Mormon History, (Mon) Sep 25, 1837

-- (Mon) Sep 25, 1837
F. G. Williams resigned his commission as a Justice of the Peace in Kirtland township. (1)

-- (Wed) Sep 27, 1837
Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon left Kirtland, to establish other places of gathering for the Mormons. At this time the traveled to Far West, Missouri, arriving there in the latter part of October. (1)

-- Sep 27, 1837
Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon leave Kirtland for Far West "to fulfil the mission appointed us on the 18th [sic] of sept by a conference of elders in establishing places of gathering for the Saints Brothers William Smith and Vinson Knight accompanying us." (2)

Joseph Smith, Jun., left Kirtland to visit the Saints in Missouri and establish gathering places. He arrived in Far West about the last of October, or first of November. (3)

Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon go on a mission to establish places of gathering with William Smith and Vinson Knight [per Joseph Smith]. (4)

Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon left Kirtland to travel to Missouri. (5)

[Joseph Smith] Departed Kirtland on journey to northwest Missouri to identify places for Latter-day Saints to settle. (6)

[Lucy Mack Smith] Joseph, Sidney Rigdon, William Smith, and Vinson Knight leave for Missouri, arriving at Far West about 1 November 1837. (7)

[Smith, William B] Left Kirtland 27 September 1837. (8)

-- During 1837 Sept.
[Joseph Smith] Parley P. Pratt publishes the first proselytizing pamphlet, A Voice of Warning and Instruction to All People, after having published two non-proselytizing LDS pamphlets in 1835. (9)

-- During Sept. 1837
John F Boynton: Disfellowshipped 3 Sept. 1837, despite his public confession (10)

John Gould: Honorably released 3 Sept. 1837 because the man he had replaced was still eligible for that quorum (10)

John Smith: Assistant president in First Presidency 3 Sept. 1837 (10)


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 - Richards, Franklin Dewey and Little, James A., Compendium of the Doctrines of the Gospel, Church Chronology, Ch.66, p.306
4 - Tidd, N. R., "Mormon Chronology," http://bit.ly/14Qt5F
5 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
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 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
8 - 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
9 - 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"
10 - 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


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