Brigham Young Company

Date Formed

1848 June 5

Date Ended

1848 September 20 – 24

Location Formed

Winter Quarters, Washington, Nebraska, United States

Location Ended

Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Organization Type

Migration

Organization Participants in Database

1060

1220 individuals were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Winter Quarters, Nebraska.

Vehicle Type

Wagon

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Formed in Winter Quarters, Washington, Nebraska, United States

1848 June 5

Brigham Young Appointed as Company Captain

1848 June 5 – September 24

Start Date Details

Appointed

End Date Details

Ended Between 1848 September 20 – 24

Organization was Ended

Heman Hyde Appointed as Company Captain

1848 June 5 – September 24

Start Date Details

Appointed

End Date Details

Ended Between 1848 September 20 – 24

Organization was Ended

Ended in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1848 September 20 – 24

Date Details

Occurred Between 1848 September 20 – 24

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A brief life sketch of my grandparents, Henry Lyman Hinman: the Hinman family in America (1940)

A legacy of faith: a family portrait of Lewis and Eliza Westover and their parentage (2003)

A Mormon chronicle: the Diaries of John D. Lee, 1848-1876

Amasa M. Lyman collection, 1832-1877

Amasa Potter reminiscences and journal

Amasa Potter reminiscences and journal, January 1857. Read Transcript

Annals of Wyoming

"The Journal of William A. Empey, May 7-August 4, 1847", Annals of Wyoming, August 4, 1847, Page 124-136. Read Transcript

Anson Call autobiography and journal, circa 1856-1889

Anson G. Perkins, On to the Valley (1957)

"Elizabeth Jane Perkins Belcher", Anson G. Perkins, On to the Valley (1957). Read Transcript

Appleton M. Harmon diary, 1847 April-July

Appleton M. Harmon diary, 1847 April-July, April 1847. Read Transcript

Autobiographical accounts by Beaver residents, circa 1879

Autobiographical accounts by Beaver residents, circa 1879. Read Transcript

Autobiography of Levi Ward Hancock, circa 1896

"Autobiography, Part Three", Autobiography of Levi Ward Hancock, circa 1896, June 6, 1896. Read Transcript

Averett family notebook, circa 1916-1965

Averett family notebook, circa 1916-1965, Page 36-38. Read Transcript

Benjamin Ashby autobiography, circa 1897-1904

Benjamin Ashby autobiography, circa 1897-1904, Page 25-30. Read Transcript

Biography of Elizabeth Haven Barlow

Pamela E. Barlow Thompson, Biography of Elizabeth Haven Barlow, Page 9-10. Read Transcript

Brigham Young letter, Camp of Israel to Mary A. Young, Winter Quarters, 1847 April 20

Brigham Young letter, Camp of Israel to Mary A. Young, Winter Quarters, 1847 April 20. Read Transcript

Brigham Young letter, Camp of Israel, Platte River, 1847 May 28

Brigham Young letter, Camp of Israel, Platte River, 1847 May 28. Read Transcript

Brigham Young office files, 1832-1878 (bulk 1844-1877)

Cache Valley historical material, circa 1955

Joel Edward Ricks, "John Pulsipher journal and autobiography", Cache Valley historical material, circa 1955. Read Transcript
Joel Edward Ricks, "John Pulsipher journal and autobiography", Cache Valley historical material, circa 1955. Read Transcript

Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849

Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849. Brigham Young's 1848 emigration division, First 100, report: Page 1-6.

Caroline F. Angell Holbrook autobiography, 1905; 1953

Caroline F. Angell Holbrook autobiography, 1905; 1953. Read Transcript

Charles Pulsipher reminiscences, circa 1915

Charles Pulsipher reminiscences, circa 1915, Page 22-27. Read Transcript

Curtis E. Bolton letterpress copybook, 1834-1853

Curtis E. Bolton letterpress copybook, 1834-1853. Curtis Edwin Bolton letter to Curtis Bolton, 9 October 1848. Read Transcript

Curtis E. Bolton reminiscences and journals, 1846-1853

Curtis E. Bolton reminiscences and journals, 1846-1853, Page 14-15. Read Transcript

Daniel Duncan McArthur: Mormon Pioneer (1990)

Daniel Duncan McArthur: Mormon Pioneer (1990), Page 60-61. Read Transcript

Daniel Wood journals, circa 1862-1900

Daniel Wood journals, circa 1862-1900. Read Transcript

Daughters of Utah Pioneers collection, 1828-1963

"Agnes Cross Douglass letter", Daughters of Utah Pioneers collection, 1828-1963. Read Transcript
"Agnes Cross Douglass letter", Daughters of Utah Pioneers collection, 1828-1963. Read Transcript
"Autobiography of George Woodward, Pioneer of 1847", Daughters of Utah Pioneers collection, 1828-1963, Page 2-4. Read Transcript
"Brief Biography of Rachel Emma Woolley Simmons", Daughters of Utah Pioneers collection, 1828-1963, Page 11-14. Read Transcript
"Brief Biography of Rachel Emma Woolley Simmons", Daughters of Utah Pioneers collection, 1828-1963, Page 11-14. Read Transcript
"Horace Thornton letter to G. Rognon, 29 December 1896", Daughters of Utah Pioneers collection, 1828-1963, Page 1-3. Read Transcript
"Howard Egan, letters", Daughters of Utah Pioneers collection, 1828-1963. Read Transcript
"Lucinda Haws Holdaway, reminiscences", Daughters of Utah Pioneers collection, 1828-1963, Page 1. Read Transcript
"William Van Orden Carbine, reminiscences", Daughters of Utah Pioneers collection, 1828-1963, Page 2. Read Transcript