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State/Province: Ohio
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Ohio

Summary

French explored and claimed area, 1669.

Cohen, Columbia Gazetteer of North America, 738.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Cohen, Saul B., ed. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000.

British took possession following French and Indian War, 1763.

Cohen, Columbia Gazetteer of North America, 739.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Cohen, Saul B., ed. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000.

Ceded to U.S., 1783.

Cohen, Columbia Gazetteer of North America, 739.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Cohen, Saul B., ed. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000.

First permanent white settlement established, 1788.

Cohen, Columbia Gazetteer of North America, 739.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Cohen, Saul B., ed. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000.

Northeastern portion maintained as part of Connecticut, 1786, and called Connecticut Western Reserve.

Carter and Bloom, Territorial Papers of the United States, 2:23.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Carter, Clarence Edward, and John Porter Bloom, comps. Territorial Papers of the United States. 28 vols. Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1934–1975.

Connecticut granted jurisdiction of Western Reserve to U.S. government, 1800.

Carter and Bloom, Territorial Papers of the United States, 3:84-85.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Carter, Clarence Edward, and John Porter Bloom, comps. Territorial Papers of the United States. 28 vols. Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1934–1975.

All of Ohio area partitioned from Northwest Territory and admitted to U.S. as state, 1803.

Cohen, Columbia Gazetteer of North America, 738.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Cohen, Saul B., ed. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000.

State bordered by Lake Erie on north and Ohio River on south.

Cohen, Columbia Gazetteer of North America, 738.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Cohen, Saul B., ed. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000.

Population in 1820 about 580,000; in 1830 about 940,000; and in 1840 about 1,500,000.

Haskel and Smith, Gazetteer of the United States of America, 490.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Haskel, Daniel, and J. Calvin Smith. A Complete Descriptive and Statistical Gazetteer of the United States of America. . . . New York: Sherman and Smith, 1843.

Latter-day Saint missionaries preached in northeastern Ohio, Oct. 1830.

“Ohio,” in Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History, 869.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History. Edited by Arnold K. Garr, Donald Q. Cannon, and Richard O. Cowan. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2000.

Reformed Baptist preacher Sidney Rigdon and many of his congregants in state joined Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, late 1830.

Pratt, Autobiography, 49–50; Backman, Heavens Resound, 42–45; “Ohio,” in Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History, 869; Brown et al., Historical Atlas, 34.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Pratt, Parley P. The Autobiography of Parley Parker Pratt, One of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Embracing His Life, Ministry and Travels, with Extracts, in Prose and Verse, from His Miscellaneous Writings. Edited by Parley P. Pratt Jr. New York: Russell Brothers, 1874.

Backman, Milton V., Jr. The Heavens Resound: A History of the Latter-day Saints in Ohio, 1830–1838. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1983.

Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History. Edited by Arnold K. Garr, Donald Q. Cannon, and Richard O. Cowan. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2000.

Brown, S. Kent, Donald Q. Cannon, and Richard H. Jackson, eds. Historical Atlas of Mormonism. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1994.

JS revelation dated 30 Dec. 1830 directed church members in New York to migrate to Ohio.

Revelation, 30 Dec. 1830 [D&C 37]; Backman, Heavens Resound, 42–45; “Ohio,” in Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History, 869; Brown et al., Historical Atlas, 34.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Backman, Milton V., Jr. The Heavens Resound: A History of the Latter-day Saints in Ohio, 1830–1838. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1983.

Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History. Edited by Arnold K. Garr, Donald Q. Cannon, and Richard O. Cowan. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2000.

Brown, S. Kent, Donald Q. Cannon, and Richard H. Jackson, eds. Historical Atlas of Mormonism. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1994.

JS lived in Kirtland and Hiram, 1831–1838.

Letter to the Elders of the Church, 2 October 1835; “Kirtland, Ohio,” in Encyclopedia of Mormonism, 3:795.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Encyclopedia of Mormonism. Edited by Daniel H. Ludlow. 5 vols. New York: Macmillan, 1992.

JS dictated over sixty revelations in state.

Harper, Making Sense of the Doctrine and Covenants, ix–xvi.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Harper, Steven C. Making Sense of the Doctrine and Covenants: A Guided Tour through Modern Revelations. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2008.

JS and most loyal Ohio Saints migrated to Missouri, 1838.

Bitton, “Waning of Mormon Kirtland,” 455.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Bitton, Davis. “The Waning of Mormon Kirtland.” BYU Studies 12 (Summer 1972): 455–464.

However, some Saints remained, and Ohio became location of schismatic activity after death of JS.

Platt, “Early Branches,” 3–50; Bitton, “Waning of Mormon Kirtland,” 459–460.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Platt, Lyman De. “Early Branches of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830–1850.” Nauvoo Journal 3 (1991): 3–50.

Bitton, Davis. “The Waning of Mormon Kirtland.” BYU Studies 12 (Summer 1972): 455–464.

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