- Township
- Palmyra Township
- County
- Wayne County
- State/Province
- New York
- Country
- United States of America
Palmyra Township, New York
Summary
First permanent white settlers arrived, ca. 1789.1 Included village of Palmyra.2 Erie Canal opened, 1825, in southern portion of township.3 Population in 1810 about 2,200.4 Population in 1830 about 3,400.5 Home of Joseph Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith family, beginning 1817.6 Martin Harris also resided in township and financed printing of Book of Mormon by mortgaging his farm just north of village.7 JS reported first vision of Deity in grove of trees near his home, 1820, near border of Palmyra and Farmington (now Manchester) townships.8 JS also reported angelic visitation in Smith home, in which he learned of ancient scriptures inscribed on gold plates, 1823.9 Eight witnesses reported being shown plates by JS, summer 1829.10 Smith family left area, by late 1830.11 See also “Manchester Township.”
Links
- History, 1838–1856, volume A-1 [23 December 1805–30 August 1834]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- Appellant’s Declaration, filed 26 June 1819 [Hurlbut v. Smith]
- History, 1834–1836
- History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838]
- History, circa Summer 1832
- History, circa 1841, draft [Draft 3]
- History, circa June 1839–circa 1841 [Draft 2]
- Journal, 1835–1836
- Letter from Emma Smith, 25 April 1837
- Letter from Emma Smith, 3 May 1837
- Letter from Newel K. Whitney, 20 April 1837
- Letter from Oliver Cowdery, 28 December 1829
- Letter from Oliver Cowdery, 6 November 1829
- Letter from Oliver Cowdery, 12 November 1830
- Letter to Martin Harris, 22 February 1831
- Letter to Oliver Cowdery, 22 October 1829
- Letter to Oliver Cowdery, December 1834
- Letterbook 1
- Letterbook 2
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845
- Minute Book 1
- Minutes, 23 March 1833–B
- Orson Hyde, Ein Ruf aus der Wüste (A Cry out of the Wilderness), 1842, extract, English translation
- Orson Hyde, Ein Ruf aus der Wüste, 1842, extract
- Revelation, September 1830–F [D&C 31]
- Revelation, circa Early 1830
- Times and Seasons, 15 March 1842
- Times and Seasons, 2 May 1842