
Date Unknown
- Birth Date
- 26 June 1817
- Death Date
- 1 September 1875
- Gender
- Male
George Albert Smith Sr.
George Albert Smith traveled with the 1847 Brigham Young Company and was part of the 1st Company of Ten led by Wilford Woodruff. He was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve at the time of the company's travel.
Captain of the George A. Smith/Dan Jones 1849 company.
George A. Smith/Dan Jones Company (1849)
- Age at Departure: 32
- Company Captain
- Head of Household
Traveled with
Brigham Young Vanguard Company (1847)
- Age at Departure: 29
Sources
- Abigail Smith Abbott autobiography, 31. Trail excerpt transcribed from "Pioneer History Collection" available at Pioneer Memorial Museum [Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum], Salt Lake City, Utah. Some restrictions apply.
- Addison Everett diary, 1847 April.
- Albert P. Rockwood journals, 1847-1853, Journal, 1847 April-July.
- Amasa M. Lyman collection, 1832-1877, Journal, 1847 April 8-September 10, 1-26 and 1-10.
- Appleton M. Harmon diary, 1847 April-July.
- Bathsheba W. Smith journal, 1849 June-October, 23.
- Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849.
- Chapman Duncan reminiscences, 1852-1874, 11a.
- Erastus Snow journals, 1835-1851; 1856-1857, 1847 April-December, 1-92.
- Find a Grave (Website)
- George Benjamin Wallace Emigrating Company journal, 1847 June-September.
- Heber C. Kimball journal in Heber C. Kimball papers, 1837-1866.
- John Brown reminiscences and journals, 1843-1896, Volume 1, 56-70.
- Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint, Supplement after 31 December 1849, 6.
- Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint, Supplement after 31 December 1849, 8B.
- Lucy Meserve Smith papers, 1848-1892 Family history and autobiography, 1889 June, 28-37.
- Myron Tanner, Biography of Myron Tanner (1907), 13-15.
- Norton Jacob reminiscence and journal, 1844 May-1852 January, 47-85.
- Orson Pratt, "Interesting Items Concerning the Journeying of the Latter-day Saints from the City of Nauvoo, Until Their Location in the Valley of the Great Salt Lake," Millennial Star, 15 January 1850, 17-19. This was a serialized article. The subsequent portions can be found in the following editions of the Millennial Star: 1 Feb. 1850, 33-35; 15 Feb. 1850, 49-50; 1 Mar. 1850, 65-68; 15 Mar. 1850, 81-83; 1 Apr. 1850, 97-100; 15 Apr. 1850, 113-15; 1 May 1850, 129-31; 15 May 1850, 145-47; 1 June 1850, 161-66; 15 June 1850, 177-78.
- Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger A, p. 21.
- Pioneering the West, 1846 to 1878: Major Howard Egan's Diary, edited and compiled by William M. Egan (1917), 21-105.
- Thomas Bullock correspondence and papers, 1837-1857.
- Thomas Bullock journals, 1843-1849, Journal, 1847 April-June.
- Thomas E. Jeremy collection, 1827-1931, Daybook, 1849 February-June, 1850 January.
- Transcript of George A. Smith autobiography and journals, 1839-1875.
- Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.
- Wilford Woodruff journal, 1847 January-1853 December, 25-77.
- William Clayton diaries, 1846-1853, Folder contents: (2) Volume 2, 1847.
- William Draper autobiography, 1881, 33.
- William I. Appleby autobiography and journal, 1848-1856.
- Woodruff, Wilford, Journal, 1847 Jan.-1853 Dec., box 2, fd. 3, in Journals and papers, 1828-1898.