• The Barton family arrived in the Valley in 1848. Husband/father, John, filed for land during that year. They are seen in Davis County at the time of the 1850 census. They possibly in the Willard Richards Company.

  His obituary confirms that the family arrived in 1848.

Company Unknown (1848)

• Age at Departure: Infant

Sources

• 1850 Utah Census, Davis County.
• "Early Pioneer Passes Away," Mt. Pleasant Pyramid, 12 February 1932, 1.
• [List of those filing for lots, 1848], in Salt Lake County Recorder's Office, Land records [ca. 1847-1860].
• "Mount Pleasant Pioneer is Dead," Salt Lake Telegram, 11 February 1932, 7.
• "Son of A Man After Whom 1 Of Our Creeks is Named, Dies," Davis County Clipper, 12 February 1932, 1.