Joseph Knight Family Connections to the Doctrine and Covenants
Doctrine and Covenants 1
Recorded November 1831
Come Follow Me, Jan. 6-12: “Hearken, O Ye people”
Read where the Knights were in November 1831 when Section 1, was recorded in November of 1831 in Kirtland, Ohio. The main body of the church was in Kirtland, but Jackson County, Missouri had already been dedicated as Zion. Together, the Knight family and all of the Colesville Branch were people who hearkened and moved their families west to the American frontier in July of 1831 when they were asked to do so.
Joseph Smith-History 1:1-26
Recorded 1823
Come Follow Me, Jan. 13-19: “I Saw a Pillar of Light”
Read “How the Knights Knew the Smith Family.” Joseph Knight, Sr. was supportive of the Smith Family in Palmyra, New York, as early as 1825, even though he lived 140 miles away in Colesville, New York. Read how this relationship began.
Read the Family Home Evening story, “Joseph Knight’s Wagon and the Plates of Gold,” with photos of the Knight Farm, and a children’s craft to make with paper wagon and horse, or coloring page.
