| Feb 9, 1831 | The Lord gives the Church "the law" in Kirtland, OH, including instructions on how to treat murderers. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Standard Works |
| Nov 12, 1838 - Nov 29, 1838 | RP recalls that JS approved of SR's speech on apostates, and that JS said Peter hung Judas Iscariot. | Reed Peck | Scribed Summary |
| Mar 4, 1843 | In discussing a US Naval mutiny in the news, Joseph says he prefers shooting or throat cutting as a means of execution to hanging. | Joseph Smith, Jr. | Scribed Summary |
| Mar 4, 1843 | In discussing a US Naval mutiny in the news, Joseph says he prefers shooting or throat cutting as a means of execution to hanging. | Joseph Smith, Jr. | Scribed Summary |
| Mar 22, 1845 | BY indicates that murderers should be killed to obtain a lower kingdom. | Brigham Young | Scribed Paraphrase |
| Oct 29, 1845 | WS tells of BY condoning the death of AH and extra-judicial killings in Iowa. | William Smith | Direct |
| Dec 13, 1846 | Brigham says that thieves should have their throats cut and then should be thrown in a river. | Brigham Young | Scribed Summary |
| Dec 20, 1846 | Richards records that Brigham said execution by beheading is the law of the Lord for repeated sinners. | Brigham Young | Scribed Paraphrase |
| Mar 3, 1849 | Lee records a possible reference to blood atonement at a Council of 50 meeting. | John Doyle Lee | Direct Scribed Paraphrase Reprint |
| Jan 23, 1850 | GAS wrote the early criminal code for the Saints in what is now Utah. | George Albert Smith | Scribed Summary |
| Jan 19, 1851 | Utah Territorial Legislature passes execution by firing squad, hanging, and beheading. | Utah Territorial Legislature | Direct |
| Feb 5, 1852 | Brigham says those in mixed-race marriages should have their blood shed as an atonement. | Brigham Young | Scribed Verbatim |
| Mar 27, 1853 | BY describes a dream wherein he kills two ruffian apostates. | Brigham Young | Scribed Verbatim |
| Mar 12, 1854 | Jedediah M. Grant laments that there is not a more pure theocracy where state-sanctioned executions could take place. | Jedediah M. Grant | Scribed Verbatim Reprint |
| Mar 12, 1854 | Grant teaches that there are certain sins that cannot be atoned for except by the blood of the sinner. | Jedediah M. Grant | Scribed Verbatim |
| Jul 16, 1854 | Heber C. Kimball requests beheading if he ever seduces a woman. | Heber C. Kimball | Scribed Verbatim |
| Feb 18, 1855 | Brigham states that the killers of Joseph would benefit from death to atone for their sin. | Brigham Young | Scribed Verbatim Direct |
| 1856 | Brigham Young says he would kill a cheating wife and her lover, so they could atone for their sins not covered by Christ's blood. | Brigham Young | Scribed Verbatim |
| Jan 16, 1856 | Parley P. Pratt says that fornicators have forfeited their right to life based on Paul's teachings in 1 Corintians 5:5. | Parley P. Pratt | Scribed Verbatim Reprint |
| Mar 2, 1856 | BY says that soon those not on the Lord's side will be hewn down. | Brigham Young | Scribed Verbatim |
| Sep 21, 1856 | BY claims men have come to him requesting blood atonement for themselves. | Brigham Young | Scribed Verbatim |
| Sep 21, 1856 | JMG advises some to go have their blood shed by a committee appointed by BY to atone for their sins. | Jedediah M. Grant | Scribed Verbatim |
| Sep 21, 1856 | WW records a short synopsis of a BY sermon on blood atonement. | Wilford Woodruff | Holograph |
| Oct 29, 1856 | Brigham Young instructs Isaac C. Haight that an unnamed man guilty of fornication should be rebaptized, not killed for blood atonement. | Brigham Young | Direct |
| 1857 | Heber C. Kimball states that adulterers are worthy of deaeth. | Heber C. Kimball | Scribed Verbatim |
| 1857 | John Hyde says the penalty for adultery amongst endowed LDS is death. | John Hyde | Direct |
| 1857 | JH asserts that CM would have been killed for blood atonement had the Indians not killed him first. | John Hyde | Direct Unsourced |
