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Johnson, Luke
Biography
3 Nov. 1807–8 Dec. 1861. Farmer, teacher, doctor. Born at Pomfret, Windsor Co., Vermont. Son of John Johnson and Alice (Elsa) Jacobs. Lived at Hiram, Portage Co., Ohio, when baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by JS, 10 May 1831. Ordained a priest by Christian Whitmer shortly after baptism. Ordained an elder, by Oct. 1831. Ordained a high priest by Oliver Cowdery, 25 Oct. 1831, at Orange, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio. Served missions to Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Kentucky, 1831–1833. Married first Susan Harminda Poteet, 1 Nov. 1833, in Cabell Co., Virginia (later in West Virginia). Appointed to high council, 17 Feb. 1834, at Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio. Participated in Camp of Israel expedition to Missouri, 1834. Member of Quorum of the Twelve, 1835–1837. Served mission to eastern states, 1835, and to New York and Upper Canada, 1836. Constable in Kirtland. Stockholder in Kirtland Safety Society. Disfellowshipped, 3 Sept. 1837. Reinstated to church and membership in Quorum of the Twelve, 10 Sept. 1837. Excommunicated, 1838. Taught school in Virginia and also studied medicine, which he practiced at Kirtland. Rebaptized into church by Orson Hyde, 8 Mar. 1846, at Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois. Wife died, 1846. Married second America Morgan Clark, Mar. 1847. Member of Brigham Young pioneer company to Salt Lake Valley, 1847. Moved to St. John, Tooele Co., Utah Territory, 1858. Bishop at St. John. Died at Salt Lake City.
Links
papers
- History, 1838–1856, volume A-1 [23 December 1805–30 August 1834]
- John Whitmer, History, 1831–circa 1847
- Elders’ Journal, August 1838
- Elders’ Journal, July 1838
- Elders’ Journal, November 1837
- Times and Seasons, 15 June 1842
- Account of Hearing, between circa 3 and 9 June 1837 [ State of Ohio v. JS for Threatening to Take Life ]
- Account with the Church of Christ, circa 11–29 August 1834
- Agreement, 4 January 1838
- Appendix 1: Revelation, 3 November 1831, Sidney Rigdon Copy [D&C 133]
- Appendix 5: Testimony of Eight Witnesses, Late June 1829
- Assignment of Judgment, 11 January 1838 [ Foster Sr. v. Luke Johnson et al. ]
- Blessing to Luke Johnson, 15 February 1835
- Bond, 23 December 1837 [ Foster Sr. v. Luke Johnson et al. ]
- Charges against Joseph Smith Preferred to Bishop’s Council, 29 May 1837
- Discourse, 2 July 1839, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff–A
- Discourse, 27 February 1835–A, as Reported by Oliver Cowdery
- Docket Entry, 16–18 January 1838 [ Wilder and Strong v. Rounds ]
- Docket Entry, Costs, circa 4 June 1838 [ M. Allen v. O. Granger ]
- Docket Entry, between 13 April and 3 June 1837 [ State of Ohio v. JS for Threatening to Take Life ]
- Docket Entry, between 18 and circa 23 December 1837 [ Foster Sr. v. Luke Johnson et al. ]
- Docket Entry, circa 1 January 1838 [ Bump v. JS ]
- Docket Entry, circa 2 January 1838 [ Bump v. S. Smith and JS ]
- Docket Entry, circa 25 January 1838 [ W. W. Spencer v. Cahoon et al. ]
- Docket Entry, circa 5 February 1838 [ M. Allen v. O. Granger ]
- Docket Entry, circa 8 January 1838 [ M. Allen v. JS et al. ]
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1835
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1844
- H. Smith & Co. Ledger, July–November 1836
- History, 1834–1836
- History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838]
- Instruction on Priesthood, between circa 1 March and circa 4 May 1835 [D&C 107]
- Introduction to Baptist Clergyman v. JS
- Introduction to Bump v. JS
- Introduction to Bump v. S. Smith and JS
- Introduction to Foster Sr. v. Luke Johnson et al.
- Introduction to M. Allen v. JS et al.
