- Zina D. Huntington Affidavit, May 1, 1869, Joseph F. Smith Affidavit Books, 1:5, 4:5,
- Malissa Lott, “First list of wives,” Document #1, Andrew Jenson Papers, MS 17956, Box 49, fd. 16.
- Jenson, “Plural Marriage,” 233.
- Oliver Huntington, Journal, February 18, 1883, October 27, 1887.
- John Wight, interviewer, “Evidence from Zina D. Huntington Young, October 1, 1898,” Saints Herald 52 (January 11, 1905): 28–30.
- Emmeline B. Wells, “A Distinguished Woman: Zina D. H. Young,” 99.
- William Hall, The Abominations of Mormonism Exposed, 43–44.
- John D. Lee, Mormonism Unveiled, edited by W. W. Bishop, 132.
- Nauvoo Temple proxy marriage to Joseph Smith, February 2, 1846, in Brown, Nauvoo Sealings, Adoptions, and Anointings,, 284.
- Joseph Smith III, Letter to Bro. E. C. Brand, n.d., [likely early 1880s] Letter Press Book 4, 63–67.
- Jane Wilkie Hooper Blood, Autobiography and Abridged Diary, edited by Ivey Hooper Blood Hill, 241, July 22, 1892.
- Wilford Woodruff, “Historian’s Private Journal,” (one volume, 1858-1878), undated statement written between a July 1, 1866 entry and a November 18, 1874 entry. Date is for 1840. See chart below.
Chart of evidences and the dates provided. Red=1840, Blue=1841:
| Year | Source | Marriage date | comments |
| 1846 | Nauvoo Temple proxy marriage to Joseph Smith, February 2, 1846, in Brown, Nauvoo Sealings, Adoptions, and Anointings,, 284. | No date | |
| 1852 | William Hall, Hall, William. The Abominations of Mormonism Exposed; Cincinnati, Ohio: I. Hart, 1852, 43–44. | No date | |
| 1866 to 1874 | Wilford Woodruff, “Historian’s Private Journal.” | “October 27, 1840” | Source unknown |
| 1869 | Zina D. Huntington Affidavit, May 1, 1869, Joseph F. Smith Affidavit Books, 1:5, 4:5, | October 27, 1841 | Firsthand-participant |
| 1869 | Dimick Huntington Affidavit, Joseph F. Smith Affidavit Books, 1:19, 4:19 | October 27, 1841 | Firsthand-eyewitness |
| 1869 | Fanny Huntington Affidavit, Joseph F. Smith Affidavit Books, 1:21, 4:21 | “fall of the year 1841” | Firsthand-eyewitness |
| 1877 | John D. Lee, Mormonism Unveiled, Edited by W. W. Bishop. St. Louis: Bryan, Brand & Co., 1877, 132. | No date | |
| 1880 | Joseph Smith III, Letter to Bro. E. C. Brand, n.d., [likely early 1880s] Letter Press Book 4, 63–67. | No date | |
| 1881 | Emmeline B. Wells, “A Distinguished Woman, Zina D. H. Young.” Woman’s Exponent 10 (December 1, 1881), 99. | No date | |
| 1883 | Oliver Huntington, Journal, February 18, 1883, October 27, 1887. | No date | |
| 1887 | Malissa Lott, “First list of wives,” Document #1, Andrew Jenson Papers, MS 17956, Box 49, fd. 16. | No date | |
| 1887 | Jenson, “Plural Marriage,” 233. | October 27, 1841 | First Published date |
| 1892 | Jane Wilkie Hooper Blood, Autobiography and Abridged Diary, edited by Ivey Hooper Blood Hill, 241, July 22, 1892. | No date | |
| 1898 | John Wight, interviewer, “Evidence from Zina D. Huntington Young, October 1, 1898,” Saints Herald 52 (January 11, 1905): 28–30. | No date |