Footnotes
John S. Carter, Journal, 5 Apr. 1833.
Carter, John S. Journal, 1831–1833. CHL. MS 1440.
Barnouw, “Benson Exodus of 1833: Mormon Converts and the Westward Movement,” 138–142.
Barnouw, Erik. “The Benson Exodus of 1833: Mormon Converts and the Westward Movement.” Vermont History 54, no. 3 (Summer 1986): 133–148.
John S. Carter, Journal, [1]–[2]; Jared Carter, Journal, 39, 48. After leaving to return to Kirtland, Jared wrote, “I had great reason to thank and praise the Lord for what he had done for me and my Brothers and sisters of my fathers family for the whole family had now come into the Glorious work of God with their companions, except one sister and my three Brothers were preachers In this gl[o]rious gospel.” (Jared Carter, Journal, 49.)
Carter, John S. Journal, 1831–1833. CHL. MS 1440.
Carter, Jared. Journal, 1831–1833. CHL. MS 1441.
Jared Carter, Journal, 59; Revelation, 12 Mar. 1832 [D&C 79].
Carter, Jared. Journal, 1831–1833. CHL. MS 1441.
Jared Carter, Journal, 95.
Carter, Jared. Journal, 1831–1833. CHL. MS 1441.
John S. Carter, Journal, 24 Mar. 1833; see also 19 Feb. 1833; and 3, 9, and 14 Mar. 1833.
Carter, John S. Journal, 1831–1833. CHL. MS 1440.
John S. Carter, Journal, 3 Mar. 1833.
Carter, John S. Journal, 1831–1833. CHL. MS 1440.
John S. Carter, Journal, 14 Mar. 1833.
Carter, John S. Journal, 1831–1833. CHL. MS 1440.
Ira Ames, a Vermont man who had married Charity Carter—a cousin of John and Jared—and who had recently joined the Church of Christ, was also at the 10 August conference and wrote that after the conference, he “commenced at once gathering up my means, disposing of my property preparing to gather with the Saints.” (Ames, Autobiography, [7], [9]; see also “The Gathering,” The Evening and the Morning Star, Nov. 1832, [5]–[6].)
Ames, Ira. Autobiography and Journal, 1858. CHL. MS 6055.
The Evening and the Morning Star. Independence, MO, June 1832–July 1833; Kirtland, OH, Dec. 1833–Sept. 1834.
John S. Carter, Journal, 6 Mar. 1833.
Carter, John S. Journal, 1831–1833. CHL. MS 1440.
John S. Carter, Journal, 24 Mar. 1833.
Carter, John S. Journal, 1831–1833. CHL. MS 1440.
John S. Carter, Journal, 5 Apr. 1833. JS’s later history states, “Brother Jared Carter presented a letter, which he had received from his brother, to me, and requested me to answer it, which I did.” (JS History, vol. A-1, 285.)
Carter, John S. Journal, 1831–1833. CHL. MS 1440.
John S. Carter, Journal, 23–24 Apr. 1833.
Carter, John S. Journal, 1831–1833. CHL. MS 1440.
“Progress of the Church of Christ,” The Evening and the Morning Star, July 1833, 108.
The Evening and the Morning Star. Independence, MO, June 1832–July 1833; Kirtland, OH, Dec. 1833–Sept. 1834.
John S. Carter, Journal, 21–22 Aug. and 5 Sept. 1833; Barnouw, “Benson Exodus of 1833: Mormon Converts and the Westward Movement,” 147.
Carter, John S. Journal, 1831–1833. CHL. MS 1440.
Barnouw, Erik. “The Benson Exodus of 1833: Mormon Converts and the Westward Movement.” Vermont History 54, no. 3 (Summer 1986): 133–148.
John S. Carter’s journal ends on 27 September 1833, at which time he had not yet arrived in Kirtland. For more on the Kirtland high council, see Minutes, 17 Feb. 1834.
A September 1830 revelation implied what JS makes explicit here—that God would not give instructions to someone through another of lesser authority and with lesser responsibility. After JS denounced Oliver Cowdery for supporting Hiram Page’s claim of receiving revelations through a seer stone, this revelation instructed Cowdery, the church’s second elder, “Thou shalt not command him which is at thy head.” (Revelation, Sept. 1830–B [D&C 28:6]; for more information on the requirement for proof of authority, see Revelation, 9 Feb. 1831 [D&C 42:11].)
See Revelation, 8 Mar. 1833 [D&C 90:2–5].
This sentence possibly refers to an April 1830 revelation that expressed the necessity of rebaptism for converts who had been previously baptized into other faiths. This sentence might also refer to a February 1831 revelation that was known at the time as “the Law.” (Revelation, 16 Apr. 1830 [D&C 22]; Revelation, 9 Feb. 1831 [D&C 42:1–72].)
See Revelation, 22–23 Sept. 1832 [D&C 84:29].
See Matthew 18:15–17. A February 1831 revelation outlined procedures for church discipline, directing that a bishop was to be involved if possible. (Revelation, 23 Feb. 1831 [D&C 42:74–93].)
The church’s foundational “Articles and Covenants” delineated the hierarchy of priesthood offices and identified, based on level of authority, which priesthood office should “take the lead of all meetings” as well as which offices should preside in the absence of higher authorities. (Articles and Covenants, ca. Apr. 1830 [D&C 20:44–56].)
JS handwriting ends; Frederick G. Williams begins.