Talk:David W. Patten
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[edit] Section deleted -- seeking source
Actually, there is some support -- just not cited here. The false affidavit was a significant legal factor in the dissention during this period. I'll try and track down the source before reinserting. WBardwin 23:50, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
"Battle may have been triggered by dissension within the Mormon leadership and the swearing of a false affidavit by Apostles Thomas B. Marsh and Orson Hyde."
This sequence of events is pretty well documented and comes from the Thomas B. Marsh article. The affidavit's content was known before the battle, added to the panic in northwestern Missouri and triggered the sending of the state militia unit. WBardwin 01:29, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
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- 19 October 1838, Thomas B. Marsh and fellow apostle Orson Hyde left the association of the Church.
- 24 October 1838, Marsh drafted and signed a legal affidavit against Joseph Smith on , which Hyde also signed. It addressed the organization of the Danites, conflicts in Daviess County, and rumors about future Mormon actions. He stated his opinion that Joseph Smith planned "to take the State, & he professes to his people to intend taking the U.S. & ultimately the whole world" (Document, p. 57).
- October 1838, because a Mormon attack was believed imminent, a unit of the state militia from Ray County was dispatched to patrol the border between Ray and Mormon Caldwell County to the north.
- October 25, 1838, reports reached Mormons in Far West that this state militia unit was a "mob" and had kidnapped several Mormons. The Mormons formed an armed rescue party and attacked the militia in what became known as the Battle of Crooked River.