| 1857 | Hyde asserts that Vaughan and Monroe were killed for adultery. Blood atonement is mentioned in the same paragraph. | John Hyde | Unsourced Secondary |
| 1857 | John Hyde asserts that Howard Egan killed James Monroe for adultery, but then Howard Egan failed to have himself Blood Atoned for adultery with his own wife. | John Hyde | Unsourced Secondary |
| 1857 | Hyde asserts that Bolton will someday be killed for blood atonement. | John Hyde | Direct Unsourced |
| Feb 8, 1857 | BY says adultery technically requires the shedding of blood, but currently can be forgiven without taking life. | Brigham Young | Scribed Verbatim |
| Feb 8, 1857 | BY asks if the Saints love each other enough to shed their blood if necessary to save their souls. | Brigham Young | Scribed Verbatim |
| Mar 5, 1857 | Brigham Young tells Isaac C. Haight that remission and pardon are promised to all that repent of their sins. | Brigham Young | Direct |
| Mar 19, 1857 | Farr vaguely (and approvingly) mentions the Parrish-Potter murders. | Winslow Farr | Direct Reprint |
| Apr 4, 1857 | Brigham says to Bishop Philo T. Farnsworth that sinners should confess and forsake their sins. | Brigham Young | Direct Reprint |
| May 31, 1857 | Samuel Pitchforth gives his account and commentary of the Thomas Lewis castration. | Samuel Pitchforth | Direct Reprint Unsourced |
| Aug 16, 1857 | HCK says traitors to God must have their blood shed or be damned. | Heber C. Kimball | Scribed Verbatim |
| Nov 25, 1857 - Nov 26, 1857 | Brown speaks obliquely about his involvement in the Aiken murders of 1857 and describes the aftermath. | Homer Brown | Holograph Direct |
| 1858 | Smith (through Green) recounts the words of a widow who said that apostates were killed in the endowment house and her husband had been killed by Danites. | Mary Ettie V. Smith | 2nd Hand |
| Mar 16, 1859 - Aug 30, 1859 | John Cradlebaugh reproduces 8 affidavits, 1 court record, and 1 confession from his inquiry into the Parrish-Potter murders in an appendix to a published speech given to the US House of Representatives. | John Cradlebaugh | Direct Reprint |
| Mar 29, 1859 - Apr 9, 1859 | Cradlebaugh reproduces 5 affidavits from his inquiry into the murder of Henry Jones and his mother. | John Cradlebaugh | Reprint |
| Apr 6, 1859 | Cradlebaugh says the evidence shows the Parrish murders were done because they were leaving the church, the Deseret News editor (Carrington) strongly disagrees. | John Cradlebaugh | Direct Scribed Summary Journalism |
| Apr 26, 1859 | John I. Ginn speaks of his interactions with the Aiken party before their murders. | John I. Ginn | 2nd Hand |
| May 30, 1859 | John Cradlebaugh reproduces 1 affidavit from his inquiry into the murder of the Aiken party. | John Cradlebaugh | Reprint |
| Jul 4, 1859 | JMS gives his account of the Parrish murders and puts some of the blame on BY. | J. M. Stewart | Direct Reprint |
| Aug 28, 1859 | HC Kimball says those guilty of shedding innocent blood must pay the atonement for that sin. | Heber C. Kimball | Scribed Verbatim |
| Dec 1860 | PM details the Parrish murders and asserts that they were influenced by the rhetoric of Church leaders. | Peter McAuslan | Direct Reprint |
| 1865 | Brigham Young says that the penalty for inter-racial sexual relations is death. | Brigham Young | Scribed Verbatim |
| Apr 6, 1866 | Brigham, while denying involvement in Brassfield's death, appears to condone it. | Brigham Young | Scribed Verbatim Reprint |
| Apr 12, 1866 | DN gives its report of the killing of Brassfield. | Deseret News | Direct Journalism |
| Dec 15, 1866 | Dailey Union Vedette reports on the killing of Coleman and the jury's findings in the case. | Daily Union Vedette | 2nd Hand Journalism |
| 1870 | J. H. Beadle alleges that blood atonement murders have occurred in the endowment house. | J. H. Beadle | Unsourced |
| 1870 | J. H. Beadle describes the endowment, and asserts that its penalties were for atoning for sins. | J. H. Beadle | Unsourced |
| 1873 | An anonymous "eye-witness" in Utah reports on a speech by Grant. | Jedediah M. Grant | 2nd Hand Late |
