Mormon History, 1837-38

-- During 1837-38
Vinson Knight: Kirtland Township Clerk (1837-38) (1)

William Law: Branch president (1837-38) (1)

-- During 1837-39
Luke S Johnson: Kirtland Township deputy constable (1837-39), a position he used to help Joseph Smith Sr. and Frederick G Williams escape legal custody 1838 (1)

-- During 1837-41
Willard Richards: Mission (1837-41) (1)

-- During 1837-81
Joseph Young: Senior president Seventies (1837-81) (1)

-- During circa 1837
[Black History] Joseph Smith begins working on the Pearl of Great Price. (See 1842 for material on contents) (2)

-- (Tue) Jan 1, 1838
John Smith identified (in a letter to George A. Smith) 28 dissenters that had been cut off, including Martin Harris, Joseph Coe, Luke S. Johnson, John F. Boynton, and Warren Parrish. (3)

-- Jan 1, 1838
John Smith, an assistant counselor in the First Presidency, reports the excommunication of dozens of dissenters at Kirtland during the last week of Dec, including Book of Mormon witness Martin Harris. (4)

John F Boynton: Excommunicated in last week of Dec. 1837 (not 1 Jan. 1838) (1)

Joseph Smith identifies 28 dissenters, including Martin Harris [letter to Geo. Smith]. (5)

[Joseph Smith] John Smith, an assistant counselor in the First Presidency, reports the excommunication of dozens of dissenters at Kirtland during the last week of Dec, including Book of Mormon witness Martin Harris. (6)

-- Jan 2, 1838
Joseph Smith Jr.: Dictated revelation 12 Jan. 1838 to prevent removal from office in Kirtland (1)

[Snow, Erastus] Left Kirtland 2 January 1838. (7)

Footnotes:
1 - Quinn, D. Michael, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, Appendix 6, Biographical Sketches of General Officers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-47
2 - Crapo, Richley, Chronology Pertaining to Blacks and the LDS Priesthood, http://www.mormonsocialscience.org/node/62
3 - Broadhurst, Dale R., Mormon Chronology, http://olivercowdery.com/history/morchrn2.htm
4 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://www.advent-adam.com/jakestand.html
5 - Tidd, N. R., "Mormon Chronology," http://bit.ly/14Qt5F
6 - 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"
7 - 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

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