Excerpt from Joseph Smith’s Journal, 19 May 1838 [D&C 116]
Joseph Smith, attributed source of the naming; George W. Robinson and James Mulholland, journal keepers
An entry in Joseph Smith’s 1838 journal, under 19 May, records that Spring Hill in Daviess County, Missouri, was named Adam-ondi-Ahman as the place where Adam would come to visit his people. The sentence is now Doctrine and Covenants 116.
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D&C 116: Adam-ondi-Ahman, where the Ancient of Days shall sit →
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Edition and location
Joseph Smith Papers featured historical witness: JS, Journal, Mar.–Sept. 1838, pp. 43–44. Source note and historical introduction consulted 30 September 2026. Catalogue identity for the revelation; the selected reader text is the later official English scripture witness (edition-lds-dc-116-english).
JS, Journal, Mar.–Sept. 1838, pp. 43–44