Smith claimed to have seen [[God]] and [[Jesus]] in a vision near his house in New York. He maintained that they told him to establish a new church, free of sin. He was killed by an angry mob in Nauvoo, Illinois on June 27, 1844. | Smith claimed to have seen [[God]] and [[Jesus]] in a vision near his house in New York. He maintained that they told him to establish a new church, free of sin. He was killed by an angry mob in Nauvoo, Illinois on June 27, 1844. |