- Joseph Knight, Sr.
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 ".Joseph Knight was born in
Oakham, Massachusetts . In 1795 he married Polly Peck. In 1797 he married Elizabeth James. By 1800 they were living inVermont . They moved toColesville, New York in 1808.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. The Smiths also borrowed Knight's wagon when they went to pick up theGolden Plates from theHill Cumorah .Knight was baptized on 28 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 later migrated as a group to
Thompson, Ohio and thenJackson County, Missouri . Among Knight's children wasNewel Knight .Knight and his family were driven from Jackson County in the Mormon persecutions of 1832-1833 and eventually settled in
Caldwell County, Missouri . They were driven from this county in the winter of 1838-1839 and settled shortly latter atNauvoo .They again were driven out with the Saints in 1846. Knight died at
Mt. Pisgah, Iowa on 2 February 1847.ource
Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History. p. 627.
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