 In 1836, Granger was again asked by Smith to serve a mission.Granger worked mainly in New York with John P. Greene, establishing large branches of the church in Huntsburg and Perry.In 1838, after most of the Latter Day Saints had left Kirtland and settled in Far West, Missouri, Granger was asked by the First Presidency to return to Kirtland to be the church's agent in settling outstanding church debts and selling property the Latter Day Saints owned in Ohio.