• Briant initially traveled to the Salt Lake Valley in the Brigham Young Pioneer Company in 1847 and was part of the 3rd Company of Ten led by Phineas H. Young. His travel to Utah in 1847 is also mentioned in the obituary of his daughter, Maria.

Brigham Young Vanguard Company (1847)

• Age at Departure: 22

Sources

• Albert P. Rockwood journals, 1847-1853, Journal, 1847 April-July.
• "Deaths," The Deseret Weekly,  23 Jan. 1892, 168.
• Heber C. Kimball journal in Heber C. Kimball papers, 1837-1866.
• Lorenzo Dow Young diaries, 1846-1852 and 1888-1891, in Lorenzo D. Young papers, 1846-1894.
• "Mrs. Maria Stevens Dies in California," Salt Lake Herald, 21 Jan. 1913, 4.
• Thomas Bullock journals, 1843-1849, Journal, 1847 April-June.
• William Clayton diaries, 1846-1853, Folder contents: (2) Volume 2, 1847.