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Muster Roll of Captain Elijah Iles Company of Illinois mounted Volunteers in the service of the United States under the command of Brigadier General, H Atkinson.1
No Names Rank Enrolment Residence Valuation Names Present Remarks
Date of Period of Horses & Equipment Arms
1 Elijah Iles Captain 1832
27th May 		Twenty Days 2Sangamon County $125.00 $20 Elijah Iles
1 Jesse M Harrison Luitenant " " " " 90.00 8 Jesse M Harrison
2 Henry B Roberts do[ditto] " " 3Fayette " 65.00 26 Henry B Roberts Due Paul Kingston for outfit. One dollar $1.00.
1 George W Glasscock Sergeant " " 4Sangamon " 125. 15 George W Glasscock
2 Zachariah Millugent do " " do " 75. 18 Zachariah Malugen
3 James A Ward do " " 5Macon " 75 James A Ward
4 Benjamin Birch do " " 6Sangamon " 70 18 Benjamin Birch
1 Alexander Trent Corporal " " do do" 18 on furlough absent on Furlough. no horse
2 G W Foster do " " do " 16 George W Foster no horse Due Paul Kingston for out fit, Four dollars Twenty five cents $4.25
3 G. W. Diamond do " " 7Fayette " 55. George W Diamond Due Paul Kingston for out fit, Fifteen dollars Twenty five cents. $15.25
4 Jesse Darrow do " " 8Sangamon " 65 18 Jesse Darrow horse absent
1 Pressley A. Saunders Private " " do " 95. Presley A Saunders
2 A W. Bell " " " 9Macon 85 18 A W Bell Due Paul Kingston for out fit, one dollar seventy five cents. $1.75.
3 John T Stuart " " " 10Sangamon " 120 45 John T Stewart
4 A Lincoln " " " do " 120 10 A Lincoln
5 Joseph F. Garret " " " do " 135 45 J F Garret
6 John Manly " " " 11Macon " John Manley [when?] Due Paul Kingston for out fit Four dollars 93¾/100 cents $4.93¾
7 Eldridge Cole " " " 12Fayette " 55 Eldridge Cole Due Paul Kingston for out fit Five dollars Twenty five cents $5.25
8 Miles Ginger " " " do 50 26 Miles Ginger
9 James Querry " " " 13Macon " 90 18 James Querry Due Paul Kingston one dollar Twenty five cents $1.25
10 G W. Hickerson " " " 14Fayette " 70 G W Hickerson Due Paul Kingston for out fit Twelve dollars Twenty five cents $12.25
11 Asa Estes " " " 15Sangamon " 60 15 Asa Estess Due Paul Kingston for out fit, Five dollars Fifty six & ¼ cents $5.56¼
12 James D Henry " " " do " 130 65 James D Henry Elected Major & Promoted Lieutenant Colonel 31 May 1832
13 Jacob M Earley " " " do " 120 75 J M Earley
14 John J Gately " " " do " John J Gateley no horse, Due Paul Kingston for out For Out fit Three dollars fifty cents $3.50
