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Portion of Kirtland Township, Ohio September 1835

1 2 3 4 t o Cha r o t Portion of Kirtland Township, Ohio n g e r in M o t September A A Selected Structures . Newel K. Whitney A. Loud-Lyman gristmill . Sidney Rigdon B. Loud-Lyman sawmill . Samuel Smith 7 6 C. Milldam . Elijah Smith 1 3 D. Newel K. and Elizabeth Ann Whitney . N. K. Whitney & Co. house . N. K. Whitney & Co. ainesville B 8 E. N. K. Whitney & Co. red store B C to P B . Newel K. Whitney 4 A F. N. K. Whitney & Co. white store . Ira Bond 5 9 2 G. Tannery . Leonard Rich H. Bark mill 11 . Joseph Smith Jr. Hansen’s Pond 10 I. Tannery vats 12 D . Newel K. Whitney E 15 14 H J. John Johnson inn ( . Oliver Cowdery Ea er 16 17 st B iv ran n R F K. Distillery ch) Chagri J G . Newel K. Whitney 19 L. Sawmill . Oliver Cowdery C N C 11 M. Ashery L M . Joseph Smith Jr. K 20 N. Schoolhouse on the ats . Sidney Rigdon 21 O. Joseph Smith Jr. and Emma Smith house . Edmund Bosley P. Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith . Edmund Bosley house . Joseph Smith Jr. O Q. Methodist Episcopal church P 24 . Isaac Hill R. John Johnson Sr. and Elsa Johnson Cemetery to Cha D D house Q rdon Index of Selected Owners 22 S R T 16 S. Schoolhouse/printing o ce Bond, Ira, , 25 26 27 Temple 23 Lot 28 T. House of the Lord (temple) Bosley, Edmund, , U. Sidney and Phoebe Rigdon house Cowdery, Oliver, , 30 31 Selected Properties and Owners Hill, Isaac, . N. K. Whitney & Co. Johnson, John, Sr., J, R . N. K. Whitney & Co. Loud, Austin, A, B, – t E o Chilli E . N. K. Whitney & Co. Lyman, Azariah, A, B, – , 32 N. K. Whitney & Co., E, F, – , – c . Austin Loud and Azariah Lyman othe . Austin Loud and Azariah Lyman Raymond, Martha, . Austin Loud Rich, Leonard, 33 . Frederick G. Williams Rigdon, Sidney, U, , ² . Frederick G. Williams Smith, Elijah, , . Elijah Smith Smith, Joseph, Jr., O, , , . Ira Bond Smith, Joseph, Sr., P Portion of Kirtland F 0 50 M 100 M F . Azariah Lyman Smith, Samuel, 0 112 FT 225 FT 450 FT Township, Ohio . Newel K. Whitney Whitney, Newel K., D, , , , , Albers Equal Area Projection September 1835 . Martha Raymond Williams, Frederick G., – 1:300 1 2 3 4 RESEARCH: Mark Staker, Lyle Briggs, Lissa Thompson, Jeremy S. Lofthouse, Gerrit J. Dirkmaat, and Brent M. Rogers CARTOGRAPHY: Brice Lucas.

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