| ) | Cash | Property | |
| ) | $.98.67 | 120.37 | |
| 34.63 | 80.00 | ||
| 171.05 | 51.93 | ||
| Henry Adams | 11.13 | 8.75 | |
| David Bragg | 5.00 | 1.06 | The wise men are |
| Zebulon Adams | 1.75 | ||
| Caroline Tippits | 151.06 | 107.00 | |
| 00.00. | 6.00 |
See Revelation, ca. 7 Mar. 1831 [D&C 45:64–65].
A later JS history containing a copy of these minutes has “conversation” here instead of “consecration.” (JS History, vol. B-1, 561.)
JS History / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1838–1856. Vols. A-1–F-1 (original), A-2–E-2 (fair copy). Historian’s Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, boxes 1–7. The history for the period after 5 Aug. 1838 was composed after the death of Joseph Smith.
See Revelation, 16–17 Dec. 1833 [D&C 101:3]; Malachi 3:17; and Revelation, 8 Aug. 1831 [D&C 60:4].
This donation is not included in the aggregate amount of $848.40. John Tippets may have been referring to this money when he remembered his cousin Alvah making an additional “donation of one hundred” dollars. (Tippets, Autobiography, 20.)
Tippets, John Harvey. Autobiography, ca. 1882. Photocopy. CHL. MS 5668.
The 1830 census shows David Bragg, who was between the ages of twenty and twenty-nine, as living in Lewis, New York. (1830 U.S. Census, Lewis, Essex Co., NY, 318.)
Census (U.S.) / U.S. Bureau of the Census. Population Schedules. Microfilm. FHL.
As of the 1830 census, Zebulon Adams lived in Willsboro, Essex County, New York. In 1832, he accompanied Jared Carter as Carter preached in Essex County. (1830 U.S. Census, Willsboro, Essex Co., NY, 331; Jared Carter, Journal, 105.)
Census (U.S.) / U.S. Bureau of the Census. Population Schedules. Microfilm. FHL.
Carter, Jared. Journal, 1831–1833. CHL. MS 1441.
Caroline Tippets was twenty-two years old at this time. (Taylor, Heavens Are No Longer as Brass over Our Heads, 4.)
Taylor, Matthew J. The Heavens Are No Longer as Brass over Our Heads: A Biography; Alvah Lewis Tippets, 1809–1847. Provo, UT: By the author, 2013.
TEXT: This notation is written sideways in the minute book.
Gustavus Perry, who lived in Lewis, was a cousin to the Tippets family. He worked as a farmer and a sawyer in a mill. (1830 U.S. Census, Lewis, Essex Co., NY, 316; Taylor, Heavens Are No Longer as Brass over Our Heads, 4–5; Whitney, History of Utah, 4:439.)
Census (U.S.) / U.S. Bureau of the Census. Population Schedules. Microfilm. FHL.
Taylor, Matthew J. The Heavens Are No Longer as Brass over Our Heads: A Biography; Alvah Lewis Tippets, 1809–1847. Provo, UT: By the author, 2013.
Whitney, Orson F. History of Utah. 4 vols. Salt Lake City: George Q. Cannon and Sons, 1904.