• William traveled to the valley in Brigham Young's 1847 company and was part of the 6th Company of Ten led by Charles Shumway.  He was re-baptized 8 August 1847 in the Salt Lake Valley.  In 1850, he lived in the household of Isaac Burnham in Utah.

Brigham Young Vanguard Company (1847)

• Age at Departure: 24

Sources

• 1850 Utah Census.
• Albert P. Rockwood journals, 1847-1853, Journal, 1847 April-July.
• Find a Grave
• Heber C. Kimball journal in Heber C. Kimball papers, 1837-1866.
• "The Utah Pioneers," Deseret Weekly, 25 August 1894, 294.
• Thomas Bullock journals, 1843-1849, Journal, 1847 April-June.
• William Clayton diaries, 1846-1853, Folder contents: (2) Volume 2, 1847.