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Muster Roll of captain Jacob M Earleys company of mounted volunteers mustered out of the Service of the United States by order of Brigadier Genl Atkinson of the United States army on White Water river of Rock River on the 10th day of July 18321
No Names Rank Date of Enrollment Period of [Enrollment] Residence Value of Horses Equipments Value of Names present Remarks
1 Jacob M Earley Captain June 16th 1832 30 Days Sangamon county $80.00 $70.00 Jacob M Earley
12 G W Glascock 1st Leuitenat "" "" "" 85.00 46.00 G. W. Glascock Hunting his horse
2 B. D. Rusk 2 " "" "" "" 70.00 25.00 B D. Rusk
13 Zachariah Malugin 1st sergeant "" "" "" 70.00 25.00 Zachariah Malugin
2 Noah Mason 2 " "" "" "" 60.00 25.00 Noah Mason
3 Jacob Eby 3 " "" "" "" 60.00 25.00 absent on Furlow June 29th
4 W. M. Neale 4 " "" "" "" 60.00 25.00 Remained at Dickson4 ^without leave from 29 June 1832^
1 R. M. Wyatt 1st corporal "" "" Madison " 75.00 25.00 R. M. Wyatt
2 M. H. Brents 2 " "" "" Sangamon " 80.00 25.00 M H Brents
3 William Crow 3 " "" "" "" 85.00 60.00 Absent horse hunting [sick?] 29 June ^1832^
4 Henry Johnson 4th " "" "" Fayette 40.00 50.00 Henry Johnson
1 James D Henry Private "" "" Sangamon Promoted from Ranks
2 Samuel Oneal " "" "" "" 75.00 40.00 Saml Oneal Saml Oneal
3 Achilles Morris " "" "" "" 60.00 50.00 Achilles Morris A
4 A. Lincoln " "" "" "" 85.00 15.00 A Lincoln
5 James. F. Reid " "" "" "" 90.00 45.00 James F Reid Hunting Horse
6 John Paul Absent without leave from date of enrolment
7 Wm S Pickerel " "" "" "" 65.00 35.00 left sick at Dicksons 27 June
8 Hugh McGenkins " "" "" Absent without leave
9 John T. Stuart " "" "" Sangamon. 65.00 60.00 John T Stuart
10 Wm L Potts " "" "" "" 75.00 35[.]00 Wm L Potts Hunting Horse
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No Names Rank Date of Enrollment Period of [Enrollment] Residence valuation of Horses valuation of Equipments Names Present Remarks
11 John L Stevenson Private June 16 30 Days Sangamon co $45.00 $70.00 John L Stevenson
12 David Bailey " "" "" Tazwell " 80.00 $45.00 David Bailey
13 Jesse Darrow " "" "" Sangamon 60.00 30.00 Jesse Darrow absent Hunting Horse with leave ^from 29. June 1832^
14 L. D. Matheny " "" "" "" 55.00 31.00 L. D. Matheny
15 Joseph McCoy " "" "" "" Joseph McCoy Absent Hunting his horse with leave ^from 29 June^
16 John D Johnson " "" "" Coles " $65.00 35.00 John D Johnson
17 G B. Fanchier " "" "" "" [?] 45.00 G B Fanchier
18 Adam Smith "" "" "" Sangamon " Adam Smith hunting Horse
19 Hugh McGary "" "" "" "" Hugh McGary
20 Harrison McGary "" "" "" "" Harrison McGary
21 Montgomery Warrick "" "" "" "" 65.00 60.00 Montgomery Warrick
22 John. C. Warrick "" "" "" "" 90.00 60.00 John C Warrick
23 G. S. Hubbard "" "" "" Vermillion " 90.00 125.00 G. S. Hubbard
24 Saml McRoberts "" "" "" "" 65.00 55[.]00 Saml McRoberts
25 B. F. Pickeril "" "" "" Sangamon 70.00 35.00 B. F. Pickerel
26 Wm Straubridge "" June 21 25 " "" 100.00 60.00 Wm Strawbridge
27 John Baker "" "" "" "" 100.00 40.00 John Baker
28 George Harrison "" "" "" "" 115.00 35.00 Geo. Harrison
29 James Rutledge "" "" "" Morgan 70.00 10.00 James Rutledge
30 George Stout "" "" "" Sangamon 75.00 50.00 George Stout
31 Roswell H Spencer "" "" "" Rock Island Roswell H Spencer
32 John Herington "" "" "" Fayette John Harrington
33 John Brewer "" "" "" Sangamon John Brewer
34 John Clyman5 "" "" "" Vermillion John Clyman Hunting hors
35 J. R. Loveless "" "" "" "" J. R. Loveless
36 R. J. Gilbert "" "" "" "" R. J. Gilbert
[ certification ]
I Certify that the within muster roll exhibits a true statement of the company of Illinois mounted volunteers under my command
Given under my at [head?] quarters on White Watter of Rock [river?]
J M Early Capt
[ endorsement ]
07/10/1832
Mustered out of the service of the U. States by order of Brig Genl Atkinson this 10th day of July 1832.
Robt Anderson
Asst Inr Genl[Assistant Inspector General]
1At the outbreak of the Black Hawk War, Abraham Lincoln volunteered for the Illinois state militia. On April 21, 1832, Lincoln and other men from the New Salem area were mustered into a company in the 4th Regiment of Illinois Mounted Volunteers, and the members of the company elected Lincoln as their Captain. When his month of service ended, Lincoln re-enlisted twice, for twenty and thirty days respectively, serving as a Private both times. He was discharged finally on July 10, 1832.
Muster Roll of Abraham Lincoln’s Company of Mounted Volunteers; Muster Roll of Captain Elijah Iles’ Company of Mounted Volunteers; Muster Roll of Captain Jacob M. Early’s Company of Mounted Volunteers; Ellen M. Whitney, comp., The Black Hawk War, 1831-1832: Illinois Volunteers, 2 vols., vol. 35 of Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library (Springfield: Illinois State Historical Library, 1970), 176-78, 227-30, 544-46.
2“2” changed to “1”
3“3” changed to “1”
4“Remained at Dickson” written over “Absent without”
5The other versions of this document say James Clyman

Handwritten Document Signed, 2 page(s), James Frazier Reed Collection, California State Library (Sacramento, CA)