April 6, 1839

Liberty, Missouri
Joseph Smith traveled with other prisoners by a dangerous route from Liberty to Gallatin, Daviess County.
Sources: 
History of the Church, Joseph Smith, 3:308-9
Joseph Smith History C1:913–914 
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch, 
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