Daughter of William Swapp and Elizabeth Hill
Swapp Chronology - William Swapp, Jr. married Elizabeth Hill sometime in 1845. Elizabeth Swapp became pregnant around September 1845. William & Elizabeth Swapp received their endowments in the Nauvoo Temple on January 22, 1846. William & Elizabeth Swapp were sealed together by Brigham Young (with H. C. Kimball as witness) in the Nauvoo Temple on January 28, 1846.
The Saints began crossing the frozen Mississippi River out of Nauvoo on 4 February 1846. Most of the Saints left Nauvoo in April or May of 1846. Because of the Mormons' willingness to join the Army in the Mormon Battalion, the U.S. government gave the Saints permission to establish temporary settlements on Indian lands on both sides of the Missouri River. The first Saints arrived on the Missouri River on June 14, 1846, and even the Saints who left Nauvoo later arrived about the same time at the area of modern day Council Bluffs (because the roads were no longer as muddy).
Agnes Swapp was born 16 June 1846, still in the Pottawatomie Indian lands in western Iowa.
In August 1846, a group of about 2500 Saints settled the first town in Nebraska, Cutler's Park, which was about 3 miles west of the Winter Quarters Cemetery on both sides of the modern Mormon Bridge Road. It was named for Alpheus Cutler, one of the master builders of the Nauvoo Temple, who found the site. There were some Mormon burials in an Indian burial mound in the area (general location is known).
On 27 August 1846, representatives of the Omaha and Oto Indian tribes both came to request rent from the Mormons for using their land. They later left that windy townsite on the bluffs, looking for a better place to live. Scouting parties were sent out in various directions looking for a new winter quarters, including the traditional Omaha lands north of old Fort Atkinson, where Fort Calhoun, Nebraska is today.
While at a temporary camp somewhere (perhaps 5 miles) north of Cutler Park, some people died, and they started a cemetery (exact location unknown). The Twelve Apostles chose the site for Winter Quarters on 11 September 1846.
Agnes Swapp died 16 September 1846 of "chills and fever" (a malarial fever that affected many of the Saints there).
Brigham Young led the first large contingent of Latter-day Saints to the Salt Lake Valley in the Spring and Summer of 1847. Then he and other Church leaders returned to Winter Quarters for another winter.
A conference was held in the newly built tabernacle at Kanesville on 27 December 1847 where Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, and Willard Richards were sustained as the new First Presidency of the Church.
Because the government asked for the vacating of Indian lands, by the Summer of 1848, Winter Quarters was mostly abandoned, and most families leaving for the Salt Lake Valley departed from the Kanesville area, with most Saints then living on the Iowa side of the Missouri River after Brigham Young asked them to relocate there. Oliver Cowdery returned to the Church at Kanesville and was rebaptized on 12 November 1848.
William Hill Swapp was born in Honey Creek (about 16 miles north of Kanesville and a mile or two east of the Missouri River) on 17 June 1849. Archibald Hill Swapp was mentioned as being a part of the Swapp Family in the Winter Quarters area, even though he apparently wasn't born until later.
The Hills and the Swapps left Kanesville around 22 April 1851 in Capt. John G. Smith's company in the 2nd Division under Capt. Abraham Day. Elizabeth was very pregnant at the time, so her niece, Elisabeth A. Richards, traveled with them to help her aunt. Archibald Hill Swapp was born in the Platte Bottoms on 25 June 1851.
The Hills and the Swapps arrived in the Salt Lake Valley on 9 September 1851. - Steve Swapp
See Winter Quarters 5th Ward
Swapp Chronology - William Swapp, Jr. married Elizabeth Hill sometime in 1845. Elizabeth Swapp became pregnant around September 1845. William & Elizabeth Swapp received their endowments in the Nauvoo Temple on January 22, 1846. William & Elizabeth Swapp were sealed together by Brigham Young (with H. C. Kimball as witness) in the Nauvoo Temple on January 28, 1846.
The Saints began crossing the frozen Mississippi River out of Nauvoo on 4 February 1846. Most of the Saints left Nauvoo in April or May of 1846. Because of the Mormons' willingness to join the Army in the Mormon Battalion, the U.S. government gave the Saints permission to establish temporary settlements on Indian lands on both sides of the Missouri River. The first Saints arrived on the Missouri River on June 14, 1846, and even the Saints who left Nauvoo later arrived about the same time at the area of modern day Council Bluffs (because the roads were no longer as muddy).
Agnes Swapp was born 16 June 1846, still in the Pottawatomie Indian lands in western Iowa.
In August 1846, a group of about 2500 Saints settled the first town in Nebraska, Cutler's Park, which was about 3 miles west of the Winter Quarters Cemetery on both sides of the modern Mormon Bridge Road. It was named for Alpheus Cutler, one of the master builders of the Nauvoo Temple, who found the site. There were some Mormon burials in an Indian burial mound in the area (general location is known).
