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Smith, Samuel Harrison
Biography
13 Mar. 1808–30 July 1844. Farmer, logger, scribe, builder, tavern operator. Born at Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vermont. Son of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack. Moved to Royalton, Windsor Co., Vermont, by Mar. 1810; to Lebanon, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, 1811; to Norwich, Windsor Co., 1813; and to Palmyra, Ontario Co., New York, 1816–Jan. 1817. Member of Western Presbyterian Church of Palmyra, early 1820s. Moved to Manchester, Ontario Co., 1825. Baptized by Oliver Cowdery, May 1829, at Harmony (later in Oakland), Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania. One of the Eight Witnesses of the Book of Mormon, June 1829. Among six original members of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 6 Apr. 1830. Ordained an elder, 9 June 1830, at Fayette, Seneca Co., New York. Began mission to New York, 30 June 1830. Appointed to preach in Ohio, Dec. 1830. With Orson Pratt, journeyed from New York to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio; arrived, 27 Feb. 1831. Ordained a high priest by Lyman Wight, 4 June 1831. Served mission to Missouri with Reynolds Cahoon, 1831. Served mission to eastern U.S. with Orson Hyde, 1832. Attended organizational meeting of School of the Prophets, 22–23 Jan. 1833, in Kirtland. Appointed member of first Kirtland high council, 17 Feb. 1834. Married first Mary Bailey, 13 Aug. 1834, at Kirtland. Committee member and general agent for Literary Firm in Kirtland, 1835. Stockholder in Kirtland Safety Society. Appointed president of Kirtland high council, 2 Oct. 1837. Moved to Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri, where he lived briefly before moving to Marrowbone, Daviess Co., Missouri, 1838. Participated in skirmish at Crooked River, near Ray Co., Missouri, 25 Oct. 1838. Among first Latter-day Saints to seek refuge at Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois, 1838. Hired to farm for George Miller near Macomb, McDonough Co., Illinois, Mar. 1839. Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, 1841. Wife died, Jan. 1841. Appointed a bishop at Nauvoo, 1841. Nauvoo city alderman, 1841–1842. Appointed guard in Nauvoo Legion, Mar. 1841. Married second Levira Clark, 30 May 1841, in Scott Co., Illinois. Appointed a regent of University of Nauvoo. Moved to Plymouth, Hancock Co., Jan. 1842. Member of Nauvoo Masonic Lodge. Member of Nauvoo City Council, 1842–1843. Died at Nauvoo.
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- History, 1838–1856, volume A-1 [23 December 1805–30 August 1834]
- History Draft [6 August 1838–30 December 1839]
- History Draft [1 January–31 December 1840]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- Book of Mormon Manuscript Excerpt, circa June 1829 [1 Nephi 2:2b–3:18a]
- John Whitmer, History, 1831–circa 1847
- City Charter: Laws, Ordinances, and Acts, July 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 August 1842
- Times and Seasons, 1 September 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 March 1842
- Account of Meeting and Discourse, circa 16 February 1841
- Account of Meetings, Revelation, and Blessing, 5–6 December 1834
- Agreement with Isaac Hale, 6 April 1829
- Agreement with Moses Chase, 10 October 1836
- Appendix 3: Statement on Marriage, circa August 1835
- Appendix 5, Document 1. Blessing to Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith, between circa 15 and 28 September 1835
- Appendix 5, Document 2. Blessing to Hyrum Smith, between circa 15 and 28 September 1835
- Appendix 5, Document 3. Blessing to Samuel Smith, 28 September 1835
