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Granger, Oliver
Biography
7 Feb. 1794–23/25 Aug. 1841. Sheriff, church agent. Born at Phelps, Ontario Co., New York. Son of Pierce Granger and Clarissa Trumble. Married Lydia Dibble, 8 Sept. 1813, at Phelps. Member of Methodist church and licensed exhorter. Sheriff of Ontario Co. and colonel in militia. Partially blind from 1827 onward. Lived at Phelps, 1830. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and ordained an elder by Brigham and Joseph Young, ca. 1832–1833, at Sodus, Wayne Co., New York. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, 1833. Served mission to eastern U.S. with Samuel Newcomb. Ordained a high priest, 29 Apr. 1836, at Kirtland. Served mission to New York with John P. Greene, spring 1836. Appointed to Kirtland high council, 8 Oct. 1837. Appointed to settle JS’s business affairs in Kirtland, 1838. Left Kirtland for Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri, June 1838, possibly to confer regarding JS’s Kirtland business affairs. Directed in July 1838 revelation to move to Far West. Returned to Kirtland to settle JS’s affairs. Acted as agent in securing lands in Lee Co., Iowa Territory, May 1839. Appointed to preside over church in Kirtland, 4 May 1839. Died at Kirtland.
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- History, 1838–1856, volume A-1 [23 December 1805–30 August 1834]
- History Draft [6 August 1838–30 December 1839]
- History Draft [1 January–31 December 1840]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- Letter from Thomas Burdick, 28 August 1840
- Account with Estate of Oliver Granger, between circa 3 February and circa 2 March 1842
- Accounts Payable, 1 February–19 April 1838
- Act to Incorporate the City of Nauvoo, 16 December 1840
- Affidavit from Jonathan Holmes, 7 February 1843
- Agreement with Amos Rees and Alexander Doniphan, 28 November 1838
- Agreement with Edwin Woolley, 27 April 1840
- Agreement with John A. Newbould, circa 2 August 1839
- Agreement with Mead & Betts, 2 August 1839
- Agreement with Oliver Granger, 29 April 1840
- Agreement with Oliver Granger, 29 April 1840, Copy
- Assignment from William Barker, 25 May 1837
- Assignment of Judgment, 1 March 1838 [ Rounds qui tam v. JS ]
- Assignment, Amos Davis to Oliver Granger, 21 April 1840
- Authorization for Oliver Granger, 13 May 1839
- Authorization for Oliver Granger, 6 May 1839
- Authorization for Stephen Markham, 27 May 1839
- Bond to Dimick B. Huntington, 25 September 1839
- Bond to Hiram Clark, 23 September 1839
- Bond to Isaac Davis, 11 April 1840
- Bond to James Goff, 25 September 1839–A
- Bond to James Goff, 25 September 1839–B
- Bond to William Allred, 25 September 1839
- Bond to William Ford, 25 September 1839
- Bond, 13 February 1838 [ M. Allen v. O. Granger ]
- Bond, 25 September 1839–A
- Bond, 25 September 1839–B
- Bond, 25 September 1839–C
- Bond, 25 September 1839–D
- Bond, 25 September 1839–E
- Bond, 25 September 1839–F
- Bond, 25 September 1839–G
- Bond, 25 September 1839–H
- Bond, 25 September 1839–I
- Bond, Oliver Granger and William Smith to Keeler, McNiel & Co., 20 January 1838
- Bond, Oliver Granger to Christopher Edmunds, 16 March 1841
- Bond, Oliver Granger to Michael Rank, 21 May 1841
- Declaration to the Geauga County Court of Common Pleas, 7 May 1838 [ JS for the use of J. Granger v. Smalling and Coltrin ]
- Declaration, circa 17 December 1838 [ Halsted, Haines & Co. v. O. Granger et al. ]
- Declaration, circa 4 May 1838 [ M. Allen v. O. Granger ]
- Deed from Oliver and Lydia Dibble Granger, 25 April 1840, as Recorded in Hancock County Deeds
