Revelations
Inspired Departure for the Redemption of Zion
1830s · 1834
St. Johnsbury, Vermont
Jacob Gates, Mary Snow Gates
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Zion's Camp Participant Research
Jacob Gates recorded that on April 11, 1834, he departed from St. Johnsbury, Vermont, with his young wife, Mary Snow Gates, to join the expedition to Missouri. He explicitly noted that this journey was undertaken in fulfillment of the revelation given on February 24, 1834 (now Doctrine and Covenants 103), which commanded the Saints to gather a company to redeem Zion and assist those driven from Jackson County.
Sources & References
Jacob Gates, 'Items of History of the Life and Labors of Jacob Gates,' holograph, Church History Library; Andrea G. Radke, 'We Also Marched: The Women and Children of Zion’s Camp, 1834,' BYU Studies 39, no. 4 (2000): 150, 161. (research confidence: high)