Mormon History, 1837 December

-- During 1837 December
Many people are excommunicated from the church for various reasons. (1)

-- During 1837 late December
[Joseph Smith] High council excommunicated twenty-eight dissenters, including Martin Harris, Warren Parrish, and apostles Luke Johnson and John F. Boynton, Kirtland. (2)

-- During Dec. 1837
Hazen Aldrich: Excommunicated Dec. 1837 (3)

John F Boynton: Helped organize a Church of Christ and repudiated the Church of the Latter Day Saints Dec. 1837 (3)

Leonard Rich: Excommunicated Dec. 1837 (3)

Luke S Johnson: Excommunicated last week of Dec. 1837 (3)

Luke S Johnson: Repudiated Church of the Latter Day Saints Dec. 1837, and helped organize Church of Christ (3)

Oliver Cowdery: Functioned in Far West presidency (ad hoc) from Dec. 1837 (3)

Sylvester Smith: Excommunicated Dec. 1837 (3)

-- During December 1837
[Harris, Martin] Excommunicated December 1837. (4)

[Smith, Don Carlos] Located in New Portage, Ohio, December 1837. (4)

-- During 1837
[Bennett, John Cook] Published The Accouchers Vade Mecum in 1837. (4)

[Black History] Apostle Parley P. Pratt expresses his desire to preach the gospel "to all people, kindreds, tongues, and nations without exceptions" (in A Voice of Warning). No indication of differentiation between races with regard to system of preaching the Gospel of the kind that accompanies the Priesthood ban in later times. (5)

Footnotes:
1 - Wikipedia, 19th Century (Mormonism), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century_(Mormonism)
2 - Jessee, Dean, Esplin, Ronald and Bushman, Richard Lyman (editors), The Joseph Smith Papers: Journals, Vol. 1: 1832-1839, Chronology for the Years 1832-1839
3 - 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
4 - 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
5 - Crapo, Richley, Chronology Pertaining to Blacks and the LDS Priesthood, http://www.mormonsocialscience.org/node/62

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