1862 MILITIA ENROLLMENT Shelby Township, Tippecanoe Co., Indiana The following list, covering six full pages contains all the males, ages 18-45, who resided in Shelby Township in 1862. It should be noted that this list consists of those men eligible to serve and not those who actually did serve. Some of the words were difficult to read, and I have placed an [*] by the ones that were questionable. If you have questions or comments, please email me. Adina Dyer State of Indiana, Tippecanoe County, Shelby Township, Roll of able-bodied white male citizens resident in Shelby Township, Tippecanoe County,Indiana, over 18 years of age, subject to military duty. Enrolled in pursuance of orders from the Secretary of War, by Edward F. Sheetz,Commissioner for said township. No. Names Age Occupation Not Able-Bodied, Why Exempt, Why Remarks 001 Andrew J. BRYAN 34 Farmer Crooked wrist 002 Seth C. FOSTER 23 Farmer 003 Isaac N. CHENOWETH 22 Farmer 004 Jonah PETERSON 23 Laborer 005 Edward MOORE 38 Farmer Crooked finger 006 James M. DAWSON 30 Farmer 007 Garrel BLUE 18 Laborer 008 William BOWYER 26 Farmer 009 James MILLIGAN 30 Farmer 010 Samuel WESTFALL 32 Farmer 011 Jeremiah EDWARDS 28 Farmer 012 John ROWE 28 Farmer 013 Sherman RUSSELL 35 Farmer 014 Washington P. HARRIS 25 Farmer enlisted after roll made out 015 Wm. B. HARRIS 22 Farmer 016 Wm. Nagle 31 Farmer 017 Charles HAYWARD 32 Farmer hard of hearing, exempt 018 Francis BEST 44 Farmer exempt, gen'l prostration 019 Benjamin BEST 22 Farmer 020 Gabriel F. ROCK 30 Farmer 021 William T. ROCK 24 Farmer 022 Charles H. ROCK 21 Farmer 023 Ephraim G. SHIVLEY 31 Farmer 024 Daniel ARMSTRONG 18 Farmer 025 William ARMSTRONG 40 Farmer 026 Wm. D. ROBINSON 29 Farmer 027 Alonzo PATTEE* 31 Farmer 028 William JORDAN 27 Farmer 029 John C. NORTH 23 Farmer 030 John C. CASAD 18 Farmer 031 George W. SOUTHWORTH 30 Shoemaker exempt, defective right eye 032 Harrison W. WARD 38 Farmer 033 Lewis W. CRITSER* 35 Farmer 034 James G. VAN NATTA 26 Farmer exempt,defective lungs 035 Aaron VAN NATTA 40 Merchant exempt,illegible 036 John COFFMAN 26 Farmer 037 William McQUEEN 22 Blacksmith 038 Thomas H. ROWE 27 Farmer 039 Martin V. ROWE 25 Teacher 040 Samuel BEST 29 Smith 041 Simon BROWN 30 Merchant 042 John N. DUNK 27 Farmer 043 Wm. S. VAN NATTA 31 Farmer 044 Samuel MILLER 25 Farmer enlisted after roll made out 045 Benj. H. McCREA 33 Farmer 046 Samuel J. GODMAN 37 Farmer 047 Elijah WOOSLEY 34 Farmer 048 John W. SAPPINGTON 26 Farmer 049 John McFARLAND 32 Farmer 050 Simon SWARTZ 27 Farmer 051 Westly G. BROWN 27 Farmer Justice of Peace 052 John WESTFALL 26 Farmer 053 John SIMS 31 Farmer 054 Emanuel SNYDER 32 Farmer 055 Harvey WESTFALL 35 Farmer 056 Firman