At my request, Dartmouth sent me the attendance records for Moor's Charity School for the year 1813-14. Hyrum Smith is not listed.
This leaves us with the only actual record of Hyrum's attendance being in the first quarter of 1814.
Separately, Luck Mack Smith recalled that they enrolled Hyrum and that he came home sick, but she didn't give precise dates for either event. She dictated from memory 30 years after the fact, and she mentioned it just in passing, so it is not surprising that she would not state what month and year Hyrum attended.
The records from 1813-14 that Dartmouth sent me speak for themselves. We can all see that Hyrum is not listed. Some of Hyrum's classmates from 1814 are listed in the 1813 class, such as Alan Plumley from Hanover and James Johnson from Norwich, but most are different.
The 1813-14 list includes a Horace Smith from Hanover and a Noah Smith, who withdrew. I suppose someone could claim that "Horace" was actually "Hiram" or "Hyrum" if they want to believe that.
Below are the 1813-14 enrollment records for Moor's Charity School. Click on an image to enlarge it.
(Note: I added the 1814-1815 enrollment records after the 1813-14 records.)
1814-1815 enrollment records for Moor's Charity School.
This one shows Hiram (Hyrum) Smith enrolled for the first quarter (fall) only, with no further mention of him for the second through fourth quarters.
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