Moroni/Zoar Branch/Stake
congregation #480204
created 2012-10-02 by bplewe
official name: Zoar Stake (started: 28 Feb 1841, ended: about 22 May 1841, source: JHC 5/22/1841)
"Stake of Zoar" in Feb 1841
assertion #4003138 by bplewe on 2019-10-03: confidence 100%.
official name: Moroni Branch (ended: 28 Feb 1841)
assertion #3723535 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.
official name: Moroni Branch (started: about 22 May 1841)
assertion #4003142 by mpra on 2017-07-11: confidence 100%.
is a(n): branch-stake (started: 28 Feb 1841, ended: about 22 May 1841)
Presidency and Bishopric but no high council
assertion #4003126 by bplewe on 2019-10-03: confidence 100%.
is a(n): branch (started: about 22 May 1841)
assertion #4003132 by mpra on 2017-07-11: confidence 100%.
is a(n): branch (ended: 28 Feb 1841)
assertion #3724116 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.
started: 19 Mar 1840 (source: T&S 1:6, 87)
assertion #3722106 by bplewe on 2017-07-11: confidence 100%.
ended: between 16 Oct 1841 and 1846
assertion #3736106 by bplewe on 2017-07-11: confidence 100%.
description: Two branches were created in this area, the Union Branch in northern Pike County, and the Moroni Branch in southern Brown County. These were combined into the new Zoar Stake in February 1841, with President Levi Gifford and Bishop James Brown. In May, about the time that the First Presidency de-authorized all outlying stakes, Priddy Meeks was sustained as bishop of the Moroni Branch. There is no record of the branch/stake after this.
assertion #4006345 by bplewe on 2019-10-03: confidence 100%.
religion: Early
assertion #4000639 by bplewe on 2017-04-08: confidence 100%.
location: 39°52'48"N, 90°42'0"W
Land patents for several known members were in Versailles and NE Elkhorn townships
assertion #3718102 by bplewe on 2017-07-11: confidence 50%.
located at: Elkhorn & Versailles Townships, Brown County, Illinois, United States
assertion #3712204 by bplewe on 2017-07-11: confidence 100%.
absorbed: Union Branch [Perry IL]
entity #480246, assertion #4003119 by mpra on 2017-07-11: confidence 100%.
has member: Zoar (started: Mar 1840, : after 22 May 1841)
entity #481275, assertion #3751051 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.
in group: Nauvoo Era
assertion #3725465 by bplewe on 2012-10-28: confidence 80%.
see also: T&S 1:6, 87
Report of organization of Moroni Branch, March 1840, Pres. Loderwick Ferre
entity #850509, assertion #3772902 by bplewe on 2019-10-03: confidence 80%.
see also: JHC 2/28/1841
Organization of Stake
entity #850183, assertion #3771040 by bplewe on 2017-07-11: confidence 80%.
see also: JHC 5/22/1841
Reorganization of branch instead of stake
entity #850196, assertion #3771058 by bplewe on 2019-10-03: confidence 80%.
see also: Moroni Branch/Stake Records
entity #850010, assertion #3770013 by bplewe on 2017-07-11: confidence 100%.
see also: First Pres. 24 May 1841
outlying stakes de-authorized May 24 1841, but doesn't mention Zoar by name
entity #850119, assertion #4006346 by bplewe on 2019-10-03: confidence 100%.
notes: 7 miles from Perry, Pike; formerly called Zoar; Stake-Branch 2/28/1841-5/22/1841
assertion #3715204 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.
