Zion (place)
Summary
JS revelation, dated 20 July 1831, designated Missouri as “land of promise” for gathering of Saints and place for “city of Zion,” with Independence area as “center place” of Zion.1 Latter-day Saint settlements elsewhere, such as in Kirtland, Ohio, became known as “stakes” of Zion.2 About 1,200 Saints gathered in Jackson Co., but were expelled by other residents, 1833.3 After Saints settled in other counties, such as Clay and Caldwell, JS and church members continued to refer to main body of Saints in Missouri as Zion but still considered Independence to be center place and planned to return.4 JS dictated several revelations about “redeeming Zion” and recovering their lands in Jackson Co.5 In 1840, after Saints had left Missouri and settled in Nauvoo, Illinois, JS declared that Zion referred to all of North and South America and anywhere Saints gathered.6 See also glossary listings “Zion” and “Stake.”
Links
- John Whitmer, History, 1831–circa 1847
- Charges against Missouri Conference Preferred to Joseph Smith, circa March 1832
- Copy of Evidence and Letter, circa Late 1838–circa Early 1839 [State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes]
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1844
- History, 1834–1836
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 1, 21 December 1842–10 March 1843
- Letter from Edward Partridge, between 14 and 19 November 1833
- Letter from Oliver Cowdery, 28 January 1832
- Letter from William W. Phelps, 15 December 1833
- Letter to Edward Partridge and Others, 14 January 1833
- Letter to William W. Phelps, 11 January 1833
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 21 April 1833
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 10 August 1833
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 18 August 1833
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 2 July 1833
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 6 August 1833
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 25 June 1833
- Letter to Edward Partridge, 2 May 1833
- Letter to Edward Partridge and Others, 10 December 1833
- Letter to Edward Partridge and Others, 30 March 1834
- Letter to Edward Partridge, 5 December 1833
- Letter to John Corrill and the Church in Missouri, 4 September 1837
- Letter to Moses Nickerson, 19 November 1833
- Letter to Vienna Jaques, 4 September 1833
- Letter to William W. Phelps, 31 July 1832
- Letter to William W. Phelps, 27 November 1832
- Letter to the Church in Clay County, Missouri, 22 January 1834
- Letter, 30 October 1833
- Minute Book 2
- Minutes, 1 September 1831
- Minutes, 11 November 1831
- Minutes, 11 September 1833
- Minutes, 12 November 1831
- Minutes, 12 September 1831
- Minutes, 13 July 1833
- Minutes, 13–14 January 1833
- Minutes, 17 March 1834
- Minutes, 20 February 1834
- Minutes, 24 February 1834
- Minutes, 25–26 October 1831
- Minutes, 26–27 April 1832
- Minutes, 30 April 1832
- Minutes, 30 April 1833
- Minutes, circa 1 May 1832
- Plan of the House of the Lord, between 1 and 25 June 1833
- Plat of the City of Zion, circa Early June–25 June 1833
- Prayer, 11 January 1834
- Proposal for Zion’s City Center from Edward Partridge, circa Late September 1833
- Revelation, 2 August 1833–A [D&C 97]
- Revelation, 2 August 1833–B [D&C 94]
- Revelation, 6 August 1833 [D&C 98]
- Revelation, 1 August 1831 [D&C 58]
- Revelation, 1 March 1832 [D&C 78]
- Revelation, 1 November 1831–A [D&C 68]
- Revelation, 11 November 1831–A [D&C 69]
- Revelation, 11 November 1831–B [D&C 107 (partial)]
- Revelation, 11 September 1831 [D&C 64]
- Revelation, 12 November 1831 [D&C 70]
- Revelation, 12 August 1831 [D&C 61]
- Revelation, 16–17 December 1833 [D&C 101]
- Revelation, 20 March 1832
- Revelation, 22–23 September 1832 [D&C 84]
- Revelation, 24 February 1834 [D&C 103]
- Revelation, 25 December 1832 [D&C 87]
- Revelation, 26 April 1832 [D&C 82]
- Revelation, 29 August 1832 [D&C 99]
- Revelation, 29 October 1831 [D&C 66]
- Revelation, 3 November 1831 [D&C 133]
- Revelation, 30 August 1831 [D&C 63]
- Revelation, 30 April 1832 [D&C 83]
- Revelation, 31 August 1831
- Revelation, 4 December 1831–A [D&C 72:1–8]
- Revelation, 4 December 1831–B [D&C 72:9–23]
- Revelation, 4 December 1831–C [D&C 72:24–26]
- Revelation, 7 August 1831 [D&C 59]
- Revelation, 8 August 1831 [D&C 60]
- Revelation, between circa 8 and circa 24 March 1832
- Revised Plan of the House of the Lord, circa 10 August–circa 4 September 1833
- Revised Plat of the City of Zion, circa Early August 1833