Editing Lyman Wight (section)

===Split with the LDS Church===
During the [[succession crisis (Latter Day Saints)|succession crisis]] after Smith's death, Wight felt compelled to follow the orders Smith had given him to found a safe haven for the Latter Day Saints in the [[Republic of Texas]]. Brigham Young attempted several times to persuade Wight to join the main body of Latter-day Saints, which he had organized as [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] in the [[Alta California]] area of [[Mexico]], which would become the [[Utah Territory]] in 1850. However, Wight refused each time.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}} He rejected Young as a prophet.<ref name=":0" /> Wight was eventually [[Church membership council|excommunicated]] by Young on December 3, 1848;<ref>{{Harvnb|Johnson|2006|p=122}}</ref> his most prominent follower, [[Bishop (Latter Day Saints)|Bishop]] [[George Miller (Latter Day Saints)|George Miller]], was also disfellowshipped.