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Muster Roll of Captain Jacob M Earlys company of mounted volunteers called and mustered into the service of the United states by order of Brigadier General Atkinson of the United states army on the 20th day of June 18321
No Names Rank date of Enrolement Place of Residence Term of service valuation of Equipment valuation of Horses Names Present
1 J M Early Capt.[Captain] 16. June Sangamon 30 days 70. 80 J M Early
1 G W Glasscock 1 Lieut[Lieutenant] " " " 46 85 G W Glasscock
2 B D Rusk 2" " " " 352 853 B D Rusk
1 Zacharia Malugin Sargent 25 70 Z Malugin
2 Noah Mason " 60 80 Noah Mason absent on duty
3 Jacob Eby " 25 60 Jacob Eby on Furlow
4 W. M Neal " 25 60 W M Neal
1 R M Wyatt Corper Madison 25 754 R M Wyatt
2 M H Brents " Sangamo 255 806 M H Brents
3 W. Crow " " 60 857 W Crow
4 Henry Johnson " Fayett 508 409 Henry Johnson
1 J D Henry private Sangamo J. Promoted from the ranks elected Brig Genl[Brigadier General]
2 Samual Oneal " " 7010 7511 Samual Oneal
3 Achilles Morris " " 50 6012 Achilles Morris
4 A Lincoln " " 45 8513 A Lincoln
5 Jas F Reed " " 45 90 J F. Reed
6 John Paul " Tazewell Absent without leave
7 Wm S Pickeral " Sangamo 35 65 Wm Pickeral
8 Hugh McJenkin Tazewell absent without leave
9 John T Stewart " Sangamo 60 65 John T Stewart
10 Wm L Potts " " 35 75 W. L Potts
11 John L Stephenson " " 45 70 John L Stevenson
12 David Bailey " "14 45 80 David Bailey
13 Jesse Darrow " " 30 60 Jesse Darrow15
14 L D Matheny " " 31 55 L D Matheny
15 Joseph McCoy " " Absent with leave
16 John D Johnson " Coles 35 65 John D Johnson John D J
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No Name Rank Date of Enrolement Residence Term of service Value of Equipment Value of Horses Names Present
17 G B Fanchier Privat 16. Coles 30 days 45 60 G B Fanchier
18 J R Loveless " " Vermillion " 35 80 J R Loveless
19 James Climan " " " " 35 70 James Climan
20 R J Gilbert " " " " 30 70 R J Gilbert
21 Adam Smith " " Sangamo 12 Adam Smith
22 Hugh McGary " " " 85 Absent with leave
23 Harrison McGary " " " """
24 Montgomery Worric " " " 65 60 Montgomery Woric
25 John C Woric " " " 60 90 John Woric
26 G S Hubbard " " Vermillion 125 80 G S Hubbard
27 Samual McRoberts " " " 35 65 Samual McRoberts
28 B F Pickeral " " Sangamo 35 70 B F Pickeral
[ certification ]
06/20/1832
I certify that the within muster Roll is a true statement of the company of Illinois mounted Volunteer under my command
Given at the rapids of Illinois this 20 day of June 1832
J M Early Captain
[ endorsement ]
06/20/1832
Mustered into the service of the U. States by order of Brig Genl Atkinson this 20th day of June 1832.
Robt Anderson
Asst Ins 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“25” changed to “35”
3“75” changed to “85”
4“80” changed to “75”
5“60” changed to “25”
6“85” changed to “80”
7“40” changed to “85”
8“40” changed to “50”
9“75” changed to “40”
10“50” changed to “70”
11“60” changed to “75”
12“80” changed to “60”
13“30” changed to “85”
14The other versions of this document list Bailey’s residence as Tazewell Co., not Sangamon.
15“Jesse Darrow” written over “L D Matheny”

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