Blockhouse/Kanesville Branch
congregation #480501
created 2012-10-02 by bplewe
official name: Blockhouse Branch ( started: 27 Dec 1846 , : between 3 Aug 1851 and ) Named after a small military post built and abandoned before 1846. As the only sizable building in the area, it was the original meetinghouse for the branch.
assertion #3723309 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.
official name: Kanesville Branch ( started: between and 6 Mar 1851 ) Probably only in later years
assertion #3724972 by bplewe on 2018-02-13: confidence 80%.
is a(n): dual-leader branch Pres. Moses Clauson > Evan M. Greene > BB Messenger; Bishop Daniel A. Miller > Silas Richards > Aaron Johnson > Jacob G. Bigler
assertion #3723745 by bplewe on 2019-10-04: confidence 100%.
started: 27 Dec 1846 ( source: Blockhouse Branch record ) assertion #3721586 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.
ended: 1853 assertion #3735586 by bplewe on 2018-02-13: confidence 100%.
religion: LDS assertion #4003483 by mpra on 2017-07-29: confidence 100%.
located at: Iowa, United States assertion #3712501 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.
location: 41°15'50"N, 95°50'24"W assertion #3718663 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 90%.
part of: Pottawattamie (Stake) entity #480719, assertion #3751189 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.
has member: Carbonca entity #481329, assertion #4004890 by bplewe on 2018-03-06: confidence 100%.
has member: Kanesville ?( started: 1848? , : 1851? ) entity #481377, assertion #3751081 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 0%.
in group: Winter Quarters Era assertion #3725901 by bplewe on 2012-10-28: confidence 80%.
confidence in this page (0 to 1): 0.68 assertion #4021637 by bplewe on 2024-06-05: confidence 100%.
see also: Pottawattamie HC Minutes 3 ( source part: sheet 36 ) Blockhouse Branch reports to HC, August 30 1851
entity #850411, assertion #4004529 by bplewe on 2018-02-13: confidence 100%.
see also: Pottawattamie HC Minutes 3 ( source part: sheet 10 ) Pres. Evan M. Greene, April 3 1851
entity #850411, assertion #4004527 by bplewe on 2018-02-13: confidence 100%.
see also: Pottawattamie HC Minutes 1:80 Feb 5 1848
entity #850413, assertion #3772624 by bplewe on 2018-02-12: confidence 80%.
see also: Pottawattamie HP Quorum Minutes 14 Jonathan Russel a HP, Feb 4 1849
entity #850416, assertion #3772627 by bplewe on 2018-02-12: confidence 80%.
see also: Pottawattamie HP Quorum Minutes 18 Rufus Fisher a HP, May 13 1849
entity #850418, assertion #3772630 by bplewe on 2018-02-12: confidence 100%.
see also: Pottawattamie HP Quorum Minutes 24 several new high priests, Aug 5-Oct 7 1849
entity #850419, assertion #3772633 by bplewe on 2018-02-12: confidence 100%.
see also: Pottawattamie HP Quorum Minutes 3 2 new high priests, April 2 1848
entity #850422, assertion #3772643 by bplewe on 2018-02-12: confidence 100%.
see also: Pottawattamie HP Quorum Minutes 35 several new high priests, Sep 29 1850
entity #850424, assertion #3772650 by bplewe on 2018-02-12: confidence 100%.
see also: Pottawattamie HP Quorum Minutes 38 3 new high priests, Jan 5 1851
entity #850426, assertion #3772658 by bplewe on 2018-02-12: confidence 100%.
see also: Pottawattamie HP Quorum Minutes 4 Several new high priests, May 7 1848
entity #850427, assertion #3772661 by bplewe on 2018-02-12: confidence 100%.
see also: Pottawattamie HP Quorum Minutes 5 several new high priests, July 2-Aug 6 1848
entity #850431, assertion #3772671 by bplewe on 2018-02-12: confidence 100%.
see also: Pottawattamie High Priest Quorum Roll 18 charter members of high priest quorum, 2 Jan 1848
entity #850434, assertion #4004490 by bplewe on 2018-02-13: confidence 100%.
see also: Pottawattamie HC Minutes 3:13 letter from Pres. Evan M. Greene, 3 Apr 1851
entity #850404, assertion #3772606 by bplewe on 2018-02-12: confidence 80%.
