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NAME RANK COMPANY PLACE OF ENROLLMENT REGIMENT
(SP="Spy")
BRIGADE
Cooper, TheophilusS PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
Archer, JESSE K PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
Archer, STEPHEN SGT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
Archer, WILLIAM B AID
Clark Co.
2
Ashmore, MARTIN L PVT J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
Ashmore, ZENO A PVT J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
Ashmore, ZENO A PVT J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
BEACHAMP, NOAH CPL W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
BEACHAN, NOAH CPL W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
BENNETT, THOMAS F PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
BERRY, GEORGE PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
BIGGS, SAMUEL M PVT J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
BOONE, DANIEL PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
BOSTICK, WILLIAM PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
BURK, S PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
BURK, SAMUEL PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
BURWELL, ASHER V SGT J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
CHENOWETH, MARTIN L PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
CHINOWETH, MARTIN L PVT J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
COOPER, C PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
COOPER, CHALKLEY J PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
COOPER, FRANKLIN PVT J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
COOPER, FRANKLIN PVT J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
COOPER, THEOPHILUS PVT J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
COWEN, JOEL PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
CRISS, J PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
CRISS, JEREMIAH PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
DAVIDSON, DANIEL PVT J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
DAVIDSON, ROBERT SGT J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
DAVIS, ALHANAN H PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
DAVIS, DANIEL PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
DE HART, ALEXANDER H PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
DE HART, LORENZO D PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
DEHART, A H PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
DEHART, D L PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
DOLSON, JACOB SGT J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
DOLSON, SAMUEL PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
DULANEY, WOODFORD 1LT J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
DUNLAP, JAMES CPL W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
DUNLAP, JAMES CPL W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
ELLIOTT, ASPATIO PVT J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
ELLIOTT, E PVT J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
FANNIN, AKALIS PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
FEARS, JOHN SGT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
FEARS, PHINEAS PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
FLEMING, ANDREW PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
FLEMING, ANDREW PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
GRANT, JOHN B PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
GROVE, MARTIN PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
HADDEN, ANDREW PVT J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
HADDEN, SAMUEL PVT J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
HADEN, A PVT J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
HADEN, S PVT J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
HARLAN, JUSTIN PAY
Clark Co. SP 2
HARLAN, JUSTIN 2LT J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
HENDERSON, HEZEKIAH A PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
HENDERSON, JAMES E PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
HOGUE, JOSEPH PVT J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
HOLLENBACK, NATHAN CPL J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
JEFFERS, CHRISTIAN CPL J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
JOHNSON, GEORGE PVT J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
JOHNSON, GEORGE PVT J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
JOHNSON, SANDFORD PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
KENNY, MOSES PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
KENNY, MOSES PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
KERR, JOHN PVT J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
KERR, JOHN PVT J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
LAFFERTY, MARSHALL PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
LANGHAM, ABEL PVT J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
LANGHAM, ABEL PVT J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
LATHROP, ARTEMAS PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
LAWWILL, OLIVER C SGT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
LOCKARD, JAMES SGT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
LOCKER, C F PVT J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
LOCKER, CONRAD F PVT J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
MARKLE, JOSEPH W PVT J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
MC CABE, JOHN PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
MC CABE, WILLIAM PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
MC GUIRE, JOHN PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
MC LUER, WILLIAM T CPL W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
MERICLE, J W PVT J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
MINOR, THOMAS PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
NOTT, ROYAL A CPT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
NOTT, STEPHEN PVT J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
OGDEN, BENJAMIN PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
OGDEN, NEHEMIAH PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
PAINE, E PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
PAYNE, EBENEZER PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
PETERS, ABSOLAM O PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
POORMAN, DANIEL 1LT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
POORMAN, SAMUEL PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
POORMAN, SAMUEL PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
PREVO, IRA PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
PREVO, IRA PVT J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
PREVO, SAMUEL PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
PREVO, SAMUEL PVT J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
RICHARDSON, JOHN F CPT J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
ROSS, RICHARD CPL J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
SHARP, CYRUS PVT J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
SHARP, ELON PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
SHAW, JAMES PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
SHAW, NINEVEH ADJ
Clark Co. SP 2
SHAW, NINEVEH PVT J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
SQUIRES, L R PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
SQUIRES, LYMAN R PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
STAFFORD, E PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
STAFFORD, ELIJAH PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
TAYLOR, ROBERT PVT J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
THOMAS, MARTIN PVT J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
THOMPSON, JOHN W CPL W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
VANWINKLE, JOHN PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
WADE, THOMAS PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
WATERS, JOHN PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
WATERS, JOHN PVT J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
WHEELER, T W PVT J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
WHEELER, TARLTON PVT J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
WHITE, GIDEON B PVT J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
WHITE, LUTHER PVT J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
WHITE, ROBERT PVT J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
WHITE, SAMUEL PVT J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
WHITE, THOMAS PVT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
WILLIAMS, JAMES PVT J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
WILSON, GEORGE CPL J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
WILSON, JOHN SGT J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
YOCUM, ALEXANDER PVT J. Richardson Clark Co. SP 2
YOUNG, G W 2LT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2
YOUNG, GEORGE W 2LT W. Archer Clark Co. 1 2

SOURCE:
Illinois State Archives Database of Black Hawk War Veterans

NOTES:
This database of Black Hawk War Veterans indexes the first volume of Ellen M. Whitney's The Black Hawk War 1831-1832. That volume contains a comprehensive listing of Illinois' Black Hawk War soldiers. It includes the muster rolls for all of the 1831 and 1832 companies including 2 Indian companies. Approximately 1800 men served in the 1831 campaign and 9000 in the 1832 campaign. The Illinois State Historical Library possesses in either original or on microfilm the records from which this information was extracted.

The listing of veterans in Whitney's publication is far more complete and accurate than the listing found in the ninth volume of the 1902 Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois. The Archives possesses the 1881 transcriptions, produced from official rolls in Washington, DC, from which the information was taken to produce the 1902 report. The transcriptions comprise the Archives' record series, Black Hawk War Records (RS 301.007).

The database was created and donated to the Illinois State Archives by Fred Delap of Kansas, Illinois. Delap, a volunteer with the Edgar County Genealogical Library, has also indexed the names of Illinois veterans of the War of 1812, Mexican War, Civil War and Spanish-American War.


This list contains only those persons who enrolled in Clark County. Not all veterans may be included in this list and some information may be in error.


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