Brigham Young Company 1847 Roster
NOTE: This is not an official list, though it should be accurate. .
I got this list from the book: "Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah" by Frank Esshom (published 1913 by Utah Pioneers Book Publishing Company, Salt Lake City, UT). Additional information came from "Essentials in Church History" by Joseph Fielding Smith.
The original and best primary source for the roster of names, with the pioneers divided into 14 "tens" with captains over each ten, was THOMAS BULLOCK'S JOURNAL. Thomas was the official "Clerk of the Camp". This journal is in one of the cases at the Church History Museum on West Temple Street. It is located along the east wall, towards the rear of the building. The names are very clear and easy to read although the handwriting is very small. (Information provided by Karen Keeley.)
The original company:
First Ten
- Wilford Woodruff, Captain
- John S. Fowler
- Jacob D. Burnham
- Orson Pratt
- Joseph Egbert
- John M. Freeman
- Marcus B. Thorpe
- Geo. A. Smith
- Geo. Wardle
Second Ten
- Ezra T. Benson, Captain
- Thomas B. Grover
- Barnabas L. Adams
- Roswell Stevens
- Amasa M. Lyman
- Starling Driggs
- Albert Carrington
- Thomas Bullock (Clerk of the camp)
- George Brown
- Willard Richards
- Jesse C. Little
Third Ten
- Phinehas H. Young
- John Y. Green
- Thomas Tanner (Captain of the cannon)
- Brigham Young (lieutenant-general)
- Clarissa Decker Young (wife of Brigham Young)
- Addison Everett (a captain of fifty)
- Truman O. Angell
- Lorenzo D. Young
- Harriet Page Wheeler Young (wife of Lorenzo D. Young)
- Bryant Stringham
- Joseph S. Scofield
- Albert P. Rockwood (a captain of hundred)
Fourth Ten
- Luke S. Johnson, Captain
- John Holman
- Edmund Ellsworth
- Alvarus Hanks
- George R. Grant
- Millen Atwood
- Samuel B. Fox
- Tunis Rappleyee
- Harry Pierce
- Wm. Dykes
- Jacob Weiler
Fifth Ten
- Stephen H. Goddard, Captain
- Tarlton Lewis (a captain of fifty)
- Henry G. Sherwood
- Zebedee Coltrin
- Sylvester H. Earl
- John Dixon
- Samuel H. Marble
- George Scholes
- Wm. Henrie
- Wm. A. Empey
Sixth Ten
- Charles Shumway, Captain
- Andrew Shumway
- Thos. Woolsey
- Chauncey Loveland
- Erastus Snow
- James Craig
- Wm. Wordsworth
- Wm. Vance
- Simeon Howd
- Seeley Owen
Seventh Ten
- James Case, Captain (also a captain of fifty)
- Artemas Johnson
- Wm. C. A. Smoot
- Franklin B. Dewey
- Wm. Carter
- Franklin G. Losee
- Burr Frost
- Datus Ensign
- Franklin B. Stewart
- Monroe Frink
- Eric Glines
- Ozro Eastman
Eighth Ten
- Seth Taft, Captain
- Horace Thornton
- Stephen Kelsey
- John S. Eldredge
- Charles D. Barnum
- Alma M. Williams
- Rufus Allen
- Robert T. Thomas
- James W. Stewart
- Elijah Newman
- Levi N. Kendall
- Francis Boggs
- David Grant
Ninth Ten
- Howard Egan, Captain
- Heber C. Kimball
- Ellen Saunders Kimball (wife of Heber C. Kimball)
- Wm. A. King
- Thomas Cloward
- Hosea Cushing
- Robert Byard
- George Billings
- Edson Whipple
- Philo Johnson
- Wm. Clayton
Tenth Ten
- Appleton M. Harmon, Captain
- Carlos Murray
- Horace K. Whitney
- Orson K. Whitney
- Orrin P. Rockwell
- Nathaniel T. Brown
- R. Jackson Redding
- John Pack (a captain of fifty) (Major)
- Francis Pomeroy
- Aaron Farr
- Nathaniel Fairbanks
Eleventh Ten
- John S. Higbee, Captain
- John Wheeler
- Solomon Chamberlain
- Conrad Klineman
- Joseph Rooker
- Perry Fitzgerald
- John H. Tippetts
- James Davenport
- Henson Walker
- Benjamin Rolfe
Twelfth Ten
- Norton Jacobs, Captain
- Charles A. Harper
- George Woodard
- Stephen Markham (a captain of hundred) (Colonel)
- Lewis Barney
- George Mills
- Andrew Gibbons
- Joseph Hancock
- John W. Norton
Thirteenth Ten
- John Brown, Captain
- Shadrach Roundy (a captain of fifty) (Major)
- Levi Jackman
- Lyman Curtis
- Hans C. Hansen
- Matthew Ivory
- David Powers
- Hark Lay (colored)
- Oscar Crosby (colored)
Fourteenth Ten
- Joseph Matthews, Captain
- Gilbroid Summe
- John Gleason
- Charles Burke
- Alexander P. Chessley
- Rodney Badger
- Norman Taylor
- Green Flake (colored)
- Ellis Eames (taken sick, returned to Winter Quarters)
There were also 2 children with the company: Lorenzo Young's two children, Isaac Perry Decker (age six) and Lorenzo Sobieski Young (age six) [Thanks to Dave Crockett's 150 years ago today - Apr. 16 1997].
Note: the odometer that was used to measure the distance travelled, was suggested by William Clayton, who was recording the journey. It was designed by Orson Pratt and constructed by Appleton M. Harmon
10 more companies came to the valley in 1847, plus a group from the Mormon Battallion and the Mississippi saints, bringing the total to more than 2000 arriving in the valley that year:
- Brigham Young Company - 148
- Mississippi Company - 47
- Mormon Batallion - 210
- Daniel Spencer Company - 204
- Parley P. Pratt Company - 198
- Abraham O. Smoot Company - 139
- Charles C. Rich Company - 130
- George B. Wallace Company - 198
- Edward Hunter Company - 155
- Joseph Horne Company - 197
- Joseph B. Noble Company - 171
- W. Snow Company - 148
- Jedediah M. Grant Company - 150
- for a total of 2095 for the year 1847.
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