459. What Happened to the 3 Witnesses, Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer, and Martin Harris?
What Happened to the 3 Witnesses? They NEVER did deny their testimonies! What Happened to the 3 Witnesses? by Jannalee Rosner, in LDS Living The names of Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer, and Martin Harris are familiar to most of us, notably because of their role as witnesses to the reality of the Book of Mormon. (Note: the three witnesses, unlike the eight witnesses, were shown the plates by a heavenly messenger, not Joseph Smith.) But though their testimonies are still printed in the beginning of every copy of the Book of Mormon, all three of these men left the Church at some point—only two returned. Find out what happened to the three witnesses after they signed their names to their testimonies. Oliver Cowdery Before Oliver Cowdery first came in contact with the gospel in 1829 while boarding with the Smith family as a school teacher. He quickly embraced the story of The First Vision and found himself eager to be a scribe for Joseph during the tr