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Sailing “The Old Ship Zion”: The Life Of George D. Watt, Ronald G. Watt
Sailing “The Old Ship Zion”: The Life Of George D. Watt, Ronald G. Watt
BYU Studies Quarterly
George D. Watt was a prominent figure in nineteenth-century Utah, but because he apostatized from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he is now an obscure individual in Mormon history. Watt was baptized in England in 1837, and five years later, he and his wife arrived in Nauvoo. After returning to England to serve a mission, he arrived in Utah in 1851. His knowledge of shorthand was valuable for recording speeches from Church leaders, which were published in the Deseret News and Journal of Discourses, and was also useful for helping develop the Deseret Alphabet. He later …