Among the Elders thus commissioned were Joseph Smith, junior, Sidney Rigdon, Lyman Wight, John Corrill, John Murdock, Hyrum Smith, Thomas B. Marsh, Ezra Thayre, Isaac Morley, Ezra Booth, Edward Partridge, Martin Harris, David Whitmer, Harvey Whitlock, Parley P. Pratt, Orson Pratt, Solomon Hancock, Simeon Garter, Edson Fuller, Jacob Scott, Levi Hancock, Zebedee Coltrin, Reynolds Cahoon, Samuel H. Smith, Wheeler Baldwin, William Garter, Newel Knight, Selah J. Griffin, Joseph Wakefield, Solomon Humphrey, A.. S. Gilbert, William W. Phelps, and Joseph Coe, Newel Knight and the Colesville branch of the Church, formerly of Broome County, New York, but now at Thompson, Ohio, were

instructed to migrate in a body to Missouri.

Before starting, however, he organized a High Council among his followers in Clay County, and set apart a presidency to take charge of the Church in Missouri. David Whitmer, William W. Phelps and John Whitmer were that presidency. The twelve high councilors were as follows: Simeon Carter, Parley P. Pratt, William E. McLellin, Calvin Beebe, Levi Jackman, Solomon Hancock, Christian Whitmer, Newel Knight, Orson Pratt, Lyman Wight, Thomas B. Marsh and John Murdock. This High Council was organized early in July, 1834. On the 9th the Prophet and his friends set out for Kirtland. And so ended

the Zion's Camp expedition.

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PRESIDENTS. Alden Burdick, Alex Whitesides,
Hazen Aldrich, Hiram Winters, George W. Brooks,
Joseph Young, Hiram Blackman, Michael Griffith,
Levi W. Hancock, William D. Pratt, Royal Barney,
Leonard Rich, Zera S. Cole, Libbeus T. Coons,
Zebedee Coltrin, Jesse Huntsman, Willard Snow,
Lyman Sherman, Solomon Angell, Jesse D. Harmon,
Sylvester Smith, Henry Herriman, Heman T. Hyde,

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MEMBERS. Israel Barlow, Lorenzo D. Barnes,
Elias Hutchings Jenkins Salisbury, Hiram Stratton,
Cyrus Smalling, Nelson Higgins, Moses Martin,
Levi Gifford, Harry Brown, Lyman Smith,
Stephen Winchester, Jezaniah B. Smith, Harvey Stanley,
Roger Orton, Lorenzo Booth, Almon W. Babbitt,
Peter Buchanan, Alexander Badlam, William F. Cahoon.
John D. Parker, Zerubbabel Snow, Darwin Richardson.
David Elliot, Harpin Riggs, Milo Andrus,
Samuel Brown, Edson Barney, True Glidden.
Sahnon Warner, Joseph B. Noble, Henry Shibley.
Jacob Chapman, Henry Benner, Harrison Burgess.
Charles Kelley, David Evans, Jedediah M. Grant.
Edmund Fisher. Nathan B. Baldwin, David Stevens.
Warren Parrish, Burr Riggs. Amasa M. Lyman.
Joseph Hancock, Lewis Robbins. George A. Smith.

Soon after the Prophet's return from Canada, a return rendered barely possible by mobs lying in wait to attack him, a conference was held at Kirtland and steps taken to purge the disaffected element from the various councils of the Priesthood. It was Sunday, September 3rd, 1837. On that day the Church voted with uplifted hands to sustain in office the following named Elders: Joseph Smith, junior, as President of the Church; Sidney Rigdon as his first counselor; Oliver Cowdery, Joseph Smith, senior, Hyrum Smith and John Smith, as assistant counselors; Thomas B. Marsh, David W. Patten, Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, Orson Hyde, Parley P. Pratt, Orson Pratt, William Smith and William E. McLellin as members of the council of the Apostles; John Gaylord, James Foster, Salmon Gee, Daniel S. Miles, Joseph Young, Josiah Butter field and Levi Hancock, as Presidents of Seventies, and Newel K. Whitney as Bishop of Kirtland, with Reynolds Cahoon and Jared Garter as his counselors.