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Annals Southern Utah

artifact #700270
created 2020-07-05 by bplewe
citation: James Bleak, Annals of the Southern Utah Mission, Church History Library MS 318   
assertion #4006464 by bplewe on 2020-07-05: confidence 100%.
started: 1854   
assertion #4006465 by bplewe on 2020-07-05: confidence 100%.
ended: 1900   
assertion #4006466 by bplewe on 2020-07-05: confidence 100%.
description: Journal style manuscript record of the Southern Mission and St. George Stake by James G. Bleak, longtime clerk. It is not a true primary record, written about 1902, but was clearly transcribed from original sources.   
assertion #4006590 by bplewe on 2020-07-31: confidence 100%.
has part: Annals Southern Utah 1:389   
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has part: Annals Southern Utah 1:400   
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has part: Annals Southern Utah 1:356   
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has part: Annals Southern Utah 2:278   
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has part: Annals Southern Utah 1:158   
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has part: Annals Southern Utah 1876:42   
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has part: Annals Southern Utah 1874:127   
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has part: Annals Southern Utah 1877:114   
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has part: Annals Southern Utah 1870:24   
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has part: Annals Southern Utah 1:316   
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has part: Annals Southern Utah 1877:162   
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has part: Annals Southern Utah 1:247   
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has part: Annals Southern Utah 1:136   
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has part: Annals Southern Utah 1877:129   
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has part: Annals Southern Utah 1871:51   
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has part: Annals Southern Utah 1871:19   
entity #700279, assertion #4006775 by bplewe on 2020-08-01: confidence 100%.
has part: Annals Southern Utah 1:216   
entity #700285, assertion #4006774 by bplewe on 2020-08-01: confidence 100%.
image: catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org   
assertion #4006467 by bplewe on 2020-07-05: confidence 100%.
describes: St. George Stake   
Not a primary journal, but James Bleak was the mission clerk so this is reliable
entity #500089, assertion #4006481 by on 2020-07-30: confidence 100%.
mentions: Grafton Ward (1861)   (image: catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org, source part: p.110)
13 Dec 1861: Grafton Camp organized as a ward by Orson Pratt, bishop Franklin W. Young
entity #700291, assertion #4006824 by bplewe on 2020-08-01: confidence 100%.
mentions: Grafton Ward (1861)   (source part: p.149)
26 Sep 1862: Anson Perry Winsor ordained bishop and presiding high priest of Grafton, Rockville, Shune's Creek and Northop (Franklin W. Young moving to St. George)
entity #700291, assertion #4006839 by bplewe on 2020-08-01: confidence 100%.
mentions: Grafton Ward (1868)   (image: catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org, source part: p.440)
Dec 1868: "Grafton resettled this year with Alonzo H. Russell as Presiding Elder"
entity #700293, assertion #4006849 by bplewe on 2020-08-02: confidence 100%.
mentions: Iron City Branch   (source part: 1875 p.40)
April 1875: Iron City Branch of Pinto Ward (re)organized, Presiding Elder James H. Hart
entity #700298, assertion #4007027 by bplewe on 2020-08-05: confidence 100%.
mentions: Iron City Branch   (source part: p.485)
August 1869: Little Pinto Branch of Pinto Ward organized, Presiding Teacher Seth M. Blair
entity #700298, assertion #4007013 by bplewe on 2020-08-04: confidence 100%.
mentions: Iron City Branch   (source part: p.478)
July 2 1869: Mountain Meadows, Pinto Iron Works, and Little Pinto attached to Pinto Ward.
entity #700298, assertion #4007009 by bplewe on 2020-08-04: confidence 100%.
mentions: Jeffery's Branch   (source part: 1877 p.125)
June 17 1877: Charles Foster set apart to preside over Jeffery's Place, Foster's Place [Central] and Hunt's Place [?], so this is not yet separate.
entity #700300, assertion #4007044 by bplewe on 2020-09-20: confidence 100%.
