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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
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"...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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