Young appears to have been acquainted with Frost. An 18 May 1842 letter signed by Frost, Young, and Lee reported Frost’s proselytizing efforts, including his work in Knox County, Tennessee, where he and his fellow missionaries had baptized twenty-two individuals. (See Times and Seasons, 15 June 1842.)
Smoot was preaching in and around Smith County during the summer of 1840 and probably met Young during that time. At a conference held in Nauvoo in August 1841, Smoot was appointed to preach in Charleston, South Carolina. While making his way to Charleston that fall, he returned to Smith County and became reacquainted with Young, with whom he stayed during part of the fall and winter. (Abraham Smoot, Whitleyville, TN, Letter to the Editor, Times and Seasons, Oct. 1840, 1:181; Minutes, 16 Aug. 1841; Smoot, Diary, 25 Aug. 1841; 24–25 Sept. 1841; 12 Dec. 1841; 18 Jan. 1842.)
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
Smoot, Abraham O. Diary, 1836–1845. Photocopy. Abraham O. Smoot, Papers, 1836–1893. Photocopy. CHL.