- Appendix 5, Document 3. Draft Notes, December 1842
- Appendix 5: Blessings, September and October 1835, Introduction
- Appendix 5: Testimony of Eight Witnesses, Late June 1829
- Appendix: Orson Pratt, A[n] Interesting Account of Several Remarkable Visions, 1840
- Appointment of Samuel Smith, 11 June 1842
- Appointment of Samuel Smith, 23 May 1842–A
- Appointment of Samuel Smith, 23 May 1842–B
- Blessing from Joseph Smith Sr., 9 December 1834
- Book of Commandments, 1833
- Book of Mormon, 1830
- Book of Mormon, 1837
- Committee Appointments, 22 January 1842–B
- Committee Appointments, 22 January 1842–B, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Committee Appointments, circa 19 May–circa August 1842
- Declaration, 18 January 1842
- Declaration, 18 January 1842, in handwriting of Willard Richards
- Deed from Ebenezer and Angelina Robinson, 28 April 1842
- Deed from Hyrum and Mary Fielding Smith, 18 January 1842
- Deed from Jefferson and Mary Ann Dimick, 2 May 1842
- Deed from Samuel and Elizabeth Rolfe, 10 March 1842
- Deed from Stephen and Hannah Hogaboom Markham, 1 March 1842
- Deed from Stephen and Hannah Hogaboom Markham, 15 March 1842
- Deed to Alvah Tippets, 29 April 1842
- Deed to Angelina Works Robinson, 28 February 1842
- Deed to Arthur Millikin, 11 December 1841
- Deed to Charity Cole Stoddard, 1 February 1842
- Deed to Charity Cole Stoddard, 1 February 1842, as Recorded in Hancock County Deeds
- Deed to Charles Ivins, 30 April 1842
- Deed to Ebenezer Robinson, 11 December 1841
- Deed to Ebenezer Robinson, 2 February 1842
- Deed to Ebenezer Robinson, 26 April 1842
- Deed to Elizer G. Terrill, 11 May 1842
- Deed to Elmira Pond Miller, 15 February 1842
- Deed to Ephraim Potter, 30 March 1842
- Deed to Ephraim Potter, 30 March 1842, as Recorded in Nauvoo Registry of Deeds
- Deed to Ezra Chase, 14 January 1842
- Deed to Ezra Chase, 14 January 1842, as Recorded in Nauvoo Registry of Deeds
- Deed to Ezra Chase, 14 January 1842, as Recorded in Hancock County Deeds
- Deed to George J. Taylor and Others, 28 April 1842
- Deed to George J. Taylor and Others, 28 April 1842, as Recorded in Nauvoo Registry of Deeds
- Deed to George W. Harris, 30 April 1842
- Deed to Harriet Sherwood Parker, 2 May 1842
- Deed to Hiram Clark, 10 March 1842
- Deed to Hiram Clark, 10 March 1842, as Recorded in Nauvoo Registry of Deeds
- Deed to Jacob Zundel, 2 February 1842
- Deed to James Ivins, 27 April 1842
- Deed to Jesse Price, 28 April 1842
- Deed to Joshua Smith, 11 May 1842
- Deed to Julia M. Smith and Others, 17 March 1842
- Deed to Julia M. Smith and Others, 17 March 1842, as Recorded in Hancock County Deeds
- Deed to Julia M. Smith and Others, 31 December 1841
- Deed to Julian Moses, 21 May 1842
- Deed to Julian Moses, 21 May 1842, as Recorded in Nauvoo Registry of Deeds
- Deed to Julius Guinard, 23 April 1842
- Deed to Levi W. Hancock, 7 January 1842
- Deed to Levi W. Hancock, 7 January 1842, as Recorded in Nauvoo Registry of Deeds
- Deed to Lovina Smith and Others, 11 December 1841
- Deed to Martha McBride Knight, 2 February 1842
- Deed to Martha McBride Knight, 2 February 1842, as Recorded in Hancock County Deeds
- Deed to Martha McBride Knight, 2 February 1842, as Recorded in Nauvoo Registry of Deeds
- Deed to Mercy Fielding Thompson, 28 April 1842
- Deed to Mercy Fielding Thompson, 28 April 1842, as Recorded in Nauvoo Registry of Deeds
- Deed to Philinda Merrick, 24 March 1842
- Deed to Robert Peirce, 28 February 1842
- Deed to Robert Peirce, 28 February 1842, in handwriting of Willard Richards
- Deed to Robert W. Bidwell, 28 April 1842
- Deed to Robert W. Bidwell, 28 April 1842, as Recorded in Hancock County Deeds
