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Knight, Newel
Biography
13 Sept. 1800–11 Jan. 1847. Miller, merchant. Born at Marlborough, Windham Co., Vermont. Son of Joseph Knight Sr. and Polly Peck. Moved to Jericho (later Bainbridge), Chenango Co., New York, ca. 1809. Moved to Windsor (later in Colesville), Broome Co., New York, 1811. Married first Sarah (Sally) Coburn, 7 June 1825. Became acquainted with JS when Knight’s father hired JS, 1826. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by David Whitmer, last week of May 1830, in Seneca Co., New York. Ordained a priest, 26 Sept. 1830. President of Colesville branch of church; led Colesville branch from Broome Co. to Thompson, Geauga Co., Ohio, Apr.–May 1831. Ordained an elder, before June 1831. Moved again with Colesville branch to Kaw Township, Jackson Co., Missouri, July 1831. Ordained a high priest, by July 1832. Expelled from Jackson Co. and moved to Clay Co., Missouri, Nov. 1833. Appointed member of Zion high council in Clay Co., July 1834. Wife died, Sept. 1834. Lived at Kirtland, Geauga Co., spring 1835–spring 1836. Married second to Lydia Goldthwaite Bailey by JS, 24 Nov. 1835, at Kirtland. Lived at Clay Co., 1836. Served on Zion high council at Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri, 1837–1838. Expelled from Missouri and moved to Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock Co., Illinois, 1839. Member of Commerce/Nauvoo high council, 1839–1845. Left Nauvoo, 1846. Died at Fort Ponca (later near Niobrara in present-day northern Nebraska).
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papers
- History, 1838–1856, volume A-1 [23 December 1805–30 August 1834]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- John Whitmer, History, 1831–circa 1847
- Elders’ Journal, November 1837
- Times and Seasons, 1 June 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 February 1842
- Appendix 1: Letter to Oliver Cowdery and Others, circa 17 June 1838
- Appendix 3: Statement on Marriage, circa August 1835
- Articles and Covenants, circa April 1830 [D&C 20]
- Assignment, Amos Davis to Oliver Granger, 21 April 1840
- Book of Commandments, 1833
- Claim from Newel Knight, circa 8 February 1845
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1835
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1844
- Henry G. Sherwood, Account Book, November 1839–June 1844, November 1844
- History, 1834–1836
- History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838]
- 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, circa 1841, draft [Draft 3]
- History, circa 1841, fair copy
- History, circa June 1839–circa 1841 [Draft 2]
- History, circa June–October 1839 [Draft 1]
- Index to Nauvoo City Council Minute Book–A
- Introduction to State of New York v. JS–B and State of New York v. JS–C
- Joseph Smith’s Store Daybook A, January–July 1842
- Journal, 1835–1836
- Journal, 1839
- Journal, December 1841–December 1842
- Kirtland Elders’ Certificates
- Letter from Oliver Cowdery, 28 January 1832
- Letter from Oliver Cowdery, 12 November 1830
- Letter from Reuben McBride, 3 January 1842
- Letter from Seth Richards, 31 January 1842
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 21 April 1833
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 25 June 1833
- Letter to Hyrum Smith, 3–4 March 1831
- Letter to John Thornton and Others, 25 July 1836
- Letter to Martin Harris, 22 February 1831
- Letter to Newel Knight and the Church in Colesville, 28 August 1830
- Letter to Parley P. Pratt and Others, 12 June 1842
- Letter to the Church in Colesville, 2 December 1830
- Letterbook 1
- Letterbook 2
- Letters to John Burk, Sally Waterman Phelps, and Almira Mack Scobey, 1–2 June 1835
- License for John Whitmer, 9 June 1830
- License for Newel Knight, 30 March 1836
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845
- Marriage License for John F. Boynton and Susan Lowell, 17 November 1835
- Marriage License for Newel Knight and Lydia Goldthwaite, 25 November 1835
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 28 November 1843
- Minute Book 1
- Minute Book 2
- Minutes and Discourse, 19 February 1843
- Minutes and Discourse, circa 7 July 1834
- Minutes and Discourses, 5–7 October 1839
- Minutes and Prayer of Dedication, 27 March 1836 [D&C 109]
- Minutes and Testimonies, 12–29 November 1838, Copy [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Minutes, 10 August 1835
- Minutes, 12 April 1838
- Minutes, 13 April 1838
- Minutes, 14 April 1838
- Minutes, 14 December 1844
- Minutes, 14 December 1844, Extract, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor
- Minutes, 15 March 1838
- Minutes, 16 September 1835
- Minutes, 17 August 1835
- Minutes, 19 September 1835
- Minutes, 2 January 1836
- Minutes, 20 June 1840
- Minutes, 21 May 1841, Draft
- Minutes, 23 June 1834
- Minutes, 24 March 1838
- Minutes, 26 September 1830
- Minutes, 28 April 1838, as Reported by Ebenezer Robinson
- Minutes, 28–29 September 1835
- Minutes, 3 July 1834
- Minutes, 4 August 1831
- Minutes, 7 November 1837
- Minutes, 8 February 1845
- Minutes, 8 February 1845, Draft
- Minutes, 9 April 1842
- Minutes, 9 June 1830
- Minutes, circa 3–4 June 1831
- Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 1841–1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February 1844–January 1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February–March 1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, January–November 1842
- Note on Ordinations, circa 16 June 1831
- Parley P. Pratt et al., “‘The Mormons’ So Called,” 12 December 1833
- Parley P. Pratt, History of the Late Persecution, 1839
- Pay Order, Daniel Spencer and Willard Richards to William Clayton for Orson Pratt and Others, 10 February 1845
- Pay Order, Daniel Spencer and Willard Richards to William Clayton for Orson Pratt and Others, 10 February 1845, Draft
- Petition from Newel Knight and Others, 13 February 1841
- Petition from Samuel Bent and Others, 12 December 1844
- Petition from Thomas Grover and Others, 2 May 1842
- Proposal for Zion’s City Center from Edward Partridge, circa Late September 1833
- Recommendation for Samuel Bent and George W. Harris, between circa 17 and circa 28 July 1840
- Recommendation from Nauvoo High Council, 27 October 1839
- Reflections and Blessings, 16 and 23 August 1842
- Revelation Book 1
- Revelation, September 1830–B [D&C 28]
- Revelation, 10 June 1831 [D&C 54]
- Revelation, 15 June 1831 [D&C 56]
- Revelation, 15 June 1831, Unidentified Scribe Copy [D&C 56]
- Revelation, 19 January 1841 [D&C 124]
- Revelation, 2 January 1831 [D&C 38]
- Revelation, 20 May 1831 [D&C 51]
- Revelation, 27 July 1842
- Revelation, 30 December 1830 [D&C 37]
- Revelation, 6 June 1831 [D&C 52]
- Revelation, 6 June 1831, Symonds Rider Copy [D&C 52]
- Revelation, April 1830–E [D&C 23:6–7]
- Revelation, September 1830–A [D&C 29]
- Revelation, circa August 1830 [D&C 27]
- Shipping Manifest for Maid of Iowa, May–June 1844
- Statement of Account, Maid of Iowa to Thomas Bullock, May–June 1844
- Testimony, circa 2 November 1831
- The Book of the Law of the Lord, Book A
- Trial Report, 28 August 1832 [ State of New York v. JS–C ]
- Trustees Land Book A, 11 September 1839–30 April 1842
- Gender
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