FamilySearch ID: KWJJ-RFC
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Sarah Jane Witt

Birth	1 February 1831	McLeansboro, Hamilton, Illinois, United States	Citation(s) Birth Citation(s) "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Sarah Jane Witt, ID: KWJJ-RFC. Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Sarah J Averett. folder "George A. Smith's company, report, 1849 September 24" (#87), image 1, line 2; and entry for Sarah Jane Averett, folder "Companies of 10 reports, 1846 April" (#7), image 3, line 2.
Death	31 December 1875	Heber City, Wasatch, Utah Territory, United States	Citation(s) Death Citation(s) Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Sarah Jane Witt Averett (1831-1875), memorial #21733590 . "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Sarah Jane Witt, ID: KWJJ-RFC.
Burial	2 January 1876	Heber City Cemetery, Heber City, Wasatch, Utah Territory, United States	Citation(s) Burial Citation(s) Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Sarah Jane Witt Averett (1831-1875), memorial #21733590 . "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Sarah Jane Witt, ID: KWJJ-RFC.

Father	Robert L. Witt
Mother	Dorcas Willis

Marriages Label

• Elisha Averett

Married

19 January 1846

Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States

Citation(s)

Marriage Citation(s)
"FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Elisha Averett and Sarah Jane Witt, ID: KWJJ-RFH and ID: KWJJ-RFC.

Devery Scott Anderson, The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846: A Documentary History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 2005), p. 426; citing “Book of Sealings (Living)—Wives to Husbands”.

          Children:
               Sarah Jane Averett
               Kizzie Ann Averett
               John Harvey Averett
               Elijah Averett
               Eliza Averett
               Emily Losana Averett
               George Averett
               William Averett
               James Lafayette Averett
               Lucy Lavinia Averett
               Jeanette Eliza Averett
               Byron Averett
               David Averett
               Jane Averett
               Dorcus Averett
               Elisha Averett
               Robert Wesley Averett

Residences Label

• 1846	Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850	Great Salt Lake, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
• 1870	Provo, Utah, Utah Territory

Death & Burial Records Label

• Grave Marker

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Census Records Label

• 1850 Population Census	Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory	Extract	Image	1850 Population Census Citation(s) SOURCE GOES HERE
• 1860 Population Census	12th Ward Gt Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory	Extract	Image
• 1870 Population Census	Provo City 3rd Ward, Utah, Utah Territory	Extract	Image

Migration Records Label

Crossing the Plains

• George A. Smith/Dan Jones Company		View Source	Citation(s) Crossing the Plains Citation(s) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), George A. Smith/Dan Jones Company, 1849.
Departure	14 Jul 1849
Arrival	26-30 Oct 1849

Nauvoo Community Project

Nauvoo Community Project

Sarah Jane Witt

Crossing the Plains