License for Warriner Porter, 1 June 1838

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Originally called Shoal Creek. Located fifty-five miles northeast of Independence. Surveyed 1823; first settled by whites, 1831. Site purchased, 8 Aug. 1836, before Caldwell Co. was organized for Latter-day Saints in Missouri. William W. Phelps and John Whitmer...
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, Caldwell Co., MO, for Warriner Porter, 1 June 1838. Version copied 1 June 1838 in General Church Record, License Record Book, p. 19; handwriting of
George W. Robinson
14 May 1814–10 Feb. 1878. Clerk, postmaster, merchant, clothier, banker. Born at Pawlet, Rutland Co., Vermont. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, by 1836. Clerk and recorder for Kirtland high...
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; CHL. For more complete source information, see the source note for License Record Book.

Historical Introduction
See Historical Introduction to License for Gardner Snow, 19 Jan. 1839.
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To Whom it may concern

This certifies that Warriner Porter has been received into the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
The Book of Mormon related that when Christ set up his church in the Americas, “they which were baptized in the name of Jesus, were called the church of Christ.” The first name used to denote the church JS organized on 6 April 1830 was “the Church of Christ...
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organized on the Sixth of April in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty, and has been
ordained
The conferral of power and authority; to appoint, decree, or set apart. Church members, primarily adults, were ordained to ecclesiastical offices and other responsibilities by the laying on of hands by those with the proper authority. Ordinations to priesthood...
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an
Elder
A male leader in the church generally; an ecclesiastical and priesthood office or one holding that office; a proselytizing missionary. The Book of Mormon explained that elders ordained priests and teachers and administered “the flesh and blood of Christ unto...
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according to the rules and regulations of Said Church; and is duly authorized to preach the gospel agreeably to that office

Given by a the direction of a General Conference of the authorities of Said Church, assembled in the City of
Far West
Originally called Shoal Creek. Located fifty-five miles northeast of Independence. Surveyed 1823; first settled by whites, 1831. Site purchased, 8 Aug. 1836, before Caldwell Co. was organized for Latter-day Saints in Missouri. William W. Phelps and John Whitmer...
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, Mo., the Sixth of April in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred & thirty Eight

Joseph Smith Jr Prest.

Geo. W. Robinson
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Clerk,

Received the 1st of June 1838, and recorded Same day,

Geo. W. Robinson
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Recorder Genl. [p. 19]
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License for Warriner Porter, 1 June 1838
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1
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George W. Robinson