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Amherst Township, Ohio
Summary
Located in northeastern Ohio on southern shore of Lake Erie. Area settled, ca. 1810. County organized, 1824. Formed from Black River Township, Dec. 1829. Population in 1830 about 600. Population in 1840 about 1,200. Parley P. Pratt settled in township, Dec. 1826, and joined Sidney Rigdon’s Campbellite congregation, 1829. Following conversion to Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Pratt and other missionaries converted Rigdon in Mentor, Ohio, and then preached in Amherst en route to visiting Wyandot tribe in Sandusky, Ohio, late 1830. Samuel H. Smith also preached in township, spring 1831. Branch of church organized in township, by 24 Sept. 1831. At church conference, 25 Jan. 1832, JS sustained as president of high priesthood, to preside over whole church. At same conference, JS dictated revelations on performance of missionary service.
Links
papers
- History, 1838–1856, volume A-1 [23 December 1805–30 August 1834]
- Charges against Missouri Conference Preferred to Joseph Smith, circa March 1832
- Letter to Edward Partridge and Others, 14 January 1833
- Letter to Hyrum Smith, 3–4 March 1831
- Letter to Moses Daley, circa 8 October 1834
- Minute Book 2
- Minutes, 13–14 January 1833
- Minutes, 2 May 1833
- Minutes, 23 March 1833–B
- Minutes, 25–26 October 1831
- Minutes, 26–27 April 1832
- Revelation Book 1
- Revelation, 10 January 1832 [D&C 73]
- Revelation, 12 March 1832 [D&C 79]
- Revelation, 15 March 1832 [D&C 81]
- Revelation, 25 January 1832–A [D&C 75:1–22]
- Revelation, 25 January 1832–B [D&C 75:23–36]
- Revelation, 25 January 1832–A, as Recorded in Hyde and Smith, Notebook [D&C 75:1–22]
- Revelation, 7 March 1832 [D&C 80]
- Revelation, 8 March 1833 [D&C 90]
- Revelation, 9 May 1831 [D&C 50]
- Revelation, between circa 8 and circa 24 March 1832
- Vision, 16 February 1832 [D&C 76]
- Township
- Amherst Township
- County
- Lorain County
- State/Province
- Ohio
- Country:
- United States of America