--- title: Times and Seasons description: Issues of 1840 to 1841. authors: - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints editors: - Ebenezer Robinson - Don Carlos Smith - Smith, Joseph, Jr. - Taylor, John collections: - periodicals tags: - newspaper - times-and-seasons - nauvoo - nineteenth-century periodical: Times and Seasons volume: 2 number: 21 published: 1841-09-01 publisher: E. Robinson and D. C. Smith; later John Taylor publisher_place: Commerce and Nauvoo, Illinois language: en type: article reference: "“Minutes of a Conference held in Walnut Grove,” *Times and Seasons* 2, no. 21 (September 1, 1841): 523." printed_title: Minutes of a Conference held in Walnut Grove. source: url: https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_times-and-seasons_1841-09-01_2_21 transcription: Text from the Centerplace.org transcription (https://www.centerplace.org/history/ts/v2n21.htm), with its page breaks; this Internet Archive scan is the reference copy (its OCR was used only as a witness for OCR repair) identifier: per_utah-and-the-mormons_times-and-seasons_1841-09-01_2_21 start_page: 523 end_page: 523 curator_note: A Mormon newspaper published by the church in Nauvoo; included for historical study. Inclusion does not imply endorsement. rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1841 (Nauvoo, Illinois); published before 1931, so public domain in the United States source: https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_times-and-seasons_1841-09-01_2_21 publication_year: 1841 --- # Minutes of a Conference held in Walnut Grove Pursuant to previous notice, the Walnut Grove branch, met Saturday the 10th of July, 1841; the meeting was called to order by Elder Gaylord, at 1 o'clock P. M. Elder N. Packard was chosen President, and Wm. Burton clerk. The Conference opened by singing and prayer, by Elder Packard. The President them called upon the official members to represent their respective Branches. Elder Gaylord represented the church at Walnut Grove, consisting of 92 members; one High Priest, 10 Elders, 2 Priests, 2 Teachers, and 2 Deacons; all in good standing. The Toulon Branch, Stark county, represented by Elder Abel Mott, consisting of 19 members, 1 Elder, 1 Teacher and 1 Deacon. Elder Lebbeus, & T. Coons, represented the church at Richland Grove, Mercer county, consisting of 13 members, 4 Elders, 1 Teacher, and 1 Deacon. A number of persons were presented for ordination, who were laid over until Sunday morning. The President made some remarks upon the priesthood and the order of the kingdom; others of the Elders made some remarks also. The Conference was then adjourned until Sunday, 9 o'clock, A. M. Sunday morning the Conference was opened according to adjournment [adjournment]. The following persons were ordained: Newton Russell and Joseph Wilder, were ordained to the office of Elder; James Hoyt was ordained Priest. Two discourses were delivered in the forenoon by Elders L. T. Coons and N. Packard. The Conference was then adjourned for one hour; when a discourse was delivered by Elder Jacob Gates. Three persons were baptized; there were present at the Conference, 4 High Priests, 15 Elders, 2 Priests, 3 Teachers and 3 Deacons. Five o'clock P. M. the Conference was adjourned. Noah Packard, Prest. Wm. Burton, Clerk.