mentions: Mill Point/Simonsville Branch   
5 Dec 1865: Orrawell Simons appointed to preside over the settlement near Simon's Mill on the Muddy, attached to St. Joseph Branch
entity #700301, assertion #4007095 by bplewe on 2020-09-20: confidence 100%.
mentions: Northrup Branch   (source part: V.1 p.234)
July 1864: mention of Northop, 3 families [Behunin, Lemmon, Black], Presiding Elder James A. Lemmon. Not clear if there is an actual branch
entity #700303, assertion #4007135 by bplewe on 2020-09-20: confidence 100%.
mentions: Orderville Cotton Farm Branch   (source part: 1878 p.5)
2 Feb 1878: Zemira Palmer set apart as presiding elder, Orderville Cotton Farm Branch of Washington Ward
entity #700305, assertion #4007172 by bplewe on 2020-09-20: confidence 100%.
mentions: Overton Ward (1869-1871)   (source part: V.1 p.514)
Dec 1869: Helaman Pratt [FS: KWCW-2VZ] appointed presiding elder of Overton Branch
entity #700307, assertion #4007184 by bplewe on 2020-09-20: confidence 100%.
mentions: Long Valley Ward (1871)   (source part: 1874 p.194)
1 Nov 1874: St. George Stake conference, Howard O. Spencer sustained as bishop of Long Valley
entity #700335, assertion #4007891 by bplewe on 2021-01-24: confidence 100%.
mentions: Kanab Branch (1865)   
31 May 1865: Kanab Branch organized by Erastus Snow with Presiding Elder Levi Savage (part of Grafton Ward)
entity #700338, assertion #4007942 by bplewe on 2021-01-25: confidence 100%.
mentions: Fairview/Panguitch Branch (1865)   (image: catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org, source part: Book A, p.267)
June 2nd or 3rd 1865: Erastus Snow visits Panguitch from St. George, sets apart Jens Nielsen as "Presiding Elder of this Branch . . . and to be the acting Bishop for the time being."
entity #700340, assertion #4008054 by bplewe on 2021-01-31: confidence 100%.
mentions: Kanab Ward (1870)   (image: catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org, source part: 1870 p.1)
1 Jan 1870: Erastus Snow sets apart Hiram Judd as bishop of Kanab and Pahreah. He had been called a few days earlier as part of Jacob Hamblin's mission to the Hopi, so Kanab may have been considered part of that mission. This was preparatory, and it is unclear if the ward was fully organized under Judd
entity #700365, assertion #4007944 by bplewe on 2021-01-25: confidence 100%.
mentions: Eagle Valley Ward   (image: catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org, source part: p.315)
March 1866: mentions "Meltiar Hatch, who has charge of Eagle Valley Branch"
entity #2038218, assertion #4006760 by bplewe on 2020-08-01: confidence 100%.
mentions: Central/Fosters Ward (Washington Utah)   (image: catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org, source part: 1877 p.125)
June 17 1877: Stake President JDT McAllister "completed the organization of [Pine Valley] Ward by appointing and setting apart Charles Franklin Foster to preside over the families residing at Jeffery's place [Brookside], Foster's place, and Hunt's place on the Santa Clara."
entity #1989502, assertion #4006807 by bplewe on 2020-08-01: confidence 100%.
mentions: Kanarra Ward   (image: catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org, source part: 1874 p.92)
7 April 1874: United order organized by Brigham Young in "Kanarra Ward of St. George Stake", Bishop Lorenzo W. Roundy, president
entity #12254, assertion #4007725 by bplewe on 2021-01-16: confidence 100%.
mentions: Gunlock Ward   (image: catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org, source part: 1877 p.125)
7 June 1877: "The Saints at Gunlock on the Santa Clara were organized as a Branch of the Santa Clara Ward, and Elder Dudley Leavitt was made Presiding Elder."
entity #11673, assertion #4006878 by bplewe on 2020-08-02: confidence 100%.
