Joseph smith autobiography

Joseph Smith (December 23, – June 27, ) was an American religious leader and the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement whose current followers include members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Community of Christ, and other Latter Day Saint denominations.

The early life of Joseph Smith covers his life from his birth to the end of

Smith was born in Sharon, Vermont, the fifth of eleven children born to Joseph and Lucy Mack Smith.

Joseph smith autobiography

By , Smith's family had moved to the "burned-over district" of western New York, an area repeatedly swept by religious revivals during the Second Great Awakening. Smith family members held divergent views about organized religion, believed in visions and prophecies, and engaged in certain folk religious practices typical of the era.

Smith briefly investigated Methodism, but he was generally disillusioned with the churches of his day.

Around Smith is said to have experienced a theophany, now known as