[Sydney Rigdon] Sydney Rigdon baptized by Rev. Phillips and became a member of the Peter's Creek Baptist Church (Library, PA); may have studied some preparatory ministry under Rev. David Phillips. (1)
-- Jun 26, 1817
[Lucy Mack Smith] George A. Smith is born to John Smith and Clarissa Lyman Smith. He is eleven and a half years younger than Joseph Jr. (2)
-- 1817 Aug
[Sydney Rigdon] Annual Meeting of the Redstone Association at Peter's Creek; both Sidney Rigdon and Alexander Campbell attended (1)
-- ca. 1818-19
[Joseph Smith] (age 12 or 13)Moves with his family from the village of Palmyra to a log home in Palmyra Township, New York. (3)
-- 1818
[Joseph Smith Sr. Visions] Judgment day, pray for forgiveness in Jesus' name
6th vision of Joseph Smith Sen. ...
I thought I was walking {very fast} alone and although I was very much {I still} fatigued I went on as fast as I convenineently could
and I seemed to be on my way to meeting <and it was the day of judgement and I was going to be judged but {I thou}> when I came in sight of the meeting house I saw crowds of people coming from every direction
They are "pressing with great anxiety towards the door" of the house. Joseph decides there is time and slows his pace. But when he gets there, the door is shut. He knocks on the door and is told he has arrived too late.
I soon felt that I was perishing and began to pray but {I} my flesh continued to wither on my bones and I grew still more anxious and prayed still more fervently
and I was about to despair ... when the angel that attended {th} me asked {hi}me if I had not [le]ft some thing undone
Joseph replies that he has done everything he knew about and the guide responds, "Justice must have its demands and then mercy ..."
Suddenly Joseph remembers to ask God in the name of Jesus, and he cries out:
Oh lord I beseech thee in the name of Jesus christ to forgive my sins
He is strengthened and his flesh begins to be restored. The angel tells him he "must plead the merits of jesus for he is a [ad]vocate with the father and a mediator between God and man."
The door opens and as he enters, Joseph awakes. (4)
-- c. 1818
[Oliver Cowdery] Dyar Cowdery (then about 25?) moved to Farmersville, Cattaraugus, NY. He probably lived with his brother Warren in Freedom, Cattaraugus, NY, until after 1820. (5)
[Oliver Cowdery] Oliver's brother, Erastus Cowdery (then about 22?) moved to Youngstown, Trumbull (later Mahoning), OH. He may have initially lived with his brother Warren in Cattaraugus Co., NY, but by 1820 he was living in Youngstown. (5)
-- 1818-19
[Sydney Rigdon] Adamson Bentley met Alexander Campbell when his family was traveling across the mountains of Pennsylvania to their new home. (1)
-- 1818
[Sydney Rigdon] Obadiah Newcomb became Minister of First Baptist Church of Pittsburgh (1)
[Sydney Rigdon] Sydney Rigdon moved to North Sewickley on the Connoquenessing River, where he studied for the ministry under the Reverend Andrew Clark, minister of the Providence Regular Baptist Church (1)
-- Jan 1, 1818
[Sydney Rigdon] Partnership of Robert & Joseph Patterson suffered bankruptcy and was replaced by the Partnership of Robert Patterson & J. Harrison Lambdin; Lambdin had been a former employ of Robert Patterson in his previous partnership with Mr. Hopkins; the firm operated a book store on 4th St., a book bindary, and a separate job-office print shop under the name of Butler and Lambdin; Robert & Joseph Patterson appear to have begun or continued only one division of their former firm at this time: the Robert & Joseph Patterson steam paper mill on the Allegheny River (1)
-- 1818 April
[Joseph Smith] Joseph Sr. is residing in Palmyra village. (6)
-- May 1818
[Lucy Mack Smith] Joseph Smith Sr. reports his sixth visionbeing locked out of the building on the day of judgement. (2)
-- 1818 Aug
[Sydney Rigdon] Annual Meeting of the Redstone Association (at Peter's Creek?) both Sidney Rigdon and Alexander Campbell attended; Campbell served as association secretary that year (1)
Footnotes:
1 - http://sidneyrigdon.com/Rigdchrn.htm
2 - Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, Edited by Lavina Fielding Anderson, 2001, Signature Books
3 - Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah
4 - http://saintswithouthalos.com/n/visions_js_sr.phtml#sr2
5 - http://olivercowdery.com/history/Cdychrn1.htm
6 - Inventing Mormonism:Tradition and the Historical Record, H. Michael Marquardt Wesley P. Walters. A Chronology of Mormon Origins, p.xxvi
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