Bogue Chetto 1845 LDS Branch

Bogue Chetto Branch (Boynechetto Branch) - Located in southern part of Perry 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 MormonPlaces #481188 - Bogue Chetto Branch
 * STARTED: between Apr 1843 and Aug 1843
 * ENDED: between 20 Apr 1845 and 1847
 * DESCRIPTION: Members included Samuel Turnbow, the first convert in Alabama, baptized in 1840 by Benjamin Clapp.

IN GROUP: Nauvoo Era 43 members, 4 priesthood, 10 Feb 1844 John Brown finds a recently organized branch (unnamed) in Perry County, August 1843, and eventually organizes another (unnamed). 22 members, 5 priesthood, 12 April 1844 A.O. Smoot visits in 1845: 4 Feb, March 8-17, April 11-16 September 1843: James Brown had recently organized this branch in southern Perry County; John Brown baptises several more here in Oct-Nov 1843 46 members, 7 priesthood, summer or fall 1845 44 members, 6 priesthood, 15 Feb 1845
 * SEE ALSO: T&S 5:5, 462
 * SEE ALSO: T&S 5:20, 702
 * SEE ALSO: T&S 5:12, 573
 * SEE ALSO: AO Smoot Journal 1  (SOURCE PART: p.227, 232, 237)
 * SEE ALSO: John Brown Journal  (SOURCE PART: p.20, 21, 25)
 * SEE ALSO: Alabama 1845
 * SEE ALSO: T&S 6:5, 843-844

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