The First Splinter (1831)
According to George A. Smith, speaking in the tabernacle in Salt
Lake City in January 1858, the first schismatic group in the Restored Church was established in Kirtland, Ohio, in 1831. Wycam Clark and Northrop Sweet, both having been converted by the Lamanite Missionaries in November 1830, joined with four other apostates and established what they termed the "Pure Church of Christ" with Clark as prophet. They believed Joseph to be a fallen prophet and promised to preach "Mormon" principles. After two or three meetings, the group faded away to become only one of approximately 130 splinter groups from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, merely having the distinction of being the first.
JD, 7:114
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