Mormon History Part 5


			Compiled by N. R. Tidd from Internet souces through 13 August, 1998
			Mormon Chronology Rev 01 Volume 05
Subject	Date		Event

1st Vision	Dec	1834	Messenger & Advocate prints Oliver Cowdery's letter saying that, when Joseph Smith was 15, he was stirred by a revival and prayed in his bedroom to find out which church was right. Says a messenger for the Lord appeared saying his sins were forgiven. [Oliver Cowdery letters]
Education	Winter	1834-1835	Heber C. Kimball attends theological School in Kirtland. [Heber C. Kimball autobiography]
1st Vision, Press	Feb	1835	Messenger & Advocate prints Oliver Cowdery's letter correcting Joseph Smith's age at the time of the revival to 17 (as an error in type) and specifies the date as Sep 21, 1823. [Oliver Cowery letters]
Polygamy, Press	Feb	1835	Doctrine and Covenants (formerly Book of Commandments) Revised, with William W. Phelps assisting; references to the Urim and Thummim added. Section 101, verse 4 prohibits polygamy.
Press, Magic	Feb	1835	Book of Commandments says Oliver Cowdery had the gift of the rod.Doctrine and Covenants says Oliver Cowdery had the gift of Aaron.
Organization	14 Feb	1835	The Three Witness choose the Quorum of 12 Apostles: Lyman Johnson, Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, Orson Hyde, David W. Patten, Luke Johnson, William E. McLellin, John F. Boynton, Orson Pratt, William Smith, Thomas B. Marsh, Parley P. Pratt. [Church History Vol II]
Doctrine, Organization	12 Mar	1835	Joseph Smith receives a revelation describing the Melchisedek and Aaronic Priesthoods. [Church History Vol II]
Conversion	Spring	1835	Benjamin F. Johnson (16) baptized by Lyman E. Johnson. [Benjamin F. Johnson autobiography]
Dissent	2 May	1835	Ezra Thayre suspended from membership. [Church History Vol II]
Legal	6 Jun	1835	Painesville Telegraph prints of court case against Joseph Smith for beating Calvin Stoddard (his brother-in-law). [Alpha Internet Ministries site]
Conversion	18 Jun	1835	Sarah Marinda Bates baptized by Orson Pratt. [Orson Pratt journals]
Doctrine	3 Jul	1835	Joseph Smith acquires four mummies and two or more papyrus rolls from Michael H. Chandler's travelling Egyptian show [Church History Vol II] for $2400. [The Gate site] He translates fragments to produce Book of Abraham. (Papyrus fragments are later found to be a Pagan funerary text from Egyptian Book of Breathings.) [The Gate site]
Dissent	4 Aug	1835	William E. McLellin and Orson Hyde fellowship withdrawn until they can explain their criticism of Sidney Rigdon's school. [Church History Vol II]
Dissent	7 Aug	1835	Massachusetts Conference held in Bradford, Holmes' license withdrawn for a continuing dispute with his wife. Also, James Patten excommunicated. [Church History Vol II]
Polygamy, Doctrine	17 Aug	1835	Oliver Cowdery introduces Book of Doctrine and Covenants. Also,William W. Phelps reads the Article on Marriage, which is unanimously accepted to be in the book, because the Church had been accused of practicing polygamy. [Church History Vol II]
Dissent, Wrd/Wisdm	19 Aug	1835	Almon W. Babbitt charged with not keeping the Word of Wisdom; says he followed the example of Joseph Smith and others, but repented. [Church History Vol II]
Finances, Records, Organization	14 Sep	1835	The Church Presidency decides that Joseph Smith Senior is to be paid $10 a week, plus expenses for providing Patriarchal blessings. Oliver Cowdery is, again, appointed Historian & Recorder of the Church and Frederick G. Williams is appointed scribe. [Church History Vol II]
Missions	26 Sep	1835	The Twelve return from their missions to the east. [Church History Vol II]
Dissent	26 Sep	1835	William E. McLellin and Orson Hyde forgiven for criticizing Sidney Rigdon's school. [Church History Vol II]
Lodging	1 Oct	1835	Orson Pratt boards with Sidney Rigdon. [Orson Pratt journals]
Conversion	16 Oct	1835	Ebenezer Robertson (19) baptized by Joseph Smith. [Ebenezer Robinson 1891 autobiography]
Organization	29 Oct	1835	Warren Parrish becomes Joseph Smith's scribe for $15 per month. [Church History Vol II]
