A Mormon settlement, near present day Gallatin, is described in the 1882 History of Daviess County:
    "Further up the [Grand] river and in what is now Monroe township, the Mormons formed another settlement- this was on Marrowbone and Honey creeks, close to where Uncle Hardin Stone then lived. Here Perry Durfey [Durfee] (afterward arrested for treason against the State), Roswell Stevens, Henry Belt, the Daleys, and John D. Lee, settled, and others also came in..." [History of Daviess County, 1882].
    This community was known as Ambrosia.
    This reference seems to be derived from James H. Hunt's 1844 book, History of Daviess County and the Mormon War. According to Hunt, "Early in 1837, Daviess county began to have an influx of Mormon immigrants. Their settlements were mainly south of Grand River. They had one settlement on Lick Ford, near the Weldon settlement... Further up the river and in what is now Monroe Township, the Mormons formed another settlement- this was on Marrowbone and Honey Creeks... Here Perry Durfey [Durfee], Roswell Stevens, Henry Belt, the Daleys, and John D. Lee settled, and others also came, whose names are not remembered." [As cited in Leland Homer Gentry, "A History of the Latter-day Saints in Northern Missouri from 1836 to 1839," BYU Studies series, Dissertation in Latter-day Saint History, 2000, pages 83-84.]

    Other Mormons residing at Ambrosia include:
    Levi Stewart, [Mormon Redress Petitions, 718-719.]

Urban Stewart

    Urban V. Stewart, [MRP, 355, 356]
    William J. Stewart, [MRP, 356-357]
    Riley Stewart
    Jabez Durfee, [MRP, 193, 443]
    Gilbert Goldsmith, [MRP, 216-217]

        Hunt also added an important clue in his account that showed Ambrosia was not the same settlement as Marrowbone as has been confused by some modern historians. Hunt continued, "It would be well to state here that at this time [early 1837] all the lands in Daviess County, excepting Colfax Township, were subject to pre-emption, not having as yet been brought into market. Colfax Township had been surveyed at the same time Ray and Caldwell Counties were, and was therefore in market. Here another settlement of Mormons was made, composed of principally of a better class who were able to purchase their lands and improve them."
    The settlement Hunt refers to here was the Marrowbone Settlement in the Southwestern portion of Daviess County. For example, John D. Lee who was a named resident of the Amborsia settlement had never met John L. Butler of the Marrowbone settlement before he saw him at the Election Day Fight in Gallatin, August 6, 1838. The confusion for those that believe they were the same settlement comes from Sidney Rigdon's renaming of streams (he thought the names given by Missourians were too undignified in this area). Rigdon renamed Marrowbone creek "Ambrosia." [FWR, p. 200.] Both of these settlements, however, were on Marrowbone Creek, only they were located 7-8 miles apart.

John D. Lee's Account of Coming to Ambrosia Settlement:

John D. Lee

    We remained at the house of elder Joseph Hunt, in Far West, several days. He was then a strong Mormon, and was afterwards first captain in the Mormon Battalion. He, as an elder in the Church, was a preacher of the gospel; all of his family were firm in the faith. Elder Hunt preached to me the necessity of humility and a strict obedience to the gospel requirements. through the servants of God. He informed me that the apostles and elders were our true teachers, and it was our duty to hear, learn and obey; that the spirit of God was very fine and delicate, and was easily grieved and driven from us; that the more humble we were, the more of the Holy Spirit we would enjoy.
    After staying in Far West about a week, we moved about twenty miles, and settled on a stream called Marrowbone, at a place called afterwards Ambrosia. Sunday, June 17, 1888, I attended meeting. Samuel H. Smith, a brother of the prophet, and elder Daniel Cathcart preached. After meeting, I and my wife were baptized by elder Cathcart, in Ambrosia, on Shady Grove creek, In Daviess county, Missouri. I was now a member of the Church, and expected to live in strict obedience to the requirements of the holy priesthood that ruled, governed and controlled it. I must do this in order to advance in the scale of intelligence unto thrones, kingdoms, principalities and powers, and through faithfulness and fidelity to the cause, receive eternal increase in the mansions that would be prepared for me in my Father's kingdom.
    My neighbor, Stewart, and myself each selected a place on the same stream, and near where his three brothers, Riley, Jackson and Urban, lived. Urban Stewart is now Treasurer of Beaver county, Utah. On my location there was a splendid spring of pure, cold water; also a small lake fed by springs. This lake was full of fish, such as perch, bass, pickerel, mullet and catfish. It was surrounded by a grove of heavy timber, mostly hickory and oak, in nearly all their varieties. We could have fish sufficient for use every day in the year, if we desired. My home on Ambrosia creek reminded me much of the one I had left on Luck creek, Illinois; but it was on more rolling land, and much healthier than the Illinois home had proven to us. I knew I could soon replace, by labor, all the comfort I had abandoned when I started to seek my salvation. I felt that I had greatly benefitted my condition by seeking first the kingdom of Heaven and its righteousness; all else, I felt, would be added unto me. But still I knew I must be frugal, industrious, and use much care. I improved my farm as rapidly as I could, and was soon so fixed that we were comfortable. Meetings were held three times a week; also prayer and testimony meetings, at the latter sacrament, was administered. In these meetings, as well as in everything I was called upon to do, I tried hard to give satisfaction. I was a devout follower from the first. Whatever duty was assigned me, I tried to discharge with a willing heart and ready hand. This disposition, on my part, coupled with my views of duty, my promptness and punctuality, soon brought me to the notice of the leading men of the Church. The motives of the people who composed my neighborhood, were pure; they were all sincere in their devotions, and tried to square their actions through life by the golden rule - Do unto others as you would they should do unto you. The word of a Mormon was then good for all it was pledged to or for. I was proud to be an associate with such an honorable people.
    Twenty miles north-east of my home was the settlement of Adam-ondi-Ahman. It was on the east bank of Grand river, near the Three Forks.

John Doyle Lee, Mormonism Unveiled: Including the Remarkable Life and Confessions of the Late Mormon Bishop (St. Louis: D.M. Vandawalker & Co., 1891), 55.