Editing Hiram Page (section)

===Seer stone and revelations===
Page was living with his in-laws the [[Peter Whitmer Sr. |Whitmers]] in [[Fayette, New York]]. [[Joseph Smith Jr.]] arrived in August 1830 to discover Page using a black "[[Seer stone (Latter Day Saints) |seerstone]]" to produce revelations for the church. The revelations were regarding the organization and location of [[Zion (Latter Day Saints) |Zion]]. Cowdery and the Whitmer family believed the revelations were authentic. In response, Smith announced in a new revelation during the church's September [[General conference (Latter Day Saints) |conference]] that Page's revelations were of the devil ([[Doctrine and Covenants]], {{sourcetext |source=The Doctrine and Covenants |book=Section 28 |verse=11}}). At the conference there was considerable discussion on the topic. Page agreed to discard the stone and the revelations and join in following Smith as the sole [[prophet, seer, and revelator |revelator]] for the church. The members present confirmed this unanimously [[common consent (Latter Day Saints) |with a vote]]. The fate of the stone and revelations was not recorded by contemporary sources and has been the subject of interest ever since.<ref name=MacKay2016>{{cite book
 |last1=MacKay 
 |first1=Michael Hubbard
 |last2=Frederick
 |first2=Nicholas J.
 |date=August 29, 2016
 |title=Joseph Smith's Seer Stones
 |publisher=Deseret Book Company
 |page=<!-- I don't have my copy at present. -->
 |isbn=9781944394059
}}</ref> [[Martin Harris (Latter Day Saints) |Martin Harris's]] brother Emer stated second-hand in 1856 that the stone was ground to powder and the associated revelations were burned.<ref>Emer Harris statement, in Utah Stake General Minutes, Local Record 9629, ser. 11, vol. 10 (1855-60), 6 April 1856, Church History Library.</ref> [[Apostle (Latter Day Saints) |Apostle]] [[Alvin R. Dyer]] stated that he had discovered Page's seerstone in 1955, that it had been passed down through Jacob Whitmer's family.<ref>Dyer, Alvin R., ''Refiner's Fire: The Significance of Events Transpiring in Missouri'', 2nd ed. rev. (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1968), 257-259</ref> The validity of this claim has been questioned.<ref name=MacKay2016 />