Dissent	29 Oct	1835	William Smith quarrels with Joseph Smith. [Church History Vol II]
Conversion	Oct or Nov	1835	Orson Pratt baptizes Doctor Sampson Avard (~35) (a former Cambellite preacher). [Orson Pratt journals]
1st Vision	9 Nov	1835	Joseph Smith meets with a Jewish Minister, Joshua, (also known as Robert Matthias). [Church History Vol II]Joseph Smith's diary says he gave him an account of the first vision that when he was 14, says he saw one personage and then another; the second said "Jesus Christ is the Son of God." He also saw "many angels." [per Warren A. Cowdery / Honest Intellectual Inquiry site]
Death	11 Nov	1835	Christian Whitmer (37) dies.
Doctrine	Through Nov	1835	Joseph Smith translates the papyrus rolls. [Church History Vol II]
Lodging	1 Dec	1835	Orson Pratt boards with Lyman Johnson. [Orson Pratt journals]
Dissent	16 Dec	1835	William Smith quarrels with Joseph Smith again. [Church History Vol II]
Bk of Morm, Doctrine	25 Dec	1835	Joseph Smith shows the mummies and the papyrus to Jonathan Crosby and says it is written in the language of The Book of Mormon and that he can translate it. [Jonathan Crosby autobiography]
Dissent	29 Dec	1835	Joseph Smith brings charges against William Smith. [Church History Vol II]
Finances	About	1835	Joseph Smith, with Oliver Cowdery borrow $50 from Moses Tracy. [Nancy Naomi Alexander Tracy autobiography]
Polygamy		1835	Lyman R. Sherman says plural marriage was being practiced by Joseph Smith. [Benjamin F. Johnson autobiography]
1st Vision	From 1835 -	1836	Joseph Smith's diary says he received "first visitation of angels" when he was 14. [Reason site]
Politics		1836	Lilburn W. Boggs begins term as Governor of Missouri.
Dissent	2 Jan	1836	William Smith confesses and is re-fellowshipped. [Church History Vol II]
Education	4 Jan	1836	Hebrew School starts but the hired teacher, Dr. Piexotto cancels. Classes continue anyway. [Church History Vol II]
Education	6-Jan	1836	Joshua Seixas hired by William E. McLellin to teach Hebrew for $320. [Church History Vol II]
Finances	Jan	1836	Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, and Parley P. Pratt say they are destitute and borrow $75 ($25 for each) from Jonathan Crosby who only had $100. [Jonathan Crosby autobiography]
Education		1836	Joshua Seixas arrives and begins teaching Hebrew. [Church History Vol II]
Polygamy		1836	Joseph Smith reportedly marries (or begins affair with) Fanny Alger (19), later caught with her by Emma. [The Gate site]
Finances	Mar	1836	Burgess comes to Kirtland and tells of money in the cellar of a certain house in Salem, MA belonging to a widow. [Ebenezer Robinson autobiography]
Migration	11 Mar	1836	Edward Partridge, Isaac Morley, John Corrill, and William W. Phelps appointed wise men and sent to Missouri with some money to seek a place and purchase land for the saints. [Book of John Whitmer]
Tongues	27 Mar	1836	Kirtland Temple dedicated. Frederick G. Williams and David Whitmer report seeing an angel. A wind blows through, the place fills up with angels and several break out speaking in tongues. [Church History Vol II]
Education	29 Mar	1836	Last day of Hebrew school. [Church History Vol II]
Doctrine	3 Apr	1836	Moses (and others) appear to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery and commits to them the keys of the gathering of Israel, and with leading the ten tribes from the land of the north. [Church History Vol II]
Persecution	Spring	1836	Non-Mormons become uneasy as many Mormons move to Clay County. [John Corrill's Brief History of the Church]
Missions	Spring	1836	Orson Hyde meets Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon in Buffalo on their way to Canada. [Orson Hyde autobiography]
Dissent	16 Jun	1836	Preserved Harris' fellowship withdrawn. [Church History Vol II]
Legal	19 Jun	1836	David W. Patten and Warren Parrish arrested; Wiflord Woodruff escapes arrest. [History of Wilford Woodruff]
Birth	20 Jun	1836	Frederick Granger Smith (son of Joseph and Emma) born in Kirkland, OH.
