Thomas P Smith gave me the following report of Fort Johnson 6 miles north of Cedar City it contains 6 families 40 persons the fort wall is 10 rods square 4 feet thick at the bottom 2 1/2 at the top is now built 8 feet high is to be carried up 12 feet the place contains many fine springs enough to watter 100 Acres of land a good grazing country for a large heard of cattle May 20, 1855 ~ Sunday May 20th Sunday ...

Thomas D Brown Joshua T. Willis and Charles Hopkins be chosen and ordained as the Twelve High Councillors for this stake of Zion. At the close of the meeting William R. Davis was ordained a Bishop for Fort Harmony under the hands of the first Presidency, President Young being mouth. They also ordained Isaac Haight to the Presidency of the Stake President Young being mouth. The Twelve High Councillors were then set apart by Presidents