mentions: St. George 4th Ward   (source part: 1877 p.116)
6 May 1877: David H. Cannon set apart as bishop of 4th Ward
entity #10359, assertion #4007443 by bplewe on 2020-12-06: confidence 100%.
mentions: Bellevue/Ashton Branch (Utah)   (image: catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org, source part: p.389)
1867: "Ash Creek settlement, . . . known as "Ashton," . . . began to be resettled this summer and fall; and Father James Sylvester has been set apart as Presiding Elder.
entity #1829378, assertion #4006649 by bplewe on 2020-07-31: confidence 100%.
mentions: Bellevue/Ashton Branch (Utah)   (image: catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org, source part: p.182)
Spring 1863: Ashton settled as part of Toquerville Ward
entity #1829378, assertion #4006642 by bplewe on 2020-07-31: confidence 100%.
mentions: St. George Ward (1st/West)   (source part: 1877 p.114)
17 Apr 1877: Miles P. Romney ordained bishop of St. George 1st Ward (David Milne called on a mission)
entity #14532, assertion #4007358 by bplewe on 2020-10-18: confidence 100%.
mentions: Washington Ward   (source part: 1877 p.115)
22 April 1877: Thomas J. Jones appointed bishop of Washington Ward (JW Freeman called on a mission)
entity #13781, assertion #4007516 by bplewe on 2020-12-06: confidence 100%.
mentions: Virgin Ward   (source part: V.1 p.198)
January 1864: Nephi Johnson mentioned as presiding elder of Virgen City Branch
entity #13749, assertion #4007494 by bplewe on 2020-12-06: confidence 100%.
mentions: Virgin Ward   (source part: V.1 p.410)
May 1868: Virgin City Ward organized, bishop John Parker, including North Creek [Mountain Dell], Dalton, and Duncan's Retreat
entity #13749, assertion #4007496 by bplewe on 2020-12-06: confidence 100%.
mentions: Toquerville Ward   (source part: V.1 p.99)
18 Nov 1861: Toquerville Ward organized, acting bishop Joshua T. Willis
entity #13625, assertion #4007477 by bplewe on 2020-12-06: confidence 100%.
mentions: Toquerville Ward   (source part: V.1 p.150)
28 Sep 1862: Joshua Willis ordained Bishop of Toquerville, Virgen City, and Duncan's Retreat [only acting bishop before]
entity #13625, assertion #4007479 by bplewe on 2020-12-06: confidence 100%.
mentions: Toquerville Ward   (source part: 1874 p.22)
15 Feb 1874: Brigham Young ordains William A. Bringhurst as bishop of Toquerville
entity #13625, assertion #4007483 by bplewe on 2020-12-06: confidence 100%.
mentions: Toquerville Ward   (source part: 1873 p.54)
12 Nov 1873: William A. Bringhurst is [acting] bishop of Toquerville
entity #13625, assertion #4007481 by bplewe on 2020-12-06: confidence 100%.
mentions: St. George 3rd Ward   (source part: V.1 p.504)
9 Nov 1869: meeting to discuss objections, Walter Granger reaffirmed as bishop and ordained.
entity #13420, assertion #4007434 by bplewe on 2020-12-06: confidence 100%.
mentions: Springdale Ward (Utah)   (source part: 1874 p.216)
1874: Zemirah Draper appointed presiding elder, Springdale Branch of Rockville Ward, succeeding Albert Petty, deceased.
entity #13382, assertion #4007344 by bplewe on 2020-10-18: confidence 100%.
mentions: Santa Clara Ward   (source part: V.1 p.72)
17 July 1859: Pinto Branch organized, attached to Santa Clara Ward [possibly the earliest direct reference to Santa Clara as a ward].
entity #13285, assertion #4007317 by bplewe on 2020-10-18: confidence 100%.
mentions: Rockville Ward   (source part: V.1 p.200)
Spring 1864: Ezra Strong, Presiding Elder of Rockville Branch of Grafton Ward, leaves to settle Kanab; Zemira Draper replaces him
entity #13226, assertion #4007275 by bplewe on 2020-09-23: confidence 100%.
