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Erwin, John

Flourished: 1834-05-05 Sangamon County, Illinois

Alternate name: Irwin

Erwin was a resident of Sangamon County, Illinois, and served in the 4th Regiment of Mounted Volunteers with Abraham Lincoln in the Black Hawk War.

U.S. Census Office, Fifth Census of the United States (1830), Sangamon County, IL, 179; Muster Roll of Abraham Lincoln’s Company of Mounted Volunteers; Election Returns for New Salem Precinct in Sangamon County, Illinois.


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