Brian C. Hales reviews the sources pertaining to Joseph Smith being tarred and feathered in 1832.
Brian C. Hales, Joseph Smith's Polygamy: History and Theology, 3 vols. (Salt Lake City, UT: Greg Kofford Books, 2013), 1:42–48
[Hales reviews the evidence for the claim that Joseph Smith was tarred and feathered in 1832 for having a sexual relationship with Marinda Johnson; he concludes that claim is unlikely as it is not supported by good evidence; he proposed instead that the primary motivation of the mob was religious and economic in nature.]