[Lucy Mack Smith] Jesse Gause and Sidney Rigdon are ordained counselors in the presidency of the high priesthood. (1)
-- March 8, 1832
[Revelations] Hiram, Ohio. Revelation of March 8, 1832. Bishops judge, administer surplus property. All to be equal, accountable. The presidency of the High Priesthood presides over entire church, has keys of the kingdom. (2)
-- about March 10, 1832
[Joseph Smith] Hiram, Ohio. Joseph Smith received Doctrine & Covenants 79, a revelation directing Jared Carter to preach the gospel in the East. (3)
-- March 12, 1832
[Revelations] Hiram, Ohio. Doctrine and Covenants 79. Jared Carter is called on another mission to the East.
Kirtland Revelations Book, 12, heading: A Revelation given to Jerad Carter March 12th 1832 in Hiram Portage County Ohio,
Not included in the Book of Commandments.
1835 Doctrine and Covenants 76 heading: Revelation given March, 1832. (2)
-- March 15, 1832
[Revelations] Hiram, Ohio. Doctrine and Covenants 81. Jesse Gause is called to be a high priest and counselor to Joseph Smith in presidency of the High Priesthood, which holds the keys of the kingdom. Background from Kirtland Record Book, pp. 10-11: "Chose this day and ordained br Jesse Gause and Broth Sidney to be my councellors of the ministry of the presidency of <th> high Priesthood".
Newel K. Whitney Papers.
Kirtland Revelations Book, 17-18, heading: Hiram Portage Co Ohio March 15th 1832.
Book of Commandments manuscript, Community of Christ Library-Archives, also has March 15. Jesse Gause, 200-202.
Not printed in Book of Commandments.
1835 Doctrine and Covenants 79 heading: Revelation given March, 1832.
Kirtland Revelations Book. (2)
-- about March 20, 1832
[Joseph Smith] Hiram, Ohio. Joseph Smith received Doctrine & Covenants 78, a revelation on caring for the poor, and Doctrine & Covenants 79 and Doctrine & Covenants 80, revelations extending callings to individuals. (3)
-- March 20, 1832
[Revelations] Hiram, Ohio. Doctrine and Covenants 77. Explanations of Revelation imagery. Sea of glass. Four beasts. Twenty-four elders. Seven seals. Elias to gather the Twelve Tribes will gather them and restore all things. 144,000 sealed high priests. Trumpets. Elias gathers and restores Two prophets.
Manuscript History, 192-195, heading: About the first of march, in connection with the translation of the scriptures, I recived the following explanation of the Revelations of Saint John.
Added to the 1876 D&C. (2)
-- 1832, March 24
Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon beaten, tarred, feathered by mob, Hiram, OH. (4)
-- 1832 24 March
Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon beaten and tarred and feathered at John Johnson Farm in Hiram, Ohio. (5)
-- 1832 March 24
Joseph Smith Jr. is tarred and feathered by a mob outside the John Johnson farmhouse. (6)
-- March 24, 1832
[Joseph Smith] Hiram, Ohio. A mob violently tarred and feathered Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon. (3)
[Joseph Smith] Joseph is taken from his home and attacked by a mob. (7)
-- 24-25 Mar. 1832
[Lucy Mack Smith] Joseph Jr. is tarred by a dozen men who break his tooth and John Johnson Sr.'s collar bone. Sidney Rigdon is beaten, dragged outside, and left in the cold. He is concussed and delirious. (1)
-- March 25, 1832
[Joseph Smith] Hiram, Ohio. Joseph Smith preached at a Sabbath meeting the day after he had been tarred and feathered. He also baptized three people that afternoon. (3)
-- 1832 March 29
Joseph Smith Jr. and Emma's adopted son, Joseph Murdock Smith, dies from a cold, thought to have been caught during the night of the mobbing. (6)
-- March 29, 1832
[Joseph Smith] Hiram, Ohio. Joseph Smith Murdock, adopted son of Joseph and Emma Smith, died. (3)
Footnotes:
1 - Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, Edited by Lavina Fielding Anderson, 2001, Signature Books
2 - http://saintswithouthalos.com/s/_dc.phtml
3 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
4 - Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History
5 - http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
6 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century_(Mormonism)
7 - http://www.prophetjosephsmith.org/joseph_smith_timeline
Clair Barrus
