Autobiography [microform] (Typescript).

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Autobiography [microform] (Typescript).

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Born in Tennessee, son of John Averett and Jennettee Gill. Early life; conversion to Mormonism of his father's family in 1835; spiritual manifestations; removal of his family to Far West, Missouri, 1836; descriptions of Missouri; difficulty with anti-Mormon mobs; expulsion of the Latter-day Saints from Missouri; settlement first in Adams County and later in Pike County, Illinois; exodus west; trip to California during the Gold Rush; experiences crossing the plains and in California; travel through Central America and to New Orleans; trip to visit his mother's home in Cass County, Missouri; visit to the old Baptist meeting house on Fishing River where members of Zion's Camp were protected from a severe storm; journey across the plains to Salt Lake Valley, 1859; settlement in Gunnison, Utah, 1861, then in Washington County, Utah; pioneer life.

30 p. ; partial reel : microfilm ; 35 mm.

Harold B. Lee Library

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Latter-day Saints' College (Salt Lake City, Utah)

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was formed in 1830 in New York by Joseph Smith, Jr. Its members later migrated to the American West, specifically the Salt Lake Valley in Utah. Shortly after the founding, missionaries were sent out to teach their message. From the guide to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints flannel board missionary discussions, Circa 1950-1970, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) The documents in this collection span the early year...

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Manuscript compiled by George Washington Gill Averett containing a detailed prose account of his family's genealogy, as well as memoirs of his life history. He writes of his birth in Tennessee and the family's move to Illinois in 1830, of their travels with the Mormons to Missouri and back to Illinois throughout the 1830s, thier overland journey to Utah in the 1840s, and their experiences gold mining in California from 1849. The manuscript appears to be incomplete. From the descripti...