Mormon History, Jan 12, 1838

-- Jan 12, 1838
[Joseph Smith] Departed Kirtland for move to Far West. (1)

[Joseph Smith] -14 March Flees Kirtland for Far West, Missouri. (2)

[Joseph Smith] Josephs life is threatened and he leaves Kirtland. He waits in Norton for his family to join him. He is followed for nearly two hundred miles by those who threatened him. (3)

[Joseph Smith] (age 32)Leaves Kirtland for Far West, Missouri, to escape mob violence. (4)

[Lucy Mack Smith] Joseph Jr. and Sidney Rigdon ride at midnight to escape danger in Kirtland. (5)

[Lucy Mack Smith] A warrant is issued for Joseph Jr. for fraud. He flees toward Missouri with Sidney Rigdon by night. They wait at Norton, Ohio, for their families. (6)

-- Jan 13, 1838
[Lucy Mack Smith] Luke Johnson arrests Joseph Sr. for performing a marriage without proper authority but also helps him escape. Joseph Sr. hides at Oliver Snow's for two or three weeks. (6)

-- Jan 13, 1838-March 3
LaRoy Sunderland (1802-1885), Methodist minister and editor of Zion's Watchman, publishes Mormonism Exposed and Refuted in New York. In April Parley P. Pratt responds with Zion's Watchman Unmasked, and its Editor, Mr. L. R. Sunderland, Exposed: Truth Vindicated: the Devil Mad, and Priestcraft in Danger! (7)

-- about Jan 14, 1838
Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith prophesied to a council of brethren that he would live at least another five years. (8)

-- Jan 15, 1838
The church printing office in Kirtland is attached and sold at public auction to pay a debt to Grandison Newell. (7)

-- Jan 16, 1838
In Dublin, Indiana, Joseph Smith "destitute of money" says to Brigham Young, "You are one of the Twelve who have charge of the kingdom in all the world; I believe I shall throw myself upon you, and look to you for counsel in this case." Brigham Young helps "Brother Tomlinson" sell his farm and Joseph "got three hundred dollars from Brother Tomlinson, which enabled me to pursue my journey." (9)

The church printing office burns. Dissenters claim the church burned it rather than let anyone else have it. Members claim dissenter Lyman Sherman burned it to keep the church from getting it back. (7)

[Lucy Mack Smith] In Dublin, Indiana, Joseph Jr. stays nine days with Brigham Young, who had fled from Kirtland on 22 December. They chop wood to earn money. (6)


Footnotes:
1 - Jessee, Dean, Esplin, Ronald and Bushman, Richard Lyman (editors), The Joseph Smith Papers: Journals, Vol. 1: 1832-1839, Chronology for the Years 1832-1839
2 - Joseph Smith Papers, Timeline of Events, http://josephsmithpapers.org/TimelineOfEvents.htm
3 - More Good Foundation, Timeline, http://www.prophetjosephsmith.org/joseph_smith_timeline
4 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith, Salt Lake City, Utah
5 - Proctor, Scott and Maurine Jensen, editors, History of Joseph Smith by His Mother: Revised and Enhanced
6 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
7 - Kenny, Scott, "Mormon History 1830-1844," http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
8 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
9 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://www.advent-adam.com/jakestand.html


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