Lehi (Utah) -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
John Murdock autobiographies and an essay
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 3241
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of microfilm copies of handwritten materials. The collection consists of a lengthy and a shortened version of an autobiography. Murdock wrote about his early life and his converstion to the Mormon Church in 1830. He followed that faith to Kirtland, Ohio; Missouri; and Illinois. He migrated to Council Bluffs, Iowa, and came to Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1847. He served on missions for the Mormon Church in New York and Australia. Murdock copied letters from leaders of the...
Dates:
1835-1864
John Murdock journal and autobiography
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233631024]
Identifier: MSS SC 997
Scope and Contents
Materials include two copies of the typescript of an autobiography covering, 1792-1867, and journals, 1830-1859. Murdock was a Campbellite who joined the Mormon Church in 1830. He lived with Joseph Smith (1805-1844), the Mormon prophet, in 1833 and participated in "Zion's Camp" in 1834. He lived in Kirtland, Ohio; Nauvoo, Illinois; and Lehi, Utah and was in Missouri during the persecution of Mormons in that state.
Dates:
1830-1867