- Deed from William and Rosannah Robinson Marks, 11 February 1841–B
- Deed to Samuel F. Whitney, 8 July 1838
- Deed, 23 November 1841 [ Underwood, Bald, Spencer & Hufty v. Rigdon et al. ]
- Deed, 24 May 1842 [ Halsted, Haines & Co. v. O. Granger et al. ]
- Deed, 27 May 1842 [ Halsted, Haines & Co. v. O. Granger et al. ]
- Deed, 4 February 1845 [ Halsted, Haines & Co. v. O. Granger et al. ]
- Deed, Aaron and Polly Kelsey Johnson to Oliver Granger, 22 November 1839–A
- Deed, Aaron and Polly Kelsey Johnson to Oliver Granger, 22 November 1839–B
- Deed, Abel and Betsey Owen to Oliver Granger, 10 October 1840
- Deed, Alanson Ripley to Oliver Granger, 15 November 1839
- Deed, Alonzo and Betsey Reed to Oliver Granger, 9 October 1840
- Deed, Isaac and Elizabeth Wilcox Galland to Oliver Granger, 29 1839 May–A
- Deed, Isaac and Elizabeth Wilcox Galland to Oliver Granger, 29 1839 May–B
- Deed, Isaac and Elizabeth Wilcox Galland to Oliver Granger, 29 May 1839–A, as Recorded in Lee County, Iowa, Land Records
- Deed, Isaac and Elizabeth Wilcox Galland to Oliver Granger, 29 May 1839–B, as Recorded in Lee County, Iowa, Land Records
- Deed, Jonathan and Julia Harrington to Oliver Granger, 9 October 1840
- Deed, Oliver Granger to Christopher Edmunds, 24 September 1841
- Deed, Oliver and Lydia Dibble Granger to Gilbert Granger, 12 August 1841–A
- Deed, Oliver and Lydia Dibble Granger to Gilbert Granger, 12 August 1841–B
- Deed, Oliver and Lydia Dibble Granger to John Howden, 29 March 1838
- Deed, Oliver and Lydia Dibble Granger to John Howden, 30 April 1838
- Deed, Oliver and Lydia Dibble Granger to William Perkins, 20 September 1838
- Deed, Oliver and Lydia Dibble Granger to Zalmon and Robert Mead, 22 February 1841
- Deed, Thomas and Elizabeth King to Oliver Granger, 10 October 1840
- Deed, Vinson Knight to Oliver Granger, 15 November 1839–A
- Deed, Vinson Knight to Oliver Granger, 15 November 1839–B
- Deed, William Marks to Oliver Granger, 23 April 1840
- Deed, William Marks to Oliver Granger, 28 April 1840
- Discourse, 13 April 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 25 April 1841, as Reported by Julius Alexander Reed
- Discourse, 30 July 1840, as Reported by John Smith
- Discourse, 9 May 1841, as Reported by Julius Alexander Reed
- Docket Entry, Allowed Claim from Amos Davis, 19 April 1849 [ Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS ]
- Docket Entry, Costs, circa 16 April 1839 [ Halsted, Haines & Co. v. O. Granger et al. ]
- Docket Entry, Costs, circa 4 June 1838 [ M. Allen v. O. Granger ]
- Docket Entry, Sheriff’s Sale, 23 September 1841 [ Halsted, Haines & Co. v. O. Granger et al. ]
- Docket Entry, between 13 April and 3 June 1837 [ State of Ohio v. JS for Threatening to Take Life ]
- Docket Entry, between 17 and circa 24 August 1837 [ Usher v. JS–B ]
- Docket Entry, circa 5 February 1838 [ M. Allen v. O. Granger ]
- Henry G. Sherwood, Account Book, November 1839–June 1844, November 1844
- History Draft [1 January–30 June 1842]
- History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]
- History Draft [1 January–3 March 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 Addenda
- History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- Introduction to Bailey & Reynolds v. Rigdon et al.
- Introduction to Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS
- Introduction to Halsted, Haines & Co. v. O. Granger et al.
- Introduction to Holcomb Administrator of the Estate of JS
- Introduction to JS v. O. Cowdery
- Introduction to M. Allen v. JS et al.
