• James was re-baptized at Salt Lake City on 13 February 1848.  In the re-baptism record his surname is spelled "McMinns."  In the 1850 Utah census the surname is spelled "McMinns."  He was re-baptized again on 3 May 1851 when his surname was again spelled "McMinns."  He was a High Priest. 

Abraham O. Smoot/Samuel Russell Company (1847)

• Age at Departure: 53
• Head of Household

Sources

• 1850 Utah Census.
• Book of the Pioneers, Vol. 2, p. 15.
• Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 21 June 1847, 47.
• Nauvoo Community Project
• Salt Lake Stake, Record of members collection, 1836-1970.
• Utah, FamilySearch, Early Church Information File, 1830-1900