-- Jun 24, 1834
Camp heads for Liberty, Clay County, but is met by General Atchison and others who urge them not to go to Liberty on account the animosity there. Accordingly, the camp turns left, crosses a prairie and woodland to Sidney Gilbert's home, and camp on the bank of Rush Creek in Brother Burket's field, where cholera strikes the camp. Heber C. Kimball's Accounts of Zion's Camp (1)
Cholera outbreak in Zion's Camp, several die [per Heber C. Kimball]. (2)
Rush Creek, Missouri. Joseph Smith and many of the Zions Camp marchers were taken sick with an outburst of cholera in the camp. (3)
-- Jun 25, 1834
Camp splits into small groups and are taken in by brethren living in the area. (1)
Joseph writes Col. Thornton, and attorneys Doniphan and Atchison, "to quiet the prejudices and fears of some part of the citizens of this county, we have concluded that our company shall be immediately dispersed, and continue so. till every effort for an adjustment of differences between us and the people of Jackson has been made on our part, that would in any wise be required of us by disinterested men of republican principle." (1)
[Joseph Smith] Joseph writes Col. Thornton, and attorneys Doniphan and Atchison, "to quiet the prejudices and fears of some part of the citizens of this county, we have concluded that our company shall be immediately dispersed, and continue so. till every effort for an adjustment of differences between us and the people of Jackson has been made [506] on our part, that would in any wise be required of us by disinterested men of republican principle." , 505-506
HC 2:114115. (4)
-- Jun 26, 1834
Rush Creek, Missouri. Zions Camp was disbursed, and Joseph Smith left with David Whitmer and two other brethren for the western part of Clay County. The first deaths from the cholera outbreak occurred. (3)
[Joseph Smith] Cholera strikes early in the morning and continues four days. Sixty-eight are stricken, of which thirteen or fourteen die. Heber's Accounts of Zion's Camp (4)
-- Jun 28, 1834
[Snow, Erastus] Ordained teacher 28 June 1834. (5)
-- Jun 30, 1834
[Wilford Woodruff] Zion's Camp disbanded in Clay County, Missouri (6)
-- During 1834 June
Zion's camp is disbanded. (7)
-- During Jun 1834
Joseph Smith and party arrive at Missouri and disband. (2)
-- During June 1834
[Patten, David Wyman] Remained in Missouri until arrival of Zions Camp June 1834. (5)
Footnotes:
1 - Kenny, Scott, "Mormon History 1830-1844," http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
2 - Tidd, N. R., "Mormon Chronology," http://bit.ly/14Qt5F
3 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
4 - Kenny, Scott, Zion's Camp Chronology (1834), http://saintswithouthalos.com/c/1834_zc.phtml
5 - 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
6 - Kenny, Scott (editor), Wilford Woodruff's Journals 1833-1898, Chronology Signature Books, Midvale, Utah
7 - Wikipedia, 19th Century (Mormonism), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century_(Mormonism)
LDS History Timeline / Chronology
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