Frederick G. Williams Oil on canvas, unknown artist, circa 1836. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City.)
- Gender
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Williams, Frederick Granger
Biography
28 Oct. 1787–10 Oct. 1842. Ship’s pilot, teacher, physician, justice of the peace. Born at Suffield, Hartford Co., Connecticut. Son of William Wheeler Williams and Ruth Granger. Moved to Newburg, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, 1799. Practiced Thomsonian botanical system of medicine as physician. Married Rebecca Swain, Dec. 1815. Lived at Warrensville, Cuyahoga Co., by 1816. Worshipped with Sidney Rigdon’s reformed Baptist (later Disciples of Christ or Campbellite) congregation. Moved to Chardon, Geauga Co., Ohio, by 1828. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., 1830. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter–day Saints and ordained an elder, Oct./Nov. 1830, by missionaries under leadership of Oliver Cowdery who were en route to Missouri and Indian reservations in unorganized U.S. territory. Accompanied Cowdery to Missouri frontier on mission. Ordained a high priest, 25 Oct. 1831, at Orange, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio. Appointed clerk and scribe to JS, 20 July 1832. Attended organizational meeting of School of the Prophets, 22–23 Jan. 1833, in Kirtland. Member of United Firm, 1833–1834. Assistant president/counselor in presidency of church, 1833–1837. Consecrated by deed to JS roughly 142 prime acres in Kirtland, 1834. Participated in Camp of Israel expedition to Missouri, 1834. Editor of Northern Times and member of publications committee that printed Doctrine and Covenants and Emma Smith’s A Collection of Sacred Hymns, for the Church of the Latter Day Saints under auspices of firm F. G. Williams & Co., 1835. Helped organize and was a trustee of School of the Prophets. Stockholder in Kirtland Safety Society. Elected justice of the peace, Kirtland, 1837. Elected officer of Kirtland Safety Society to replace Sidney Rigdon, July 1837. Removed from church presidency, 7 Nov. 1837. Moved to Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri, 1837. An 8 July 1838 JS revelation directed Williams be ordained an elder and preach abroad. Reconfirmed into church, 5 Aug. 1838. Excommunicated, 17 Mar. 1839, at Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois. Restored to fellowship at Commerce, Hancock Co., Illinois, Apr. 1840. Died at Quincy.
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]
- John Whitmer, History, 1831–circa 1847
- Letter from Oliver Cowdery, 8 April 1831
- Elders’ Journal, August 1838
- Elders’ Journal, November 1837
- Account of Meetings, Revelation, and Blessing, 5–6 December 1834
- Account with the Church of Christ, circa 11–29 August 1834
- Account with the Camp of Israel, circa 11–29 August 1834
- Agreement with David Cartter, 14 January 1837
- Appendix 2, Document 2a. Characters Copied by Oliver Cowdery, circa 1835–1836
- Appendix 2, Document 2b. Writings and Characters Copied by Frederick G. Williams, circa Early to Mid-1830s
- Appendix 3: Statement on Marriage, circa August 1835
- Appendix 4: Declaration on Government and Law, circa August 1835 [D&C 134]
- Appendix 5, Document 2. Blessing to Hyrum Smith, between circa 15 and 28 September 1835