- Introduction to M. Allen v. O. Granger
- Introduction to Newbould v. Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery
- Introduction to Rounds qui tam v. JS
- Introduction to Scribner v. Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery
- Introduction to State of Ohio v. JS for Threatening to Take Life
- Introduction to Usher v. JS–A and Usher v. JS–B
- Introduction to Joseph Smith’s Bankruptcy
- Introduction to Kirtland Mercantile Firms
- Introduction to Ohio Agent Papers
- Introduction to Ohio Land Transactions
- Introduction to Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery
- Introduction to the Kirtland Safety Society
- Inventory of Property, circa 14–16 April 1842
- Inventory, circa 14 January 1845 [ Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS ]
- Invoice, Jacob Bump to William Smith, 22 November 1836
- Joseph Smith’s Store Daybook A, January–July 1842
- Journal, 1839
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 1, 21 December 1842–10 March 1843
- Journal, December 1841–December 1842
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 3, 15 July 1843–29 February 1844
- Journal, March–September 1838
- Kirtland Elders’ Certificates
- Kirtland Safety Society Bank Stock Ledger, 18 October 1836–12 June 1837
- Kirtland Safety Society Daybook, circa 4–16 January 1837
- Letter from Almon Babbitt, 19 October 1841
- Letter from Alonzo LeBaron, circa 29 June 1842
- Letter from Don Carlos Smith, 3 June 1841
- Letter from Hyrum Smith, 2 January 1840
- Letter from Isaac Galland, 5 April 1841
- Letter from John Laws, 18 October 1841
- Letter from John McKee, 7 March 1843
- Letter from Lester Brooks and Others, 16 November 1841
- Letter from Oliver Granger, 6 July 1840
- Letter from Orville Browning and Nehemiah Bushnell, 23 November 1841
- Letter from Parley P. Pratt, 22 November 1839
- Letter from Reuben McBride, 28 February 1844
- Letter from Reuben McBride, 3 January 1842
- Letter from Sidney Rigdon, 3 April 1840
- Letter from William Perkins, 29 October 1838
- Letter of Introduction from Horace Kingsbury, 26 October 1838
- Letter of Introduction from John Howden, 27 October 1838
- Letter of Introduction from John Howden, 27 October 1838, in Handwriting of John Howden
- Letter of Introduction from Thomas Griffith and John Seymour, 19 October 1838
- Letter to Amos Keeler, 16 March 1841
- Letter to Church Leaders in Kirtland, Ohio, 15 December 1841
- Letter to David Hale, 12–19 February 1841
- Letter to Father Bigler, 27 May 1839
- Letter to Horace Hotchkiss, 25 August 1841
- Letter to John C. Bennett, 8 August 1840
- Letter to John Corrill and the Church in Missouri, 4 September 1837
- Letter to Newel K. Whitney, 12 December 1840
- Letter to Newel K. Whitney, 24 May 1839
- Letter to Oliver Granger, 26 January 1841
- Letter to Oliver Granger, 30 August 1841
- Letter to Oliver Granger, 4 May 1841
- Letter to Oliver Granger, between circa 22 and circa 28 July 1840
- Letter to Orville Browning and Nehemiah Bushnell, 7 December 1841
- Letter to William Marks and Newel K. Whitney, 8 July 1838
- Letter to the Presidency in Kirtland, 29 March 1838
- Letter to the Saints in Kirtland, Ohio, 19 October 1840
- Letter, Don Carlos Smith to Oliver Granger, 11 July 1841
- Letter, Don Carlos Smith to Oliver Granger, 14 February 1841
- Letter, Reuben McBride to William Marks, 4 June 1843
- Letterbook 2
- License for Oliver Granger, 29 April 1836
- List of Notes Returned by Reynolds Cahoon, circa July 1836
- Memorandum of Deeds, 3 March 1842
- Memorandum of Notes, 2 March 1842
- Minute Book 1