Marriage	4 Jul	1836	Orson Pratt marries Sarah Marinda Bates. [Orson Pratt journals]
Finances	25 July	1836	Joseph Smith, Hyrum Smith, Sidney Rigdon, Oliver Cowdery, and Burgess leave for Salem, MA. [Church History Vol II] & [Ebenezer Robinson autobiography]
Polygamy	Aug	1836	Joseph Smith tells Levi Hancock to take Fanny Algers and go to Missouri. [Levi Hancock autobiography]
Finances	Early Aug	1836	Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, Hyrum Smith, and Oliver Cowdery arrive at Salem, MA. Later, met there by Brigham Young and Lyman E. Johnson. [Church History Vol II]
Finances	6 Aug	1836	Joseph Smith has a revelation to not worry about the Church's debts, that there is hidden treasure (gold and silver) for the benefit of Zion in Salem, and that the city will be given to him, and that there is more treasures than one. [Church History Vol II]Burgess was unable to identify the right house; they hire a house that he thinks could be the right one but they find no money. [Ebenezer Robinson autobiography]
Legal	Prior 11 Aug	1836	David W. Patten and Warren Parrish free. [History of Wilford Woodruff]
Death	Prior Sep	1836	Jesse Gause (~52) dies.
Finances	About Sep	1836	Joseph Smith and party leave Salem, MA. [Church History Vol II]
Competition, Organization	Aug or Sep	1836	Some propose, (while Joseph Smith was away) that David Whitmer should take over as leader of the Church. Joseph Smith returns and claims that he's still the prophet and leader.
Competition, Organization			Some propose to have David Whitmer run the Church instead of Joseph Smith. [History of Wilford Woodruff]
Competition, Organization	Aug or Sep	1836	Brigham Young, in Kirtland, defends Joseph Smith (not back yet) against those planning to overthrow him; Joseph Smith Sr, and Heber C. Kimball are present and oppose plan. Brigham Young rides to meet Joseph Smith on his way to Kirtland and warns him. [Manuscript History of Brigham Young]
Death	22 Sep	1836	Peter Whitmer, Jr. (27) dies.
Migration	12 Oct	1836	Orson and Sarah Pratt arrive in Kirtland. [Orson Pratt journals]
Doctrine	Nov	1836	Sidney Rigdon proposes that God has flesh and bone; Oliver Cowdery opposed. [Book of Mormon Studies site]
Finances	2 Nov	1836	Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon begin to establish a bank called the “Kirtland Safety Society.” But the State refuses to grant charter. Later, they illegally print their own money. (Note: it was legal for chartered banks to print money.) [Ebenezer Robinson autobiography]
Finances			The bank was established because of the Church's debts of $30,000, (and later $50 – 60,000 more) in New York for goods purchased on credit to establish a mercantile business that failed. [John Corrill's Brief History of the Church]
Defense	Fall	1836	Joseph Smith, Hyrum Smith, and Sidney Rigdon establish the Brother of Gideon society. [Book of John Whitmer]
Dissent, Finances, Polygamy	Fall	1836	John Whitmer criticizes Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and other leaders for establishing the bank, promoting the plurality of wives, and for association with the Gidianton bands.