mentions: Rockville Ward   (source part: V.1 p.414)
10 May 1868: Charles N. Smith appointed as Presiding High Priest (not bishop) over Rockville by Erastus Snow.
entity #13226, assertion #4007282 by bplewe on 2020-09-23: confidence 100%.
mentions: Rockville Ward   (source part: 1870 p.23)
24 Apr 1870: Shunesburg is a branch of Rockville Ward
entity #13226, assertion #4007293 by bplewe on 2020-09-23: confidence 100%.
mentions: Rockville Ward   (source part: 1877 p.116)
6 May 1877: Charles Nephi Smith retained as bishop of Rockville Ward
entity #13226, assertion #4007295 by bplewe on 2020-09-23: confidence 100%.
mentions: Rockville Ward   (source part: V.1 p.149)
Sep 1862: Anson Perry Winsor ordained bishop of Grafton, including Rockville and the rest of the upper Virgin
entity #13226, assertion #4007272 by bplewe on 2020-09-23: confidence 100%.
mentions: Harmony Ward   (source part: V.1 p.114)
22 Dec 1861: Harmony reorganized as a branch, Presiding Elder John D. Lee
entity #12793, assertion #4007687 by bplewe on 2021-01-15: confidence 100%.
mentions: Harmony Ward   (source part: V.1 p.205)
5 Mar 1864: John D. Lee resigns as presiding elder, James H. Imlay appointed presiding elder of Harmony
entity #12793, assertion #4007697 by bplewe on 2021-01-16: confidence 100%.
mentions: Harmony Ward   (source part: 1878 p.13)
16 March 1878: Harmony and Kanarra Wards moved from Parowan Stake to St. George Stake
entity #12793, assertion #4007710 by bplewe on 2021-01-15: confidence 100%.
mentions: Harmony Ward   (image: catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org, source part: 1874 p.92)
7 April 1874: United order organized by Brigham Young in "Harmony Ward of St. George Stake", Bishop Wilson D. Pace, president
entity #12793, assertion #4007728 by bplewe on 2021-01-16: confidence 100%.
mentions: Harmony Ward   (image: catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org, source part: V.1 p.61)
1858: new branches in Pinto, Pine Valley, Washington, and Toquerville (then Virgen City in 1859) are dependent on Harmony Ward
entity #12793, assertion #4007684 by bplewe on 2021-01-15: confidence 100%.
mentions: Leeds Ward   (source part: V.1 p.387)
Dec 1 1867: Benjamin Stringham appointed as acting bishop of Bennington, including Harrisburg
entity #12378, assertion #4007052 by bplewe on 2020-09-20: confidence 100%.
mentions: Leeds Ward   (source part: V.1 p.464)
May 9 1869: Name of Bennington changed to Leeds, counselors appointed for Bishop Stringham
entity #12378, assertion #4007055 by bplewe on 2020-09-20: confidence 100%.
mentions: Leeds Ward   (source part: V.1 p.480)
19 Jul 1869: James Lewis appointed to take charge of Leeds Ward (including Harrisburg) because Bishop Stringham is absent most of the time.
entity #12378, assertion #4007057 by bplewe on 2020-09-20: confidence 100%.
mentions: Leeds Ward   (source part: V.1 p.514)
Dec 1869: Solomon Angell appointed presiding elder of Leeds Branch
entity #12378, assertion #4007074 by bplewe on 2020-09-20: confidence 100%.
mentions: Leeds Ward   (source part: 1874 p.29)
17 March 1874: Leeds separated from Toquerville, combined with Harrisburg, bishop Wyllys Darwin Fuller ordained.
entity #12378, assertion #4007079 by bplewe on 2020-09-20: confidence 100%.
mentions: Kanarra Ward   (source part: 1878 p.13)
16 March 1878: Harmony and Kanarra Wards moved from Parowan Stake to St. George Stake
entity #12254, assertion #4007723 by bplewe on 2021-01-16: confidence 100%.
