January 18, 1827

South Bainbridge, New York
Joseph Smith was married to Emma Hale by Esquire Zacharia Tarble, Justice of the Peace.
Sources: 
History of the Church, Joseph Smith, 1:17
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch, 
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