April 18, 1842

Carthage, Illinois
Applications for bankruptcy were filed by Joseph Smith and Hyrum Smith, along with several other Church leaders.
Sources: 
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch, 
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