-- Feb 22, 1834
[Wight, Lyman] On 1 January 1834 sent with Parley P. Pratt to Kirtland, Ohio, to counsel with Church leaders concerning Saints regaining Jackson County lands; arrived about 22 February 1834. Traveled with Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and others through Pennsylvania and New York to recruit for Zions Camp. (1)
-- About Feb 23, 1834
William W. Phelps, Edward Partridge, John Corrill and others subpoenaed by State. (2)
-- Feb 24, 1834
D&C 103 (Kirtland): Jackson County saints to be restored to their lands. They were driven from Jackson because they were not entirely obedient. Now Zion to be redeemed to power; one will be raised up like Moses to lead the people back; Parley and Lyman to gather a hundred men, also Joseph, Sidney, Hyrum, Frederick, Orson Hyde, Orson Pratt. (3)
Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith received Doctrine & Covenants 103, a revelation about the persecution and redemption of Zion in Missouri, with instructions to organize companies to go to the relief of the Saints in Jackson County. (4)
Kirtland high council elects Joseph Smith as commander-in-chief of the armies of Israel, and he announces a revelation which commands God's "friends" to "avenge me of mine enemies." This document also commands that Mormon dissenters be "cast out and trodden under the foot of men" by "my friends." (5)
[Joseph Smith] Revelation in Kirtland commanding organization of expedition (later known as Zions Camp) to relieve Saints driven from Jackson County and to help them return to their properties. (6)
D&C 103 (Kirtland): Jackson county saints to be restored to their lands. They were driven from Jackson because they were not entirely obedient. Now Zion to be redeemed to power; one will be raised up like Moses to lead the people back; Parley P. Pratt and Lyman to gather a hundred men, also Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, Hyrum Smith, Frederick G. Williams, Orson Hyde, Orson Pratt. (7)
[Lucy Mack Smith] Joseph Jr. receives a revelation (D&C 103) ordering the organization of Zion's Camp. (8)
[Pratt, Orson] Appointed to assist in gathering volunteers for Zions Camp 24 February 1834. Member of Zions Camp. (1)
[Pratt, Parley Parker] Arrived in Kirtland before 24 February 1834. (1)
Kirtland, Ohio. Doctrine and Covenants 103. Members driven out of Jackson county because of disobedience. Now Zion to be redeemed with power ; one will be raised up like Moses to lead the return. Parley & Lyman not to return to Jackson until 500 volunteers are raised, or 300, or at least 100. Parley to travel with Joseph , Lyman with Sidney, Orson Hyde with Orson Pratt.
Kirtland Revelations Book, 108-111, heading: Kirtland February 24 1834. Recorded by Orson Pratt, August 18, 1834.
Book of Commandments, Book C Recorded by Orson Pratt, August 18, 1834.
Newel Kimball Whitnery Papers (BYU), Box 1, fd. 15 [verses 15-20], heading: Excerpt of a revelation given at Kirtland when L Wight & P. P. Pratt went down & helped gather the army in 1834 being commanded by revelation [Revelation of Dec. 25, 1835 follows immediately. ].
First published in the 1844 Doctrine and Covenants, Section 101. (9)
-- 26 Feb.-Mar 28, 1834
[Lucy Mack Smith] Joseph Jr. and Parley P. Pratt go east to obtain volunteers for Zion's Camp. (8)
-- Feb 26, 1834
Those designated to raise men for Zion's camp on February 24 leave on their assignments. (3)
Footnotes:
1 - Cook, Lyndon W., The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants, Seventy's Mission Bookstore, Provo UT, 1985
2 - Tidd, N. R., "Mormon Chronology," http://bit.ly/14Qt5F
3 - Kenny, Scott, "Mormon History 1830-1844," http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
4 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
5 - Quinn, D. Michael, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, Appendix 7: Selected Chronology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-47"
6 - Jessee, Dean, Esplin, Ronald and Bushman, Richard Lyman (editors), The Joseph Smith Papers: Journals, Vol. 1: 1832-1839, Chronology for the Years 1832-1839
7 - Kenny, Scott, Zion's Camp Chronology (1834), http://saintswithouthalos.com/c/1834_zc.phtml
8 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
9 - Kenny, Scott, "Doctrine and Covenants," http://saintswithouthalos.com/s/_dc.phtml
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