Footnotes
Foote, Autobiography, 24 Sept. 1838, 29.
Foote, Warren. Autobiography, not before 1903. Warren Foote, Papers, 1837–1941. CHL. MS 1123, fd. 1.
Nothing further is known of Sarah Jackson, nor has her husband been identified.
See Hamer, Northeast of Eden, 59, 81.
Hamer, John. Northeast of Eden: A Historical Atlas of Missouri’s Mormon County. [Mirabile, MO]: Far West Cultural Center, 2004.
See Historian’s Office, Brigham Young History Drafts, 17; and JS, Journal, Mar.–Sept. 1838, p. 16; see also Riggs and Thompson, “Notorious Case of Aaron Lyon,” 108–109.
Historian’s Office. Brigham Young History Drafts, 1856–1858. CHL. CR 100 475, box 1, fd. 5.
Riggs, Michael S., and John E. Thompson. “Joseph Smith, Jr., and ‘the Notorious Case of Aaron Lyon’: Evidence of Earlier Doctrinal Development of Salvation for the Dead and a Trigger for the Practice of Polyandry?” John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 26 (2006): 101–119.
The minutes of this meeting state that the high council was “adjourned till Saturday the 28th inst.” (Minutes, 21 Apr. 1838.)
Several high council meetings had been held in Far West since JS’s arrival. JS attended and presided over most but not all of these councils. For example, JS did not attend the 17 March meeting, at which Thomas B. Marsh presided. Also, on 13 April 1838, JS testified in the trial of Lyman Johnson, but Marsh presided over the meeting. (Minute Book 2, 17 Mar. 1838; Minutes, 13 Apr. 1838.)
The recording of document transcripts continued up through the entry for 26 April 1838, which consisted of a copy of JS’s revelation on that date. The following entry, for 27 April, took the form of an ordinary journal entry. The entry for 28 April recounted the Lyon trial held that day. Daily entries for the next two weeks and sporadic entries over the next four months generally took the form of a journal. (JS, Journal, Mar.–Sept. 1838.)
Because Ebenezer Robinson likely wrote his minutes before George W. Robinson wrote his account, Ebenezer Robinson’s minutes are presented first in this volume.
This popular hymn, composed by William W. Phelps, is about Adam-ondi-Ahman. (Hymn 23, Collection of Sacred Hymns, 29–30.)
The appeal of the case involving Lemons and Wixom was presented to the Zion high council on 10 March but was rescheduled for the 28 April council meeting. (Minute Book 2, 10 Mar. 1838.)
Probably John Wheeler, who owned land in the area. (Hamer, Northeast of Eden, 59, 93.)
Hamer, John. Northeast of Eden: A Historical Atlas of Missouri’s Mormon County. [Mirabile, MO]: Far West Cultural Center, 2004.
Aaron Lyon’s wife, Roxana Palmer Lyon, died in August 1836, leaving Aaron with “a family of children.” (Obituary for Roxana Palmer Lyon, LDS Messenger and Advocate, Jan. 1837, 3:447–448.)
Latter Day Saints’ Messenger and Advocate. Kirtland, OH. Oct. 1834–Sept. 1837.