Palmyra NY Sources
Palmyra, NY During Joseph's Life
Maps
http://olivercowdery.com/smithhome/smithmap.htm
- Wayne County, NY - On April 11, 1823, Wayne County was formed by combining portions of Seneca and Ontario counties.
- 1829 - David H. Burr - Wayne County
- 1841 - Stone & Clark Republishers - Wayne County
- 1853 - A.D. Byles - Map of Wayne County, NY - Library of Congress
- 1855 - John E. Gillette - Map of Wayne County, NY - Library of Congress
- 1858 - John E. Gillette -
- 1874 - D.G. Beers published several detailed maps of Palmyra
- 1874 - D.G. Beers & Co - Palmyra Village - is an incredibly detailed map, perhaps the best one.
- 1874 - D.G. Beers & Co - East Palmyra [Village]; Palmyra [Township]; Palmyra (Town) Business Notices
- 1874 - Palmyra (Village) Business Notices; Rose Valley [Village]
- 1884 - Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Palmyra, NY - Library of Congress
- Joseph Smith Papers Palmyra Township Summary - Includes a number of citations. Population 3,400 in 1830.
Documents:
- 1820 palmyra census - ancestry.com
- Family Search Wiki - Has links to a number of the key documents.
- LDSGenealology.com/NY/Palmyra - Palmyra, has tons of resources!!
- Wayne County Historian - A document with lots of modern photos, maps and details of historic houses and places in Wayne County
- Book: Thomas L. Cook, Palmyra and Vicinity [Palmyra, NY: Press of the Palmyra Courier-Journal, 1930
- Lot's of history and details, including descriptions of buildings located in Palmyra in the 1820s.
- Book: History of Wayne County NY, 1877
- Book: Old Mormon Palmyra and New England (1991) - available on archive.org
- LDS Palmyra Genealogy (in Wayne County, NY)
Newspapers:
- Palmyra Register - 1817-1821
- Palmyra Herald and Canal Advisor - 1822-1823
- Wayne Sentinel - 1823-1859
- Palmyra Reflector - 1829-1831
Museums and Collections
- Erie Canal Museum
- Palmyra library
- Town of Palmyra
- Meetings Minutes 1793-present
- 1820 meeting minutes
- June 13, 1820 - Smith House location: "Minutes of the survey of a public highway beginning on the south line of Township No. 12, 2nd Range of township in the Town of Palmyra, 3 rods, 114 links southeast of Joseph Smith's dwelling house, thence north 3 degrees, west 192 rods, thence north 2 degrees, east 24 rods, thence north 3 degrees, west 76 rods, thence north 2 degrees, 58 rods, thence north 7 degrees, east 26 rods, thence north 11 degrees, east 47 rods to the line of lots owned by Zebulun Williams and the house of John Hurlbut, thence north 1 ½ degrees, east on said line 68 rods, thence north 4 degrees, west 42 rods to the south line of Main Street, 2 rods west"
- 1820 meeting minutes
- Meetings Minutes 1793-present
Journals & Clues:
- https://www.dialoguejournal.com/articles/the-locations-of-joseph-smiths-early-treasure-quests/
- Fuller Consideration - Dates of Smith's Relocations - All original source documents
- Bill Reel's Reddit Breakdown of the 1826 Trial
Palmyra Accounts:
- Lorenzo Saunders Interview with William H. Kelley, 17 Sept. 1884 - Community of Christ
- Early Mormon Documents
- Joseph Smith's New York Reputation Examined - Roger I. Anderson, 1990 - does an excellent analysis of the original handwritten Kelly Interviews in 1881.
- Hurlbut Affidavits (1834) - negative
- Fredric G. Mather - (1880) 9 negative interviews of early Palmyra residents
- William H. and E.L. Kelly Interviews (1881) - RLDS apostles interviewed Palmyra peeps, pro lds.
- Deming Affidavits (1881)
- Volume 1: Arthur B. Deming's Naked Truths About Mormonism (1888) -
- Arthur B. Deming's Naked Truths About Mormonism II (1988) - Olivercowdery.com site
1820 Palmyra Census: (8 pages)
Below is a watercolor https://themakershands.wordpress.com/2011/03/19/church-historic-sites-ink-and-watercolor-november-2010/
