Brewer, John H.

Flourished: 1832-1857 Sangamon County, Illinois

In 1832, Brewer served alongside Abraham Lincoln in a company of mounted volunteer militia in the Black Hawk War. In 1857, he served as a juror in two trials in which Lincoln was an attorney.

Muster Roll of Captain Jacob M. Early’s Company of Mounted Volunteers; Lewis v. Breckenridge, Martha L. Benner and Cullom Davis et al., eds., The Law Practice of Abraham Lincoln: Complete Documentary Edition, 2d edition (Springfield: Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, 2009), http://www.lawpracticeofabrahamlincoln.org/Details.aspx?case=139596; Brundage v. Camp, Martha L. Benner and Cullom Davis et al., eds., The Law Practice of Abraham Lincoln: Complete Documentary Edition, http://www.lawpracticeofabrahamlincoln.org/Details.aspx?case=138393.