On 27 August 1846, representatives of the Omaha and Oto Indian tribes both came to request rent from the Mormons for using their land. They later left that windy townsite on the bluffs, looking for a better place to live. Scouting parties were sent out in various directions looking for a new winter quarters, including the traditional Omaha lands north of old Fort Atkinson, where Fort Calhoun, Nebraska is today.
While at a temporary camp somewhere (perhaps 5 miles) north of Cutler Park, some people died, and they started a cemetery (exact location unknown). The Twelve Apostles chose the site for Winter Quarters on 11 September 1846.
Agnes Swapp died 16 September 1846 of "chills and fever" (a malarial fever that affected many of the Saints there).
Brigham Young led the first large contingent of Latter-day Saints to the Salt Lake Valley in the Spring and Summer of 1847. Then he and other Church leaders returned to Winter Quarters for another winter.
A conference was held in the newly built tabernacle at Kanesville on 27 December 1847 where Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, and Willard Richards were sustained as the new First Presidency of the Church.
Because the government asked for the vacating of Indian lands, by the Summer of 1848, Winter Quarters was mostly abandoned, and most families leaving for the Salt Lake Valley departed from the Kanesville area, with most Saints then living on the Iowa side of the Missouri River after Brigham Young asked them to relocate there. Oliver Cowdery returned to the Church at Kanesville and was rebaptized on 12 November 1848.
William Hill Swapp was born in Honey Creek (about 16 miles north of Kanesville and a mile or two east of the Missouri River) on 17 June 1849. Archibald Hill Swapp was mentioned as being a part of the Swapp Family in the Winter Quarters area, even though he apparently wasn't born until later.
The Hills and the Swapps left Kanesville around 22 April 1851 in Capt. John G. Smith's company in the 2nd Division under Capt. Abraham Day. Elizabeth was very pregnant at the time, so her niece, Elisabeth A. Richards, traveled with them to help her aunt. Archibald Hill Swapp was born in the Platte Bottoms on 25 June 1851.
The Hills and the Swapps arrived in the Salt Lake Valley on 9 September 1851. - Steve Swapp
See Winter Quarters 5th Ward
Daughter of William Swapp and Elizabeth Hill
Swapp Chronology - William Swapp, Jr. married Elizabeth Hill sometime in 1845. Elizabeth Swapp became pregnant around September 1845. William & Elizabeth Swapp received their endowments in the Nauvoo Temple on January 22, 1846. William & Elizabeth Swapp were sealed together by Brigham Young (with H. C. Kimball as witness) in the Nauvoo Temple on January 28, 1846.
The Saints began crossing the frozen Mississippi River out of Nauvoo on 4 February 1846. Most of the Saints left Nauvoo in April or May of 1846. Because of the Mormons' willingness to join the Army in the Mormon Battalion, the U.S. government gave the Saints permission to establish temporary settlements on Indian lands on both sides of the Missouri River. The first Saints arrived on the Missouri River on June 14, 1846, and even the Saints who left Nauvoo later arrived about the same time at the area of modern day Council Bluffs (because the roads were no longer as muddy).
Agnes Swapp was born 16 June 1846, still in the Pottawatomie Indian lands in western Iowa.
In August 1846, a group of about 2500 Saints settled the first town in Nebraska, Cutler's Park, which was about 3 miles west of the Winter Quarters Cemetery on both sides of the modern Mormon Bridge Road. It was named for Alpheus Cutler, one of the master builders of the Nauvoo Temple, who found the site. There were some Mormon burials in an Indian burial mound in the area (general location is known).
On 27 August 1846, representatives of the Omaha and Oto Indian tribes both came to request rent from the Mormons for using their land. They later left that windy townsite on the bluffs, looking for a better place to live. Scouting parties were sent out in various directions looking for a new winter quarters, including the traditional Omaha lands north of old Fort Atkinson, where Fort Calhoun, Nebraska is today.
While at a temporary camp somewhere (perhaps 5 miles) north of Cutler Park, some people died, and they started a cemetery (exact location unknown). The Twelve Apostles chose the site for Winter Quarters on 11 September 1846.
Agnes Swapp died 16 September 1846 of "chills and fever" (a malarial fever that affected many of the Saints there).
Brigham Young led the first large contingent of Latter-day Saints to the Salt Lake Valley in the Spring and Summer of 1847. Then he and other Church leaders returned to Winter Quarters for another winter.
A conference was held in the newly built tabernacle at Kanesville on 27 December 1847 where Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, and Willard Richards were sustained as the new First Presidency of the Church.
Because the government asked for the vacating of Indian lands, by the Summer of 1848, Winter Quarters was mostly abandoned, and most families leaving for the Salt Lake Valley departed from the Kanesville area, with most Saints then living on the Iowa side of the Missouri River after Brigham Young asked them to relocate there. Oliver Cowdery returned to the Church at Kanesville and was rebaptized on 12 November 1848.