see also: Pottawattamie HC Minutes 1:105 Bishop Joseph Knight, July 15 1848
entity #850383, assertion #3772552 by bplewe on 2018-02-12: confidence 100%.
see also: Pottawattamie HC Minutes 1 ( source part: p.98 ) Bishop Daniel A. Miller, April 29 1848
entity #850382, assertion #4004513 by bplewe on 2018-02-13: confidence 100%.
see also: Pottawattamie HC Minutes 1 ( source part: p.150 ) Silas Richards appointed to look after the poor in this branch [acting bishop]
entity #850382, assertion #4004517 by bplewe on 2018-02-13: confidence 100%.
see also: Pottawattamie HC Minutes 2 ( source part: p.267 ) Blockhouse Branch, March 15 1851
entity #700103, assertion #4004525 by bplewe on 2018-02-13: confidence 100%.
see also: EM Greene Diary ( source part: folder 5 p.28 ) Evan M. Greene replaces Aaron Johnson as branch president, May 26 1850
entity #700102, assertion #4004484 by bplewe on 2018-02-13: confidence 100%.
see also: Emigration Company Schedules ( source part: box 2 folder 24 ) At least two companies of 10 organized under captains Silas Richards and James Sloan, February 1848
entity #700101, assertion #4004491 by bplewe on 2018-02-13: confidence 100%.
see also: HO Journal ( source part: box 1 V.10 p.13 ) Leaders visit the branch and order the construction of a large meetinghouse, December 3 1847
entity #700100, assertion #4004488 by bplewe on 2018-02-13: confidence 100%.
see also: Richards 10/10/1848 President Moses Clauson, Bishop Joseph Knight
entity #850165, assertion #3770961 by bplewe on 2018-02-05: confidence 100%.
see also: Frontier Guardian 1:11:2:2 Traveling elders to hold 2-day conference at Kanesville 1st week of each month
entity #850062, assertion #4004520 by bplewe on 2018-02-13: confidence 100%.
see also: Frontier Guardian 1:2:2:6 Silas Richards recently appointed as acting Bishop of Block House Branch
entity #850049, assertion #4004519 by bplewe on 2018-02-13: confidence 100%.
see also: Blockhouse Branch record Covers Dec 27 1846 (organization of branch) to Oct 1 1849
entity #850008, assertion #3770011 by bplewe on 2018-02-12: confidence 80%.
see also: Kanesville Branch Lesser Priesthood Record Priests and teachers in "Kanesville Branch" March 16 1851
entity #850007, assertion #3770010 by bplewe on 2018-02-13: confidence 80%.
see also: Kanesville Branch Records Records of unnamed branch in Kanesville, Aug 22 1852 until Spring 1853, Pres. Barnum B. Messenger, Bishop Thomas W. Taggart
entity #850005, assertion #3770008 by bplewe on 2018-02-13: confidence 80%.
notes: By far, the largest branch in the area, with several hundred members. The names Blockhouse (earlier) and Kanesville (later) overlap, with no direct documentation of a name change. assertion #3715501 by bplewe on 2018-02-13: confidence 100%.
Leaders:
president: Moses Clawson FamilySearch: KWJX-K5M Started: 27 Dec 1846
, Ended: 10 Jun 1849
assertion #498 by on : confidence 0%.
bishop: Daniel Arnold Miller FamilySearch: KWJ6-74X Started: 30 Dec 1847
assertion #499 by on : confidence 0%.
bishop: Silas Richards FamilySearch: KWJH-865 Started: Jan 1849
, Ended: between Feb 1849 and Oct 1849
assertion #500 by on : confidence 0%.
president: Aaron Johnson FamilySearch: KWN5-6SX Started: 10 Jun 1849
, Ended: 26 May 1850
assertion #501 by on : confidence 0%.
bishop: Joseph Knight FamilySearch: KWJC-1S1 Ended: Jan 1849
assertion #503 by on : confidence 0%.
presidency counselor: Daniel Mackintosh FamilySearch: KWJD-N89 assertion #504 by on : confidence 0%.
presidency counselor: Thomas Guymon FamilySearch: KWJ2-ZD6 assertion #502 by on : confidence 0%.