| 1873 | TBH Stenhouse gives his version of the Parrish-Potter murders and the murder of Henry Jones and his mother. | T. B. H. Stenhouse | 2nd Hand Late |
| 1876 | Young speaks of men saying they desire death if they apostatize from the Church. | Ann Eliza Young | Direct |
| 1876 | AE Young blames Brigham Young for the conditions of many murders in Utah due to his teachings during the Mormon Reformation. | Ann Eliza Young | Direct |
| 1876 | Stenhouse quotes an anonymous source detailing a speech by Jedediah M. Grant. | T. B. H. Stenhouse | 2nd Hand |
| 1876 | T. B. H. Stenhouse tells a story about a woman consented to be killed for adultery. | T. B. H. Stenhouse | Direct Unsourced |
| 1876 | TBHS alleges a "John G. . . . n" had himself secretly killed for blood atonement. | T. B. H. Stenhouse | Unsourced Late |
| 1876 | Ann Young says that Jesse Earl was killed to atone for his sins. | Ann Eliza Young | Direct |
| 1876 | Ann Eliza Young gives her embellished version of the murder of Harry Jones and his mother. | Ann Eliza Young | 2nd Hand Late |
| 1876 | Ann Eliza Young says Thomas Lee was castrated for courting a young woman Warren Snow wished to take as a plural wife. | Ann Eliza Young | 2nd Hand Late |
| 1876 | Ann Eliza Young says the Parrish brothers were killed for apostasy. | Ann Eliza Young | Unsourced Late |
| Sep 20, 1876 | Jury convicts Lee of murder for the Mountain Meadows Massacre. | Jury for the Trial of John D. Lee | Direct |
| Oct 10, 1876 | Jacob Boreman passed the death sentence on John Doyle Lee who chooses to be shot as his method of execution. | Jacob S. Boreman | Scribed Verbatim |
| 1877 | In MMM statement, John Doyle Lee says his death will not atone for those who perished. | John Doyle Lee | Direct Reprint |
| 1877 | JDL speaks of how church members justified violence on orders from church leaders. | John Doyle Lee | Direct |
| 1877 | Lee states Brigham Young thinks disobedience to him is worthy of being killed for blood atonement. | John Doyle Lee | Direct |
| 1877 | JDL says the members of the church wanted him to die to atone for their sins. | John Doyle Lee | Direct |
| 1877 | Lee discusses the procedure for determining if blood atonement was necessary. | John Doyle Lee | Direct |
| 1877 | John D. Lee's final confession says he cannot atone for the sins of the Mountain Meadows Massacre. | John Doyle Lee | Direct |
| 1877 | Lee says that Erwin Hodges was killed to protect Brigham Young, with Young's approval. | John Doyle Lee | Direct |
| 1877 | JDL alleges that RA was killed to atone for adultery so the bishop could marry his wife. | John Doyle Lee | 2nd Hand |
| 1877 | John D. Lee gives his version of Thomas Lewis's castration. | John Doyle Lee | 2nd Hand Late |
| Apr 30, 1877 | Deseret News interview with Brigham Young that discusses blood atonement. | Brigham Young | Scribed Verbatim Reprint |
| Apr 30, 1877 | BY states that church leaders have no authority to order executions. | Brigham Young | Scribed Verbatim Reprint Journalism |
| May 6, 1877 | Brigham indicates that Joseph's death was a kind of blood atonement. | Brigham Young | Scribed Verbatim |
| Oct 11, 1878 | William Skeen shares his hearsay account (from Sylvanus Collett) of the Aiken murders. | William Skeen | Scribed Paraphrase |
| Sep 28, 1879 | Salt Lake Tribune exposes endowment's oath against US Government and its people. | Mrs. G.B.R | Direct |
| Nov 17, 1880 | C Penrose asserts "blood atonement" is only legal capital punishment for murder. | Charles W. Penrose | Direct Journalism |
| 1882 | John Doyle Lee asserts a failed attempt to kill William Laney for blood atonement. | John Doyle Lee | Direct Unsourced |
| May 10, 1882 | Charles W. Penrose states that murders should be executed by the shedding of blood, but that the LDS do not believe in "blood atonement" as commonly understood. | Charles W. Penrose | Direct |
| Jul 4, 1883 | Charles W. Penrose says it is justice that those who shed blood have their own blood shed. | Charles W. Penrose | Direct |
