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Whitmer, Peter, Jr.
Biography
27 Sept. 1809–22 Sept. 1836. Tailor. Born at Fayette, Seneca Co., New York. Son of Peter Whitmer Sr. and Mary Musselman. Baptized by Oliver Cowdery, June 1829, in Seneca Lake, Seneca Co. One of the Eight Witnesses of the Book of Mormon, June 1829. Among six original members of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 6 Apr. 1830. Served mission to unorganized Indian Territory on western border of Missouri, 1830–1831. Ordained a high priest by Oliver Cowdery, 25 Oct. 1831, at Orange, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio. Married to Vashti Higley by Oliver Cowdery, 14 Oct. 1832, at Jackson Co. Moved to Clay Co., Missouri, 1833. Appointed to Clay Co. high council, Jan. 1836. Died near Liberty, Clay Co.
Links
papers
- History, 1838–1856, volume A-1 [23 December 1805–30 August 1834]
- John Whitmer, History, 1831–circa 1847
- Letter from Oliver Cowdery, 8 April 1831
- Times and Seasons, 1 September 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 August 1842
- Appendix 5: Testimony of Eight Witnesses, Late June 1829
- Appendix: Orson Pratt, A[n] Interesting Account of Several Remarkable Visions, 1840
- Blessing to Frederick G. Williams, 1 March 1835
- Book of Commandments, 1833
- Book of Mormon, 1830
- Book of Mormon, 1837
- Charges against Missouri Conference Preferred to Joseph Smith, circa March 1832
- Covenant of Oliver Cowdery and Others, 17 October 1830
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1835
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1844
- History Draft [1 January–3 March 1843]
- 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, 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]
- John Corrill, A Brief History of the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1839
- Journal, 1835–1836
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 1, 21 December 1842–10 March 1843
- Kirtland Elders’ Certificates
- Letter from John Whitmer, 29 July 1833
- Letter from Oliver Cowdery, 7 May 1831
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 21 April 1833
- Letter to Hyrum Smith, 3–4 March 1831
- Letterbook 1
- Letterbook 2
- License for Edward Partridge, circa 4 August 1831–circa 5 January 1832
- License for Peter Whitmer Jr., 28 March 1836
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845
- Minute Book 2
- Minutes, 11 November 1831
- Minutes, 11 October 1831
- Minutes, 12 November 1831
- Minutes, 1–2 November 1831
- Minutes, 21 October 1831
- Minutes, 23 June 1834
- Minutes, 25–26 October 1831
- Minutes, 26 September 1830
- Minutes, 26–27 April 1832
- Minutes, 4 August 1831
- Minutes, 8 November 1831
- Minutes, 9 June 1830
- Minutes, 9 November 1831
- Minutes, Discourse, and Blessings, 1 March 1835
- Printer’s Manuscript of the Book of Mormon, circa August 1829–circa January 1830
- Recommendation for Edward Partridge and Isaac Morley, 1 June 1835
- Revelation Book 1
- Revelation Book 2
- Revelation, September 1830–D [D&C 30:5–8]
- Revelation, 1 August 1831 [D&C 58]
- Revelation, 12 August 1831 [D&C 61]
- Revelation, 20 July 1831 [D&C 57]
- Revelation, 5 January 1831 [D&C 39]
- Revelation, 9 December 1830 [D&C 36]
- Revelation, June 1829–A [D&C 14]
- Revelation, June 1829–C [D&C 15]
- Revelation, June 1829–D [D&C 16]
- Revelation, October 1830–B [D&C 33]
- Revelation, October 1830–A [D&C 32]
- Revelation, September 1830–D, Extract, as Recorded in Whitmer, Journal [D&C 30:5–6]
- Revelation, circa 8 March 1831–B [D&C 47]
- Testimony, circa 2 November 1831
- William W. Phelps, “Rise and Progress of the Church of Christ,” April 1833
- “A History, of the Persecution, of the Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints in Missouri,” December 1839–October 1840
- Gender
- Male