99. # 1, ZION'S CAMP, and my gg grandfather, Thomas Colborn
I decided to make this into two entries, as it was too long. Please check entry # 99, # 2 which follows this story. It tells details of Zion's Camp . Early Church history has always fascinated me. What inspiration the Prophet Joseph received, to be the instrument for setting up the true Church in these last days. He received "line upon line". One of those deciding experiences was when the Prophet Joseph took men on what has been historically called "Zion's Camp", in 1834. Thomas Colborn, my gg grandfather was one of the men who went with Zion's Camp. He was the son of Jonathan Colborn and Hannah Hamilton Colborn, born 3 August 1801, at Genoa, Cayuga County, New York. He was baptized on April 15, 1833, and his wife Sarah on December 26, 1834. I wish we had more details about their conversion. As far as we can find out he is the only one of the family who accepted Mormonism, and he was opposed by his parents and some of his sisters