In 1823, Joseph Smith said he was visited by an angel named ... Illinois, on June 27, 1844.

With the coming Monday marking the 219th anniversary of Joseph Smith’s birth in Sharon ... down the 38-year-old religious leader June 27, 1844, at a jail in Carthage, Illinois.

Joseph Smith writes Nauvoo's city charter and is elected mayor. By 1844, the dynamic settlement's population has grown to 12,000, rivaling the size of Chicago. Smith has himself appointed chief ...