-- Jul 23, 1833
Cornerstone of the House of the Lord is laid in Kirtland. (1)
Hundreds of armed Jackson County citizens enter Independence, "threatening death and destruction." Mormon leaders pledge to move out of the County by January 1, 1834 and urge others to do the same. Half of the Mormons to move by January 1, the rest by April 1, 1834. The Star is to cease publication. (1)
The corner stones of the Lord's house in Kirtland were laid. (2)
Mormons agree to leave Jackson County, most by 1-Jan, 1834 and all by 1-Apr, 1834 [per John Whitmer]. (3)
[Joseph Smith] Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith participated in laying the cornerstones of the Kirtland Temple. (4)
[Joseph Smith] Under duress, Latter-day Saints in Jackson County agreed with demands of vigilantes to leave the county. (5)
[Joseph Smith] Cornerstones are laid for the Kirtland Temple. (6)
[Lucy Mack Smith] Cornerstone for Kirtland Temple laid. (7)
[Lucy Mack Smith] During a second mob attack on Independence, the Mormons agree that half will leave by 1 January 1834 and the rest in April 1834. (8)
[Smith, Don Carlos] Assisted in laying foundation stones for Kirtland Temple 23 July 1833. Worked on Kirtland Temple. (9)
-- late Jul 1833
D. P. Hurlbut's lecture tour in PA took him south through Erie county, to Jacksonville and Elk Creek. Here his relative and foremer co-religionist, Benjamin Winchester, attended one of Hurlbut's anti-Mormon addresses. Hurlbut no doubt took advantage of being in the home area of Lyman Jackson and his family and questioned them more closely about claims that Solomon Spalding had written a large part of the Book of Mormon text. (10)
-- During 1833 Summer
The Missouri Mormons begin to suffer violence at the hands of other locals; their printing press (on which The Book of Commandments is being printed) is destroyed in July. Mob violence will drive the Mormons out of Jackson County and across the Missouri River to Clay County in November. The pages of The Book of Commandments are rescued from the muddy streets and bound, creating the first published collection of Smith's revelations. (11)
-- During July 1833
[Smith, Samuel Harrison] Assisted in laying foundation stones for Kirtland Temple July 1833. Worked on Kirtland Temple. (9)
Footnotes:
1 - http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
2 - Richards - Little, Compendium of the Doctrines of the Gospel, Church Chronology, Ch.66, p.306
3 - http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgv482t8_0d5hdn5cv
4 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
5 - Joseph Smith Papers: Chronology for the Years 1832-1839
6 - Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah
7 - History of Joseph Smith by His Mother: Revised and Enhanced by Scot Facer Proctor Maurine Jensen Proctor
8 - Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, Edited by Lavina Fielding Anderson, 2001, Signature Books
9 - 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
10 - http://olivercowdery.com/history/morchrn2.htm
11 - http://www.pbs.org/mormons/timeline/
Mormon History Timeline / Chronology
http://mormon-church-history.blogspot.com/
A lighter version of this timeline: http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/
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