• Captain of Ten; with 5 people. The surname is spelled "Rick" in the 1850 Utah census.  Some sources give Thomas the middle name "Ricketts" but to date (2016) this has not been confirmed by a contemporary source.

William Snow/Joseph Young Company (1850)

• Age at Departure: 32
• Head of Household

Sources

• 1850 Utah Census, Davis County.
• "Deaths," Deseret News, 6 February 1884, 16.
• Gardner Snow record and account book, 1847-1869, Record, 1850.
• James McBride autobiography, 1874-1876, 52-58.
• Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint, Supplement after 31 December 1850, 13.
• Luke W. Gallup reminiscences and diary, 1842 May-1891 March, 122-41.
• Minerva J. Stone letters, 1850-1851.
• Snow, Gardner, to First Presidency, 28 Aug. 1850, in Brigham Young, Office Files 1832-1878, reel 31, box 22, fd. 3.