Interim Content
Benson, Vermont
Summary
Located in western Vermont, near south end of Lake Champlain. Settled 1783; organized ca. 1786. Population in 1830 about 1,500. Scene of many early religious revivals. Location of first branch of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Vermont, 1831. Branch consisted mostly of former members of local Freewill Baptist congregation. Branch eventually had about 100 members, many of whom migrated to Ohio and Missouri, by 1833.
Links
papers
- History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838]
- Journal, 1835–1836
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 25 June 1833
- Letter to John S. Carter, 13 April 1833
- Marriage Certificate for William Cahoon and Nancy Gibbs, 18 January 1836
- Minute Book 1
- Plat of Kirtland, Ohio, not before 2 August 1833
- Record of the Twelve, 14 February–28 August 1835
- Resolutions, circa 23 August 1834
- Resolutions, circa 23 August 1834, as Published in Evening and Morning Star
- Town/City
- Benson
- County
- Rutland County
- State/Province
- Vermont
- Country:
- United States of America