Note, , OH, [ca. 9 Dec. 1832]. In Minute Book 1, p. 2; handwriting of ; CHL. For more complete source information, see the source note for Minute Book 1.
Historical Introduction
On the evening of 5 December 1832, JS presided over a of in , Ohio. The minutes of that meeting record only one item of business: discussing a new assignment for One other item was addressed, although it is not mentioned in the original minutes: ’s to the office of . , clerk of the council, recorded the council’s decision regarding Kingsbury and the ordination, which followed a few days later, in an additional entry in Minute Book 1. This entry is located a page after the original 5 December entry, following the minutes of a 10 October 1832 meeting.
The conference held in on the 5 day of December AD 1832 decided that Brothe[r] should be an in the according to his desires; accordingly it was done by the hand of Broth[e]r on the 9th day of Dec 1832
In September 1832, John Murdock and Zebedee Coltrin visited a “Bro. Kingsbury” in Painesville, Ohio—apparently the Horace Kingsbury mentioned here. (Murdock, Journal, 27 Sept. 1832; Coltrin, Diary and Notebook, 27 Sept. 1832.)
Murdock, John. Journal, ca. 1830–1859. John Murdock, Journal and Autobiography, ca. 1830–1867. CHL. MS 1194, fd. 2.
Coltrin, Zebedee. Diary and Notebook, 1832–1833. Zebedee Coltrin, Diaries, 1832–1834. CHL. MS 1443, fd. 2.