• He sailed to America in 1856 on the ship Horizon.

James G. Willie Company (1856)

• Age at Departure: 22

Sources

• "Died," Deseret News, 12 October 1865, 8.
• "Immigration to Utah," Deseret News, 15 October 1856, 254.
• Josiah Rogerson, "Captain J. G. Willie's Or, the Fourth Handcart Company of 1856 (No. 1)," Salt Lake Herald, 15 December 1907, 5.
• Josiah Rogerson, "Strong Men, Brave Women and Sturdy Children Crossed the Wilderness Afoot," Salt Lake Tribune, 4 January 1914.
•  Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 9 November 1856, 21.