Oliver Cowdery5H This original oil painting by Matthew Grant shares all of the devotion Oliver Cowdery brought to the Restoration as one of the Three Witnesses to the Book of Mormon. He had many choice experiences in his life as scribe to Joseph Smith, as Joseph translated the Book of Mormon. Imagine the days he spent with the Saints of the past in the early days of the church as they built their beautiful cities in Kirtland & Nauvoo.