| Jan 1884 | Taylor says executions atone for sins, but should be performed by officers of the law; church courts can only withdraw membership. | John Taylor | Direct |
| 1887 | In a letter to Lee, Stokes says he thought two of his men were killed for blood atonement while trying to arrest Lee. | John Doyle Lee | 2nd Hand |
| 1889 | Heber J. Richards says that apostates should be killed only if they request it. | Heber J. Richards | Scribed Verbatim Reprint |
| Nov 23, 1889 | Deseret Weekly reports on hearing in federal court about the existence of an Oath of Vengeance. | John Henry Smith | Scribed Verbatim |
| Dec 7, 1889 | Baskin says that blood atonement for apostates must be a doctrine of the church. | Robert N. Baskin | Scribed Paraphrase 2nd Hand Journalism |
| Dec 14, 1889 | First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve denies the church condones death for apostates. | Wilford Woodruff | Direct |
| Mar 22, 1890 | Jenson notes that Hancock was convicted of the murder of Jones. | Andrew Jenson | Secondary |
| Mar 9, 1891 | Wilford Woodruff teaches Blood Atonement is for murder, and not adultery or apostasy. | Wilford Woodruff | Direct |
| Apr 1892 | WBS says that blood atonement was introduced in Nauvoo after the martyrdom. | William B. Smith | Direct Late |
| Apr 1892 | William Smith asserts he left Nauvoo in 1845 in fear of blood atonement. | William B. Smith | Scribed Verbatim Late |
| Sep 6, 1902 | The Brooklyn Citizen reports on William Hooper Young's notebook with "blood atonement" references. | The Brooklyn Citizen | Journalism |
| Sep 21, 1902 | The New York Times reports the words "blood atonement" were found on a notebook owned by William Hooper Young. | Captain Titus | Direct Journalism |
| Sep 23, 1902 | B. H. Roberts discusses blood atonement and William Hooper Young. | B. H. Roberts | Scribed Verbatim Journalism |
| Oct 4, 1902 | Miss Ella Knight asserts that blood atonement still exists in Utah at the turn of the 20th century. | Democrat and Chronicle | Scribed Verbatim Journalism |
| Feb 4, 1903 | The New York Times reports on the relationship of "blood atonement" to William Hooper Young's murder trial. | New York Times | Direct Journalism |
| Feb 7, 1903 | The Democrat and Chronicle reports that blood atonement will not be discussed in the trial of William Hooper Young, despite newspaper reports saying otherwise. | Democrat and Chronicle | Direct Journalism |
| 1905 | JFS discusses firing squads in Utah and blood atonement. | Joseph F. Smith | Direct |
| 1905 | Joseph F. Smith declares that some sins place one beyond the blood of Christ, and require one's blood to be shed so far as possible. | Joseph F. Smith | Direct |
| Feb 9, 1906 | Salt Lake Tribune reprints Walter Wolfe's account of the endowment ceremony from the Congressional hearings on Reed Smoot. | Walter M. Wolfe | Scribed Verbatim 2nd Hand Reprint |
| 1913 | Frank J. Cannon and George L. Knapp say that Jedediah M. Grant taught blood atonement zealously. | Frank J. Cannon | Direct Unsourced Late |
| 1913 | FJC and GLK explain the doctrine of blood atonement. | Frank J. Cannon | Direct Late |
| 1913 | FJC and GLK says that HCK l taught blood atonement, but never enacted it. | Frank J. Cannon | Direct Unsourced Late |
| 1913 | Frank J. Cannon (with George L. Knapp) asserts that the Mountain Meadows Massacre was the logical result of the blood atonement doctrine. | Frank J. Cannon | Direct Late |
| 1913 | Frank J. Cannon (with George L. Knapp) asserts that Orrin Porter Rockwell and the SLC police killed three men for blood atonement in 1862. | Frank J. Cannon | Unsourced Late |
| 1916 | Charles Penrose opines that hanging is inadequate a punishment since no blood is shed. | Charles W. Penrose | Scribed Verbatim |
| 1916 | Charles W. Penrose says that blood atonement cannot be performed now because the law will not permit it, but someday that will change. | Charles W. Penrose | Scribed Verbatim |
