Interim Content
Chester Township, Ohio
Summary
Surveyed 1796 and 1801. Area settled, 1801–1802. Initially called Wooster. Name changed to Chester and officially incorporated as township, 1816. Population in 1830 about 550. Population in 1840 about 960. JS purchased land for store in Chester, 1836–1837. Kirtland Camp of over 500 Saints traveled from Kirtland, Ohio, to Chester en route to join JS and Saints in northern Missouri, 6 July 1838.
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- Bill in Chancery, circa 19 June 1843 [ Russell v. JS et al. ]
- Bill of Goods from Rigdon, Smith & Co., 20 May 1837
- Bill of Goods from Rigdon, Smith & Co., between 19 and 24 May 1837
- Bill of Goods from Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery, circa 1836
- Declaration to the Geauga County Court of Common Pleas, 7 May 1838 [ JS for the use of J. Granger v. Smalling and Coltrin ]
- Declaration, circa 6 March 1839 [ JS v. McLellin ]
- Deed from Edmund and Ann Kelly Bosley, 2 November 1836
- Deed from Frederick G. and Rebecca Swain Williams, 15 September 1835
- Deed from Frederick G. and Rebecca Swain Williams, 5 May 1834–A
- Deed from Frederick G. and Rebecca Swain Williams, 5 May 1834–B
- Deed from Jacob Bump, 5 December 1836
- Deed from John and Alice Jacobs Johnson, 4 January 1837
- Deed from John and Alice Jacobs Johnson, 5 May 1834
- Deed from William and Rosannah Robinson Marks, 11 February 1841–B
- Deed from William and Rosannah Robinson Marks, 5 November 1841
- Deed to Isaac Bishop, 20 January 1837
- Deed to Jacob Bump, 15 October 1836
- Deed to William Marks, 10 April 1837–A
- Deed to William Marks, 10 April 1837–B
- Deed to William Marks, 10 April 1837–E
- Deed, 10 July 1846 [ Russell v. JS et al. ]
- Deed, 19 April 1862 [ Holcomb Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Widow and Heirs of JS ]
- Deed, 3 June 1841 [ Underwood, Bald, Spencer & Hufty v. Rigdon et al. ]
- Deed, Aaron and Polly Kelsey Johnson to Oliver Granger, 22 November 1839–A
- Deed, Aaron and Polly Kelsey Johnson to Oliver Granger, 22 November 1839–B
- Deed, Oliver and Lydia Dibble Granger to John Howden, 29 March 1838
- Deed, William Marks to Oliver Granger, 28 April 1840
- Docket Entry, Order of Sale and Return, circa June 1844 [ Russell v. JS et al. ]
- Introduction to Seymour & Griffith v. Rigdon and JS
- Introduction to Singley v. Rigdon
- Introduction to Joseph Smith’s Bankruptcy
- Introduction to Kirtland Mercantile Firms
- Introduction to Rigdon, Smith & Co.
- Introduction to Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery
- Introduction to the Kirtland Safety Society
- Journal, 1832–1834
- Letter from Emma Smith, 25 April 1837
- Letter from Emma Smith, 3 May 1837
- Letter from Newel K. Whitney, 20 April 1837
- Letter to Amos Keeler, 16 March 1841
- Letterbook 2
- Mortgage to Alpheus Russell, 10 October 1836
- Notes Receivable from Rigdon, Smith & Co., 22 May 1837
- Notice, 1 May 1844 [ Russell v. JS et al. ]
- Notice, 12 August 1840 [ Underwood, Bald, Spencer & Hufty v. Rigdon et al. ]
- Notice, 4 February 1862 [ Holcomb Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Widow and Heirs of JS ]
- Order for Appraisal and Assignment of Dower, 24 October 1861 [ Holcomb Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Widow and Heirs of JS ]
- Order of Sale, 23 April 1844 [ Russell v. JS et al. ]
- Petition, 19 September 1861 [ Holcomb Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Widow and Heirs of JS ]
- Power of Attorney, Aaron Johnson to Oliver Granger, 15 April 1839
- Power of Attorney, John W. Clark to Oliver Granger, 15 April 1839
- Rigdon, Smith & Co., Ledger, 23 September 1836–2 August 1837
- Schedule of Creditors, circa 14–16 April 1842
- Statement of Account from Hitchcock & Wilder, between 9 July and 6 November 1838
- Transcript of Proceedings, 24 September 1862 [ Holcomb Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Widow and Heirs of JS ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 18 March 1844 [ Russell v. JS et al. ]
- Township
- Chester Township
- County
- Geauga County
- State/Province
- Ohio
- Country:
- United States of America