WESTFALL 24 Farmer 057 Lorenzo D. BROWN 23 Farmer 058 Lewis PATTERSON 43 Farmer 059 Samuel M. MILLER 22 Farmer enlisted after roll made out 060 Notly ROBY 31 Farmer 061 Joseph NORTH 36 Farmer 062 Elijah TIMMONS 26 Farmer 063 William L. NUSS 18 Farmer 064 George W. SHIGLEY 25 Farmer 065 James A. SHIGLEY 27 Farmer Crippled foot exempt 066 Silas BEST 29 Farmer 067 William PAYNE 37 Farmer 068 William SUTTON* 37 Farmer Hard of hearing exempt 069 John McNARY 37 Farmer exempt,hernia 070 Amaziah BUCK 22 Farmer 071 George W. BUCK 28 Farmer 072 Charles J. REESE 28 Farmer 073 Thomas MEADE 18 Farmer 074 Edward EDWARDS 42 Farmer 075 Milton M. BUCK 24 Farmer 076 John DARBY 29 Farmer 077 John THORNTON 24 Farmer 078 Frank KENNEDY 43 Farmer Insane exempt 079 William DARBY 34 Farmer Idiotic exempt 080 John C. BILDERBACK 33 Farmer 081 Barnard DOYL 23 Farmer 082 John HEWSTON 33 Farmer 083 William RILEY 21 Farmer 084 Edward RILEY 23 Farmer enlisted after roll made out 085 Peter SWITZER 43 Farmer 086 James B. McFARLAND 28 Farmer 087 John H. ABERNATHY 21 Farmer crooked ankle, exempt 088 George BROWN 44 Farmer exempt, loss of teeth and gen'l debility 089 La Fayette BROWN 19 Farmer left eye out 090 George W. LEIGHTY 38 Farmer 091 Elias M. LEIGHTY 36 Farmer 092 Joseph RAYMOND 28 Farmer 093 Austin B. TIMMONS 36 Farmer exempt,loss of teeth 094 David F. WHITE 40 Farmer exempt,defective hearing 095 Albert NAGLE 26 Farmer 096 Frederick NAGLE 32 Farmer 097 Joseph GAINS 38 Farmer 098 Henry C. FORD 18 Farmer 099 Francis M. WHITE 26 Farmer 100 Thomas DOUGHERTY 38 Farmer 101 John SILVERS 35 Farmer exempt,defective eyes 102 William A. BROWN 43 Farmer 103 John C. BONEBRAKER 34 Farmer 104 George W. SHIGLEY Sr. 40 Farmer 105 Samuel BRINGHAM 26 Farmer 106 Jacob LEIGHTY 23 Farmer 107 Samuel LEIGHTY 18 Farmer 108 William A. SMITH 28 Farmer 109 Joseph OSBORN 41 Grocer 110 Thomas A. WIGGINS* 42 Farmer exempt,rheumatism 111 William H. YESTER 18 Laborer exempt,too small 112 Hiram MOFFITT 25 Laborer 113 Franklin F. WEAVER 31 Carpenter 114 James M. MOORE 25 Farmer 115 John N. CARR 25 Teacher one leg off, exempt 116 William M. LACY 43 Preacher 117 Joseph SUMNER 37 Laborer 118 Edward WILSON 37 Laborer 119 John BIRK 35 Farmer 120 Henry BIRK 25 Farmer 121 John ANDREWS 39 Farmer 122 Peter WOODS 33 Farmer 123 James B. BEST 42 Farmer exempt, injured hearing 124 Henry SPENCER 37 Wool Factory Not naturalized 125 James CROSSLEY 40 Farmer exempt,illegible 126 Christian BURKLE 36 Farmer 127 Henry G. GATES 37 Farmer 128 John GATES 39 Farmer 129 Jacob GRATSINGER 31 Farmer 130 Job OGBORNS 41 Physician 131 Simon SIMS 22 Farmer 132 Frederick CEPHAS 24 Farmer 133 James F. HILMAN 22 Farmer 134 David HAMLIN 36 Farmer 135 