[1st Presidency Changes] Joseph Smith, Jr. Oliver Cowdery (Assistant President) Sidney Rigdon (never ordained an apostle) Frederick G. Williams (never ordained an apostle) Oliver Cowdery (Assistant Counselor) Hyrum Smith (Assistant Counselor) John Smith (never ordained an apostle, Assistant Counselor) Joseph Smith, Sr. (never ordained an apostle, Assistant Counselor) Hyrum Smith, John Smith (never ordained an apostle) and Joseph Smith, Sr. called as Assistant Counselors; Oliver Cowdery also given the title of Assistant Counselor (1)
-- 1837 September 3
Apostle Luke S. Johnson is disfellowshipped from the church in Kirtland, Ohio. Apostle John F. Boynton is excommunicated. (2)
-- September 3, 1837
[Joseph Smith] Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith held a conference for the whole Church to reorganize its leadership. (3)
-- 1837 September 3
[Joseph Smith] Presided over conference at which apostles Luke Johnson, Lyman Johnson, and John F. Boynton were disfellowshipped, Kirtland. (4)
-- 3 Sept. 1837
[Lucy Mack Smith] At a conference at Kirtland, Frederick G. Williams is not sustained as counselor. Oliver Cowdery, Joseph Smith Sr., Hyrum, and Uncle John Smith are introduced as assistant counselors and unanimously sustained. Not sustained as apostles are Luke S. Johnson, Lyman E. Johnson, and John F. Boynton. (5)
-- September 3, 1837
[Quorum of the Twelve] John F. Boynton disfellowshipped. He was excommunicated later that year. (6)
-- September 4, 1837
[Joseph Smith] Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith wrote a letter to John Corrill and the Church in Missouri. (3)
-- September 10, 1837
[Joseph Smith] Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith attended an assembly of Saints in the Kirtland Temple, where the sacrament of the Lords Supper was administered. (3)
-- 1837 September 10
[Joseph Smith] Presided over conference at which apostles Luke Johnson, Lyman Johnson, and John F. Boynton confessed errors and were received back into church fellowship, Kirtland. (4)
-- 10 Sept. 1837
[Lucy Mack Smith] At a meeting in the Kirtland temple, Luke and Lyman Johnson, John Boynton, and John P. Greene confess and are returned to their offices. (5)
-- September 17, 1837
[Joseph Smith] Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith presided at a conference of elders in the Kirtland Temple to discuss the gathering of the Saints. (3)
-- 1837 September 17
[Joseph Smith] Appointed 109 missionaries, Kirtland. (4)
-- 17 Sept. 1837
[Lucy Mack Smith] 109 missionaries are called from Kirtland. (5)
Footnotes:
1 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Presidency_(LDS_Church)#Chronology_of_the_First_Presidency
2 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century_(Mormonism)
3 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
4 - Joseph Smith Papers: Chronology for the Years 1832-1839
5 - Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, Edited by Lavina Fielding Anderson, 2001, Signature Books
6 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)
Clair Barrus
