John Brown Company (1851)
Date Unknown
- Type
- Wagon
- Category
- Church Train
- Direction
- Westbound
- Departure
- 7 July 1851
- Departed From
- Kanesville, Iowa
- Arrival
- 29 September 1851
- Captain
- John Brown
- Number In Company
- 235
50 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Kanesville, Iowa (present day Council Bluffs). This company was a Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company.
- Baker, Jean Rio Griffiths, Diary, 1851 Jan.-1852 Mar. and 1869 Sept.-1880 May, 9-55.
- Brown, John, Reminiscences and journals, 1843-1896, vol. 1, 155-56.
- Brown, John, and Preston Thomas, to Thomas Bullock, 19 Sep. 1851, in Brigham Young, Office Files 1832-1878, reel 31, box 22, fd. 5.
- “Captain John Brown’s company report, 1851 September 19.” In Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports 1850-1862. (CR 1234 5, Box 1, Folder 4)
- Chatterly, John, [Autobiography], in "Utah Pioneer Biographies," 44 vols., 7:72-75.
- Derrick, Zachariah Wise, Journal 1851, 2-3.
- Gardiner, Frederick, A Mormon Rebel: The Life and Travels of Frederick Gardiner , ed. and introd. Hugh Garner [1993], 37-54.
- Gardiner, Frederick, Autobiography, 6-35.
- "Highly Important News from Salt Lake and the Plains, More Indian Depredations," Frontier Guardian, , 22 Aug. 1851, 2.
- Hoyt, Emily Smith, Reminiscences and diary 1851-1893, vol. 1, 67-108. (MS 13346)
- John Brown Emigrating Company, Journal, 1851 July-Sept.
- "Joseph Chatterley," in Biographical Information Relating to Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel database.
- Kesler, Frederick, Autobiography, in Ned R. Veater, Veater Family History, 1787-1990 [1990], 359.
- Nash, Hester Elvira Poole, Autobiographical sketch.
- Smith, Elias, Journals, 1836-1888, vol. 7.
- "Still Later from Salt Lake and the Plains," Frontier Guardian, 22 Aug. 1851, 2.
- Williams, Robert, Autobiography [ca. 1859], 118-25.
| Allan, Charles Edward | 3 | 4 August 1847 | 24 July 1925 |
| Allan, Joseph | 30 | 24 December 1820 | 14 June 1896 |
| Allan, Joseph William | Infant | 8 June 1851 | 24 November 1937 |
| Allan, Zillah | 25 | 24 July 1825 | 31 August 1887 |
| Andrews, Amos R. | 41 | About 1810 | Unknown |
| Baird [or Beard], James | 34 | 27 December 1816 | Unknown |
| Baker, Benjamin Walter | 20 | 30 August 1830 | 18 May 1888 |
| Baker, Charles Edward | 12 | 5 May 1839 | 3 March 1888 |
| Baker, Charles West | 6 | 21 October 1844 | 18 November 1853 |
| Baker, Eliza Ann | 22 | 17 February 1829 | 23 March 1904 |
| Baker, Elizabeth Ann | 9 | 20 April 1842 | 3 December 1901 |
| Baker, Henry Walter | 17 | 24 July 1833 | 17 December 1898 |
| Baker, Henry William Rio | Infant | 22 September 1851 | 7 October 1927 |
| Baker, Jane Rio | 41 | 8 May 1810 | 21 July 1883 |
| Baker, John Edye | 8 | 31 March 1843 | 1 May 1881 |
| Baker, William George | 16 | 10 June 1835 | 3 October 1901 |
| Barber, George | 24 | 11 November 1826 | 11 November 1890 |
| Bateman, Jeremiah | 51 | 2 October 1800 | Unknown |
| Bateman, Mary Ann | 51 | 2 April 1800 | 19 January 1882 |
| Bennet, David | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Benson, Lyman | 32 | 21 August 1818 | Unknown |
