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Feb 18, 1847

Journal Entry

February 18, 1847 ~ Thursday

18th I left winter Quarters in company with Br Smoot to go on
a mission to Kegg Creek Br Fowler returned the day before
with my team & I took it to go the journey we rode the first
day to Council Point Br James Alread was president of the
Branch & on our arival we found them assembled for a
meeting we attended with them. After it was opened I addre
ssed the meeting was followed with by Br Smoot & others I r[ead] [page torn]
the revelation & took a vote on it. I spent the night at [page torn]
Br Hydes distance of the day 20

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Smoot, Abraham Owen
17 Feb 1815 - 6 Mar 1895
555 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Allred, James
22 Jan 1784 - 10 Jan 1876
22 mentions
23 mentions
Hyde, Orson
8 Jan 1805 - 28 Nov 1878
669 mentions
Apostle

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Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine Notes 2
on the th on our mission to Keg Creek. We rode to Council Point the first day where we found that Branch assembled for meeting We addressed the meeting and I read the revelation given at Winter Quarters and took a vote upon it

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Church membership is 34,694.
Wilford organizes "adopted" family (40 heads of households) under covenant to abide rules.

Feb 18, 1847