- Appendix 5, Document 3. Blessing to Samuel Smith, 28 September 1835
- Appendix 5, Document 4. Blessing to William Smith, 28 September 1835
- Appendix 5, Document 5. Blessing to Don Carlos Smith, 1 October 1835
- Appendix 5, Document 7. Blessing to Frederick G. Williams, 2 October 1835
- Appendix 5: Blessings, September and October 1835, Introduction
- Balance of Account, 23 April 1834
- Blessing from Joseph Smith Sr., 9 December 1834
- Blessing to Alvin Winegar, 7 February 1836
- Blessing to David Whitmer, 22 September 1835
- Blessing to Frederick G. Williams, 1 March 1835
- Blessing to Orson Hyde, 15 February 1835
- Blessing to Zebedee Coltrin, 1 March 1835
- Book of Abraham Manuscript and Explanation to Accompany Facsimile 1, circa February 1842 [Abraham 1:1–2:18]
- Book of Abraham Manuscript, 8–circa 15 March 1842 [Abraham 3:18–26]
- Book of Abraham Manuscript, circa Early July–circa November 1835 [Abraham 1:4–2:6]
- Book of Abraham Manuscript, circa July–circa November 1835–A [Abraham 1:4–2:6]
- Book of Abraham Manuscript, circa July–circa November 1835–B [Abraham 1:4–2:2]
- Book of Abraham Manuscript, circa July–circa November 1835–C [Abraham 1:1–2:18]
- Book of Abraham and Facsimiles, 1 March–16 May 1842
- Book of Commandments, 1833
- Classification of Scriptures, not before 17 July 1833
- Copy of Evidence and Letter, circa Late 1838–circa Early 1839 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Covenant, 29 November 1834
- Declaration, 21 June 1834
- Declaration, circa 4 May 1838 [ Allen v. Granger ]
- Deed from Frederick G. and Rebecca Swain Williams, 5 May 1834–A
- Deed from Frederick G. and Rebecca Swain Williams, 5 May 1834–B
- Deed from John and Alice Jacobs Johnson, 4 January 1837
- Deed from John and Alice Jacobs Johnson, 5 May 1834
- Deed from Leonard and Keziah Rich, 24 December 1834
- Deed from Lory and Betsey Curtis Holmes, 14 October 1836
- Deed from Samuel and Sabrina Davenport Canfield, 1 October 1836
- Deed from William Draper Jr. and Elizabeth Staker Draper, 14 September 1836
- Deed from William and Rosannah Robinson Marks, 10 April 1837
- Deed to Caroline Grant Smith, 11 December 1836
- Deed to Martha Raymond Parrish, 8 December 1836
- Deed to Samuel Whitney Sr., 10 April 1837
- Deed to William Barker, 29 October 1836
- Deed to William Marks, 10 April 1837–A
- Deed to William Marks, 10 April 1837–B
- Deed to William Marks, 10 April 1837–C
- Deed to William Marks, 10 April 1837–D
- Deed to William Marks, 10 April 1837–E
- Deed to William Marks, 7 April 1837
- Discourse, 27 February 1835–A, as Reported by Oliver Cowdery
- Docket Entry, circa 5 February 1838 [ Allen v. Granger ]
- Docket Entry, circa 8 January 1838 [ Allen v. JS et al. ]
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1835
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1844
- Egyptian Alphabet, circa Early July–circa November 1835–A
- Egyptian Alphabet, circa Early July–circa November 1835
- Explanation to Accompany Facsimile 2, circa 15 March 1842
- History, 1834–1836
- History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838]
- History, circa Summer 1832
- History, circa June–October 1839 [Draft 1]
- Instruction on Priesthood, between circa 1 March and circa 4 May 1835 [D&C 107]
- Introduction to Allen v. Granger
- Introduction to Allen v. JS et al.
