-- Dec 13, 1830
[Whitmer, Peter, Jr] Arrived in Independence, Jackson County, Missouri, 13 December 1830; there employed as tailor. (1)
-- Dec 14, 1830
[Lucy Mack Smith] Joseph Sr., released from prison, joins his family at Waterloo. (If he was arrested in early October, he should have been released in early November after serving a thirty-day sentence. Either Lucy has misremembered the date of the arrest, the term of imprisonment, or the date of his release.) (2)
-- Dec 15, 1830
Sidney ordains Edward an elder. (3)
-- about Dec 15, 1830
[Joseph Smith] Fayette, New York. Joseph Smith received Doctrine & Covenants 35, a revelation calling Sidney Rigdon to be the Prophets scribe for the translation of the Bible. (4)
-- Dec 21, 1830
[Phelps, William Wines] Met Joseph Smith 21 December 1830. (1)
-- Dec 30, 1830
D&C 37 (Canandaigua): Joseph to stop translating now until he goes to Ohio "because of the enemy." Strengthen the church in Colesville. In time they should gather in Ohio "against the time that my servant Oliver shall return unto them." Date by William E. McLellin (3)
[Revelations] Canandaigua, New York. Doctrine and Covenants 37. Suspend translating until you get to Ohio. Visit Colesville church. Church to gather in Ohio until Oliver returns.
Book of Commandments 39 heading: A Revelation to Joseph and Sidney, given in Canandaigua, New-York, December, 1830.
1835 Doctrine and Covenants 58 heading: Revelation to Joseph Smith, jr. and Sidney Rigdon, given December, 1830. (5)
-- 1830
[Membership] Church Membership at end of year: 280
New Converts : 274
Percent Change from previous year: 4566.67% (6)
-- 1831
[Booth, Ezra] Authored nine letters against Church; published them in Ohio Star (October-December 1831). (1)
[Corrill, John] Moved family to Missouri 1831. Presided over Branch Number Four in Independence. (1)
Footnotes:
1 - 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
2 - Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, Edited by Lavina Fielding Anderson, 2001, Signature Books
3 - http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
4 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
5 - http://saintswithouthalos.com/s/_dc.phtml
6 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_membership_history
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