[Joseph Smith] [Joseph Smith] Moves to Commerce [later Nauvoo], Illinois. (1)
-- 1839, May 10
[Joseph Smith] Moves with his family into a small log house in Commerce, Illinois. Later renames the city Nauvoo. (2)
-- 10 May 1839
[Lucy Mack Smith] Joseph Jr., Emma, and their four children move into the Homestead, a two-story, four-room log cabin purchased from Hugh White about a mile south of Commerce. Joseph Sr. and Lucy live in a lean-to built on this cabin. (3)
-- 1839 May 10
[Lucy Mack Smith] Move to Commerce, Ill., later called Nauvoo (Hancock County). (4)
-- 16 May 1839
[Lucy Mack Smith] By this date, Don Carlos and Samuel (and presumably Jenkins Salisbury) have moved to the George Miller property near Macombe, McDonough County, Illinois. (3)
-- 1839 May 18
[Wilford Woodruff] Moves family to Montrose, Iowa (5)
-- May 21, 1839
[Joseph Smith] Montrose, Iowa. With the First Presidency and several others, Joseph Smith rode out on a land excursion to view the territory for many miles in the regions round about Montrose. (6)
-- May 25, 1839
[Quorum of the Twelve] William Smith restored to Quorum by vote of the Church. (7)
-- During May 1839
[Heber C. Kimball] Moves to Commerce (later Nauvoo), Illinois. (8)
[Missouri War] Nearly all the Saints have left Missouri. (9)
-- June 1, 1839
[Joseph Smith] Quincy, Illinois. Joseph Smith held a conference and taught that bishops are the authorities God appointed to take care of the poor. (6)
-- 1839 June 11
The first house was put up by the Saints in Commerce, afterward named Nauvoo. (10)
-- June 11, 1839
[Joseph Smith] Commerce, Illinois. Joseph Smith began dictating his personal history to James Mulholland. (6)
Footnotes:
1 - http://josephsmithpapers.org/TimelineOfEvents.htm
2 - Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah
3 - Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, Edited by Lavina Fielding Anderson, 2001, Signature Books
4 - History of Joseph Smith by His Mother: Revised and Enhanced by Scot Facer Proctor Maurine Jensen Proctor
5 - Wilford Woodruff's Journals 1833-1898: Typescript Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books, Midvale, Utah. Chronology
6 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
7 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)
8 - On the Potter's Wheel: The Diaries of Heber C. Kimball, Stanely B. Kimball editor. Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City, 1987. Chronology
9 - Stephen C. LeSueur: The 1838 Mormon War in Missouri, Appendix: Chronology of Events in Missouri, 1838-1839
10 - Richards - Little, Compendium of the Doctrines of the Gospel, Church Chronology, Ch.66, p.306
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
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