- Deed to Shadrach Roundy, 10 March 1842
- Deed to Stephen Markham, 10 March 1842
- Deed to Stephen Markham, 10 March 1842, as Recorded in Nauvoo Registry of Deeds
- Deed to Wilford Owen Woodruff and Phebe Amelia Woodruff, 28 April 1842
- Deed to Wilford Owen Woodruff and Phebe Amelia Woodruff, 28 April 1842, as Recorded in Nauvoo Registry of Deeds
- Deed to William C. Wightman, 15 December 1841
- Deed to William D. Huntington, 26 April 1842
- Deed to William D. Huntington, 26 April 1842, as Recorded in Nauvoo Registry of Deeds
- Deed to William H. Kimball and Others, 28 April 1842
- Deed to William Law, 24 January 1842
- Deed to William Marks, 1 April 1842–A
- Deed to William Marks, 1 April 1842–B
- Deed to William Symons, 24 March 1842
- Deed to William Symons, 24 March 1842, as Recorded in Nauvoo Registry of Deeds
- Deed to Wilson Law, 1 February 1842
- Deed to Wilson Law, 24 January 1842
- Deed to Wilson Law, 24 January 1842, as Recorded in Hancock County Deeds
- Discourse, 27 June 1839, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff–A
- Discourse, circa 16 February 1841
- Docket Entry, circa 10 March 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of JS–A ]
- Docket Entry, circa 2 January 1838 [ Bump v. S. Smith and JS ]
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1835
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1844
- Draft Notes, 29 June–1 July 1844
- F. G. Williams & Co. Account Book, October 1833–November 1835
- Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account
- Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account, Draft
- History Draft [1 January–30 June 1842]
- History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]
- History Draft [1 January–3 March 1843]
- History Draft [1 July–31 December 1842]
- History Draft [21 June–8 August 1844]
- History, 1834–1836
- History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838]
- History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- History, circa Summer 1832
- History, circa 1841, draft [Draft 3]
- History, circa 1841, fair copy
- History, circa June 1839–circa 1841 [Draft 2]
- History, circa June–October 1839 [Draft 1]
- Index to Nauvoo City Council Minute Book–B
- Introduction to Bump v. S. Smith and JS
- Introduction to E. Smith Administratrix of the Estate of JS
- Introduction to Joseph Smith’s Bankruptcy
- Introduction to the United Firm
- John Corrill, A Brief History of the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1839
- John Kelly, Answer, 22 November 1850 [ United States v. Joseph Smith III et al. ]
- John Taylor, Martyrdom Account
- Joseph Smith’s Store Daybook A, January–July 1842
- Journal, 1832–1834
- Journal, 1835–1836
- Journal, 1839
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 1, 21 December 1842–10 March 1843
- Journal, December 1841–December 1842
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 2, 10 March 1843–14 July 1843
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 3, 15 July 1843–29 February 1844
- Journal, March–September 1838
- Kirtland Elders’ Certificates
- Kirtland Safety Society Bank Stock Ledger, 18 October 1836–12 June 1837
- Kirtland Safety Society Daybook, circa 4–16 January 1837
- Land Survey, May–July 1838
- Lands Deeded, after 26 June 1839
- Letter from Don Carlos Smith and William Smith, 6 March 1839
- Letter from Reuben McBride, 3 January 1842
- Letter from William Smith, 18 December 1835
- Letter from William Smith, 28 October 1843
- Letter to Edward Partridge and Others, 14 January 1833
- Letter to Church Leaders in Geneseo, New York, 23 November 1833
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 25 June 1833
- Letter to Emma Smith, 13 October 1832
