Joseph Smith returned to Kirtland, following the completion of his " mission" to Canada. David Whitmer had renounced Joseph Smith as a fallen prophet but reluctantly resumed supporting him upon his return from Canada. At about this same time Whitmer returned to Missouri, where he was the President of the Far West "High Council." effectively the leader of the Church in Missouri. His counselors were W. W. Phelps and his brother, John Whitmer. (1)
-- 1837 August [30]
Joseph returns to Kirtland from Canada "about the last of August." (2)
-- late Aug. 1837
[Lucy Mack Smith] Joseph Jr. returns to Kirtland. (3)
-- During Aug. 1837
David W Patten: Joseph Smith Jr. "slapped him in the face & kicked him out of the yard" Aug. 1837 when David W Patten asked if Fanny Alger was Joseph Smith Jr. 's plural wife (4)
John F Boynton: During a Sunday meeting at the Kirtland temple in Aug. 1837, John F Boynton drew a pistol and threatened to kill non-dissenters (4)
[Lucy Mack Smith] The Messenger and Advocate stops publication with this issue but contains a prospectus for the Elders Journal. (3)
-- (Sun) Sep 3, 1837
At a conference to reorganize the Church (owing to the disaffection existing among many members), held at Kirtland, Oliver Cowdery, Joseph Smith, sr., Hyrum Smith and John Smith were appointed assistant counselors to the First Presidency. Luke S. Johnson, Lyman E. Johnson and John F. Boynton, three of the Twelve Apostles, were disfellowshipped. F. G. Williams was sustained in his office, but the vote was not unanimous. [45 LDS HC Vol. II, 509.] (1)
-- Sep 3, 1837
Kirtland conference sustains Joseph as president of the whole church, with Sidney Rigdon and Frederick G. Williams as counselors, and Oliver Cowdery, Joseph Smith Sr., and Hyrum Smith as assistant counselors. The Kirtland bishopric is also sustained. Luke S. Johnson, Lyman E. Johnson, and John F. Boynton are excommunicated or rejected as apostles (the technical aspects are unclear) >. Nine high council members are replaced.
-- (2)
Conference to reorganize the Church, owing to the disaffection existing in the hearts of many [per Brigham Young]. Also, Luke S. Johnson, Lyman E. Johnson, and John F. Boynton disfellowshipped. Boynton blamed his troubles on the failure of the bank. (5)
Book of Mormon witness Martin Harris, discontented after the collapse of the Kirtland Anti-Banking Society, is dropped from the Kirtland High Council. He and his family remain in Kirtland when most Saints emigrated to Missouri or Nauvoo. He later says: "I never did leave the Church, the Church left me." Also on this day Apostles Luke S. Johnson, Lyman Johnson, and John F. Boynton are disfellowshipped by the Kirtland High Council. (6)
Apostle Luke S. Johnson is disfellowshipped from the church in Kirtland, Ohio. Apostle John F. Boynton is excommunicated. (7)
Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith held a conference for the whole Church to reorganize its leadership. (8)
[Joseph Smith] Presided over conference at which apostles Luke Johnson, Lyman Johnson, and John F. Boynton were disfellowshipped, Kirtland. (9)
Footnotes:
1 - Broadhurst, Dale R., Mormon Chronology, http://olivercowdery.com/history/morchrn2.htm
2 - Kenny, Scott, "Mormon History 1830-1844," http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
3 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
4 - 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
5 - Tidd, N. R., "Mormon Chronology," http://bit.ly/14Qt5F
6 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com
7 - Wikipedia, 19th Century (Mormonism), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century_(Mormonism)
8 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
9 - Jessee, Dean, Esplin, Ronald and Bushman, Richard Lyman (editors), The Joseph Smith Papers: Journals, Vol. 1: 1832-1839, Chronology for the Years 1832-1839
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