• His name appears as "Sam J. Burgess" on the rebaptism list, which shows his correct birth date.  His rebaptism took place 3 May 1852 in Salt Lake City, which was prior to the arrival of that season's emigration.

  In 1852 he was a member of the Salt Lake City 10th Ward.

  1850 Pottawatomie Census lists Samuel, Marinda, Mary Ann, and Thomas living in Iowa on 5 November 1850. There is no evidence that Thomas ever came to Utah or that he is buried here. He likely died in Iowa in January 1851 before Samuel, Marinda, and Mary Ann came to Utah. 

Company Unknown (1851)

• Age at Departure: 24
• Head of Household

Sources

• 1850 Utah Census.
• Nauvoo Community Project
• "Registry of Names of Persons Residing in the Various Wards as to Bishops' Reports, Great Salt Lake City, Dec. 28th, A.D. 1852" in Key to Migration Sources, Great Britain and North America: A Manual for Students Attending the Second Annual Priesthood Genealogical Research Seminar, June 19-23, 1967 (Provo: Brigham Young University Division of Continuing Education, 1967), edited by Norman Edgar Wright. 
• Salt Lake Stake, Record of members collection, 1836-1970.
• Utah, Territorial Militia Records, 1849-1877.