Harriet Mason

Birth Date

Circa 1847 August (Born)

Death Date

On 1914 June 9 (Died)

Gender

Female

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Harriet was the daughter of Biddy Mason. She was an African American woman enslaved by Robert M. Smith, who took her to Utah.

The 1850 Census was actually taken in 1851.

The 1900 Census states that Harriet was born August 1847. John Brown's company of 10, report, 1848 June, states listed Harriet's age as "3/4." No original sources have been located to identify an exact birth date. Indirect and secondary sources state and imply a birth year ranging from 1846-1848.

Born

1847 August

Traveled in Willard Richards Company

1848 July 3 – October 10 (Age 0) Pioneers in Company

Traveling Group

Elijah B. Smith (Age 9)

Ellen Mason (Age 9)

James S. Smith (Age 5)

Nelson Smiley (Age 5)

Robert Mays Smith (Age 43)

Ann Mason (Age 4)

Rebecca Ruth Dorn (Age 38)

Sarah F. Smith (Age 3)

Biddy Mason (Age 29)

John Dorn Smith (Age 13)

William D. Smith (Age 11)

Joseph Smith (Age 0)

Date Details

On 1848 July 3

Joined Company

On 1848 October 10

Company Arrived

Died

1914 June 9 (Age 66)

Sources

African American Women: A Biographical Dictionary, Dorothy C. Salem, ed., New York: Garland Publishing, 1993, 351

African American Women: A Biographical Dictionary, Dorothy C. Salem, ed., New York: Garland Publishing, 1993, 351.

Beasley, Delilah L. The Negro Trail Blazers of California (New York: Negro Universities Press, 1919), 109-110

Beasley, Delilah L. The Negro Trail Blazers of California (New York: Negro Universities Press, 1919), 109-110.

Brown, John Zimmerman, comp. Autobiography of Pioneer John Brown, 1820-1896 (Salt Lake City, 1941), 88, 96, 100

Brown, John Zimmerman, comp. Autobiography of Pioneer John Brown, 1820-1896 (Salt Lake City, 1941), 88, 96, 100.

Carter, Kate B. The Story of the Negro Pioneer. (Salt Lake City: Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 1965), 33

Carter, Kate B. The Story of the Negro Pioneer. (Salt Lake City: Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 1965), 33.

John Brown's company of 10, report

John Brown's company of 10, report, June.

Mississippi company, report

Mississippi company, report, May.

Mulford, Karen Surina. Trailblazers: Twenty Amazing Western Women (Flagstaff, Arizona: Northland Publishing, 2001), 2, 24-31

Mulford, Karen Surina. Trailblazers: Twenty Amazing Western Women (Flagstaff, Arizona: Northland Publishing, 2001), 2, 24-31.

Smith, Jessie Carney, ed. Notable Black American Women (Detroit: Gale Research Inc., 1992), 732-734

Smith, Jessie Carney, ed. Notable Black American Women (Detroit: Gale Research Inc., 1992), 732-734.

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