- Introduction to Rounds qui tam v. JS
- John Corrill, A Brief History of the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1839
- Journal, 1832–1834
- Journal, 1835–1836
- Journal, March–September 1838
- Letter from Abel Lamb and Others, circa 28 May 1837
- Letter from Harvey Whitlock, 28 September 1835
- Letter from Joseph Bosworth, 17 February 1834
- Letter from Oliver Cowdery, 28 December 1829
- Letter from Oliver Cowdery, 6 November 1829
- Letter from Oliver Cowdery, 7 May 1831
- 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 Eugene, Indiana, 2 July 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 Church Officers in Clay County, Missouri, 31 August 1835
- Letter to Edward Partridge and Others, 10 December 1833
- Letter to Edward Partridge, 5 December 1833
- Letter to Emma Smith, 18 May 1834
- Letter to Emma Smith, 6 June 1832
- Letter to Emma Smith, 4 June 1834
- Letter to Henrietta Raphael Seixas, between 6 and 13 February 1836
- Letter to John Smith, 2 July 1833
- Letter to John Corrill and the Church in Missouri, 4 September 1837
- Letter to John S. Carter, 13 April 1833
- Letter to John Thornton and Others, 25 July 1836
- Letter to Lyman Wight and Others, 16 August 1834
- Letter to Moses Nickerson, 19 November 1833
- Letter to Noah C. Saxton, 12 February 1833
- Letter to Noah C. Saxton, 4 January 1833
- Letter to Oliver Cowdery, 22 October 1829
- Letter to Orson Hyde, 7 April 1834
- Letter to Quorum of the Twelve, 4 August 1835
- Letter to Vienna Jaques, 4 September 1833
- Letter to William W. Phelps, 31 July 1832
- Letter to William W. Phelps and Others, 25 July 1836
- Letter to William W. Phelps, 27 November 1832
- Letter to the Church in Clay County, Missouri, 22 January 1834
- Letter to the Church in Thompson, Ohio, 6 February 1833
- Letter, 30 October 1833
- Letterbook 1
- Letterbook 2
- License Record Book
- License for Frederick G. Williams, 20 March 1833
- License for Frederick G. Williams, 25 February 1834
- License for Frederick G. Williams, 27 April 1835
- License for John P. Greene, 25 February 1834
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845
- Minute Book 1
- Minute Book 2
- Minutes and Blessings, 28 February–1 March 1835
- Minutes and Discourse, 2 May 1835, as Reported by William E. McLellin–B
- Minutes and Discourse, circa 7 July 1834
- Minutes and Discourses, 27 February 1835, as Reported by Oliver Cowdery
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–8 April 1840
- Minutes and Discourses, 7–8 March 1835
- Minutes, 1 September 1831
- Minutes, 10 August 1835
- Minutes, 11 August 1834
- Minutes, 11 September 1833
- Minutes, 12 September 1831
- Minutes, 13 July 1833
- Minutes, 13–14 January 1833
- Minutes, 14 September 1835
- Minutes, 14 July 1835
- Minutes, 15 February 1833
- Minutes, 16 January 1836
- Minutes, 16 March 1835
- Minutes, 16 November 1832
- Minutes, 16 September 1835
- Minutes, 17 August 1835
- Minutes, 17 February 1833
- Minutes, 17 February 1834
- Minutes, 17 March 1834
- Minutes, 18 January 1835
- Minutes, 18 March 1833
- Minutes, 19 February 1834
- Minutes, 19 September 1835
- Minutes, 2 April 1833
- Minutes, 2 May 1833
- Minutes, 21 October 1831
- Minutes, 22–23 January 1833
- Minutes, 23 June 1834
- Minutes, 23 March 1833–B
- Minutes, 23 March 1833–A
- Minutes, 24 September 1834
- Minutes, 25–26 October 1831
- Minutes, 27–28 December 1832
- Minutes, 28 December 1834
- Minutes, 28 December 1835
- Minutes, 28 November 1834
- Minutes, 28–29 August 1834
- Minutes, 3 December 1832
- Minutes, 3 July 1834
- Minutes, 3 May 1834
- Minutes, 3 September 1837
- Minutes, 30 April 1833
- Minutes, 4 April 1834
- Minutes, 4 August 1831
