John Smith reports to George A. Smith that Warren Parrish was "cut off" from the Church in December 1837 in Kirtland.
John Smith, Letter to George A. Smith, January 1, 1838, MS 1322, Church History Library
...the spiritual condition at this time is gloomy also. I called the high council together last week and laid before <them> the case of a company of decenters <dissenters> 28 persons where upon after mature disenssion proceeded to cut them off from the chr; the Leaders were Lyman Smalling Joseph Coe Martin Harris Luke Johnson John Boyinton and W W Parrish. We have cut off between 40 & 50 from the chr since you left...