Sipsey Branch (1843)
congregation #480717
created 2012-10-02 by bplewe
official name: Sipsey Branch
assertion #3723221 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.
is a(n): branch
assertion #3723565 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.
started: between Jan 1843 and Jun 1843
assertion #3721472 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.
ended: between 16 Feb 1845 and 1856
assertion #3735472 by bplewe on 2017-11-05: confidence 100%.
religion: LDS
assertion #4003961 by mpra on 2017-11-05: confidence 100%.
religion: Early
assertion #4001030 by bplewe on 2017-04-08: confidence 100%.
located at: Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States
assertion #3712717 by bplewe on 2017-11-05: confidence 100%.
location: 33°29'38"N, 87°44'36"W
on Mormon Road, near Sipsey River
assertion #3718414 by bplewe on 2017-11-05: confidence 70%.
membership/population: 43 (on: 15 Feb 1845, source: T&S 6:5, 843-844)
not sure if "43 members" includes 6 priesthood
assertion #4003950 by mpra on 2017-11-05: confidence 80%.
membership/population: 55 (started: 12 Apr 1844?, source: T&S 5:12, 573)
assertion #3726208 by bplewe on 2017-11-05: confidence 80%.
see also: Sipsey Branch (1856)?
entity #331068, assertion #9 by bplewe on 2019-02-17: confidence 50%.
in group: Nauvoo Era
assertion #3726207 by bplewe on 2012-10-28: confidence 80%.
see also: T&S 5:20, 702
John Brown visits the branch, August 1843
entity #850628, assertion #3773640 by bplewe on 2017-11-05: confidence 80%.
see also: One of the largest and longest-lived branches in the Alabama-Mississippi field; usually the central base of operations for missionaries and the most common site of regional conferences. President William Stewart; members include James Stewart and other siblings, William Warmick, William Matick.
assertion #4004080 by mpra on 2017-11-05: confidence 100%.
see also: AO Smoot Journal 1 (source part: p.223)
A.O. Smoot first visited the branch Jan 11 1845, and it is his home throughout 1845
entity #850001, assertion #3770002 by bplewe on 2017-11-05: confidence 80%.
see also: T&S 5:5, 462
"Cypry" 57 members, 8 priesthood, 10 Feb 1844
entity #850638, assertion #3773688 by bplewe on 2017-11-05: confidence 80%.
see also: T&S 5:12, 573
"Cypry" 50 members, 5 priesthood, 12 April 1844
entity #850612, assertion #3773562 by bplewe on 2017-11-05: confidence 100%.
see also: T&S 6:5, 843-844
43 members, 6 priesthood, 15 Feb 1845
entity #850673, assertion #3773817 by bplewe on 2017-11-05: confidence 80%.
see also: John Brown Journal (source part: p.19, 21, 25)
John Brown first visits the branch August 31 1843
entity #700086, assertion #4004057 by mpra on 2017-11-05: confidence 100%.
see also: Alabama 1845
51 members, 9 priesthood, summer or fall 1845
entity #700082, assertion #4004012 by mpra on 2017-11-05: confidence 100%.
notes: Frequently misspelled as Cipsy, Cypry, etc.; on current Mormon Road
assertion #3715717 by bplewe on 2017-11-05: confidence 100%.