15 Michael Archer " " " do " 90 Michael Archer
16 John Kirkpatrick " " " do " 40 8 John Kirkpatrick
17 John Letcher " " " Deserted 1st June 1832. no horse Due Paul Kingston for out fit Three dollars 50/100 cents ^$3.50^
18 John Harrington " " " 16Fayette " 65. Absent with leave
19 John J Kendall " " " 17Sangamon " same. no horse. Due Paul Kingston for out fit one dollar 50/100. $1.50
20 James M Ward " " " do " James M Ward absent with leave do
21 Winston M Neale " " " do " 80 Winston M Neal Duel Paul Kingston for out fit. Two dollars. (2.00).
22 James Rutledge " " " 18Morgan " absent with leave no horse Due Paul Kingston Two dollars 37½/100 cents $2.37½
23 John Graft " "19 " 20Jo Davies " abse same do. Due Paul Kingston Two dollars (2.00) $2.00
24 William McAlister " " " 21Sangamon " 100 abse same
25 Jefferson Welch " " " do " 30 abse same no horse
26 John B Rutledge " " " do " 120 Apointed surgeon 31 May 1832
27 John Keys " " " do " 120 John Keys
28 Noah Mason " " " do " 130 45 Noah Mason
29 Samuel O’Neal " " " do " 90 20 Samuel O’Neal
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Rank Date of Period of Residence Horses & Equipment Arms
30 Thomas Long Private 1832
27th May 		Twenty Days 22Sangamon County $50.00 Thomas Long
31 Moses Brents " " " do " 90.00 Moses H Brents
32 David Dickinson " " " do " 125.00 $30 David Dickerson
33 William Kirkpatrick " " " do " 130. 26 Apointed Quarter Master 31st May 1832
34 Lorenzo D Matheny " " " do " 85 5 L D Matheny
35 Thomas Pierce " " " do " 85 Thomas Pierce
36 Samuel Millugent " " " do " 85 20 Saml Malugen
37 Achilles Morris " " " do " 115 30 Achillis Morris
38 William Crow " " " do " 130 10 William Crow
39 William L Potts " " " do " 115 35 Wm L Potts
40 James F. Reid " " " do " 120 43 J F Reed
41 E P. Oliphant " " " do " 130 10 Apointed Adjutant. 31st May 1832
42 Benjamin Rusk " " " do " 125 25 Benjamin Rusk
43 Joseph Hanks " " " 23Macon " 90 20 Joseph Hanks Due Paul Kingston ^for out fit^ one dollar fifty cents $1.50
44 William S Pickerel " " " 24Sangamon " 95 5 W S Pickerel
45 Lewis Churchill " " " do " 85 25 Lewis Churchill
46 Joseph McCoy " " " do " 65 30 Joseph McCoy
47 Henry Johnson " " " 25Fayette " 50 30 Henry Johnson Due Paul Kingston for out fit Nineteen dollars 43¾/100 $19.43
48 John Coventry " " " do " 85 25 John Coventry
49 John Shirley " " " do " 70 absent with leave. Due Paul Kingston for out fit one dollar & 50/100 cents $1.25
50 John Hankins " " " do " 65 John Hankins Due Paul Kingston for out fit Ten dollars 6¼/100 cents $10.6¼
51 James Alley " " " do " 85 absent sick
52 Joseph Patterson " " " do " 85 15 Joseph Patterson Due Paul Kingston Twelve dollars 37¼/100 $12.37¼
53 Isaac Taulbee " " " do " 70 20 Isaac Taulby
54 John Brannum " " " 26Sangamon " 75 20 John Brannan
55 Samuel B Dewees " " " Macon " 60 Saml B Dewes
56 Jacob Eby " " " 27Sangamon " 90 Jacob Eby
57 John McAlister " " " do " 18 John McCallister no horse
58 Jacob Lane " " " 28Macon " 75 Jacob Lane Due Paul Kingston for out fit Three dollars 81¼/100 $3.81¼
59 John D Wright " " " do " 115 20 John D Wright Due Paul Kingston ^for out fit^ Two dollars 25/100 $2.25
60 John Paul " " " 29Tazewell " 120 25 John Paul Duel Paul Kingston for out fit, one dollar 50/100 $1.50
61 Hugh McJenkins " " " do " 95 25 Hugh McJenkins Due Paul Kingston one dollar 62½/100. $1.62½
[ docketing ]
No 5.
[ endorsement ]
06/16/1832
Muster Roll of Capt[Captain] Iles’ Compy[Company] of Ills Md Vols[Mounted Volunteers] out of service
June 16. 1832
R Anderson
A. I. G.[Assistant Inspector General]
[ docketing ]
08/03/1832
Recd[Received] August 3d 1832.
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Belongs to Nov 47 — 17155
Box 592
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47
[ certification ]
06/16/1832
I certify that the foregoing muster Roll exhibits a full & fair statement of the company of Illinois mounted volunteers under my command, mustered out of service at the mouth Fox river of the Illinois
Given under my hand at Ottawa mouth of Fox the 16day ofJune1832
Elijah Iles Captain Comdd[Commander] Company.
[ certification ]
01/10/1833
Elijah Iles Captain being sworn states, that Presley A Sanders whose name appears on this Roll had a Gun ^of his own^ during the period of his service, James Rutledge & J Graft who appeared to have had no horses procured, Horses of directly after their enrolment, & had these during the period of service, they were not present at the times of mustering out, and the remarks opposite their names was transfered from the Roll made before they procured horses
Subscribed & sworn to this 10th January 1833.
Elijah Iles
[ certification ]
01/09/1833
Kirkman, Thomas C.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th day of January 1833
Tho C Kirkman J P[Justice of the Peace] F C
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[ certification ]
06/16/1832
Mustered out of the service of the United States by order of Brigr Gen[Brigadier General] Atkinson this 16th day of June 1832
Robt Anderson
Asst Inr Genl
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[ certification ]
Iles, ElijahHarrison, Jesse M.Roberts, Henry B.
We certify on honor, that we actually employed the Servants and Horses for which we have received payment, for the whole of the time charged, and did not, during any part of the time, employ a Soldier as a Servant. The names and description of our Servants are below. We also Certify, That the non-commissioned Officers and Privates of the Company to which we belonged, who are made up for pay, &c.[etc.], as having Horses and Arms, actually had them in service for the time paid for, although, in some cases, they may not have been valued; and that they received no more Forage or Rations than they are paid for, except as deducted or stopped on the Receipt Rolls. We also certify, That the distances from the places of discharge to the places of residence, are accurately estimated on the Pay Rolls.
E. Iles. Captain — Servant named Jno Williams a White man
Jesse M Harrison 1st. Lieut.[Lieutenant] — ll ditto Alvin Harrison a White man 18 yrs[years] of age.
Henry B. Roberts 2d. Lieut. — ll ditto John Servant a [white?] man 30 yrs old.
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.
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Handwritten Document, 3 page(s), Vault, RG 94, Entry Unknown: Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, NAB ,