• Louis initially traveled to the Valley in 1852. He served as captain of the first ten with the Miller company. Company records indicate his traveling group consisted of 3 males, 2 females and 6 children. Later he again traveled to the Valley, returning from a mission, captaining his own small company in 1859.

Henry W. Miller Company (1852)

• Age at Departure: 45
• Head of Household

Louis R. Chaffin Company (1859)

• Age at Departure: 52
• Company Captain
• Head of Household

Sources

• "20th Company," Deseret News, 18 September 1852, 2.
• "Amasa Potter," Deseret Evening News , 18 May 1911, 6.
• Amasa Potter reminiscences and journal, 1857 January-1910 January, 112.
• "Arrivals," Deseret News , 20 July 1859, 4.
• Clark, Edwin Watkin, [Autobiography], in Edna J. Gregerson, comp., The Mellors Through the Years [1963], 660-61.
• Early Missionary Database
• Eleventh Ward, Record of members collection, 1836-1970.
• Find a Grave (Website)
• Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Supplement after 31 December 1852, 123.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company general files, 1850-1887.
• William Sharp record book, circa 1870.