izing new branches, & holding conferences. &c.

Feby. 26, 1836, at a conference held at bro. B. L. Clapp's
in Callaway Co., Ky., I ordained A. O. Smoot & Benj. Boydston
E^e^lders and B. L. Clapp & Dan. Thomas priests.

Bros. Smoot & Clapp both entered into the labors of
the ministry. Elder Smoot frequently accompanied me on
my mission. Elder D. W. Patten returned to Tennessee, in april,
and joined us in our labors, accompanied by his wife, it was
a happy meeting, he related to me the blessings he had received
in Kirtland during the endowments; we travelled and labored
together; persecution raged against us; Elder Patten bore a
strong and forcible testimony unt of ^to^ ^of^ the work of God, and when
we were opposed by mobs he would rebuke them in great
plainness; we were threatened, but not injured; the sick
were frequently healed under our administrations.

May 27, Elder Warren Parrish joined us, he came direct
^arrived^ from Kirtland and joined us in our labors. We held a conference
on the 28th, at bro. Seth Utleys; 7 branches were represented con-
taining 116 members. Abel Wilson and Jesse Turpin ^were^ ordained priests
and Albert Petty ordained a Teacher. 31st, I was ordained
under the hands of ^by^ David W. Patten a member of the second
quorum of Seventies. We

We continued to extended our laborsed over a circuit of
several hundred miles, bro. Smoot labored continually with us and
bro. Clapp frequently. We travelled two by two, only as ^except when^ we
^&^ all met together to hold conferences.

June 19, [Joseph Smith Papers Document] a states warrant was issued against
D. W. Patten, Warren Parrish & Wilford Woodruff, sworn out
by Mathew Williams, a Methodist priest, and served by the
Sheriff, Robert C. Petty. Elders Patten and Parrish were
taken by an armed mob of about fifty, under ^pretence^ form ^color^ of law
led by the Sheriff, a Colonel, 1st & 2nd major, with other
officers, and a Methodist priest, with a gun on his shoulder
I was in another County and not taken. We were accused
of prophecying falsely, by saying, that four persons who

izing new branches,

Feby. 26, 1836, at a conference held at bro. B. L. Clapp's in Callaway Co., Ky., I ordained A. O. Smoot & Benj. Boydston elders and B. L. Clapp & Dan. Thomas priests.

Bros. Smoot & Clapp both entered into the labors of the ministry. Elder Smoot frequently accompanied me on my mission. Elder D. W. Patten returned to Tennessee, in april, and joined us in our labors, accompanied by his wife, it was a happy meeting, he related to me the blessings he had received in Kirtland during the endowments; we travelled and labored together; persecution raged against us; Elder Patten bore a strong and forcible testimony of the work of God, and when we were opposed by mobs he would rebuke them in great plainness; we were threatened, but not injured; the sick were healed under our administrations.

May 27, Elder Warren Parrish, arrived from Kirtland. We held a conference on the 28th, at bro. Seth Utleys; 7 branches were represented containing 116 members. Abel Wilson and Jesse Turpin were ordained priests and Albert Petty a Teacher. 31st, I was ordained by David W. Patten a member of the second quorum of Seventies.

We labored over a circuit of several hundred miles, bro. Smoot labored with us and bro. Clapp frequently. We travelled two by two, & all met together to hold conferences.

June 19, a states warrant was issued against D. W. Patten, Warren Parrish & Wilford Woodruff, sworn out by Mathew Williams, a Methodist priest, and served by the Sheriff, Robert C. Petty. Elders Patten and Parrish were taken by an armed mob of about fifty, under pretence of law led by the Sheriff, a Colonel, 1st & 2nd major, with other officers, and a Methodist priest, with a gun on his shoulder I was in another County and not taken. We were accused of prophecying falsely, by saying, that four persons who