LDS Witness

The 1820s

126 miracle accounts from this decade

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The First Vision — Two Divine Personages Appear to Young Joseph Smith (Spring 1820)
Joseph Smith’s visitation from the angel Moroni (September 21, 1823)
Joseph Smith Receives Golden Plates - Book of Mormon Delivered(1827)
Angel Delivers Golden Plates to Joseph Smith - Morning of September 22, 1827
Translation of the Book of Mormon (April–June 1829) — Oliver Cowdery as Primary Scribe; Discovery Leading to the Restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood
The Three Witnesses See an Angel (Moroni) and the Gold Plates (June 1829, grove near the Whitmer home, Fayette/Waterloo, NY)
Restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery(1829)
Oliver Cowdery's Eyewitness Testimony — The Voice of Jesus and the Angel Bestowing the Priesthood (May 15, 1829)
The Three Witnesses’ Vision of the Plates and Records(1829)
The First Vision — God the Father and Jesus Christ Appear to Joseph Smith in the Sacred Grove (Spring 1820)
Joseph Smith's First Vision in Manchester(1820)
Joseph Smith's Vision of the Father and the Son(1820)
Oliver Cowdery’s 1835 Letters — Joseph Smith’s First Attempt to Obtain the Plates (September 1823)
Moroni's Appearances to Joseph Smith(1823)
Retrieval of the Gold Plates(1827)
Brigham Young and Miriam Young's Vision of the Army in the Heavens (September 22, 1827)
The Three Witnesses’ Vision of the Angel and the Plates(1829)
John the Baptist — Prophecy of the Melchizedek Priesthood Restoration(1829)
The Eight Witnesses Handle and Heft the Plates at the Whitmer Farm (June 1829)
Oliver Cowdery's Testimony of the Book of Mormon and Angelic Visitation(1829)
Martin Harris's Testimony of the Angel and the Plates(1829)
David Whitmer’s Heavenly Manifestation of the Angel and the Plates(1829)
Joseph Smith, Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer, and Martin Harris witness an angel(1829)
John the Baptist's Ordination of Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery(1829)
Joseph Smith - Heavenly Vision and Angel Ministry - Receipt of the Nephite Records(1827)
Book of Mormon: Translated Without Formal Education by an Unlearned Farm Boy (1827–1829)
Statistical Improbability: Book of Mormon Geography — NHM Altar Confirms Nahom (1999)(1829)
Thomas C. Prenois's Vision of the Flaming Sword(1820)
Moroni's 'Laughably Improbable' Prophecy: That Joseph Smith's Name Would Be Known Among All Nations(1823)
Francis Gladden Bishop Receives Vision During the Finney Revivals(1825)
Vision of Heavenly Army Seen by Heber C. Kimball the Night Joseph Smith Received the Golden Plates (September 22, 1827)
Joseph Smith Shot At and Narrowly Escaped Enemies Seeking the Golden Plates(1827)
Brigham Young — An Astrologer Thrice Rides Sixty Miles to Seize the Gold Plates (1827)
Heber C. Kimball Sees Heavenly Hosts Marching in Platoons of Twelve — the Night Joseph Smith Receives the Plates (1827)
The Seerstone Test — Joseph Smith Sees Nothing When Martin Substitutes a False Stone(1828)
Martin Harris Fulfills Isaiah's Prophecy — The Learned Man Cannot Read a Sealed Book(1828)
Martin Harris Holds the Gold Plates on His Knee for an Hour and a Half(1828)
The Lost 116 Pages — The Lord's Foreknowledge Spans 2,400 Years to Preserve the Book of Mormon (1828)
Divine Guidance to Palmyra - Genie or Good Spirit Directing(1829)
Emma Smith's Eyewitness Testimony: Joseph Had No Manuscript — The Book of Mormon Was a Marvel(1829)
Angels Harrow David Whitmer's Field Overnight So He Can Meet Joseph Smith(1829)
David Whitmer and Joseph Smith Meet a Nephite Messenger on the Road to Fayette(1829)
Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery — Outpouring of the Spirit and Prophecy(1829)
Mary Whitmer Is Shown the Book of Mormon Plates by the Heavenly Messenger (1829)
Joseph Smith Reveals David Whitmer's Journey Detail by Detail — Before He Arrives (1829)
Oliver Cowdery's Secret Night Prayer — The Lord Manifests the Truth of the Plates (1829)
Mother Whitmer's vision of the golden plates(1829)
Mary Musselman Whitmer’s Angelic Visitation and View of the Gold Plates(1829)
David Whitmer's Fields Mysteriously Plowed Overnight — Enabling the Move That Finished the Book of Mormon (1829)
Translating the Book of Mormon(1820s)
Benjamin Brown's Miraculous Vision of the Spirit of Understanding and Open Bible(1828)
Sarah Studevant Leavitt Receives Divine Vision of Heavenly Lights and Latter-day Restoration(1820)
Sarah Leavitt Receives Powerful Vision and Experiences Spiritual Transformation of Community(1823)
Jonathan Crosby - Healed from Serious Wound and Sore at Age Seventeen(1824)
Miraculous Escape from Wagon Accident on Sangamon River Slope(1825)
Extraordinary Recovery from Twelve Years of Chronic Illness(1825)
Wandle Mace's Leg Saved from Amputation Through Divine Intervention(1825)
Wagon Wheel Locks Just Before Bridge Disaster(1826)
Father Miraculously Recovered After Being Run Over by Wagon(1826)
David Osborn Miraculously Survives Bear Attack(1826)
Joseph Knight Jr. — One of the Very First to Hear Joseph Smith Speak of His Visions (November 1826)
