January 12, 1838

Kirtland, Ohio
Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon fled Kirtland to escape mob violence.
Sources: 
History of the Church, Joseph Smith, 3:1
Joseph Smith History B1:780 
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch, 
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