William Hill Swapp was born in Honey Creek (about 16 miles north of Kanesville and a mile or two east of the Missouri River) on 17 June 1849. Archibald Hill Swapp was mentioned as being a part of the Swapp Family in the Winter Quarters area, even though he apparently wasn't born until later.
The Hills and the Swapps left Kanesville around 22 April 1851 in Capt. John G. Smith's company in the 2nd Division under Capt. Abraham Day. Elizabeth was very pregnant at the time, so her niece, Elisabeth A. Richards, traveled with them to help her aunt. Archibald Hill Swapp was born in the Platte Bottoms on 25 June 1851.
The Hills and the Swapps arrived in the Salt Lake Valley on 9 September 1851. - Steve Swapp
See Winter Quarters 5th Ward
Swapp Chronology - William Swapp, Jr. married Elizabeth Hill sometime in 1845. Elizabeth Swapp became pregnant around September 1845. William & Elizabeth Swapp received their endowments in the Nauvoo Temple on January 22, 1846. William & Elizabeth Swapp were sealed together by Brigham Young (with H. C. Kimball as witness) in the Nauvoo Temple on January 28, 1846.
The Saints began crossing the frozen Mississippi River out of Nauvoo on 4 February 1846. Most of the Saints left Nauvoo in April or May of 1846. Because of the Mormons' willingness to join the Army in the Mormon Battalion, the U.S. government gave the Saints permission to establish temporary settlements on Indian lands on both sides of the Missouri River. The first Saints arrived on the Missouri River on June 14, 1846, and even the Saints who left Nauvoo later arrived about the same time at the area of modern day Council Bluffs (because the roads were no longer as muddy).
Agnes Swapp was born 16 June 1846, still in the Pottawatomie Indian lands in western Iowa.
In August 1846, a group of about 2500 Saints settled the first town in Nebraska, Cutler's Park, which was about 3 miles west of the Winter Quarters Cemetery on both sides of the modern Mormon Bridge Road. It was named for Alpheus Cutler, one of the master builders of the Nauvoo Temple, who found the site. There were some Mormon burials in an Indian burial mound in the area (general location is known).
On 27 August 1846, representatives of the Omaha and Oto Indian tribes both came to request rent from the Mormons for using their land. They later left that windy townsite on the bluffs, looking for a better place to live. Scouting parties were sent out in various directions looking for a new winter quarters, including the traditional Omaha lands north of old Fort Atkinson, where Fort Calhoun, Nebraska is today.
While at a temporary camp somewhere (perhaps 5 miles) north of Cutler Park, some people died, and they started a cemetery (exact location unknown). The Twelve Apostles chose the site for Winter Quarters on 11 September 1846.
Agnes Swapp died 16 September 1846 of "chills and fever" (a malarial fever that affected many of the Saints there).
Brigham Young led the first large contingent of Latter-day Saints to the Salt Lake Valley in the Spring and Summer of 1847. Then he and other Church leaders returned to Winter Quarters for another winter.
A conference was held in the newly built tabernacle at Kanesville on 27 December 1847 where Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, and Willard Richards were sustained as the new First Presidency of the Church.
Because the government asked for the vacating of Indian lands, by the Summer of 1848, Winter Quarters was mostly abandoned, and most families leaving for the Salt Lake Valley departed from the Kanesville area, with most Saints then living on the Iowa side of the Missouri River after Brigham Young asked them to relocate there. Oliver Cowdery returned to the Church at Kanesville and was rebaptized on 12 November 1848.
William Hill Swapp was born in Honey Creek (about 16 miles north of Kanesville and a mile or two east of the Missouri River) on 17 June 1849. Archibald Hill Swapp was mentioned as being a part of the Swapp Family in the Winter Quarters area, even though he apparently wasn't born until later.
The Hills and the Swapps left Kanesville around 22 April 1851 in Capt. John G. Smith's company in the 2nd Division under Capt. Abraham Day. Elizabeth was very pregnant at the time, so her niece, Elisabeth A. Richards, traveled with them to help her aunt. Archibald Hill Swapp was born in the Platte Bottoms on 25 June 1851.
The Hills and the Swapps arrived in the Salt Lake Valley on 9 September 1851. - Steve Swapp
See Winter Quarters 5th Ward
Inscription
AT CUTLER'S PARK
AFTER SEPTEMBER 1846
MARINDA STOUT 20
AGNES SWAP 3 MOS.
LOUISA TANNER 35
LEHI M. VANCE
ANN WADSWORTH
PETER WILLIAMS 35
JOSEPH WOODRUFF 15 MOS.
AT THE BURIAL GROUNDS
OF WINTER QUARTERS
AFTER NOVEMBER 15, 1846
COMMENCING AT THE
NORTH WEST CORNER
SAMUEL P. AIKEN 20
NANCY ALEXANDER 29
JOSEPH D. ALLEN 5 MOS.
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