mentions: Hamblin Branch   (image: catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org, source part: 1875 p.76)
1875: "Fort Hamblin Branch of Pinto Ward" is one of many congregations that gave up on the United Order after one year.
entity #303100, assertion #4006888 by bplewe on 2020-08-02: confidence 100%.
mentions: Harrisburg Branch   (image: catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org, source part: p.144)
June 12 1862, Harrisburg: "Elders Orson Pratt and Erastus Snow called a meeting and organized the residents as a branch of the Church, with Elder James Lewis as presiding elder, ... attached to Washington Ward ... forty one persons were at this time registered as members of the Branch." Family names listed.
entity #303180, assertion #4006895 by bplewe on 2020-08-02: confidence 100%.
mentions: Harrisburg Branch   (image: catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org, source part: p.480)
July 19 1869: "At a meeting held in Leeds it was decided (as Bishop Stringam ... is found to be absent from the ward so much of the time) that Elder James Lewis should be appointed to take charge of the Leeds Ward, including Harrisburg."
entity #303180, assertion #4006908 by bplewe on 2020-08-02: confidence 100%.
mentions: Harrisburg Branch   (source part: p.187)
Autumn 1863: Silas Harris appointed the new presiding elder of Harrisburg Branch.
entity #303180, assertion #4006898 by bplewe on 2020-08-02: confidence 100%.
mentions: Harrisburg Branch   (source part: 1876 p.53)
1876: "This year, Wyllys D. Fuller moved from Harrisburg to Arizona...Goudy Hogan, who was presented as Acting Bishop of Leeds at last November Conference has been chosen as Bishop of Leeds Ward...and Elder Milton Dailey was appointed and set part as Presiding Elder of Harrisburg Branch.”
entity #303180, assertion #4006926 by bplewe on 2020-08-02: confidence 100%.
mentions: Harrisburg Branch   (image: catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org, source part: p.387)
1 Dec 1867: "Benjamin J. Stringam was appointed as acting Bishop over the saints at Bennington, afterwards called Leeds, and over the saints at Harrisburg."
entity #303180, assertion #4006900 by bplewe on 2020-08-02: confidence 100%.
mentions: Harrisburg Branch   
17 March 1874: Leeds Ward reorganized by Brigham Young and George A. Smith, including Harrisburg (Branch?)
entity #303180, assertion #4006918 by bplewe on 2020-08-02: confidence 100%.
mentions: Harrisburg Branch   (source part: p.514)
Dec 1870: Orson B. Adams appointed Presiding Elder of Harrisburg Branch (Adams is mentioned a few times during the 1870s)
entity #303180, assertion #4006916 by bplewe on 2020-08-02: confidence 100%.
mentions: Mountain Dell Branch (Washington Co.)   (source part: V.1 p.448)
Spring 1869: Owen Isom, Presiding Elder of recently resettled Mountain Dell
entity #305500, assertion #4007119 by bplewe on 2020-09-20: confidence 100%.
mentions: St. Joseph Ward   (source part: V.1 p.265)
28 May 1865: St. Joseph Branch of St. Thomas Ward organized, Presiding Elder Warren Foote
entity #307340, assertion #4007447 by bplewe on 2020-12-06: confidence 100%.
mentions: St. Joseph Ward   
16 Dec 1867: St. Joseph Ward organized, Bishop Alma Harrison Bennett, who had been the Presiding Elder of Mill Point
entity #307340, assertion #4007449 by bplewe on 2020-12-06: confidence 100%.
mentions: Shunesburg Branch   (source part: 1874 p.217)
1874: Oliver Demill replaces Walter Stringham as presiding elder of Shoonsburg Branch
entity #307920, assertion #4007334 by bplewe on 2020-10-18: confidence 100%.
mentions: Mount Trumbull Ward   (source part: 1874 p.12)
8 Feb 1874: Mt. Trumbull Branch organized. Presiding Elder Ebenezer Bryce
entity #35238, assertion #4007105 by bplewe on 2020-09-20: confidence 100%.
