-- about Aug 5, 1830
[Joseph Smith] Harmony, Pennsylvania. Joseph Smith received Doctrine & Covenants 27, a revelation concerning the sacrament: It mattereth not what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink when ye partake of the sacrament, if it so be that ye do it with an eye single to my glory." (1)
-- 1830 mid-Aug.
[Oliver Cowdery] Parley P. Pratt, a disciple of Sidney Rigdon, left the Western Reserve of OH on a "mission" conducted "for his denomination" which took him to Fayette, Seneca, NY. There he was baptized a Mormon Sep. 1, 1820. Presumably Rigdon was with Pratt in OH at the time of his departure. (2)
-- Aug 16, 1830
[Lucy Mack Smith] Joseph Sr. appears before Justice Nathan Pierce representing Hyrum, who is charged with an outstanding debt by Levi Daggett. (3)
-- Aug 26, 1830
[Joseph Smith] Harmony, Pennsylvania. Joseph Smith obtained the title of ownership to property in Harmony from his father-in-law, Isaac Hale. (1)
-- 1830 August (late)
Newel Knight moves Joseph and Emma from Harmony to Fayette (David Whitmer home). (4)
-- 1830 late Aug.
[Oliver Cowdery] Joseph Smith, Jr. and Emma move from Harmony to Fayette. There Joseph finds the Fayette branch of the Church in near rebellion against him. Among other problems, Hiram Page (brother-in-law of David Whitmer) was claiming to receive "revelations" with his seer stone. (2)
[Oliver Cowdery] Oliver wrote from Fayette to Joseph Smith, Jr. in Harmony and told Joseph that he must recant a portion of a "revelation." Apparently Oliver felt that Joseph was inserting his own words into divine communications and thus creating "priestcraft" within the Church of Christ. (2)
-- Aug 28, 1830
By letter, Oliver objects to text in D&C 20:37. (4)
Joseph and Hyrum Smith and John and David Whitmer arrive in Colesville "to confirm those who had been baptized in June previous." (4)
[September 1] "Apostle" Oliver Cowdery baptizes Parley P. Pratt in Seneca Lake. Parley is confirmed and ordained an elder the same day. (4)
-- late Aug. 1830
[Lucy Mack Smith] Joseph Sr. and Don Carlos visit Joseph Sr.'s relatives in Potsdam and Stockholm, New York, for a week, taking Joseph's father Asael Sr. a copy of the Book of Mormon. (3)
-- Aug 31, 1830
[Lucy Mack Smith] Hyrum arrives in Fayette, bringing with him Parley P. Pratt, who has been converted by a borrowed Book of Mormon. (3)
-- 1830 Sept.
[Joseph Smith] God tells Joseph Smith that only he can receive revelations and commandments for the church; another revelation makes secular issues the domain of the church: "Wherefore, verily I say unto you that all things unto me are spiritual." (5)
-- 1830 September
Immediately following the conference, Thomas B. Marsh is called to preach (D&C 31). (6)
Footnotes:
1 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
2 - http://olivercowdery.com/history/Cdychrn1.htm
3 - Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, Edited by Lavina Fielding Anderson, 2001, Signature Books
4 - http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
5 - D. Michael Quinn, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, Appendix 7: Selected Chronology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-47"
6 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century_(Mormonism)
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