Joseph Smith Jr. Prophet - Salt Lake City Utah - Religious Freedom on Waymarking.com

Joseph Smith Jr. was born December 23, 1805 and passed away June 27, 1844. He was an American religious leader and the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement.

Smith was raised in western New York during a period of religious enthusiasm. Having been influenced by folk religion as a youth, he claimed the ability to find buried treasure through supernatural means. In the late 1820s, Smith said that an angel had directed him to a buried book of golden plates inscribed with a religious history of ancient American peoples. After publishing what he said was an English translation of the plates as the Book of Mormon, he organized branches of the Church of Christ, a church whose adherents were later called Latter Day Saints or, more commonly, Mormons.

In 1831, Smith moved west to Kirtland, Ohio intending to establish the city of Zion in western Missouri, but his plans were frustrated when Missouri settlers expelled the Saints in 1833. After leading an unsuccessful paramilitary expedition to recover the land, Smith began building a temple in Kirtland. In 1837, the church in Kirtland suffered a major financial crisis, and the following year Smith joined his followers in northern Missouri. A war ensued with Missourians who believed Smith had incited insurrection. When the Saints lost the war, they were expelled, and Smith was imprisoned on capital charges. He was later released due not enough evidence.

We have actually been to the Liberty Jail in Missouri in April of 2010 and took pictures there. Some of them are in the gallery. They have some captions (history) on them since our friends wanted to see them. (visit link)

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