-- 1830
[John Taylor] Parents and remainder of family emigrate to Toronto, Canada, leaving him in England to settle family business. (1)
[Polygamy] Polygamy against the law
Polygamy is against the law in New York ( by 1830 ) , Ohio ( by 1830 ), Illinois ( 1833 ) and Missouri ( by 1838 ) - all states where the Mormons lived and practiced polygamy. Polygamy was illegal from 1862 onward in Utah and other US territories, as well as being illegal in Canada and Mexico when the Mormons were marrying plural wives there (2)
[U.S. Marriage History] Right of married woman to own property in her own name (instead of all property being owned exclusively by the husband) in Mississippi. (3)
[Whitney, Newel Kimball] Associated with Sidney Rigdon in Campbellite movement before 1830. (4)
-- 1830-1838
Sidney Rigdon -- primary scribal author for this period. Writings used in assembling The History of the Church (often cited as HC) (originally entitled History of Joseph Smith; first published under the title History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; nicknamed Documentary History of the Church or DHC) (5)
-- 1830-1840
[U.S. Religious History] U.S. Second Great Awakening (reaching a peak, 1830s & 1840s), Rise of Christian groups (Restorationists) (6)
-- 1830s
[Schism] Church of Christ; William Chubby; late (organizer); Split off/Continuation of Church of Christ; Now Defunct; Established with the special mission of ministering to black people; formed prior to the death of Joseph Smith. (7)
-- About 1830
Joseph Smith Sr. tells Fayette Lapham and Jacob Ramsdell that Joseph Smith saw, in a dream, a large and tall man in ancient clothing that was covered in blood that told him of the treasure and that a spirit had been murdered on the spot to guard the treasure. On one of the attempts, Smith was told he wasn't punctual and to return in one year with Alvin. (8)
-- 1830 Jan
[Lucy Mack Smith] Coles illegal activities are put to a stop. (9)
[Lucy Mack Smith] Palmyra citizens agree not to purchase copies of Book of Mormon. (9)
-- Jan 16, 1830
[Joseph Smith] An agreement between Joseph Sr. and Martin Harris on selling the Book of Mormon is witnessed by Oliver Cowdery. [MANCHESTER,] (10)
-- late Jan. 1830
[Lucy Mack Smith] Joseph Jr. returns to Manchester to force Cole to stop publishing extracts from the Book of Mormon. (11)
-- February 1830
[Wight, Lyman] Moved to Kirtland February 1830. (4)
-- 1830 Mar.-May
[Oliver Cowdery] Between mid-Mar. and mid-June Sidney Rigdon's whereabouts were unaccounted for. In April 1844 Rigdon gave a speech in Nauvoo in which he made reference to the events of this period as though he was in NY at the trime the Church of Christ was founded. (12)
Footnotes:
1 - Teachings of Presidents of the Church: John Taylor, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah
2 - http://www.tungate.com/polygamy.htm
3 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_civil_marriage_in_the_U.S.
4 - Lyndon W. Cook, The Revelation of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants, Seventy's Mission Bookstore, Provo UT, 1985
5 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Church
6 - Milton Backman, Regional Studies, British Isles, Birth of Mormonism, p.27. Preliminaries to the Restoration: Chronology
7 - http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_sects_in_the_Latter_Day_Saint_movement#Before_the_schism
8 - http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgv482t8_0d5hdn5cv
9 - History of Joseph Smith by His Mother: Revised and Enhanced by Scot Facer Proctor Maurine Jensen Proctor
10 - Inventing Mormonism:Tradition and the Historical Record, H. Michael Marquardt Wesley P. Walters. A Chronology of Mormon Origins, p.xxvi
11 - Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, Edited by Lavina Fielding Anderson, 2001, Signature Books
12 - http://olivercowdery.com/history/Cdychrn1.htm
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