- Letter to Horace Hotchkiss, 13 May 1842
- Letter to Hyrum Smith, 3–4 March 1831
- Letter to John Corrill and the Church in Missouri, 4 September 1837
- Letter to John and Sarah Kingsley Cleveland, 24 May 1839
- Letter to Vienna Jaques, 4 September 1833
- Letter to William Smith, circa 18 December 1835
- Letter to William W. Phelps, 27 November 1832
- Letter to the Church in Colesville, 2 December 1830
- Letter to the Presidency in Kirtland, 29 March 1838
- Letter, Don Carlos Smith to Oliver Granger, 14 February 1841
- Letter, Richard Ballantyne to Samuel Smith, 3 July 1844
- Letterbook 1
- Letterbook 2
- License Record Book
- License for Samuel Smith, 30 March 1836
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845
- Marriage License and Certificate for Arthur Millikin and Lucy Smith, 3 June 1840
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 28 November 1843
- Minute Book 1
- Minute Book 2
- Minutes and Discourses, 7–8 March 1835
- Minutes, 1 November 1841
- Minutes, 1 October 1831
- Minutes, 10 March 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of JS–A ]
- Minutes, 11 August 1834
- Minutes, 11 June 1842
- Minutes, 12 April 1838
- Minutes, 12 February 1842
- Minutes, 12 March 1835
- Minutes, 12 May 1843
- Minutes, 12 November 1831
- Minutes, 13 January 1836
- Minutes, 13 November 1841
- Minutes, 13–14 January 1833
- Minutes, 15 January 1842
- Minutes, 16 March 1835
- Minutes, 16 May 1836
- Minutes, 16 September 1835
- Minutes, 17 August 1835
- Minutes, 17 February 1834
- Minutes, 17–18 February 1842
- Minutes, 18 December 1841
- Minutes, 18 December 1841, Extract, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Minutes, 18 January 1835
- Minutes, 19 February 1834
- Minutes, 19 May 1842
- Minutes, 19 September 1835
- Minutes, 20 February 1834
- Minutes, 22 January 1842, Extract, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Minutes, 22–23 January 1833
- Minutes, 23 May 1842
- Minutes, 23 May 1842, Partial Draft
- Minutes, 24 September 1834
- Minutes, 25–26 October 1831
- Minutes, 26 September 1830
- Minutes, 27–28 December 1832
- Minutes, 28 December 1834
- Minutes, 28 December 1835
- Minutes, 28 November 1834
- Minutes, 28–29 August 1834
- Minutes, 28–29 September 1835
- Minutes, 29 March 1841
- Minutes, 3 October 1835
- Minutes, 3 September 1837
- Minutes, 30 January 1843
- Minutes, 3 February 1841, Copy
- Minutes, 4 December 1841
- Minutes, 4 February 1841
- Minutes, 5 March 1842
- Minutes, 8 March 1841
- Minutes, 9 June 1830
- Minutes, 9 November 1831
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 20 February 1841
- Minutes, circa 3–4 June 1831
- Mortgage to John Wilkie, 28 June 1841
- Motion from Gustavus Hills, 12 February 1842–B
- Motion from William Law, 12 February 1842
- Motion from William Law, 23 May 1842
- Motto, circa 16 or 17 March 1838
- Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 1841–1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February–December 1841
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, January–November 1842
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, November 1842–January 1844
- Nauvoo Registry of Deeds, Deed Record Book A, 1840–1843
- Note, 16 September 1835
- Notes Receivable from Rigdon, Smith & Co., 22 May 1837
- Notice, 28 April 1842
- Oath from Samuel Smith, 23 May 1842
- Oaths from Nauvoo City Officers, 3 and 8 February 1841
- Ordinance, 1 March 1841–C
- Ordinance, 1 March 1841–C, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Ordinance, 3 February 1841–B
- Ordinance, 3 February 1841–B, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Original Manuscript of the Book of Mormon, circa 12 April 1828–circa 1 July 1829