| Brown, Jane | 23 | 8 June 1828 | 6 May 1891 |
| Brown, John | 30 | 23 October 1820 | 4 November 1896 |
| Brown, Mary Ann | 60 | 23 April 1791 | 23 September 1884 |
| Bruskee, William | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Bruski, Salina | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Burns, Jane Elizabeth | 21 | 18 December 1829 | 15 July 1911 |
| Burns, Robert Armstrong | 28 | 24 February 1823 | 13 April 1896 |
| Caffal, George | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Carson, William | 23 | 1828 | Unknown |
| Chatterley, Ann Morton | 14 | 3 March 1837 | 10 July 1926 |
| Chatterley, Charlotte Morton | 8 | 23 June 1843 | 3 May 1915 |
| Chatterley, John | 16 | 1835 | 2 May 1922 |
| Chatterley, John | 15 | 27 September 1835 | 28 February 1913 |
| Chatterley, John Bourne | 81 | December 1769 | 22 October 1862 |
| Chatterley, Joseph | 44 | 17 April 1807 | 7 September 1853 |
| Chatterley, Morton | 11 | 3 March 1840 | 17 January 1881 |
| Chatterley, Nancy | 46 | 6 January 1805 | 5 August 1863 |
| Child, Caroline Amanda | 12 | 6 March 1839 | 8 February 1917 |
| Child, Jason | 9 | About 1842 | Unknown |
| Child, Joel Haskins | 11 | 1 April 1840 | 21 January 1912 |
| Child, Mary | 36 | 15 November 1814 | 1 June 1872 |
| Child, Mary Hannah | 2 | 17 April 1849 | 27 July 1910 |
| Child, Seth | 15 | 19 January 1836 | 19 June 1898 |
| Childs, James | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Collet, Robert Edgar | 21 | 22 February 1830 | 9 October 1909 |
| Collett, Caroline Ann | 22 | 24 November 1828 | 20 November 1905 |
| Conley, | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Corlett, Catherine | 38 | 20 October 1812 | 19 November 1856 |
| Corlett, James | 9 | 28 September 1841 | 31 December 1902 |
| Corlett, Margaret Alice | 7 | 7 June 1844 | 6 November 1916 |
| Corlett, Mary Ann Clark | 13 | 5 March 1838 | 5 April 1894 |
| Corlett, Thomas | 11 | 20 September 1839 | 5 December 1876 |
| Cullom [or Crellan], John | 28 | 1823 | Unknown |
| Davidson, | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Derrick, Elizabeth Shepherd | 8 | 29 November 1842 | 10 April 1929 |
| Derrick, John Shepherd | 3 | 19 August 1847 | 5 July 1892 |
| Derrick, Mary Ann Shepherd | 14 | 8 January 1837 | 3 November 1870 |
| Derrick, Mary Elizabeth | 38 | 12 August 1812 | 17 February 1886 |
| Derrick, Ursula Shepherd | Infant | 21 September 1851 | 12 November 1905 |
| Derrick, Zachariah Thomas | 11 | 19 June 1840 | 15 March 1926 |
| Derrick, Zachariah Wise | 37 | 1 March 1814 | 6 February 1898 |
| Ellett, John James | 30 | 29 December 1820 | 4 April 1896 |
| Evans, William Minshall | 26 | 12 March 1825 | 5 January 1877 |
| Fenton, Emma | 35 | 16 November 1815 | 21 March 1890 |
| Fenton, Thomas | 29 | 7 April 1822 | 28 January 1890 |
| Gardiner, Frederick | 18 | 12 November 1832 | 4 July 1903 |
| Gay, Eliza Jane | 12 | 27 September 1838 | 4 June 1911 |
| Gay, John Franklin | 8 | 28 March 1843 | 28 December 1921 |
| Gay, Susan Ann | 10 | 13 June 1841 | 29 September 1911 |
| Gee, Elias Smith | 13 | 30 May 1838 | 10 August 1855 |
| Gee, George Washington | 9 | 9 October 1841 | 18 September 1919 |
| Gee, Mary Jane Smith | 38 | 29 April 1813 | 1 March 1878 |
