Late 1816

Palmyra, New York

Joseph Smith moved with his mother and siblings to Palmyra, New York, from Norwich, Vermont. Joseph Smith Sr. had gone to Palmyra earlier in the year to investigate the move.

Sources:

History of Joseph Smith by His Mother, Lucy Mack Smith, ch. 16

A Study of the Origins of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the States of New York and Pennsylvania, Larry C. Porter, p. 10

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