Church of Christ
George joined the early Latter Day Saint church in 1832. He sat on the church's High Council in Far West, Missouri and led the settlement of De Witt, Missouri. He was commissioned a colonel in the Missouri militia and was the commander of the militia in predominantly Mormon Caldwell County. During the 1838 Mormon War at the siege of Far West, Hinkle negotiated a peace with Colonel Lucas of the Missouri Militia which included the surrender of church leaders to the custody of Colonel Lucas. This "custody" transmogrified into imprisonment in Liberty Jail. Hinkle believed he was following instructions and saving the Latter Day Saints from being massacred, but John P. Greene, "an authorized representatives of the Mormons," portrayed Hinkle's actions as "deceit and stratagem" and "treachery." Hinkle was excommunicated on March 17, 1839 along with John Corrill and W. W. Phelps, who had also met with Colonel Lucas.
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