, Second Printed Draft
- Revised Minutes and Discourses, 23 April–circa 8 May 1843, James Sloan and John Taylor Draft
- Revised Minutes and Discourses, 23 April–circa 8 May 1843
- Revised Minutes, 18–19 February 1834 [D&C 102]
- Sidney Rigdon, Appeal to the American People, 1840
- Sidney Rigdon, Appeal to the American People, 1840, Second Edition
- Sidney Rigdon, JS, et al., Petition Draft (“To the Publick”), circa 1838–1839
- Statement of Account from Ebenezer Robinson, between circa 26 and circa 28 March 1844
- Statement of Account, 3 June 1843–B, Copy [ JS Guardian of Maria Lawrence et al. ]
- The Book of the Law of the Lord, Book A
- The Book of the Law of the Lord, Book B
- Tithing Daybook B
- Town Lot Order to John Smith, 27 March 1840
- Trustees Land Book A, 11 September 1839–30 April 1842
- Trustees Land Book B, 4 August 1842–8 December 1845
- Warrant, 21 October 1833
- “A History, of the Persecution, of the Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints in Missouri,” December 1839–October 1840
John Smith Circa 1852, photograph likely by Marsena Cannon (Church History Library, Salt Lake City).
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