mentions: Mount Trumbull Ward   (source part: 1877 p.144)
13 Aug 1877: Eli Whipple released from Mt. Trumbull United Order (moved to Pine Valley), John P. Chidester made superintendent of United Order (and branch presiding elder)
entity #35238, assertion #4007108 by bplewe on 2020-09-20: confidence 100%.
mentions: Pine Valley Ward   (source part: V.1 p.75)
1859: Pine Valley Branch organized, Presiding Elder John Hawley, attached to Santa Clara Ward.
entity #426911, assertion #4007231 by bplewe on 2020-09-20: confidence 100%.
mentions: Pine Valley Ward   (source part: V.1 p.60)
10 Apr 1858: Pine Valley Branch has been attached to Harmony Ward
entity #426911, assertion #4007229 by bplewe on 2020-09-20: confidence 100%.
mentions: Pine Valley Ward   (source part: V.1 p.377)
6 July 1867: William Snow ordained bishop of newly organized Pine Valley Ward by his brother Erastus Snow
entity #426911, assertion #4007240 by bplewe on 2020-09-20: confidence 100%.
mentions: Pine Valley Ward   (source part: V.1 p.371)
4 Feb 1867: John Hawley is still PE of Pine Valley Branch
entity #426911, assertion #4007238 by bplewe on 2020-09-20: confidence 100%.
mentions: Glendale Ward (Utah 1871)   (source part: 1877 p.144)
4 Aug 1877: Glendale Ward (now independent) organized with Bishop James Leithead
entity #430027, assertion #4007925 by bplewe on 2021-01-25: confidence 100%.
mentions: Glendale Ward (Utah 1871)   (image: catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org, source part: 1871 p.13)
10 March 1871: John W. Young and James Bleak identify town sites for Glendale and Mt. Carmel, suggesting that they are part of the St. George Stake
entity #430027, assertion #4007916 by bplewe on 2021-01-25: confidence 100%.
mentions: Glendale Ward (Utah 1871)   (source part: 1872 p.24)
1 Nov 1872: Glendale listed as part of Long Valley Ward (but not called a ward itself)
entity #430027, assertion #4007920 by bplewe on 2021-01-25: confidence 100%.
mentions: Glendale Ward (Utah 1871)   (source part: 1874 p.49)
22 March 1874: "Glendale Ward" organized in the United Order, President James Leithead
entity #430027, assertion #4007922 by bplewe on 2021-01-25: confidence 100%.
mentions: St. George 2nd Ward (1862)   (source part: V.1 p.217)
29 Nov 1863: Henry Eyring ordained bishop of St. George 2nd Ward by Erastus Snow
entity #430070, assertion #4007361 by bplewe on 2020-10-18: confidence 100%.
mentions: St. Thomas Ward (1865)   (source part: V.1 p.387)
16 Dec 1867: Thomas S. Smith released as bishop by Brigham Young, James Leithead set apart as bishop of St. Thomas Ward
entity #430072, assertion #4007463 by bplewe on 2020-12-06: confidence 100%.
mentions: Bunkerville   (image: catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org, source part: 1877 p.30)
Jan 8 1877: "Some twelve men of the Santa Clara Ward commenced to build up a settlement on the left bank of the Lower Rio Virgen ... were under the presidency of Edward Bunker . . . they named their new location Bunkerville."
entity #481639, assertion #4006653 by bplewe on 2020-07-31: confidence 100%.
mentions: Clover Valley   (image: catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org, source part: p.465)
May 1869: Lyman L. Woods and others resettle Clover Valley, which had been abandoned in 1866
entity #481641, assertion #4006677 by bplewe on 2020-07-31: confidence 100%.
mentions: Eagle Valley   (image: catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org, source part: p.240)
1864: "Meltiar Hatch and family, Ira Hatch, Frederick Hamblin and others settled Eagle Valley this Fall and Winter"
entity #481642, assertion #4006751 by bplewe on 2020-07-31: confidence 100%.
