Oliver Cowdery: Seneca County Master Commissioner in Chancery (1843-47) (1)
-- During 1843?-1856
* Thomas Bullock -- primary scribal author for this period. Writings used in assembling The History of the Church (often cited as HC) (originally entitled History of Joseph Smith; first published under the title History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; nicknamed Documentary History of the Church or DHC) (2)
-- Before 1843
Joseph Smith marries Flora Woodworth [per Lucian Woodworth (Flora's mother) per Orange Wight]. Lucian Woodworth is referred to as a Pagan Prophet. (3)
-- During By 1843
Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon reportedly advocated decapitation or throat-cutting for various crimes and sins. (3)
-- 1844: January
[Patriarchal Blessings] Susanah Bigler. (Given by John Smith.)
"Sister I lay my hands upon thy head by authority of the Holy Priesthood to seal a Fathers blessing upon thee, because thou hast no Father to bless thee Thou art a Daughter of Abraham, through the loins of Manassah and a lawful heir to the Priesthood in common with thy companion and thou shalt redeem thy dead friends and bring them up in the first Reserection with thy Companion and children and if thou desirest thou shalt be sealed to thy companion for all Eternity, he shall be endowed with the power of the Priesthood to posess thee in Eternity. Thou art a Mother in Israil and thy name shall be had in everlasting rememberance, because of the power that shall be made manifest among thy desendants thou shalt live untill thou art sattisfied with life, have all thy desires.
thy greatest reward shall not be in this world, yet thou shalt enjoy all the Blessings of the Priesthood, thou shalt be happy with thy children and thy grandchildren and thy ofspring shall be numerous
thou shalt have an inheritance with thy Breathren in Zion, and be entitled to all the blessings that Jacob pronounced upon the head of Ephrim, be faithful dear sister and thou shalt enjoy all these blessings for I seal them upon thy head in the name of Jesus Christ and I seal thee up unto Eternal life Amen." (From photocopy of manuscript; George A. Smith Papers, Ms 36, Box 5, Book 1, University of Utah Special Collections.) [Age, 58; Scribe, ?] (4)
-- 1844: August
[Patriarchal Blessings] Joseph C. Kingsbury. (Given by John Smith.)
"[excerpt] Thou art entitled to all the blessings which the servants of God sealed upon their children in ancient days which is a fulness of the Melchizedek Priesthood with all the blessings and benefits thereof. Thou are a lawful heir to these things because thou art a son of Joseph, the son of Jacob who was sold into Egypt." (From typescript citing Joseph C. Kingsbury diary, University of Utah Library.) [Age, ?; Scribe, ?] (4)
-- Jan 1, 1844
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] Jan 1st
Eighteen hundred forty four enters the stage with a Cold blustering rain storm. I spent the day plastering and white washing the printing office. I spent a few moments however in planting some choice stones in my garding. I planted 4 Apricotts, 13 Plums, 11 Shugar Cherry & 30 choice peach stones.
President Smith had a large Company at his house as he did on the eve of christmas. (5)
[Black History] Joseph Smith runs for president of the United Stat,
Abolitionists rejected such measures because it meant that Congress colluded with slavery and slave-holders, and confirmed that humans could be bought and sold, even if it was to free them. Their "higher moral ground" was to simply acknowledge slavery as ethically wrong and emancipate all slaves summarily, without compensation to the "owners". (6)
[Brigham Young] January 1, 1844.-- Visited at Brother E. D. Wooley's. (7)
William Law complained that Joseph Smith instructed the police to kill him [per Brigham Young]. (3)
Second Counselor William Law catches Joseph Smith and Maria Lawrence, a teenaged orphan who was living in the Smith household, in a "compromising situation." Unknown to Law, Maria Lawrence had been a secret plural wife of Joseph Smith for half a year. (8)
Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith wrote a letter to Thomas Ford, governor of Illinois, relative to the kidnapping of certain Saints who were falsely imprisoned in Missouri. (9)
[Joseph Smith] A large party and New Year's supper is held at Joseph's house, with music and dancing till morning. (10)
[Joseph Smith Diary] January 1st 1844, Monday At sunrise Thomas Miller, James Leach, James Bridget, [and] John Frodsham were brought up before me by police for disorderly conduct. T[homas] Miller fined five dollars and cost. Others discharged. Wrote the Governor /T[homas] Ford/ See file. [several lines left blank]
A large party took a N[ew] Year supper at my house and continued music and dancing till morning. I was in my private room with my family and John Taylor &c. (11)
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, http://amzn.to/origins-power
2 - Wikipedia, History of the Church, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Church
3 - Tidd, N. R., "Mormon Chronology"
4 - Selected LDS Patriarchal Blessings, New Mormon Studies CD ROM, Signature Book, 2009, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies
5 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies
6 - http://www.xtimeline.com/events.aspx?q=Bif200802111550260291166
7 - Manuscript History of Brigham Young, 1801-1844, ed. Elden Jay Watson (Salt Lake City: Smith Secretarial Service, 1968).
8 - Advent Adam website (defunct) - based on http://amzn.to/originsofpower
9 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith, http://amzn.to/BYUStudies-JSChron
10 - Conklin, Christopher J., Joseph Smith Chronology
11 - Faulring, Scott (ed.), An American Prophet's Record: The Diaries and Journals of Joseph Smith: Joseph Smith Diary, 1843-44, http://amzn.to/jsdiaries
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