Conversion	31 Dec	1836	Willard Richards (32) (Brigham Young's cousin) baptized by Brigham Young in Kirtland. [Church History Vol II]
Finances	2 Jan	1837	Kirtland Safety Society renamed the Kirtland Safety Society Anti-Banking Company [Church History Vol II] with “Anti” and “ing” in fine type. Warren Parrish chosen as secretary. [Ebenezer Robinson autobiography]
Press	1 Feb	1837	Firm of Oliver Cowdery and Co. Dissolved and the entire establishment is transferred to Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon. [Church History Vol II]
Migration	By 19 Feb	1837	Joseph Smith returns to Kirtland. [History of Wilford Woodruff]
Dissent	Spring	1837	Known dissenters (objecting to the course being pursued by Joseph Smith and the Church) are: Frederick G. Williams (1st Presidency), Martin Harris, David Whitmer (apostle), Luke Johnson (apostle), Parley P. Pratt (apostle), William E. McLellin (apostle), John F. Boynton (apostle), Roger Orton (The 70), and S. Wilbur Denton. [Ebenezer Robinson autobiography]
Politics	4 Mar	1837	Martin Van Buren becomes 8th U.S. President.
Real Estate	Mar	1837	Brigham Young buys a tavern in Auburn, NY. [Manuscript History of Brigham Young]
Persecution	Spring	1837	Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon stay with the Browns for a few days, after hiding in the woods for three days. [Lorenzo Brown diary]
Dissent	9 Apr	1837	Joseph Smith condemns traitors with wrath of God. [History of Wilford Woodruff]
Persecution	13 Apr	1837	Joseph Smith flees from mob and unable to perform Wilford Woodruff's marriage. [History of Wilford Woodruff]
Dissent	24 Apr	1837	David W. Patten charges Lyman Wight for teaching false doctrine. Wight convicted and makes accommodation. [Church History Vol II]
Finances	May	1837	President Jackson ordered that the U. S. Treasury to accept only gold (not paper money) for public land (causing the Church's bank to fail). [The Gate site]
Dissent	28 May	1837	John Patten disfellowshipped. [Church History Vol II]
Dissent	29 May	1837	Sidney Rigdon presides over charges against Frederick G. Williams, David Whitmer, Parley P. Pratt, Lyman E. Johnson, and Warren Parrish; meeting dispersed in confusion as members refused to judge each other. [Church History Vol II]
Legal	5 Jun	1837	Joseph Smith (31) acquitted of conspiring to murder Grandison Newell. (Newell had brought about 30 suits against Smith). McLellin told of Smith's plans to kill Newell. [William E. McLellin 1875 interview] & [Reason site]
Missions	Prior 11 Jun	1837	Willard Richards was on a business mission to New York and Boston. [Church History Vol II]
Missions	13 Jun	1837	Heber C. Kimball and Willard Richards leave for Liverpool England. [Heber C. Kimball autobiography]
Missions	30 Jul	1837	Heber C. Kimball is struck by an invisable power and has visions of evil spirits in England. [Heber C. Kimball autobiography]
Dissent	Spring - Jul	1837	Parley P. Pratt disagrees with Joseph Smith but repents and is forgiven by Smith. [Parley P. Pratt autobiography]
Missions	19 Jul	1837	Elder Hale goes to New Rowley (Georgetown), MA to visit friends.Elder Nathaniel Holmes lives in New Rowley, MA. [History of Wilford Woodruff]
Missions	21 Jul	1837	Wilford Woodruff begins walking from Hartford to New Rowley (52 miles first day, 48 miles second day, 36 miles third day). [History of Wilford Woodruff]
Dissent	23 Jul	1837	Joseph Smith has a revelation, rebuking Thomas B. Marsh, and that the Twelve should not rebel against him. [Church History Vol II]
