-- Jun 12, 1830
1. And it came to pass in the latter days, that wickedness did much abound, and the "Idle and slothful said one to another, let us send for Walters the Magician, who has strange books, and deals with familiar spirits; peradventure he will inform us where the Nephites, hid their treasure, so be it, that we and our vagabond van, do not perish for lack of sustenance. Abner Cole, "THE BOOK OF PUKEI.-Chap. 1," Palmyra Reflector, June 12, 1830.
10. Now the rest of the acts of the magician, how his mantle fell upon the prophet Jo. Smith Jun. and how Jo. made a league with the spirit, who afterwards turned out to be an angel, and how he obtained the "Gold Bible." Spectacles, and breast plate-will they not be faithfully recorded in the book of Pukei? (1)
-- Jun 18, 1830
[Joseph Smith] The earliest description of the new church is in German by Rev. Diedrich Willers of Fayette, New York. He writes that "Mormonites" call themselves Die wahre Nachfolger Christi ("the True Disciples of Christ"). Concerning six Book of Mormon witnesses who had been his parishioners, Willers writes that the Whitmers "even believe in witches. Hiram Page is likewise full of superstition." (2)
-- Jun 25, 1830
Joseph arrives in Colesville. (1)
-- Jun 26, 1830
[Joseph Smith] Residents of Colesville, one of the three Mormon congregations in New York state, disrupt an intended baptismal ceremony and intimidate church members. This is the first mob action against Mormons. (2)
-- Jun 28, 1830
At a dam built specifically for the in or near Colesville, Oliver Cowdery baptizes Emma Smith, Hezekiah Peck and wife Martha Long, Joseph Knight and wife Polly Peck, William Stringham, Joseph Knight Sr., Aaron Culver and wife Esther Peck, Levi Hall, Polly Knight, Julia Stringham, and Sally Colburn (wife of Newel Knight). Also baptized: William Stringham and wife Esther Knight, Anna Knight (wife of Freeborn De Mill). (1)
Colesville branch organized with 14 members. EMS 1, no. 11 (April 1833): ; (1)
Joseph is charged with disorderly conduct and taken to South Bainbridge, New York, for trial. Josiah Stowell, Jonathan Thompson refuse to give incriminating evidence. (1)
[Joseph Smith] Colesville, New York. Joseph Smith was arrested on a charge of being a disorderly person and taken to South Bainbridge, Chenago County, for trial. (3)
[Joseph Smith] Baptisms are performed in Colesville, New York, but no confirmations. A Colesville branch is started. [COLESVILLE,] (4)
[Joseph Smith] Joseph Sr. appears in Manchester before Justice Nathan Pierce on behalf of his son Hyrum. [MANCHESTER,] (4)
-- Jun 29, 1830
[Knight, Joseph, Sr] Baptized 29 June 1830. Family formed nucleus of small branch of Church in Colesville. (5)
-- Jun 30, 1830
[Lucy Mack Smith] Samuel Harrison Smith leaves as first official missionary of the Church. (6)
[Lucy Mack Smith] Samuel goes on another mission to Livonia, New York, where Alva Beman and Joseph Noble live. (7)
-- Jun 30, 1830-1 July.
[Joseph Smith] Joseph Smith is acquitted in two trials at Colesville, New York, for using a treasure-digging "peep" stone and performing an exorcism. (2)
Footnotes:
1 - http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
2 - D. Michael Quinn, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, Appendix 7: Selected Chronology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-47"
3 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
4 - Inventing Mormonism:Tradition and the Historical Record, H. Michael Marquardt Wesley P. Walters. A Chronology of Mormon Origins, p.xxvi
5 - 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
6 - History of Joseph Smith by His Mother: Revised and Enhanced by Scot Facer Proctor Maurine Jensen Proctor
7 - Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, Edited by Lavina Fielding Anderson, 2001, Signature Books
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