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THE OLD MILITIA

Roster of the VENANGO GUARDS for the year 1823


Source:"History of Venango County Pennsylvania, Its Past and Present"
Chicago, IL; Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers; 1890; pps: 274 -275.
Note: Please keep in mind that there may be errors
in this source or in the transcription of the material

"...Companies met for drill at the call of their officers once or twice a year, and these occasions, known as battalion days, were usually attended by the populace en mass. Thus encouraged by the state and sustained by public sentiment the militia organization attained a fair degree of efficiency..."

  • Captain, John Lupher
  • First Lieutenant, James Bennett; Second Lieutenant, John Ingram
  • Sergeants: Abram Clark, Aaron McKissick, George Dewoody, Nathaniel Cary
  • Corporals: John Ridgway, Solomon Martin, Hugh McClelland, John Hamilton
  • Drummer, Jacob Cline
  • Fifer, James Brown

      Privates: (The age is indicated by the number after each name)

    • David Adams 20
    • James Adams 20
    • James Adams 25
    • Samuel Bailey 27
    • William Black 22
    • James Bowman 23
    • Elliott Brandon 38
    • James Brandon 22
    • John Broadfoot 34
    • George Brigham 33
    • Daniel Brown 23
    • Stephen Bucklin 22
    • Issac Bunnell 20
    • Samuel Bunnell 42
    • James Cary 29
    • Alexander Carroll 30
    • Ebenezer Campbell 34
    • Charles L. Cochran 23
    • Jeremiah Clancy 25
    • John Cooper 39
    • Frederick G. Crary 20
    • John Crary 20
    • William Crary 22
    • George Cummings 26
    • Moses Davidson 31
    • Willliam Davidson 25
    • Everton Davis ---
    • George Dewoody 21
    • George Dewoody 18
    • Thomas Dinsmore 27
    • Levi Dodd 24
    • Armstrong Duffield 37
    • Thomas Folwell 18
    • Benjamin Ford 27
    • John Ford 30
    • Solomon Ford 26
    • John Foster ---
    • Jacob Frick ---
    • John Galbraith ---
    • Walter Gibson 23
    • William Gibson 36
    • David Gilmore 25
    • John Gilmore 27
    • Samuel Gordon 31
    • Nimrod Grace 23
    • Robert Graham 25
    • Samuel Graham 29
    • Samuel Grant 32
    • William Greenlee 27
    • John Gurney 36
    • Edward Hall 25
    • George Hammond 30
    • John Hanna 19
    • Stewart Hanna 23
    • Avis Harris 30
    • John Hasson 31
    • Alexander S. Hays ---
    • John Hays 25
    • Archibald Henderson 30
    • Charles Henderson 38
    • Derrick Hodge ---
    • Charles Holeman ---
    • Thomas Hood 24
    • Robert Huey 26
    • Thomas Hulings 39
    • George Hill 23
    • Willilam Hill 25
    • James Hollis 32
    • Peter Houser 23
    • Andrew Howe 22
    • Eliakim Jewel 32
    • Israel Jewel 32
    • Jonathan Jewel 25
    • Anthony Johnston 25
    • William Johnson 22
    • David King 29
    • David Kinnear 22
    • James Kinnear 18
    • Henry Kinnear 28
    • William Kinnear 40
    • James Leonard 24
    • John Lewis 26
    • John Lindsay 22
    • Stephen Lindsay 21
    • Jacob Lyons 32
    • Samuel Lyons 24
    • William Lyons 18
    • Robert Manson ---
    • James Mason 23
    • William Major 18
    • James Martin ---
    • Hugh Marshall 20
    • Dennis Mead 33
    • John Morrison 27
    • Joseph Morrison 19
    • Alex McCalmont 37
    • Joseph McCalmont ---
    • Robert McCalmont 40
    • William McClaran 22
    • George McClelland 45
    • James McClintock 22
    • Hugh McClintock 25
    • Thomas McDowell 19
    • John McKallip 43
    • John McKee 23
    • Franklin McClain 19
    • John Noacre 23
    • James Nicholson 24
    • Samuel Nickerson 31
    • John McElhaney ---
    • James Paden ---
    • Jonathan Paden ---
    • John J. Pearson 21
    • Thomas Power 20
    • Moses Pratt 20
    • William Ray 24
    • Hiram Reynolds 19
    • Joel Reynolds 19
    • John Roberts 28
    • Arthur Robison 18
    • Joseph Ridgway 30
    • Samuel Ridgway 35
    • Conrad Rice 27
    • David Runninger 27
    • Jacob Runninger 30
    • David Russell 35
    • John Russell 21
    • Samuel Russell 21
    • Thomas Russell 28
    • William Russell 18
    • E. Sage ---
    • Jonathan Sage 21
    • Noah Sage 19
    • John Scott 23
    • Thomas Seaton 35
    • George Selders 25
    • John Simcox 22
    • William Simcox 27
    • Henry Small 19
    • Thomas Smiley 38
    • G.W. Smith 32
    • John Smith 19
    • Isaac Smith ---
    • James Spencer 23
    • John Singleton 33
    • James Steward 20
    • Henry Stricklin 23
    • Stephen Sutton ---
    • Robert Temple 28
    • Howell Thomas ---
    • John Trimmer 24
    • Abraham Vantine 18
    • Thomas Vantine ---
    • John Vincent 21
    • Wilkes Walter 24
    • Francis Whann 33
    • Robert Whann 44
    • James Wheeler ---
    • William Whitman 21
    • Job Wilcox 22
    • John Wood ---
    • Peter Yelver 38

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