“Joseph Smith Time Line,” Friend, Dec. 1984, 38

Joseph Smith Time Line

Corliss Clayton

Date	Age	Event
December 23, 1805	0	Born in Sharon, Vermont
Spring 1820	14	Received First Vision
September 22, 1823	17	Moroni appeared to Joseph Smith
September 23, 1823	17	First saw gold plates
January 18, 1827	21	Married Emma Hale
September 22, 1827	21	Received gold plates
May 15, 1829	23	Ordained to Aaronic Priesthood
April 6, 1830	24	Church officially organized
Winter 1831	25	Moved to Kirtland, Ohio
March 27, 1836	30	Dedicated Kirtland temple
Winter 1838	32	Moved to Far West, Missouri
May 1, 1839	33	First land purchased in Commerce, Illinois
June 10, 1844	38	Nauvoo Expositor press destroyed
June 27, 1844	38	Martyred at Carthage Jail

The time line above notes some of the major events in the life of Joseph Smith. Make a time line of your life by writing down such important events as your birth, your baptism, schools you have attended, jobs or other responsibilities you have been given, and any other events that are important to you. Be certain to include the date, your age at the time the event happened, and where it occurred. Write your time line neatly on a piece of paper and place it in the front of your journal, then add to it each time a particularly important event occurs.