mentions: Saint Thomas (1865)   (source part: V.1 p.247)
8 Jan 1865: Thomas S. Smith leads first settlers to Muddy Valley, begins to lay out town of St. Thomas
entity #481657, assertion #4007455 by bplewe on 2020-12-06: confidence 100%.
mentions: West Point   (source part: 1870 p.37)
17 Sep 1870: West Point has been flooded; Brigham Young has authorized the residents to abandon the settlement.
entity #481660, assertion #4007529 by bplewe on 2020-12-06: confidence 100%.
mentions: Grafton   (image: catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org, source part: p.75)
Dec 1859: "Nathan C. Tenney, with some four other families from Virgen City, commenced a settlement six miles above Virgen, and it was named Grafton."
entity #481831, assertion #4006821 by bplewe on 2020-08-01: confidence 100%.
mentions: Gunlock   (image: catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org, source part: p.166)
Summer 1862: Gunlock settled by Dudley Leavitt
entity #481843, assertion #4006881 by bplewe on 2020-08-02: confidence 100%.
mentions: Pintura   (source part: p.182)
Spring 1863: "A settlement has been started on the right bank of Ash Creek, 28 miles NE of St. George...called Ashton. This place has been under the charge of the Bishopric of Toquerville."
entity #482005, assertion #4006645 by bplewe on 2020-07-31: confidence 100%.
mentions: Toquerville   
10 April 1858: Toquerville settled, called by Cedar Stake President Isaac Haight, led by Joshua T. Willis.
entity #482086, assertion #4007473 by bplewe on 2020-12-06: confidence 100%.
mentions: Panguitch Stake   (image: catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org, source part: Book B, 1875, p.41)
7 May 1875: St. George Stake Conference, speakers include "Elder Jesse W. Crosby, Jun, President of Panguitch Stake"
entity #500127, assertion #4008073 by bplewe on 2021-01-31: confidence 100%.
mentions: Camp Lorenzo   (image: catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org, source part: 1875 p.57)
YMMIA organized Sep 1875, Pres. James May
entity #700268, assertion #4006470 by bplewe on 2020-07-05: confidence 100%.
mentions: Camp Lorenzo Branch   (image: catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org, source part: 1877 p.165)
Branch mentioned, Dec 15 1877, Pres. Israel Hunsaker
entity #700269, assertion #4006475 by bplewe on 2020-07-05: confidence 100%.
mentions: Duncan's Retreat Branch   (image: catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org, source part: p.150)
about 27 Sep 1862: Erastus Snow suggests that Duncan's Retreat be organized as a branch (no president named), part of Toquerville Ward
entity #302010, assertion #4006733 by bplewe on 2020-07-31: confidence 100%.
mentions: Duncan's Retreat Branch   (source part: p.410)
May 1868: Duncan's Retreat is included in the new Virgen City Ward. Not clear if it is a dependent branch or not.
entity #302010, assertion #4006730 by bplewe on 2020-07-31: confidence 100%.
mentions: Middleton Branch (Washington Co.)   (source part: V.1 p.196)
18 Dec 1863: Middleton Branch of the 4th Ward organized, Presiding Teacher Henry B.M. Jolley
entity #301015, assertion #4007083 by bplewe on 2020-09-20: confidence 100%.
mentions: Beaver Dams/Millersburg   (image: catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org, source part: V.1 p.257)
Erastus Snow passes through April 22 1865, describing the setting and prospects in detail
entity #700272, assertion #4006546 by bplewe on 2020-07-31: confidence 100%.
mentions: Pinto Ward   (source part: 1877 p.126)
18 June 1877: Pinto Branch organized as a ward, Bishop Robert Knell [when did it turn into a branch?]
entity #2073471, assertion #4007268 by bplewe on 2020-09-21: confidence 100%.
