Sipsey 1845 LDS Branch

Sipsey Branch - Located on Mormon Road near the Sipsey River in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.

They were part of the contingent of Dixie Saints that joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and formed small branches in Mississippi and Alabama. In 1846 many of these left their extended family and followed prophet Brigham Young (1801-1877) and the church to Salt Lake Valley.
 * Buttahatchie 1845 LDS Branch located in Noxubee County, Mississippi
 * Moscow 1845 LDS Branch located in Pickens County, Alabama
 * Itawamba 1845 LDS Branch located in Itawamba County, Mississippi
 * Chickasaw 1845 LDS Branch located in Chickasaw County, Mississippi
 * Tombigbee 1845 LDS Branch located in Monroe County, Mississippi - a very large church branch along the Tombigbee River.
 * Tishomingo 1845 LDS Branch located in Tishomingo County, Mississippi -

This is an informal census based on currently available genealogical information to help their descendants to better understand and appreciate their ancestral roots.

Because of their experience with farming cotton in the Deep South, many of this groups were called to participate in the Mormon Cotton mission to settle Washington County, Utah and raise cotton there from 1850-1868. Afterwards many moved further south to help establish Mormon settlements in Arizona and pursue their warm-weather farming talents there.

MormonPlaces BYU Register

 * See Also #480717 - Sipsey Branch
 * STARTED: between Jan 1843 and Jun 1843
 * ENDED: between 16 Feb 1845 and 1856
 * DESCRIPTION: One of the largest and longest-lived branches in the Alabama-Mississippi field; usually the central base of operations for missionaries and the most common site of regional conferences. President William Stewart; members include James Stewart and other siblings, William Warmick, William Matick.


 * SEE ALSO: T&S 5:12, 573 - "Cypry" 50 members, 5 priesthood, 12 April 1844
 * SEE ALSO: T&S 5:20, 702 - John Brown visits the branch, August 1843
 * SEE ALSO: T&S 5:5, 462  - "Cypry" 57 members, 8 priesthood, 10 Feb 1844
 * SEE ALSO: T&S 6:5, 843-844  - 43 members, 6 priesthood, 15 Feb 1845
 * SEE ALSO: John Brown Journal  (SOURCE PART: p.19, 21, 25) John Brown first visits the branch August 31 1843
 * SEE ALSO: Alabama 1845   -51 members, 9 priesthood, summer or fall 1845

The Autobiography of Pioneer John Brown has details of his visit to Perry Acounty, Alabama in September 1844.