• The Baxter family's travel to Utah in 1855 with the Ballantyne pioneer company is confirmed by Robert's obituary.

Richard Ballantyne Company (1855)

• Age at Departure: 6

Sources

• “4th Company of 50 report, 1855 June.” In Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports 1850-1862, Reports 1853-1855. (CR 1234 5, Box 1, Folder 39)
• Find a Grave (Website)
• "Immigration List," Deseret News, 12 September 1855, 214.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 86.
• "Robert Baxter Dies at Home in Hyrum," The Journal, 14 May 1929, p. 1.
• Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America
• Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
• Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967.