• 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

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.
• Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, Supplement after 31 December 1849, 6.
• Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, Supplement after 31 December 1849, 8B.
• John Brown reminiscences and journals, 1843-1896, Volume 1, 56-70.
• 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.
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• "The Utah Pioneers," Deseret Weekly, 25 August 1894, 294.
• Thomas Bullock correspondence and papers, 1837-1857.
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• Transcript of George A. Smith autobiography and journals, 1839-1875.
• Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.
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• William Draper autobiography, 1881, 33.
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