- Minutes, 4 June 1833
- Minutes, 4 May 1833
- Minutes, 5 December 1832
- Minutes, 6 June 1833
- Minutes, 7 November 1837
- Minutes, Discourse, and Blessings, 1 March 1835
- Minutes, Discourse, and Blessings, 14–15 February 1835
- Minutes, circa 1 June 1833
- New Testament Revision 2
- Note to Newel K. Whitney, circa October 1833–Early 1834
- Note, 15 March 1833
- Note, 16 September 1835
- Note, 8 March 1832
- Note, 9 January 1833
- Note, circa 9 December 1832
- Notebook of Copied Characters, circa Early July 1835
- Old Testament Revision 2
- Order from Newel K. Whitney, 18 April 1834
- Pay Order, John Whitmer to F. G. Williams & Co. for Jared Carter, 5 June 1836
- Plan of the House of the Lord in Kirtland, Ohio (Fragments), circa June 1833
- 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
- Plat of Kirtland, Ohio, not before 2 August 1833
- Prayer, 11 January 1834
- Prayer, 23 October 1835
- Preface to Doctrine and Covenants, 17 February 1835
- Proposal for Zion’s City Center from Edward Partridge, circa Late September 1833
- Record of the Twelve, 14 February–28 August 1835
- Resolutions of Committee from Lafayette County, Missouri, 23 June 1834
- Revelation Book 1
- Revelation Book 2
- Revelation, 2 August 1833–A [D&C 97]
- Revelation, 2 August 1833–B [D&C 94]
- Revelation, 27 February 1833 [D&C 89]
- Revelation, 6 August 1833 [D&C 98]
- Revelation, 1 August 1831 [D&C 58]
- Revelation, 1 June 1833 [D&C 95]
- Revelation, 1 March 1832 [D&C 78]
- Revelation, 11 September 1831 [D&C 64]
- Revelation, 12 October 1833 [D&C 100]
- Revelation, 12 August 1831 [D&C 61]
- Revelation, 12 March 1832 [D&C 79]
- Revelation, 15 June 1831 [D&C 56]
- Revelation, 15 March 1832 [D&C 81]
- Revelation, 15 March 1833 [D&C 92]
- Revelation, 15 May 1831
- Revelation, 16–17 December 1833 [D&C 101]
- Revelation, 2 November 1835
- Revelation, 20 July 1831 [D&C 57]
- Revelation, 20 March 1832
- Revelation, 22 June 1834 [D&C 105]
- Revelation, 22–23 September 1832 [D&C 84]
- Revelation, 23 April 1834 [D&C 104]
- Revelation, 24 February 1834 [D&C 103]
- Revelation, 25 December 1832 [D&C 87]
- Revelation, 25 January 1832–A [D&C 75:1–22]
- Revelation, 26 December 1835 [D&C 108]
- Revelation, 27 February 1832
- Revelation, 27 October 1835
- Revelation, 27–28 December 1832 [D&C 88:1–126]
- Revelation, 29 August 1832 [D&C 99]
- Revelation, 3 January 1833 [D&C 88:127–137]
- Revelation, 30 April 1832 [D&C 83]
- Revelation, 4 December 1831–A [D&C 72:1–8]
- Revelation, 4 December 1831–B [D&C 72:9–23]
- Revelation, 4 June 1833 [D&C 96]
- Revelation, 5 January 1833
- Revelation, 6 December 1832 [D&C 86]
- Revelation, 6 May 1833 [D&C 93]
- Revelation, 7 March 1832 [D&C 80]
- Revelation, 8 July 1838–B
- Revelation, 8 March 1833 [D&C 90]
- Revelation, 9 March 1833 [D&C 91]
- Revelation, 9 May 1831 [D&C 50]
- Revelation, February 1829 [D&C 4]
- Revelation, June 1829–E [D&C 17]
- Revelation, October 1830–A [D&C 32]
- Revelation, circa August 1835 [D&C 27]
- Revelation, circa 8 March 1831–B [D&C 47]
- Revelation, circa June 1835 [D&C 68]
- Revised Minutes, 18–19 February 1834 [D&C 102]
- 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
- Rules and Regulations, 14 January 1836
- Statement of Account from Perkins & Osborn, circa 29 October 1838
- Subpoena, 10 November 1838 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- The Book of the Law of the Lord
- Transcript of Proceedings, 12–29 November 1838 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 4 June 1838 [ Allen v. Granger ]
- Vision, 16 February 1832 [D&C 76]
- Warrant, 21 October 1833
- William W. Phelps, “Rise and Progress of the Church of Christ,” April 1833