- Pay Order to Newel K. Whitney for George Miller, 18 September 1840
- Pay Order, James Sloan to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Samuel Smith, 12 May 1843
- Pay Order, James Sloan to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Samuel Smith, 30 January 1843
- Pay Order, Samuel Smith to William Clayton for Alanson Ripley, 30 January 1844
- Petition from Ebenezer Jennings and Others, 17 January 1844
- Petition from Jonathan Taylor and Others, 10 February 1842
- Petition from Thomas Rich and Others, 23 February 1842
- Petition to Arial Hanson, 7 November 1836
- Plat of Kirtland, Ohio, not before 2 August 1833
- Prayer, 23 October 1835
- Printer’s Manuscript of the Book of Mormon, circa August 1829–circa January 1830
- Promissory Note, 27 September 1837 [ Bump v. S. Smith and JS ]
- Reflections and Blessings, 16 and 23 August 1842
- Report of Committee, 12 February 1842
- Report of Committee, 14 May 1842–A
- Report of Committee, 14 May 1842–D
- Report of Committee, 26 February 1842–A
- Report of Committee, 26 February 1842–B
- Report of Committee, 5 March 1842–A
- Report of Committee, 5 March 1842–B
- Report of Committee, 9 April 1842–A
- Report of Committee, 9 April 1842–D
- Report of Committee, 9 April 1842–E
- Report of Committee, circa 18 February 1842
- Report of Committee, circa 5 March 1842
- Report of Committee, circa 9 April 1842
- Resignation from Samuel Smith, 23 May 1842
- Resignation of Fees from Samuel Smith, 17 February 1842
- Resolution, 23 May 1842–C
- Resolution, 23 May 1842–D
- Revelation Book 1
- Revelation Book 2
- Revelation, 1 August 1831 [D&C 58]
- Revelation, 11 September 1831 [D&C 64]
- Revelation, 11 September 1831, as Recorded in Hyde and Smith, Notebook [D&C 64]
- Revelation, 12 August 1831 [D&C 61]
- Revelation, 12 August 1831, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 61]
- Revelation, 19 January 1841 [D&C 124]
- Revelation, 22–23 September 1832 [D&C 84]
- Revelation, 25 January 1832–A [D&C 75:1–22]
- Revelation, 25 January 1832–A, as Recorded in Hyde and Smith, Notebook [D&C 75:1–22]
- Revelation, 27 February 1832
- Revelation, 27 October 1835
- Revelation, 27–28 December 1832 [D&C 88:1–126]
- Revelation, 29 October 1831 [D&C 66]
- Revelation, 29 October 1831, as Recorded in McLellin, Journal [D&C 66]
- Revelation, 3 November 1835
- Revelation, 4 December 1831, as Recorded in Hyde and Smith, Notebook [D&C 72]
- Revelation, 6 June 1831 [D&C 52]
- Revelation, 6 June 1831, Symonds Rider Copy [D&C 52]
- Revelation, 7 August 1831 [D&C 59]
- Revelation, 7 August 1831, as Recorded in Hyde and Smith, Notebook [D&C 59]
- Revelation, April 1830–A [D&C 23:1–2]
- Revelation, April 1830–C [D&C 23:4]
- Revelation, February 1829 [D&C 4]
- Revelation, May 1829–A [D&C 11]
- Revelation, May 1829–B [D&C 12]
- Revelation, Spring 1829 [D&C 10]
- Revelation, circa 8 March 1831–B [D&C 47]
- Revelations printed in Evening and Morning Star, January 1835–June 1836
- Revelations printed in The Evening and the Morning Star, June 1832–June 1833
- Revised Articles of Agreement for the Kirtland Safety Society, circa March 1837
- Revised Minutes, 18–19 February 1834 [D&C 102]
- Rigdon, Smith & Co., Ledger, 23 September 1836–2 August 1837
- Rules of Order for Nauvoo City Council, 22 January 1842
- Schedule of Creditors, circa 14–16 April 1842
- The Book of the Law of the Lord, Book A
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 17 July 1852 [ United States v. Joseph Smith III et al. ]
- Trustees Land Book A, 11 September 1839–30 April 1842
- Vision, 16 February 1832 [D&C 76]
- Voting Record, 4 December 1841
- Warrant, 21 October 1833
- William D. Huntington, Report, circa 5 August 1844
- Gender
- Male