-- Oct 26, 1830
[Lucy Mack Smith] A writ against Hyrum for a debt owed to Alexander McIntyre is returned; the officer failed to find either Hyrum or any attachable property. (1)
-- Oct 28, 1830
Lamanite missionaries arrive in Mentor, Ohio. History of the Mormonites (2)
[Oliver Cowdery] Oliver Cowdery and Parley P. Pratt arrived in the Mentor, Geauga, OH and went directly to the home of Sidney Rigdon and stayed at his residence for a few days. Then Cowdery and Pratt went to Kirtland where they were well received by Rigdon's communal colony at the Morely farm. (3)
-- Oct 31, 1830
Missionaries preach in Euclid (now northeast corner of Cleveland) History of the Mormonites (2)
-- 1830 November
Parley, Ziba, Oliver, and Peter Whitmer Jr. preach in the Western Reserve (Ohio) and baptize 130 between November 1 and 23. (Parley reports 127 . (2)
-- Nov 1830
Newel Kimball Whitney (a Campbellite and associate of Sidney Rigdon) baptized. (4)
-- November 1830
[Whitney, Newel Kimball] Baptized November 1830. (5)
-- Nov 1, 1830
[Whitmer, Peter, Jr] Arrived in Kirtland, Ohio, area by 1 November 1830; there made numerous converts. (5)
-- Nov 4, 1830
[Revelations] Fayette, New York. Doctrine and Covenants 34. Orson Pratt (h1) is blessed for believing. He is called to preach the gospel, preparing the way for the second coming. Catastrophic events and destruction of the wicked. Orson is to prophesy by the power of the Holy Ghost.
Orson was baptized on his nineteenth birthday, September 19, 1830. In October he traveled west to visit Joseph in Fayette, New York, and on November 4, the prophet gave him this revelation. Received through a seer stone in a hat. Recorded by John Whitmer. See Joseph Smith Revelations, 94n94.
Book of Commandments 36 heading: A Revelation to Orson (P. ) given in Fayette, New-York, November, 1830.
1835 Doctrine and Covenants 56 heading: Revelation to Orson Pratt, given November, 1830. (6)
-- Nov 5, 1830
Date reported by John Murdock of his baptism in the Chagrin River by Parley P. Pratt. (2)
-- Nov 7, 1830
(Monday) date missionaries preach, baptize, and confirm "about thirty" in Mayfield, based on November 5 baptismal date for John Murdock. Ohio preaching, 483. (2)
[Oliver Cowdery] Oliver Cowdery baptized Sidney Rigdon into the "Church of Christ" at Kirtland, Geauga, OH. (3)
-- Nov 8, 1830
[Sydney Rigdon] Sydney Rigdon and wife baptized into Mormon Church by Oliver Cowdery (7)
-- Nov 14, 1830
Parley baptizes Lyman Wight and Harriet Benton Wight. (2)
Footnotes:
1 - Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, Edited by Lavina Fielding Anderson, 2001, Signature Books
2 - http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
3 - http://olivercowdery.com/history/Cdychrn1.htm
4 - http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgv482t8_0d5hdn5cv
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 - http://saintswithouthalos.com/s/_dc.phtml
7 - http://sidneyrigdon.com/Rigdchrn.htm
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