Jared Carter (Latter Day Saints), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American Latter Day Saint leader
Date of Birth: 14-Jun-1801
Place of Birth: Killingworth, Connecticut, United States
Date of Death: 06-Jul-1849
Profession: missionary
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Jared Carter (Latter Day Saints)
- Jared Carter (June 14, 1801 – July 6, 1849) was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement.
- He has been described as "one of the Church's great missionaries" of the 1830s.Carter was born in Benson, Vermont, where his family had moved from Killingworth, Connecticut in the late 1700s.
- In 1831, while living in Broome County, New York, he was introduced to the Book of Mormon and the new church founded by Joseph Smith the year before.
- On February 20, 1831, Carter was baptized into the Church of Christ by Hyrum Smith.
- In June, Carter was made a priest and in September, he was made an elder.
- Shortly thereafter, he was appointed by Smith to be a missionary in the eastern United States.
- On this mission, he healed and baptized John Tanner, one of the primary financial benefactors of the early church, and Zera Pulsipher, who became a leader in the church.
- Between 1831 and 1834, Carter served missions in the eastern states, Michigan Territory, and Upper Canada.
- Carter introduced Mormonism to his brother John, who also became a leader in the church. In May 1833, Carter became a high priest and became a member of the building committee of the Kirtland Temple.
- On February 17, 1834, Carter and his brother John became two of the inaugural members of the first presiding high council of the church in Kirtland, Ohio.
- Carter became the president of this body on September 9, 1837, and continued as a member of it when church headquarters were moved to Far West, Missouri, and then to Nauvoo, Illinois.
- In Missouri in 1838, Carter was one of the leaders of the Danites with Sampson Avard and George W.
- Robinson.
- Carter is mentioned in a number of the revelations of Smith which make up the Doctrine and Covenants; one section is addressed directly to Carter.Upon the death of Joseph Smith, Carter supported the succession claims of James Strang.
- Carter joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite) in 1846, but was excommunicated within months of joining.
- After his excommunication, Carter joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in Chicago.
- He moved to DeKalb County, Illinois, where he died before he could rejoin the majority of LDS Church members in Utah Territory.
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