| Grundy, Charlotte | 36 | 22 May 1815 | Unknown |
| Grundy, James | 34 | 12 March 1817 | Unknown |
| Hall, Charlotte | 28 | 28 November 1822 | 4 April 1865 |
| Hall, Elizabeth Frances | 1 | 17 October 1849 | 6 June 1938 |
| Hardy, Hannah | 11 | 9 October 1839 | 20 October 1909 |
| Hardy, Louisa Maria | 20 | 30 October 1830 | 27 October 1892 |
| Henderson, Amanda P. | 17 | 1834 | Unknown |
| Henderson, Hannah Skelton | 43 | 1808 | 27 August 1851 |
| Henderson, Mary | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Henderson, Riley | 13 | 1838 | 1860 |
| Henderson, Sabilla | 15 | 1836 | Unknown |
| Higham, Thomas Roberts | 30 | About 1821 | 15 October 1902 |
| Holt, Alice | 2 | 10 March 1849 | 22 July 1901 |
| Holt, Eliza Priscilla | 3 | 4 January 1848 | 3 March 1931 |
| Holt, James Cooper | 27 | 9 January 1824 | 25 October 1856 |
| Holt, Sarah | 24 | 20 March 1823 | 15 February 1893 |
| Hoyt, Emily | 44 | 1 September 1806 | 11 August 1893 |
| Hoyt, Samuel Pierce | 43 | 21 November 1807 | 12 August 1889 |
| Janes [or Jaynes], Elizabeth W. | 23 | 28 November 1827 | Unknown |
| Janes, William A. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Jaynes [or Janes], William A. | 24 | 7 March 1827 | Unknown |
| Judkins, Edmund | 23 | About 1828 | Unknown |
| Judkins, Lusina | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Judkins, Thomas F. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Kay, John Rushton | 32 | 20 August 1818 | 2 September 1884 |
| Kay, Joseph Chatterley | 7 | 1 July 1844 | 18 June 1891 |
| Kay, Margaret Chatterley | 2 | 1 November 1848 | 30 September 1924 |
| Kay, Sarah | 32 | 5 August 1818 | 9 April 1884 |
| Kay, Sarah Ann | 10 | 2 July 1841 | 16 February 1917 |
| Kay, William Henry | Infant | 14 April 1851 | 23 December 1938 |
| Kemp, Samuel M. | 46 | 1805 | unknown |
| Kempton, Esther | 50 | About 1801 | 20 July 1851 |
| Lee, Andrew | 32 | 14 September 1818 | 11 March 1862 |
| Litell, Ezekiel | 10 | 18 October 1840 | Unknown |
| Litell, John Reed | 12 | 2 October 1838 | 12 February 1911 |
| Litell, Mary R. | 50 | 8 July 1800 | Unknown |
| Litell, Nancy Jane | 16 | 17 April 1835 | 29 November 1902 |
| Litell, Robert B. | 7 | 20 April 1844 | Unknown |
| Litell, Thomas | 51 | 9 January 1800 | 10 February 1867 |
| Longbottom, Samuel | 24 | 16 January 1827 | Unknown |
| Longsburgh, Fredrick | 23 | 1828 | unknown |
| Lynden, John | 20 | About 1831 | Unknown |
| Margetts, Ann | 4 | 27 December 1846 | 31 July 1913 |
| Margetts, Catherine | 17 | 1 August 1833 | 11 October 1918 |
| Margetts, Lorenzo Erastus | Infant | 6 October 1850 | 23 August 1904 |
| Margetts, Richard Bishop | 28 | 1 February 1823 | 1 March 1881 |
| Margetts, Susannah Bayliss | 29 | 2 June 1822 | 15 May 1918 |
| Margetts, Thomas Cicero | 2 | 19 November 1848 | 28 January 1896 |
| Margetts, Thomas Lorenzo | 31 | 2 April 1820 | 4 September 1856 |
| McBreen, Terrence | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| McRay [or McKay], Robert | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Meek, Adam | 48 | 15 May 1803 | Unknown |
| Meek, Ann | 13 | 30 September 1837 | Unknown |
| Meek, Ann | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
