Robert Mays Smith
Alternate Names
Robert Mays Smith (Birth Name)
Birth Date
On 1804 December 25 (Born)
Death Date
On 1891 October 28 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Robert's date of birth is given in "John Brown's company of 10, report, 1848 June."
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Born
1804 December 25
Traveled in
Willard Richards Company
1848 July 3 – October 10 (Age 43)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Elijah B. Smith (Age 9)
Ellen Mason (Age 9)
James S. Smith (Age 5)
Nelson Smiley (Age 5)
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)
Harriet Mason (Age 0)
Joseph Smith (Age 0)
Ann Smiley
Hannah Smiley
Jane Smiley
Lawrence Smiley
Rande
Date Details
On 1848 July 3
Joined Company
On 1848 October 10
Company Arrived
Died
1891 October 28 (Age 86)
Media
Robert Mays Smith (1804 - 1891) Profile
Sources
Person
1850 United States Census
1850 United States Census.
"Slave Inhabitants in Utah County, Deseret," 1850 Utah Census, Utah County
"Slave Inhabitants in Utah County, Deseret," 1850 Utah Census, Utah County.
Pioneer
Beasley, Delilah L. The Negro Trail Blazers of California (New York: Negro Universities Press, 1919), 88-90
Beasley, Delilah L. The Negro Trail Blazers of California (New York: Negro Universities Press, 1919), 88-90.
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.
Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849
Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849. John Brown's company of 10, report, 1848 June: Page 1.
Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849. Mississippi company, report, 1848 May: Page 1.
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.