| 1930 | B.H. Roberts gives an overview of blood atonement issues in his History of the Church. | B. H. Roberts | Direct |
| 1954 | Joseph Fielding Smith teaches that Joseph Smith taught the doctrine of blood atonement, but denies the practice of killing apostates. | Joseph Fielding Smith | Direct Unsourced |
| Jun 1956 | Howard Clair Searle details the long-term effects of the Mormon Reformation. | Howard Clair Searle | Direct Secondary |
| 1958 | McConkie teaches the doctrine of blood atonement. | Bruce R. McConkie | Direct |
| Jan 1958 | Gustive O. Larson lists a "verbally reported case" of formal blood atonement. | Gustive O. Larson | Unsourced Late Secondary |
| Jan 1958 | Gustive O. Larson gives an overview of the Mormon Reformation of 1856-7. | Gustive O. Larson | Direct Secondary |
| 1979 | Martin R. Gardner says the rhetoric from Church leaders in the 1850's was "excessive," and it later subsided. | Martin R. Gardner | Direct Secondary |
| 1989 | Paul H. Peterson says Brigham's rhetoric was calculated to bring about results. | Paul H. Peterson | Direct Secondary |
| 1989 | Paul H. Peterson calls much of Brigham Young's words in the mid-1850's "rhetorical devices." | Paul H. Peterson | Secondary |
| 2001 | D. Michael Quinn writes about Brigham Young pardoning a man who was to be executed for bestiality. | D. Michael Quinn | Secondary |
| 2004 | USL removes firing squad as a method of execution in Utah. | Utah State Legislature | Direct |
| 2004 | Polly Aird talks about Church leaders' "harsh rhetoric" in the mid-1850's. | Polly Aird | Secondary |
| 2008 | Richard E. Turley Jr notes that many scholars think John Doyle Lee's autobiography was sensationalized by his lawyer, William Bishop. | Richard E. Turley, Jr. | Direct Secondary |
| Jun 18, 2010 | 2010 official Church statement on blood atonement. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Direct |
| 2012 | John Turner says that Brigham Young used rhetoric to prod Mormons to repentance. | John Turner | Direct Secondary |
| 2013 | Alma details punishable crimes in Nephite society under the reign of the judges. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Standard Works |
| 2013 | God commands Noah that man's blood should only be shed in capital punishment cases. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Standard Works |
| 2013 | God instructs Noah that capital punishment is required of murderers. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Standard Works |
| 2013 | Alma condemns Nehor to death for murdering Gideon. | Alma | Standard Works |
| 2013 | The Bible describes different means how murder can occur, and prescribes the death penalty for those cases. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Standard Works |
| 2013 | Amulek speaks of how the law requires the life of murderers. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Standard Works |
| 2013 | Jacob pronounces woes on sinners, including murderers, who should die. | Jacob (Son of Lehi) | Standard Works |
| May 2014 | Blood atonement is alluded to in the Church's Gospel Topics essay on 19th century violence. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Direct |
| 2015 | USL reinstates firing squad as a possible method of execution if lethal injection is unavailable. | Utah State Legislature | Direct |
| Jun 20, 2016 | Find Law website notes that if a convicted criminal requests it, they can receive the firing squad in Utah; the lethal injection is the default method of capital punishment. | Find Law | Direct |
| 2019 | George A. Smith and Amasa Mason Lyman were said to have preached against blood atonement in 1859. | Thomas G. Alexander | Secondary |
| Jan 4, 2024 | Death Penalty Information Center reports that Judge Coral Sanchez of Utah’s Third Circuit Court upheld the propriety of both lethal injection and firing squad as means of capital punishment in Utah. | Death Penalty Information Center | Direct |
| 2025 | Church publishes article addressing religion and violence. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Direct Secondary |