mentions: Pinto Ward   (source part: V.1 p.377)
11 July 1867: Pinto Ward organized, Bishop Richard S. Robinson
entity #2073471, assertion #4007263 by bplewe on 2020-09-21: confidence 100%.
mentions: Pahreah Ward   (image: catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org, source part: 1870 p.19)
27 March 1870: mention of newly resettled Pahreah, led by presiding elder William Meeks
entity #2072157, assertion #4007990 by bplewe on 2021-01-26: confidence 100%.
mentions: Mount Carmel Ward   (source part: 1874 p.31)
20 March 1874: Mt. Carmel organized in the United Order, President Israel Hoyt [bishop as in other UO?]
entity #2065495, assertion #4007973 by bplewe on 2021-01-26: confidence 100%.
mentions: Johnson Ward   (source part: 1874 p.27)
8 March 1874: United Order authorized for Johnson (foreman Sixtus E. Johnson) as part of Kanab. No mention of branch or ward status
entity #2051206, assertion #4007927 by bplewe on 2021-01-25: confidence 100%.
mentions: Beaver Dams/Millersburg   (image: catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org, source part: p.388)
24 Dec 1867: "Millersburg, presided over be Henry W. Miller, known previously as Beaver Dams, was submerged by a flood in the Rio Virgen...caused the place to be abandoned."
entity #700272, assertion #4006593 by bplewe on 2020-07-31: confidence 100%.
mentions: Grafton Ward (1861)   
1866: Grafton Ward renamed Rockville Ward during consolidation of Black Hawk War, retains Bishop Winsor
entity #700291, assertion #4006843 by bplewe on 2020-08-02: confidence 100%.
mentions: Panaca Ward   (source part: V.1 p.507)
14 Nov 1869: Stake President JW Young sets apart James Henry as acting bishop of Panaca Ward (AF Barron gone on a mission)
entity #22152, assertion #4007223 by bplewe on 2020-09-20: confidence 100%.
mentions: Panaca Ward   (source part: 1875 p.22)
25 Feb 1875: Luke Syphus becomes new acting bishop of Panaca Ward
entity #22152, assertion #4007226 by bplewe on 2020-09-20: confidence 100%.
mentions: Panaca Ward   (source part: V.1 p.226)
11 June 1864: John Nebeker sustained to preside (in absentia from St. George) over the northwestern settlements, including Meadow Valley
entity #22152, assertion #4007210 by bplewe on 2020-09-20: confidence 100%.
mentions: Panaca Ward   (source part: V.1 p.223)
21 May 1864: Erastus Snow (Apostle/mission president) visits Meadow Valley, selects a town site to be called Panaca, appoints Samuel Lee as presiding elder
entity #22152, assertion #4007208 by bplewe on 2020-09-20: confidence 100%.
mentions: Panaca Ward   (source part: V.1 p.362)
31 Dec 1866: Alexander F. Barron recently made acting bishop of Panaca Ward
entity #22152, assertion #4007218 by bplewe on 2020-09-20: confidence 100%.
mentions: Price City Ward (Washington Co.)   (source part: 1878 p.51)
Dec 14 1878: Decision to organize Price City as a ward
entity #2075059, assertion #4006947 by bplewe on 2020-08-02: confidence 100%.
mentions: Pinto Ward   (source part: V.1 p.478)
2 July 1869: Mountain Meadows and Pinto Iron Works attached to Pinto Ward [Hamblin attached soon after]
entity #2073471, assertion #4007265 by bplewe on 2020-09-21: confidence 100%.
mentions: Pinto Ward   (source part: V.1 p.376)
4 Feb 1867: Richard S. Robinson still presiding elder of Pinto Branch
entity #2073471, assertion #4007261 by bplewe on 2020-09-21: confidence 100%.
mentions: Pinto Ward   (source part: V.1 p.72)
7 July 1859: Pinto Branch organized, Presiding Elder Richard S. Robinson, attached to Santa Clara Ward.
entity #2073471, assertion #4007258 by bplewe on 2020-09-21: confidence 100%.