Legal, Finances	27 Jul	1837	Brigham Young, Joseph Smith, Hyrum Smith, David W. Patten, Sidney Rigdon and Thomas B. Marsh head out on missions. Going through Painsville, Joseph Smith is arrested several times for various debts; Anson Call bails him out. [Church History Vol II] & [Manuscript History of Brigham Young]Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and Thomas B. Marsh go to Canada. [Thomas B. Marsh autobiography]
Dissent, Organization	3 Sep	1837	Conference to reorganize the Church, owing to the disaffection existing in the hearts of many. [Manuscript History of Brigham Young]Also, Luke S. Johnson, Lyman E. Johnson, and John F. Boynton disfellowshipped. [Church History Vol II] Boynton blamed his troubles on the failure of the bank. [Thomas B. Marsh autobiography]
Dissent	4 Sep	1837	Joseph Smith's revelation says John Whitmer and William W. Phelps should repent. [Church History Vol II]
Dissent	10 Sep	1837	Luke S. Johnson and Lyman E. Johnson re-fellowshipped, having confessed. [Church History Vol II]
Dissent	After 12 Sep	1837	Snider leaves England, leaves the Church and reportedly burns 200 copies of the BOM. [Heber C. Kimball autobiography]
Death	13 Sep	1837	Jerusha Smith (Hyrum's wife) dies.
Press	About 18 Sep	1837	Parley P. Pratt, in New York, publishes “Voice of Warning,” (216 pages) . [Church History Vol II]
Real Estate	27 Sep	1837	Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon go on a mission to establish places of gathering with William Smith and Vinson Knight. [Church History Vol II]
Legal, Finances	Oct	1837	Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon tried for unauthorized banking and fined $1000.
Missions	2 Oct	1837	Orson Pratt leaves for a mission. [Orson Pratt journals]
Migration	Oct - Nov	1837	Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon arrive at Far West, MO. [Church History Vol II]
Press, Finances	Nov	1837	Last paper printed from the Kirtland printers, as the establishment was attached because of a judgement of the county court; soon afterward, all burned to the ground. [Church History Vol II]Lyman R. Sherman burns the printing office. [Benjamin F. Johnson autobiography]
Dissent, Organization	11 Nov	1837	Frederick G. Williams rejected as counselor, Hyrum Smith appointed instead. [Church History Vol II]
Competition	10 Dec	1837	Joseph Smith returns to Kirtland; finds that Warren Parrish, John F. Boynton, Luke S. Johnson, Joseph Coe and other were united to overthrow the Church and were planing to restore the original name: “Church of Christ.” [Church History Vol II]
Dissent		1837	Warren Parrish apostates, leading about 30 others (the Parrish Party), including Lyman Johnson, John F. Boyington, William E. McLellin, Hazzen Aldrich, Sysvester Smith, Joseph Coe, Orson Johnson, and W. A. and M. F. Cowdery. [The Ohio Experience and Joseph Smith and the Restoration]
Persecution	22 Dec	1837	Brigham Young flees Kirtland in consequence of the fury of the mob against him for supporting Joseph Smith. [Manuscript History of Brigham Young]
Doctrine		1837	Joseph Smith says the moon is inhabited, per Oliver B. Huntington. [The Watchman Expositor site]
Dissent		1837	Martin Harris excommunicated (subsequently joins Shakers). [Saints Alive in Jesus site]
Dissent		1837	Oliver Cowdery, Martin Harris, and David Whitmer reportedly pledge loyalty to a prophetess who used a black seer stone. [Saints Alive in Jesus site]
Bk of Morm, Doctrine		1837	Book of Mormon revised, several references to “God” are changes to “Son of God.”
