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Watt, George Darling

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16 Jan. 1815

Temple Records Index Bureau, Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, 46; “Watt, George Darling,” Patriarchal Blessing Index, 1833–1963, microfilm 392,693, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.

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Temple Records Index Bureau of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846. Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1974.

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

–24 Oct. 1881.

“Geo. D. Watt Dead,” Salt Lake Daily Herald, 25 Oct. 1881, [8].

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Salt Lake Daily Herald. Salt Lake City. 1870–1889.

Stenographer, reporter, merchant, clerk, farmer.

Launius and Hallwas, Kingdom on the Mississippi Revisited, 81; “Watt, George D.,” in Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History, 1317–1318; Journal History of the Church, 26 Apr. 1845; 1860 U.S. Census, Great Salt Lake City Ward 14, Great Salt Lake Co., Utah Territory, 194; Watt, “Life of George D. Watt,” 61; 1870 U.S. Census, Kaysville, Davis Co., Utah Territory, 259[A]; 1880 U.S. Census, Kaysville, Davis Co., Utah Territory, 308A.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Launius, Roger D., and John E. Hallwas, eds. Kingdom on the Mississippi Revisited: Nauvoo in Mormon History. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1996.

Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History. Edited by Arnold K. Garr, Donald Q. Cannon, and Richard O. Cowan. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2000.

Historical Department. Journal History of the Church, 1896–. CHL. CR 100 137.

Census (U.S.) / U.S. Bureau of the Census. Population Schedules. Microfilm. FHL.

Watt, Ronald G. “Sailing ‘the Old Ship Zion’”: The Life of George D. Watt.” BYU Studies 18, no. 1 (Fall 1977): 48–65.

Born in Manchester, Lancashire, England.

“Watt, George Darling,” Patriarchal Blessing Index, 1833–1963, microfilm 392,693, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.

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U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Son of James Watt and Mary Ann Wood.

“Watt, George Darling,” Patriarchal Blessing Index, 1833–1963, microfilm 392,693, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Watt, “Life of George D. Watt,” 49.

Comprehensive Works Cited

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Watt, Ronald G. “Sailing ‘the Old Ship Zion’”: The Life of George D. Watt.” BYU Studies 18, no. 1 (Fall 1977): 48–65.

Moved to Scotland, before 1829; returned to England, 1829.

Watt, “Life of George D. Watt,” 49.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Watt, Ronald G. “Sailing ‘the Old Ship Zion’”: The Life of George D. Watt.” BYU Studies 18, no. 1 (Fall 1977): 48–65.

Married Mary Gregson, 13 June 1835, in Preston, Lancashire.

Church of England, St. John’s Church, Preston, Lancashire, England, Parish Registers, 1642–1948, Marriages, 1833–1837, 13 June 1835, microfilm 94,015, British Isles Record Collection, FHL.

Comprehensive Works Cited

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Heber C. Kimball, 30 July 1837, in Preston.

Watt, “Life of George D. Watt,” 49.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Watt, Ronald G. “Sailing ‘the Old Ship Zion’”: The Life of George D. Watt.” BYU Studies 18, no. 1 (Fall 1977): 48–65.

Ordained a high priest, 6 Apr. 1841, in Manchester.

“Conference Minutes,” LDS Millennial Star, Apr. 1841, 1:301–303.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star. Manchester, England, 1840–1842; Liverpool, 1842–1932; London, 1932–1970.

Served as president of church conference in Edinburgh, Apr. 1841.

“Conference Minutes,” LDS Millennial Star, Apr. 1841, 1:301–303.

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Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star. Manchester, England, 1840–1842; Liverpool, 1842–1932; London, 1932–1970.

Emigrated from England, 17 Sept. 1842; arrived in Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, by spring 1843.

“Correspondence,” LDS Millennial Star, Jan. 1843, 3:160; Crookston, Autobiography, [6]; JS, Journal, 12 Apr. 1843.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star. Manchester, England, 1840–1842; Liverpool, 1842–1932; London, 1932–1970.

Crookston, Robert. Autobiography, ca. 1900. Typescript. CHL. MS 8023.

Taught shorthand and reported speeches in Nauvoo.

Launius and Hallwas, Kingdom on the Mississippi Revisited, 81; “Watt, George D.,” in Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History, 1317; Journal History of the Church, 1 June 1845; “Conference Minutes,” Times and Seasons, 15 Apr. 1845, 6:871.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Launius, Roger D., and John E. Hallwas, eds. Kingdom on the Mississippi Revisited: Nauvoo in Mormon History. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1996.

Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History. Edited by Arnold K. Garr, Donald Q. Cannon, and Richard O. Cowan. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2000.

Historical Department. Journal History of the Church, 1896–. CHL. CR 100 137.

Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.

Made stenographic report of trial for those indicted for murdering JS and Hyrum Smith, May 1845.

Journal History of the Church, 19 and 30 May 1845.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Historical Department. Journal History of the Church, 1896–. CHL. CR 100 137.

Served mission to England, 1846–1850.

Watt, “Life of George D. Watt,” 51–52.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Watt, Ronald G. “Sailing ‘the Old Ship Zion’”: The Life of George D. Watt.” BYU Studies 18, no. 1 (Fall 1977): 48–65.

Migrated to Salt Lake Valley, 1851.

Watt, “Life of George D. Watt,” 52.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Watt, Ronald G. “Sailing ‘the Old Ship Zion’”: The Life of George D. Watt.” BYU Studies 18, no. 1 (Fall 1977): 48–65.

Employed as reporter for Deseret News, 1851–1853.

Watt, “Life of George D. Watt,” 52–55.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Watt, Ronald G. “Sailing ‘the Old Ship Zion’”: The Life of George D. Watt.” BYU Studies 18, no. 1 (Fall 1977): 48–65.

Served in Utah territorial legislature, 1852–1854.

“Legislative,” Deseret News, 25 Dec. 1852, 114; “Legislative Assembly,” Deseret News, 15 Dec. 1853, 99.

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Deseret News. Salt Lake City. 1850–.

Clerk for Brigham Young, 1853–1868.

Watt, “Life of George D. Watt,” 55–59.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Watt, Ronald G. “Sailing ‘the Old Ship Zion’”: The Life of George D. Watt.” BYU Studies 18, no. 1 (Fall 1977): 48–65.

Produced journal of speeches of church leaders published under title Journal of Discourses.

“Watt, George D.,” in Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History, 1318.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History. Edited by Arnold K. Garr, Donald Q. Cannon, and Richard O. Cowan. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2000.

Moved to Kaysville, Davis Co., Utah Territory, by 1870.

1870 U.S. Census, Kaysville, Davis Co., Utah Territory, 259[A].

Comprehensive Works Cited

Census (U.S.) / U.S. Bureau of the Census. Population Schedules. Microfilm. FHL.

Excommunicated for his association with Godbeite Church of Zion, 3 May 1874.

Journal History of the Church, 3 May 1874; Watt, “Life of George D. Watt,” 61–62.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Historical Department. Journal History of the Church, 1896–. CHL. CR 100 137.

Watt, Ronald G. “Sailing ‘the Old Ship Zion’”: The Life of George D. Watt.” BYU Studies 18, no. 1 (Fall 1977): 48–65.

Died in Kaysville.

“Geo. D. Watt Dead,” Salt Lake Daily Herald, 25 Oct. 1881, [8].

Comprehensive Works Cited

Salt Lake Daily Herald. Salt Lake City. 1870–1889.

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