Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haife shi a Port Hope, Ontario, Upper Canada, Belnap, jikan tsohon soja na Yakin Juyin Juya Halin Amurka Jesse Belnap, ya zama maraya yana da shekaru 10-12. Da yake haɗe da kansa ga wani kamfanin Amurka na 'yan bindigar doki mai haske a matsayin babban jami'in soja, an dauke shi a matsayin fursunonin yaki a cikin Upper Canada Rebellion
Ka yi haƙuri. Bayan an sake shi, daga baya ya tafi Kirtland, Ohio, inda aka yi masa baftisma a matsayin memba na Cocin Yesu Kristi na Waliyyan Rana ta Ƙarshe a shekara ta 1842. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan ya yi baftisma, ya yi wa'azi tare da John P. Greene a New York.