Important Dates of the Restoration
1820
The year that Joseph Smith had the First Vision of the Father and the Son
Sacred Grove
The place where Joseph Smith went to pray to know which Church to join and where the First Vision occurred.
Oliver Cowdery
The main scribe during the translation of the Book of Mormon. He was also one of the three witnesses.
Who restored the Melquisedec priesthood to Joseph and Oliver?
Peter, James and John, three of the original apostles of Jesus Christ
What is the Book of Mormon?
Another Testament of Jesus Christ
April 6, 1830
The date the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was established.
Hill in Manchester, New York
The Hill Cumorah where Joseph met Moroni each year for 4 years and where the gold plates were burried.
Three Witnesses
Who are Oliver Cowdery, Martin Harris, and David Whitmer?
What woman was shown the Gold Plates by Moroni?
Mary Whitmer
3000
The cost in dollars of publishing the first 5000 copies of the Book of Mormon.
September 21, 1823
The date that Joseph Smith received the vision of Moroni.
Harmony, Pennsilvania
The place where Joseph and Emma Smith went to escape the persecution and do the translation of the Book of Mormon.
Emma Hale
The wife of Joseph Smith, also served as scribe for some portions of the translation of the Book of Mormon
Articles seen by the Three Witnesses
Gold plates, sword of Laban, the director (Liahona), the Urim and Thummim, breastplate.
531
Number of pages in our current English publication of the Book of Mormon.
May 15, 1829
The date that Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery received the Aaronic Priesthood under the hands of John the Baptist, and were baptized.
Susquehanna River
The place where John the Baptist appeared to Joseph and Oliver, gave them the priesthood and were baptized.
Charles Anthon
Professor from New York that Martin Harris took copies of the characters from the Gold Plates along with their translation to verify the translation was correct.
Who's carriage did Joseph and Emma use the night they went to get the gold plates from Moroni.
Joseph and Polly Knight
85
The number of days it took to translate the gold plates into the Book of Mormon.
December 23, 1805
The day that Joseph Smith was born.
Fayette, New York
The place where the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized, at the home of Peter Whitmer, Sr.
Egbert B. Grandin
The owner of Grandin press that published the first copies of the Book of Mormon
He mortgaged his farm to pay for the publication of the Book of Mormon
Martin Harris
5000
There were 5000 copies of the Book of Mormon made in its first publication.