- Minutes and Discourse, 1–5 October 1841
- Minutes and Discourse, 2 May 1835, as Reported by William E. McLellin–A
- Minutes and Discourse, 2 May 1835, as Reported by William E. McLellin–B
- Minutes and Discourse, 3–5 October 1840
- Minutes and Discourse, 6 March 1840
- Minutes and Discourses, 7–8 March 1835
- Minutes, 10 August 1835
- Minutes, 12 April 1840
- Minutes, 17 August 1835
- Minutes, 17 August 1840
- Minutes, 20 February 1834
- Minutes, 3 September 1837
- Minutes, 4–5 May 1839
- Minutes, 5–6 September 1840
- Minutes, 6 May 1839
- Minutes, 8 March 1840
- Mortgage to Mead, Stafford & Co., 11 July 1837
- Notice, circa 1 December 1842
- Notice, circa Late August 1837
- Pay Order from Oliver Granger for Samuel Clark, 5 July 1841
- Pay Order to Edward Partridge for Oliver Granger (Fragment), 3 April 1838
- Pay Order to Edward Partridge for Oliver Granger, 26 April 1838
- Pay Order to Edward Partridge for Oliver Granger, 3 March 1838
- Pay Order to Edward Partridge for William Smith, 21 February 1838–A
- Pay Order to Newel K. Whitney for George Miller, 18 September 1840
- Pay Order to Newel K. Whitney for “Mrs. Young,” 15 June 1840
- Pay Order to Oliver Granger, 15 April 1840
- Plea, circa 12 May 1838 [ M. Allen v. O. Granger ]
- Power of Attorney to Oliver Granger, 27 September 1837
- Power of Attorney to Reuben McBride, 28 October 1841
- Power of Attorney, Aaron Johnson to Oliver Granger, 15 April 1839
- Power of Attorney, John W. Clark to Oliver Granger, 15 April 1839
- Power of Attorney, William Marks to Oliver Granger, 7 May 1839
- Promissory Note to Amos Tomlinson, 19 November 1839
- Promissory Note to Halsted, Haines & Co., 1 September 1837–A
- Promissory Note to Halsted, Haines & Co., 1 September 1837–B
- Promissory Note to Halsted, Haines & Co., 1 September 1837–C
- Promissory Note to Mead & Betts, 1 September 1837–C
- Promissory Note to Mead & Betts, 1 September 1837–C, Unidentified Scribe Copy
- Receipt from Sarah Burt Beman, 26 January 1839
- Receipt to Jonathan Harrington, 8 July 1842
- Receipt, Almon Babbitt to Oliver Granger and Gilbert Granger, 11 May 1843
- Receipt, Lake County Treasurer’s Office to Oliver Granger, 28 November 1840
- Receipt, Reuben Hitchcock to Oliver Granger, 30 October 1838
- Recommendation for Oliver Granger, 1 November 1839
- Recommendation for Samuel Bent and George W. Harris, between circa 17 and circa 28 July 1840
- Recommendation from Quincy, Illinois, Branch, between 20 October and 1 November 1839
- Record of the Twelve, 14 February–28 August 1835
- Report of Agents, circa 30 January 1841
- Revelation Book 2
- Revelation, 8 July 1838–A [D&C 118]
- Revelation, 8 July 1838–B
- Revelation, 8 July 1838–E [D&C 117]
- Schedule of Creditors, circa 14–16 April 1842
- Statement of Account from Hitchcock & Wilder, between 9 July and 6 November 1838
- Statement of Account from John Howden, 29 March 1838
- Statement of Account from Perkins & Osborn, circa 29 October 1838
- Statement, circa 1 November 1839–B
- Summons, 15 October 1838 [ Halsted, Haines & Co. v. O. Granger et al. ]
- The Book of the Law of the Lord, Book A
- Town Lot Order to Noah Guyman, 12 March 1840
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 10 June 1837 [ State of Ohio v. JS for Threatening to Take Life ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 16 April 1839 [ Halsted, Haines & Co. v. O. Granger et al. ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 4 June 1838 [ M. Allen v. O. Granger ]
- Trustees Land Book A, 11 September 1839–30 April 1842
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