CHURCH HISTORY MAPS
THE NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, AND OHIO AREA OF THE
USA
1. South Bainbridge Joseph Smith Jr. and Emma Hale were married here on
18 January 1827 (see JS-H 1:57).
2. Colesville The first branch of the Church was organized at the Joseph
Knight Sr. home, in Colesville Township, in 1830.
3. Joseph Smith Jr. Home in Harmony Most of the translation of the Book
of Mormon was completed here. On the banks of the Susquehanna River the
priesthood was restored in 1829 (see D&C
13; 128:20; JS-H 1:71-72).
4. Fayette The Three Witnesses saw the gold plates and the angel Moroni
(D&C 17). The Book of Mormon
translation was completed here in June 1829. The Church was organized here on 6
April 1830 (see D&C 20, 21).
5. Mendon Early home of Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball.
6. Kirtland Missionaries who had been sent to the Lamanites stopped here
in 1830 and baptized Sidney Rigdon and others in the Kirtland area. It was the
headquarters of the Church from 1831 to 1838. The first temple of this
dispensation was built in Kirtland and was dedicated 27 March 1836 (see D&C 109).
7. Erie Canal The three branches of the Church in New York emigrated via
the Erie Canal and Lake Erie to Kirtland, Ohio, in April and May 1831.
8. Hiram Joseph and Emma lived here from September 1831 to September
1832. Joseph and Sidney Rigdon worked on the Joseph Smith Translation of the
Bible (JST). Revelations received here: D&C 1, 65,
67, 68,
69, 71,
73, 74,
76, 77,
79, 80,
81, 99,
133.
9. Amherst Joseph Smith was sustained as President of the High
Priesthood on 25 January 1832 (see HC 1:243; D&C
75).
10. Toronto Home of John Taylor, third President of the Church, and Mary
Fielding Smith, wife of Hyrum Smith.