| Meek, John | 13 | About 1838 | Unknown |
| Meek, Rachel | 15 | 31 December 1835 | Unknown |
| Meek, Richard | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Meek, Robert | 5 | About 1846 | Unknown |
| Meek, Robert | 5 | 12 September 1845 | Unknown |
| Meek, Sidney [or Sydney] | 18 | About 1833 | Unknown |
| Meek, Sophronia | 25 | 5 August 1825 | Unknown |
| Meek, Y. | 16 | 15 May 1835 | unknown |
| Meeks, Andrew | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Norton, Caroline Chloe | 15 | 6 September 1835 | 15 March 1901 |
| Norton, Isaac Washington | 14 | 24 January 1837 | 31 July 1930 |
| Norton, Jacob Wesley | 17 | 14 November 1833 | 5 September 1901 |
| Norton, John Alford | 8 | 18 December 1842 | 8 March 1930 |
| Norton, John Warren | 41 | 13 May 1810 | 9 November 1863 |
| Norton, Martha Ann | 32 | 8 December 1818 | 24 August 1871 |
| Norton, Martha Ann | 10 | 22 September 1840 | 1903 |
| Norton, Mary | 3 | 5 March 1848 | 1854 |
| Norton, Nancy Elvina | 1 | 27 April 1850 | 25 May 1912 |
| Norton, William David | 19 | 2 May 1832 | 1 January 1907 |
| Nowers, Wilson Gates | 23 | 8 March 1828 | 17 May 1922 |
| Patterson, Samuel | 22 | About 1829 | Unknown |
| Pearce, [Brother] | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
| Pearce, [Mrs.] Joseph | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Pender, Daniel | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Pender, David | 16 | 1 July 1835 | Unknown |
| Pierce [or Price], Dinah E. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Pratt, Marian | 20 | 23 August 1830 | 19 July 1901 |
| Richards, Edward | 13 | 1838 | Unknown |
| Richards, Elizabeth Q. | 5 | 1846 | Unknown |
| Richards, Grace | 33 | 1818 | Unknown |
| Richards, Grace | 2 | 1849 | Unknown |
| Richards, John Q. | 11 | 1840 | Unknown |
| Richards, William | 18 | 1833 | Unknown |
| Richards, William | 43 | 1808 | unknown |
| Riggs, John Ensign | 20 | 8 August 1830 | 22 December 1893 |
| Robbins, Alexander | 33 | 19 January 1818 | 10 August 1902 |
| Robbins, Alexander H. | 5 | 1846 | 1906 |
| Robbins, Cyrus W. | 13 | 1 November 1837 | Unknown |
| Robbins, Edmund H. | 2 | 25 March 1849 | 29 April 1895 |
| Robbins, Elizabeth (Eliza) Ann | 27 | 15 March 1824 | 7 April 1908 |
| Robbins, Nelson C. | Infant | 8 May 1851 | Unknown |
| Rushton, Edwin | 27 | 1 June 1824 | 28 December 1904 |
| Rushton, Mary Ann | 28 | 23 April 1823 | 25 July 1914 |
| Sadler, James H. | 35 | 17 November 1815 | 6 December 1911 |
| Sadler, Jane Creswick | 25 | 28 November 1825 | 6 December 1894 |
| Sandiford, Helen | 39 | 16 June 1812 | 14 January 1856 |
| Sandiford, William Chatterley | 10 | 20 September 1840 | 12 December 1879 |
| Sharkey, Emma | 19 | 11 November 1831 | 1 November 1905 |
| Sharkey, Harriet E. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Sharkey, Harriet Elizabeth | Infant | 19 August 1851 | unknown |
| Sharkey, Robert Crawford | 20 | 28 December 1831 | 19 August 1868 |
| Simmons, Mary Ann | 23 | About 1828 | Unknown |
| Smith, Elias | 46 | 6 September 1804 | 24 June 1888 |
| Smith, Emily Jane | Infant | 28 October 1850 | 8 May 1878 |