Porter Family Miraculously Survives Perilous Boat Passage Over Falls(1827)
William Smith — Joseph's Brother Who Felt the Plates and Never Denied Their Reality(1827)
Joseph Knight Sr. — Firsthand Witness of the Translation: Joseph Could Not Translate Without the Spirit (1827–1829)
Benjamin Brown's Brother Appears in Vision Praying About the Last Days Work(1828)
Solomon Chamberlain Becomes the First Missionary — Preaching from the Book of Mormon Before Its Publication(1829)
Oliver Cowdery - Called as a Teacher and Divinely Led to Joseph Smith and His Family(1829)
Oliver Cowdery's Desire for the Gift of Translation and Revelation from the Lord(1829)
Oliver Cowdery - Divine Removal from Persecution and Preservation to Complete the Translation(1829)
Solomon Chamberlain - Two Wicked Preachers Punished After Rejecting the Book of Mormon(1829)
Shock of Divine Power Upon Hearing of the Gold Bible(1829)
Thomas Marsh Guided by Spirit of Prophecy to Find the Book of Mormon(1829)
Catherine Whitmer Page — Daughter of the Whitmer Home Where the Book of Mormon Was Translated(1829)
Burden of Sin Lifted Instantly Through Divine Mercy(1830)
Viracocha: Ancient Peruvian Legends of a White God Echo the Book of Mormon Account of Christ's Visit to the Americas(1830)
Wilford Woodruff Journal 1: Father Mason's Prophecy — An Old Prophet Foretold the Restoration Before He Died (c. 1830)(1820s)
David W. Patten’s Early Visions and Dreams(1821)
Sarah Pea's Mother Miraculously Recovers Health Through Climate Change and Faith(1824)
Mysterious Object Appears on Prairie - Divine Warning(1825)
John Taylor's Prophetic Presentment in Penrith(1825)
Father and Son Healed of Chills and Fever Through Providence(1826)
Orson Pratt Suffers from Severe Illness in New York City and Recovers(1826)
The Prophet Joseph Smith’s divine provision of cash for a well-digging job(1827)
Elizabeth Ann Whitmer Cowdery — Firsthand Witness of the Book of Mormon Translation(1829)
Samuel H. Smith Receives His Own Revelation in the Woods at Harmony (1829)
Joseph Knight Sr. Provisions the Translation Work at Harmony (1829)
Thomas Baldwin Marsh's prophecy of the rising of a new church(1829)
Oliver Granger's providential obtainment of the Book of Mormon(1827)
Joseph Smith’s First Vision(1820)
Joseph Smith's Answered Prayer for Divine Direction(1820)
David Whitmer's Sign of the Three Witnesses — 'I Saw Them Just as Plain as I See This Bed' (June 1829)
Zovah's Witness of the Fulfillment of the Prophecy of Christ's Birth(5)
Joseph Smith’s First Vision of the Father and the Son(1820)
Elder A. C. Swift's Testimony of the First Vision(1820)
President Edgar B. Brossard's Witness of Joseph Smith's Answered Prayer(1820)
God Appears to Martin Harris in Vision After He Gives $50 to Joseph Smith — Confirms the Work(1827)
Restoration of the Melchizedek Priesthood (late May–early June 1829, between Harmony, PA and Colesville, NY)
Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery — The Voice of the Lord in the Chamber of Father Whitmer(1829)
Oliver Cowdery and Joseph Smith's Ordination to the Apostleship(1829)
Abraham's angelic visitation in Mamre(1820s)
Moses's burning bush experience(1820s)
Sara and Joseph's Miraculous Restoration of Their Dead Baby through Prayer and Faith(1820s)
Martin Harris Guided by Angel's Warning to Preserve Sacred Records(1828)
Martin Harris and Others Find Stone Box - Supernatural Force Prevents Opening(1828)
Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery - Mighty Prayer in the Woods and Divine Answer from Heaven(1829)
Oliver Cowdery's Secret Prayer and Confirmation of the Book of Mormon(1829)
Apostle Peter's miraculous spring in the Mamertine Prison(1820s)
Wilford Woodruff's Preservation in a Connecticut Blizzard(1822)
Alvin Smith's Redemptive Vision and Family Spiritual Experience(1823)
Child Restored to Health Through Prayer and Faith(1825)
Allen Joseph Stout Saved from Drowning in Violent River(1825)
George A. Smith — Healing of Childhood Skull Fracture(1826)
Alvah Beaman: Neighborly Witness to the Gold Plates Who Became a Friend of the Smith Family(1827)
Terrible Storm Survived - Boat Crossing Lake Erie(1828)
Samuel H. Smith's Secret Prayer in the Woods — The Lord Reveals the Truth to Him (1829)
Sarah Pea Rich Witnesses Divine Provision in Frontier Pioneer Life(1820)
Myra Mayall Henrie — Dream of Future Husband(1824)
Lucy Mack Smith - Divine Protection and Sustenance During Family Trials(1825)
Adelgunda Dietzel Protected from Rattlesnake Bite Through Divine Providence(1825)
Nathan Tanner Porter's Father Miraculously Survives Severe Illness(1827)
President John R. Winder's Childhood Protection from Angels(1828)
William S. Sayre: Non-Member Who Recorded Martin Harris's Testimony About the Gold Plates (1829)
John Young's Dream of the Snow Mountain — 'Take One More Step' and a Passage Opens All the Way Through(1820s)
Joseph Smith's Boyhood Refusal of Liquor During Surgery(1820s)
Howard Coray - Preservation Through Loss and Family Sorrow(1830)
Adam's Revelation Concerning Sacrificial Symbolism(1820s)