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Date: April 03, 2012 02:36PM
Coincidence or BS
Lemuel Dufree
http://olivercowdery.com/history/Cdychrn1.htmDec. 20 The Joseph Smith, Sr. family lose the the title to their farm in Manchester. Lemuel Durfee, Sr., the new owner allows the Smiths to remain on the property as tenant farmers.
Laman(luman) Walter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luman_WalterSince Laman is not uncommon as a spelling variation for Luman, this person is likely Luman Walter
"In 1822 and 1823, Luman Walter served as a seer for a treasure dig on the property of Abner Cole in Palmyra, Wayne County, New York. Joseph Smith, Sr., Alvin Smith, and Joseph Smith, Jr. reportedly participated in this dig. Walter possessed a magical book and a seerstone, which he used to locate buried treasure. Walter is said to have conducted three unsuccessful digs on the hill Cumorah, but later suggests that only Smith might be able to find the treasure there."