6 June 1793

Temple Records Index Bureau, Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, 73; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Nauvoo Temple, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, Sealings and Adoptions of the Living, 1846–1857, vol. A, p. 523, 531, microfilm 183,374, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.

Temple Records Index Bureau of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846. Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1974.

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

–after June 1846.

Black et al., Property Transactions, 7:3997.

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Black, Susan Easton, Harvey Bischoff Black, and Brandon Plewe. Property Transactions in Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois and Surrounding Communities (1839–1859). 7 vols. Wilmington, DE: World Vital Records, 2006.

Born at Burlington, Hartford Co., Connecticut.

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U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Son of Eliza Taylor.

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U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Black, Susan Easton, and Harvey Bischoff Black, eds. Annotated Record of Baptisms for the Dead, 1840–1845: Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois. 7 vols. Provo, UT: Center for Family History and Genealogy, Brigham Young University, 2002.

Lived at Norton, Medina Co., Ohio, by Aug. 1820.

1820 U.S. Census, Norton, Medina Co., OH, 22.

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Census (U.S.) / U.S. Bureau of the Census. Population Schedules. Microfilm. FHL.

Married first Lydia Azula Taylor, 12 June 1828, in Medina Co.

Medina Co., OH, Probate Court, Marriage Records, 1818–1965, vol. A, p. 61, microfilm 423,817, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.

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U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Visited by JS at his home at Norton, 1834.

JS, Journal, 19 Apr. 1834.

Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Elder’s certificate for Jonathan Taylor, 23 May 1836, in Kirtland Elders’ Certificates, 112.

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Kirtland Elders’ Certificates / Kirtland Elders Quorum. “Record of Certificates of Membership and Ordinations of the First Members and Elders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Dating from March 21st 1836 to June 18th 1838 Kirtland Geauga Co. Ohio,” 1836–1838. CHL. CR 100 401.

Received elder’s license, 23 May 1836, in Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio.

Elder’s certificate for Jonathan Taylor, 23 May 1836, in Kirtland Elders’ Certificates, 112.

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Sold Medina Co. land holdings, 1838.

Medina Co., OH, Record of Deeds, 1818–1871, vol. P, p. 419, 25 June 1836; p. 525, 21 Sept. 1838, microfilm 475,506, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.

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U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Moved to Ripley, Brown Co., Illinois, by June 1840.

1840 U.S. Census, Brown Co., IL, 171.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Census (U.S.) / U.S. Bureau of the Census. Population Schedules. Microfilm. FHL.

Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, by Aug. 1840.

Platt, Nauvoo, 1.

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Platt, Lyman De. Nauvoo: Early Mormon Records Series, 1839–1846. Vol. 1. Highland, UT, 1980.

Listed in Nauvoo Third Ward, 1842.

“Taylor, Jonathan,” in Black, Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830–1848, 42:767; Platt, Nauvoo, 63.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Black, Susan Easton, comp. Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830–1848. 50 vols. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Department of Church History and Doctrine, Brigham Young University, 1989. Also available as “Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830–1848,” LDS Family History Suite: LDS Vital Records Library, CD-ROM ([Provo], UT: Infobases, Inc., 1996).

Platt, Lyman De. Nauvoo: Early Mormon Records Series, 1839–1846. Vol. 1. Highland, UT, 1980.

Wife died, Oct. 1843, in Nauvoo.

Obituary for Lydia A. Taylor, Nauvoo Neighbor, 25 Oct. 1843, 2.

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Nauvoo Neighbor. Nauvoo, IL. 1843–1845.

Married second Martha Pierce, 22 Jan. 1846, at Nauvoo.

Black et al., Property Transactions, 7:3995; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Nauvoo Temple, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, Sealings and Adoptions of the Living, 1846–1857, vol. A, p. 523, 531, microfilm 183,374, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Sold land at Nauvoo, 14 May and 11 June 1846.

Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, 1817–1917, vol. U, p. 438–439, 14 May 1846, microfilm 954,605, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Black et al., Property Transactions, 7:3997.

Comprehensive Works Cited

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Taylor, Jonathan

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