- Introduction to M. Allen v. O. Granger
- Introduction to State of Ohio v. JS for Threatening to Take Life
- Journal, 1835–1836
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 1, 21 December 1842–10 March 1843
- Journal, March–September 1838
- Kirtland Elders’ Certificates
- Kirtland Safety Society Bank Stock Ledger, 18 October 1836–12 June 1837
- Letter from Moses Martin, 7 November 1841
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 25 June 1833
- Letter to Heber C. Kimball and Brigham Young, 16 January 1839
- Letter to John Corrill and the Church in Missouri, 4 September 1837
- Letter to Oliver Granger, between circa 22 and circa 28 July 1840
- Letter to Wilford Woodruff, circa 18 June 1838
- Letterbook 2
- License for Luke Johnson, 30 March 1836
- List of Notes Returned by Reynolds Cahoon, circa July 1836
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845
- Minute Book 1
- Minute Book 2
- Minutes and Discourse, 2 May 1835, as Reported by William E. McLellin–A
- Minutes and Discourse, 2 May 1835, as Reported by William E. McLellin–B
- Minutes and Discourses, 27 February 1835, as Reported by Oliver Cowdery
- Minutes, 11 November 1831
- Minutes, 11 October 1831
- Minutes, 12 November 1831
- Minutes, 13 April 1838
- Minutes, 13 January 1836
- Minutes, 13 July 1833
- Minutes, 14 February 1835
- Minutes, 16 March 1835
- Minutes, 17 August 1835
- Minutes, 17 February 1834
- Minutes, 18 January 1835
- Minutes, 19 February 1834
- Minutes, 1–2 November 1831
- Minutes, 20 February 1834
- Minutes, 21 October 1831
- Minutes, 22–23 January 1833
- Minutes, 23 March 1833–B
- Minutes, 24 September 1834
- Minutes, 25–26 October 1831
- Minutes, 26 April 1835
- Minutes, 28 December 1834
- Minutes, 28 December 1835
- Minutes, 28 November 1834
- Minutes, 28–29 August 1834
- Minutes, 28–29 September 1835
- Minutes, 3 October 1835
- Minutes, 3 September 1837
- Minutes, 7 November 1837
- Minutes, 7–8 April 1838
- Minutes, 8 November 1831
- Minutes, 9 November 1831
- Minutes, Discourse, and Blessings, 14–15 February 1835
- Petition to Arial Hanson, 7 November 1836
- Plat of Kirtland, Ohio, not before 2 August 1833
- Promissory Note, 15 May 1837 [ Foster Sr. v. Luke Johnson et al. ]
- Receipt, Oliver Cowdery to John Parrish, 20 February 1837
- Record of the Twelve, 14 February–28 August 1835
- Revelation Book 1
- Revelation Book 2
- Revelation, 1 November 1831–A [D&C 68]
- Revelation, 11 April 1838 [D&C 114]
- Revelation, 12 January 1838–A
- Revelation, 22–23 September 1832 [D&C 84]
- Revelation, 23 April 1834 [D&C 104]
- Revelation, 23 July 1837 [D&C 112]
- Revelation, 25 January 1832–A [D&C 75:1–22]
- Revelation, 25 January 1832–A, as Recorded in Hyde and Smith, Notebook [D&C 75:1–22]
- Revelation, 3 November 1831 [D&C 133]
- Revelation, 6 May 1833 [D&C 93]
- Revelation, 8 July 1838–A [D&C 118]
- Revelation, circa June 1835 [D&C 68]
- Revelations printed in Evening and Morning Star, January 1835–June 1836
- Revelations printed in The Evening and the Morning Star, June 1832–June 1833
- Revised Articles of Agreement for the Kirtland Safety Society, circa March 1837
- Revised Minutes, 18–19 February 1834 [D&C 102]
- Rigdon, Smith & Co., Ledger, 23 September 1836–2 August 1837
- Testimony, circa 2 November 1831
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 10 June 1837 [ State of Ohio v. JS for Threatening to Take Life ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 4 June 1838 [ M. Allen v. O. Granger ]
- Warrant, 21 October 1833
Luke Johnson Unknown medium, unknown artist, no date. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City.)
- Gender
- Male