Theft, Finances			Warren Parrish suspected of stealing about $20,000 from the Kirtland bank. [Thomas O. Angell journal]
Conversion		1837	Joseph Fielding (40) meets Parley P. Pratt and joins the Church.
Conversion		1837	William Clayton (23) baptized. [Church History Vol III notes]
Death		1837	Alva Beman (~62) dies in Kirtland, OH.
Dissent	1 Jan	1838	John Smith identifies (in a letter to George A. Smith) 28 dissenters that have been cut off, including Martin Harris, Joseph Coe, Luke S. Johnson, John F. Boynton, and Parrish. [Nibley's Sketch of the Life of Martin Harris]
Legal	12 Jan	1838	Luke Johnson arrests Joseph Smith for a $50 judgement so that Sheriff Kimball would be unable to arrest Smith on an illegal banking charge. [Luke Johnson autobiography]
Finances, Persecution, Migration	12 Jan	1838	Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon leave Kirtland, OH (reportedly to escape debts) at night, they travel 60 miles the first night, arriving at Norton, OH. [Church History Vol III] & [Ebenezer Robinson autobiography]To save his life, Smith was taken out of Kirtland in a box nailed on an ox sled. [Zerah Pulsipher autobiography]
Finances	16 Jan	1838	Brigham Young meets Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and George W. Robinson (in Dublin, Indiana), who also fled Kirtland because of the mobocratic spirit prevailing. Joseph Smith told Brigham Young that he was destitute and asked him for counsel. Brigham Young has member Tomlison sell his farm. Tomilson does for $500 and $250 in goods and gives $300 to Smith. [Manuscript History of Brigham Young] & [Church History Vol III]
Polygamy, Dissent	21 Jan	1838	Oliver Cowdery confronts Smith with charge of adultery with Fanny Alger. [Investigating Mormonism / Recovery from Mormonism site]
Dissent		1838	Hiram Page leaves the Church. [Nibley's biography of the eight witnesses]
Dissent	5 Feb	1838	12 Apostles, with Thomas B. Marsh presiding, bring charges against David Whitmer, John Whitmer, and William W. Phelps. [Church History Vol III]
Dissent	10 Mar	1838	William W. Phelps excommunicated, John Whitmer excommunicated and Marcellus Cowdery disfellowshipped. [Ebenezer Robinson autobiography] & [Church History Vol III]
Migration	14 Mar	1838	Joseph Smith arrives at Far West, MO. [Church History Vol III]
Migration	Spring	1838	Orson Pratt moves to New York with his family. [Orson Pratt journals]
Migration	4 Apr	1838	Sidney Rigdon arrives at Far West, MO with his family. [Church History Vol III]
Dissent	4 Apr	1838	Wilford Woodruff receives letter from Warren Parrish, listing the apostates and their reasons. [History of Wilford Woodruff]
Dissent	12 Apr	1838	Oliver Cowdery excommunicated. [Church History Vol III]
Dissent	13 Apr	1838	Lyman E. Johnson cut off from the Church and David Whitmer told he was no longer a member for not obeying the Word of Wisdom (not formally excommunicated). [Church History Vol III] & [Ebenezer Robinson autobiography]
Dissent	13 Apr	1838	David Whitmer, in a letter, withdraws from the Church. [Church History Vol III notes]
Missions	20 Apr	1838	Heber C. Kimball returns from England, meets Orson and Parley Pratt in New York. [Heber C. Kimball autobiography]
Organization	26 Apr	1838	Church re-named "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints."
1st Vision	27 Apr	1838	Joseph Smith begins writing the history of the Church. [Church History Vol III] He describes the First Vision first as being two years after his family's removal to Manchester, NY and that his mother, his brothers Hyrum and Samuel Harrison and his sister Sophronia had already joined the Presbyterians. [Church History Vol I]

Compiled by N. R. Tidd from Internet souces through 13 August, 1998

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