| Smith, John | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
| Smith, Lucy | 30 | 4 January 1821 | 4 April 1895 |
| Steele, William | 53 | About 1798 | Unknown |
| Stephens, Alexander Nephi | 10 | 11 December 1840 | 17 January 1916 |
| Stephens, Almira Caroline | 12 | 17 February 1839 | 21 February 1917 |
| Stephens, Constance Ann | 2 | 17 February 1849 | 15 July 1926 |
| Stephens, Daniel Monroe | 8 | 4 October 1842 | 2 April 1924 |
| Stephens, David Henderson | 15 | 22 October 1835 | 19 July 1905 |
| Stephens, Elizabeth | 38 | 9 May 1813 | 13 March 1886 |
| Stephens, Elizabeth Jane | 6 | 14 March 1845 | 14 August 1906 |
| Stephens, James Otha | 17 | 1 May 1834 | 8 July 1907 |
| Stephens, John | 40 | 31 March 1811 | 3 December 1870 |
| Stephens, John Cornelius | 14 | 4 July 1837 | 29 March 1915 |
| Stephens, Solomon Clinton | Infant | 1 September 1850 | 5 March 1922 |
| Stephens, Thomas Jefferson | 4 | 16 March 1847 | 19 September 1925 |
| Strong, Medad | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Terry, Hannah | Infant | 25 August 1851 | After 1860 |
| Terry, James Angus | 3 | 10 March 1848 | 25 May 1924 |
| Terry, Joel | 39 | 23 May 1812 | 4 September 1891 |
| Terry, John Parshall | 3 | 11 February 1848 | 29 March 1931 |
| Terry, Joseph | 1 | 14 March 1850 | 18 July 1900 |
| Terry, Lucinda Ann | 9 | 5 April 1842 | Unknown |
| Terry, Margaret | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Terry, Maria | 33 | 23 March 1818 | 16 March 1852 |
| Terry, Omnah | 39 | About 1812 | unknown |
| Terry, Ruby | 13 | About 1838 | unknown |
| Terry, Salina | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Terry, Sara Jane | 15 | 15 August 1835 | 20 February 1916 |
| Terry, Tabitha | 11 | 1840 | 1862 |
| Terry, William Anderson | 8 | 9 November 1842 | 11 March 1922 |
| Thomas, Harrison Ayers | 14 | 5 April 1837 | 3 March 1904 |
| Thomas, James | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Thomas, James Clayborne | 8 | 10 March 1843 | 31 March 1921 |
| Thomas, Jane Morehead | 8 | 5 March 1843 | 12 March 1926 |
| Thomas, Maria | 2 | 29 June 1849 | 1922 |
| Thomas, Martha | 4 | 20 September 1846 | 11 September 1909 |
| Thomas, Preston | 37 | 15 February 1814 | 11 July 1877 |
| Thomas, Sarah Ann Jane | 34 | 23 February 1817 | 11 April 1902 |
| Thorp, James Morton | 18 | 8 April 1833 | unknown |
| Tout [or Fout], John | 32 | ca. 1819 | Unknown |
| Tyler, Oscar | 26 | 26 April 1825 | 20 November 1871 |
| Very, Charlotte Morgan | 28 | 12 September 1822 | 23 April 1890 |
| Votaw [or Vantow], Benjamin | 25 | About 1826 | Unknown |
| Watt, George Darling | 39 | 18 May 1812 | 24 October 1881 |
| Watt, George Darling, Jr. | 8 | 10 June 1843 | 15 June 1928 |
| Watt, Mary | 40 | About 1811 | 10 January 1856 |
| Weber, Henry | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Williams, Alfred Ellis | 9 | 29 June 1842 | Unknown |
| Williams, Robert | 35 | 16 September 1815 | 1 January 1882 |
| Willis, John | 36 | 1815 | Unknown |
| Wood, Edward | 23 | 14 May 1828 | 17 April 1866 |
| Yardley, John Marshall | 33 | 24 July 1817 | 10 October 1884 |
| Yardley, Mary | 27 | 15 March 1824 | 30 April 1874 |
| Young, Jeanet | 68 | 7 October 1782 | 21 November 1864 |