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French, Peter
Biography
Ca. 1774–after 1850. Farmer, tavern keeper, hotelier. Born in New York. Moved to Willoughby, Western Reserve (later Lake Co.), Ohio, 1799. Married Sally. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, 1811, as one of its earliest settlers. Named as one of town proprietors, 1818. Served as overseer of the poor, 1818, 1823, in Kirtland. Served as appraiser of property, 1818, in Kirtland. Among founders of Mentor Library Company, 1819, in Painesville, Geauga Co. Served as supervisor of highways, 1817, 1822, 1830; and as fence viewer, 1821, 1824, in Kirtland. Built hotel, 1827, in Kirtland. Sold hotel and other Kirtland property, including temple lot, to JS and church leaders, 1833, 1836. Moved to Mentor, Lake Co., by 1850.
Links
papers
- History, 1838–1856, volume A-1 [23 December 1805–30 August 1834]
- History Draft [1 January–31 December 1840]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- Balance of Account, 23 April 1834
- Covenant, 29 November 1834
- Deed from Frederick G. and Rebecca Swain Williams, 5 May 1834–B
- Deed from John and Alice Jacobs Johnson, 5 May 1834
- Deed from Leonard and Keziah Rich, 24 December 1834
- Deed from Peter and Sarah French, 5 October 1836
- Deed from William and Rosannah Robinson Marks, 11 February 1841–A
- Deed to Samuel F. Whitney, 8 July 1838
- Deed to William Marks, 10 April 1837–B
- Deed to William Marks, 10 April 1837–D
- Deed to William Marks, 7 April 1837
- Deed, Peter and Charlotte Harrington Haws to William Marks, 10 February 1841
- Deed, William and Rosannah Robinson Marks to Samuel F. Whitney, 5 February 1838
- Docket Entry, Witness Payments, 9 April 1834 [ State of Ohio v. D. P. Hurlbut ]
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1835
- Introduction to E. Holmes v. Dayton et al.
- Introduction to L. Holmes and C. Holmes v. JS and Cahoon
- Introduction to N. K. Whitney & Co.
- Introduction to Ohio Land Transactions
- Introduction to the United Firm
- Journal, March–September 1838
- Letter from Emma Smith, 3 May 1837
- Letter to Orson Hyde, 7 April 1834
- Letter to Vienna Jaques, 4 September 1833
- Minute Book 1
- Minutes, 11 September 1833
- Minutes, 17 March 1834
- Minutes, 18 January 1835
- Minutes, 2 April 1833
- Minutes, 20 February 1834
- Minutes, 23 March 1833–B
- Minutes, 23 March 1833–A
- Minutes, 4 June 1833
- Minutes, 4 May 1833
- Mortgage to Peter French, 5 October 1836
- Note to Newel K. Whitney, circa October 1833–Early 1834
- Order from Newel K. Whitney, 18 April 1834
- Plat of Kirtland, Ohio, not before 2 August 1833
- Prayer, 23 October 1835
- Revelation, 2 August 1833–B [D&C 94]
- Revelation, 12 January 1838–A
- Revelation, 23 April 1834 [D&C 104]
- Revelation, 4 June 1833 [D&C 96]
- Witness List, circa 2 April 1834 [ State of Ohio v. D. P. Hurlbut]
- Gender
- Male