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WELCOME TO THE BELNAP FAMILY ORGANIZATION

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Mission Statement: “The Belnap Family Organization is a non-profit ancestral family organization for all descendants of Utah Pioneers Gilbert Belnap, Adaline Knight, and Henrietta McBride, created to preserve, perpetuate, and promote family solidarity.”

ABOUT US

The Belnap Family Organization was created in 1904 to preserve, perpetuate, and promote family solidarity among all descendants of Utah Pioneer Gilbert Belnap. It is one of the oldest and largest family organizations in the United States, with over 12,500 known descendants located throughout the United States and around the world.

This Day In Belnap
Family History

1856 Gilbert Belnap, at Fort Lemhi, went to the mountain east of the fort and killed one sheep weighing 72 pounds and "carried it on my shoulder at least six miles"
1901 Martha McBride Knight Smith Kimball, mother of Adaline Knight, died in Hooper, Weber, Utah
1901 Martha McBride Knight Smith Kimball, mother of Adaline Knight, died in Hooper, Weber, Utah

RECENT BELNAP FAMILY NEWS . . .

FAMILY FACES

FAMILY TREASURES

HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS

Have you ever wanted to view–and read–Gilbert Belnap’s actual journal? Click “Learn More” below to access Gilbert’s first journal, which covers his life from his birth in 1821 to 1856, including his journey from Canada to Kirtland, Ohio, where he was baptized in 1841, to his meeting the Prophet Joseph Smith, Jr., in Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1844, to his journey in 1850 to the Salt Lake Valley and settlement in Ogden, Utah.

SIGNIFICANT ITEMS

Click “Learn More” below to read the original handwritten letter from Reuben McBride, dated 1 Nov 1886, Fillmore, Utah, to his sister Martha McBride Knight, regarding his experience as the very first person to be baptized for the dead in the font of the Nauvoo Temple in 1841.

DID YOU KNOW . . .

. . . that Gilbert Belnap’s grandfather, Jesse Belnap (1760-1854), fought in the American Revolution? Learn more about Jesse Belnap, his family, and his military service by clicking “Learn More” below.