Joseph Leland Heywood and the Council of Fifty

Joseph L. Heywood and the Council of Fifty

http://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/joseph-l-heywood 

More information about Joseph and his involvement in the Council can be found in The Joseph Smith Papers, Administrative Records, Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846(http://www.josephsmithpapers.org/articles/administrative-records-council-of-fifty-minutes). An overview about the Council of Fifty can be found here (https://history.lds.org/article/council-of-fifty-minutes-joseph-smith-papers?lang=eng). The complete minutes of the Council of Fifty will be made available for on our project website, josephsmithpapers.org, 

Heywood, Joseph L.

Biography

1 Aug. 1815¹–16 Oct. 1910.² Merchant, postmaster, U.S. marshal, hatter, farmer, lawyer.³ Born in Grafton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts.⁴ Son of Benjamin Heywood and Hannah R. Leland.⁵Moved to Illinois, spring 1838.⁶ Moved to Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois, fall 1839.⁷ Married Sarepta M. Blodgett.⁸ Engaged in mercantile business with brother-in-law Oliver Kimball, in Quincy.⁹ Baptized into LDS church by Orson Hyde, Dec. 1842, in Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois.¹⁰ Ordained an elder by Orson Pratt, Mar. 1844.¹¹ Ordained a high priest and bishop by Heber C. Kimball, Brigham Young, and Parley P. Pratt, 8 Oct. 1844.¹² Moved to Nauvoo, fall 1845.¹³ Admitted to Council of Fifty, 11 Jan. 1846.¹⁴ Among trustees of church chosen to dispose of church property in Nauvoo, 1846.¹⁵ Sworn into Council of Fifty, 1848.¹⁶ Migrated to Salt Lake Valley; arrived 19 Oct. 1848.¹⁷Served as first bishop of Salt Lake City Seventeenth Ward for six years, beginning 22 Feb. 1849.¹⁸ Appointed postmaster of Salt Lake City, 1 Mar. 1849.¹⁹ Member of committee to draft constitution for provisional state of Deseret, 8 Mar. 1849.²⁰ Elected surveyor of highways and magistrate, 12 Mar. 1849.²¹ Served mission to eastern U.S. with Edwin D. Woolley to purchase merchandise for church, fall 1849.²² Assisted John M. Bernhisel in securing territorial government in Utah.²³Appointed U.S. marshal for Utah Territory, 1851, 1855.²⁴ Served colonizing mission to Salt Creek (later Nephi, Juab Co.), Utah Territory, spring 1851.²⁵ Helped establish settlement in Carson Valley, Carson Co., Utah Territory (later in Nevada), spring 1855.²⁶ Served colonizing mission to Washington, Washington Co., Utah Territory, fall 1861.²⁷Moved to New Harmony, Washington Co., spring 1863.²⁸ Moved to Panguitch, Iron Co., Utah Territory, Feb. 1872.²⁹ Ordained a patriarch by Brigham Young, 3 Feb. 1874, at St. George, Washington Co.³⁰ Died in Panguitch.³¹

·        History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]

·        History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]