Parley P. Pratt and Ziba Peterson are called to preach to the Indians (D&C 32). Ezra Thayre and Northrop Sweet are also called (D&C 32, 33). (1)
Sidney Rigdon's Kirtland congregation is converted to Mormonism. (1)
-- ca. Oct.-Nov. 1830
[Lucy Mack Smith] Emma, who is pregnant with twins, exhausts herself in helping to prepare the missionaries clothing and is ill for four weeks. (2)
-- 1830 Fall
[Lucy Mack Smith] Great numbers join the Church in northern Ohio, including Sidney Rigdon. (3)
[Lucy Mack Smith] Joseph Sr. goes to debtors prison for a month. (3)
[Lucy Mack Smith] Oliver Cowdery, Parley Pratt, and companions leave for Lamanite mission. (3)
[Lucy Mack Smith] Smith family moves from Manchester cabin to Waterloo, N.Y. (3)
-- October 1-17, 1830
[Revelations] Manchester, New York. Doctrine and Covenants 32. Parley P. Pratt and Ziba Peterson to join Oliver Cowdery and Peter Whitmer Jr. on the mission to the Lamanites.
Approximate date is based on the date (October 17) that the four signed the mission covenant. Ezra Booth Letters (8-9).
KRB, 83-84, heading: Revelation to Parley Pratt to go to th[e] wilderness.
Not printed in the Book of Commandments.
1835 Doctrine and Covenants 54 heading: Revelation to Parley P. Pratt and Ziba Peterson, given October, 1830. (4)
-- 7 Oct. 1830
[Lucy Mack Smith] Joseph Sr. is arrested for debt and jailed for thirty days. (2)
-- about October 8, 1830
[Joseph Smith] Fayette, New York. Joseph Smith received Doctrine & Covenants 32, a revelation regarding Parley P. Pratt and Ziba Petersons mission to teach the Lamanites. (5)
-- 10 Oct. 1830
[Lucy Mack Smith] Sunday, Samuel Smith is able to visit Joseph Sr. in prison but cannot effect his release to the jail yard. (2)
-- 14 Oct. 1830
[Lucy Mack Smith] Hyrum has moved to Colesville by this date. (2)
-- ca. 17 Oct. 1830
[Lucy Mack Smith] Joseph Jr., in Waterloo, receives D&C 32, instructing Parley P. Pratt, Ziba Peterson, Oliver Cowdery, and Peter Whitmer to go on a mission to Native Americans on the Missouri frontier. Before the month's end, they are preaching at Kirtland, Ohio, with notable success. Soon after the missionaries departure, Samuel moves Lucy and the younger children (Joseph Sr. is still in jail) to Waterloo, New York. (2)
-- October 18-31, 1830
[Revelations] Fayette, New York. Doctrine and Covenants 33. Ezra Thayer and Northrop Sweet are called to declare the gospel to a crooked and perverse generation.
Book of Commandments 35 heading: A Revelation to Ezra, and Northrop, given in Fayette, New-York, October, 1830.
1835 Doctrine and Covenants 55 heading: A Revelation to Ezra Thayer and Northrop Sweet, given October, 1830. (4)
-- October 21, 1830
[Joseph Smith] Fayette, New York. Joseph Smith received Doctrine & Covenants 33, a revelation calling Ezra Thayre and Northrop Sweet to serve proselyting missions. (5)
-- 21 Oct. 1830
[Lucy Mack Smith] Joseph Jr., in Fayette, dictates Moses 5:43-51 (PGP). (2)
-- 26 Oct. 1830
[Lucy Mack Smith] A writ against Hyrum for a debt owed to Alexander McIntyre is returned; the officer failed to find either Hyrum or any attachable property. (2)
-- 1830 October-November
About 130 individuals converted in Kirtland, Ohio, and vicinity. (6)
-- 1830 November
Orson Pratt is called to preach (D&C 34). (1)
-- November 4, 1830
[Joseph Smith] Fayette, New York. Joseph Smith received Doctrine & Covenants 34, a revelation calling Orson Pratt to the ministry. (5)
-- 4 Nov. 1830
[Lucy Mack Smith] Orson Pratt comes to Fayette to meet Joseph (D&C 34). (2)
Footnotes:
1 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century_(Mormonism)
2 - Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, Edited by Lavina Fielding Anderson, 2001, Signature Books
3 - History of Joseph Smith by His Mother: Revised and Enhanced by Scot Facer Proctor Maurine Jensen Proctor
4 - http://saintswithouthalos.com/s/_dc.phtml
5 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
6 - http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
Clair Barrus
