Footnotes
“Obituary of Leo Hawkins,” Millennial Star, 30 July 1859, 21:496–497.
Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star. Manchester, England, 1840–1842; Liverpool, 1842–1932; London, 1932–1970.
Bitton and Arrington, Mormons and Their Historians, 48–52, 55.
Bitton, David, and Leonard J. Arrington. Mormons and Their Historians. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1988.
See the full bibliographic entry for JS Collection (Supplement), 1833–1844, in the CHL catalog.
Footnotes
George Brandon, Autobiographical Sketch, no. 52, in “Record of the Seventeenth Quorum of Seventies,” Seventies Quorum Records, CHL.
Seventies Quorum Records, 1844–1975. CHL. CR 499.
Though Brandon wrote in his autobiography that he was baptized on about 25 March 1835, Wilford Woodruff, who baptized him, did not arrive in the region until April. (George Brandon, Autobiographical Sketch, no. 52, in “Record of the Seventeenth Quorum of Seventies,” Seventies Quorum Records, CHL; Woodruff, Journal, 9 Apr. 1835.)
Seventies Quorum Records, 1844–1975. CHL. CR 499.
Woodruff, Wilford. Journals, 1833–1898. Wilford Woodruff, Journals and Papers, 1828–1898. CHL. MS 1352.
Patten, Journal, 2 Oct. 1834; David W. Patten and Warren Parrish, Paris, TN, to Oliver Cowdery, 11 Oct. 1834, in Messenger and Advocate, Nov. 1834, 1:24; Berrett, “History of the Southern States Mission,” 62–64, 78–80, 83–99, 109–110, 159–160, 192–194.
Patten, David W. Journal, 1832–1834. CHL. MS 603.
Latter Day Saints’ Messenger and Advocate. Kirtland, OH. Oct. 1834–Sept. 1837.
Berrett, LaMar C. “History of the Southern States Mission, 1831–1861.” Master’s thesis, Brigham Young University, 1960.
Woodruff, Journal, 18 Jan. and 17–18 Feb. 1836.
Woodruff, Wilford. Journals, 1833–1898. Wilford Woodruff, Journals and Papers, 1828–1898. CHL. MS 1352.
“From the Elders Abroad,” Times and Seasons, Dec. 1839, 1:25.
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
Young, Autobiography, typescript, BYU. In a May 1842 letter to JS, John D. Lee reported that William and Alfred Young had organized a branch in Putnam County, Tennessee, and had tried to raise the dead. Lee characterized them as “counterfeit Mormons.” In his autobiography, written in the 1880s, Alfred Young challenged Lee’s claims. (“Letter from Tennessee,” Times and Seasons, 15 June 1842, 3:821.)
Young, Alfred. Autobiography, no date. Typescript. BYU.
In his journal, Woodruff noted that he and Parrish were preaching “at the Academy” as early as May 1835. Parrish returned to Kirtland, Ohio, in July 1835, while Woodruff remained in Tennessee until October 1836, when he also returned to Kirtland. In February 1836, Woodruff reported that the Academy branch was represented at a regional conference of the church, with eight members in good standing. (Woodruff, Journal, 17 May and 23 July 1835; 26 Feb. and 13 Oct. 1836; “From the Letters of the Elders Abroad,” Messenger and Advocate, Aug. 1835, 1:167–168.)
Woodruff, Wilford. Journals, 1833–1898. Wilford Woodruff, Journals and Papers, 1828–1898. CHL. MS 1352.
Latter Day Saints’ Messenger and Advocate. Kirtland, OH. Oct. 1834–Sept. 1837.
Located in Stewart County, Tennessee, Well’s Creek and Elk Creek are tributaries of the Cumberland River. (Morris, Tennessee Gazetteer, 49, 171.)
Morris, Eastin. The Tennessee Gazetteer, or Topographical Dictionary; Containing a Description of the Several Counties, Towns, Villages, Post Offices, Rivers, Creeks, Mountains, Valleys. . . . Nashville, TN: W. Hasell Hunt, 1834.
See Ephesians 2:6.
See Ephesians 4:15.
This seems to be the same individual Wilford Woodruff alternatively referred to as “Mr Chumbley,” “Mr Chumley,” “Mr Chumbly,” and “Mr Chunley.” Woodruff appears to have stayed with him and preached at his residence on multiple occasions. A Joseph Chumly appears in the 1840 census for Henry County. (Woodruff, Journal, 9 and 15 Sept. 1835; 25 Oct. 1835; 11 and 22 Nov. 1835; 27 and 30 Dec. 1835; 3 and 20 Jan. 1836; 13 Mar. 1836; 1840 U.S. Census, Henry Co., TN, 466.)
Woodruff, Wilford. Journals, 1833–1898. Wilford Woodruff, Journals and Papers, 1828–1898. CHL. MS 1352.
Census (U.S.) / U.S. Bureau of the Census. Population Schedules. Microfilm. FHL.
Blood River is a stream in Henry County, Tennessee. (Hayward, Gazetteer of the United States of America, 175.)
Hayward, John. A Gazetteer of the United States of America; Comprising a Concise General View of the United States. . . . Hartford, CT: Case, Tiffany, and Co., 1853.
The Tennessee River is the largest tributary of the Ohio River. A portion of the river runs south along the borders of Henry and Stewart counties. (Morris, Tennessee Gazetteer, 160–162.)
Morris, Eastin. The Tennessee Gazetteer, or Topographical Dictionary; Containing a Description of the Several Counties, Towns, Villages, Post Offices, Rivers, Creeks, Mountains, Valleys. . . . Nashville, TN: W. Hasell Hunt, 1834.
The Cumberland River runs east to west across parts of northern Tennessee, including Stewart and Montgomery counties. (Morris, Tennessee Gazetteer, 38–39.)
Morris, Eastin. The Tennessee Gazetteer, or Topographical Dictionary; Containing a Description of the Several Counties, Towns, Villages, Post Offices, Rivers, Creeks, Mountains, Valleys. . . . Nashville, TN: W. Hasell Hunt, 1834.
Cumberland Ironworks, an iron manufacturing facility, was located near Dover, Stewart County. (Lesley, Iron Manufacturer’s Guide, 259.)
Lesley, J. P. Iron Manufacturer’s Guide to the Furnaces, Forges, and Rolling Mills of the United States with Discussions of Iron as a Chemical Element, an American Ore, and a Manufactured Article, in Commerce and in History. New York: John Wiley, 1859.