Joseph Knight, Sr. (1772–1847) was a close associate of Joseph Smith, Jr. who provided significant material support to Smith's translation and publication of the Book of Mormon. Year 1772 ( MDCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1847 ( MDCCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common The Book of Mormon is a Sacred text of the churches in the Latter Day Saint movement.
Joseph Knight was born in Oakham, Massachusetts. Oakham is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. In 1795 he married Polly Peck. In 1797 he married Elizabeth James. By 1800 they were living in Vermont. Vermont ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. They moved to Colesville, New York in 1808. Colesville is a Town in Broome County, New York, United States.
He first met Joseph Smith when he was working for Josiah Stowell. Smith's courting of Emma Hale was helped by Knight lending him his sled. Emma Hale Smith Bidamon ( 10 July 1804 – 30 April 1879) was married to Joseph Smith Jr The Smith's also borrowed Knight's wagon when they went to pickup the Golden Plates from the Hill Cumorah. In Latter Day Saint theology the golden plates (also called the gold plates or in some 19th century literature the golden Bible Cumorah (also called Mormon Hill) is a Drumlin near Manchester, New York, where Joseph Smith Jr
Knight was baptized on the 28th of June 1830. All his children, their spouses, his sister, and three of his wife's siblings along with their spouses all joined the Mormon church. They constituted the Colesville Branch which latter migrated as a group to Thompson, Ohio and then Jackson County, Missouri. Jackson County is a County located in the US state of Missouri. Among Knight's children was Newel Knight. Newel Knight ( September 13, 1800 – January 11, 1847) was a close friend of Joseph Smith Jr
Knight and his family were driven from Jackson County in the Mormon persecutions of 1832-1833 and eventually settled in Caldwell County, Missouri. Caldwell County is a County located in the US state of Missouri. They were driven from this county in the winter of 1838-1839 and settled shortly latter at Nauvoo. There is also a Nauvoo Alabama, and a Nauvoo Pennsylvania Nauvoo ( is a small city in Hancock County, Illinois
They again were driven out with the Saints in 1846. Knight died at Mt. Pisgah, Iowa on the 2nd of February, 1847.
Source
Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History. p. 627.
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