Milton ROBBINS* 18 Farmer exempt,unsound mind 136 John EBERLE* 30 Farmer exempt,defective sight* 137 Thomas PAGETT 36 Farmer 138 Thomas McBRIDE* 19 Farmer 139 John LAWRENCE 42 Farmer 140 John DUMAS 40 Farmer 141 Cyrus BEACH 42 Farmer exempt, no teeth 142 Wm. G. BAKER 42 Farmer exempt,diseased leg 143 Asbury BUCK 18 Farmer 144 Thomas GIPSON 31 Farmer 145 Isaac DOWNS 42 Farmer 146 Robert POLLOCK 31 Farmer 147 Francis M. ROBINSON 21 Farmer 148 John W. GRIMES 24 Farmer 149 Christian HIRSHMAN 40 Farmer 150 Samuel ROGERS 42 Farmer 151 David JOHNSON 29 Farmer 152 Wilson GOODEN 30 Farmer 153 John L. JONES 35 Farmer 154 John GRAHAM 44 Farmer rheumatism 155 Peter MAYER 35 Farmer 156 James P. STEWART 43 Farmer 157 Thomas STACKER 35 Farmer 158 John S. RECORD 43 Farmer nearly blind, exempt 159 John H. WORLEY 33 Farmer 160 Abraham WORLEY 40 Farmer 161 John OTIFER 39 Farmer 162 Billy D. JONES 41 Farmer 163 George BURLING 40 Farmer 164 Robert PARRISH 42 Farmer exempt,illegible 165 James STANLEY 35 Farmer 166 Thomas GILPATRICK 40 Farmer 167 Zachariah STANLY 36 Farmer 168 George W. ROBINSON 18 Farmer 169 James P. ROBINSON 37 Farmer 170 John AMBLER 28 Farmer 171 Thomas H. HARVEY 28 Farmer 172 Lastenas* McCABE 27 Farmer 173 Paul HAMMIL 19 Farmer 174 Job J. HAIGH 28 Farmer 175 Wm. T. FOSTER 28 Farmer 176 Spencer W. MOORE 27 Farmer 177 James LEATHERMAN 28 Farmer 178 Wm. H. BAUGHER 37 Farmer 179 Henry TAYLOR 18 Farmer 180 Ephraim LOMAN 43 Farmer exempt,hemeroid 181 Isaac N. MOORE 28 Farmer exempt,short leg 182 John LANE 25 Farmer 183 Ele CRITSEN* 33 Farmer 184 Virgil ERWIN 20 Farmer 185 Andrew ERWIN 18 Farmer 186 Ephraim C. ADAMS 23 Farmer 187 Thomas M. COLEMAN 24 Farmer 188 Orrin WESTFALL 18 Farmer 189 Huffman KEEN 33 Farmer exempt,gen'l debility 190 John T. NORRISH 35 Farmer 191 William B. VICK Jr. 35 Farmer 192 Anderson VICK 22 Farmer enlisted after roll made out 193 Robert HARRINGTON 33 Farmer 194 Harrison GATES 28 Farmer 195 Edward F. SHEETZ 28 Farmer 196 Gabriel T. ROCK 32 Farmer 197 Moses m. GODMAN* 35 Farmer 198 Adam PETER 28 Farmer 199 Peter DUMAS 40 Farmer exempt,illegible 200 Thomas KENNEDY 30 Farmer 201 Godlove EBERLY 35 Farmer 202 John WILLIAMSON 41 Farmer 203 James WILLIAMSON 39 Farmer 204 Edmond W. WARD 40 Farmer exempt,cancer in nose* 205 Ruben L. WARD 28 Farmer 206 Tolman T. WARD 23 Farmer 207 Rolan M. WARD 30 Farmer exempt,deformed hand 208 Thomas CAMMISKY 40 Farmer 209 Henry WILLIAMSON 35 Farmer 210 Thomas B. WILLIAMSON 25 Farmer enlisted after roll made out 211 William A. KLUE* 25 Farmer on Wabash Enrollment 212 John W. FEELY 41 Farmer 213 Wm. H. FEELY 18 Farmer 214 William L. ROWLAND 29 Farmer 215 David T. HAGERTY 18 Farmer 216 George LINLEY 23 Farmer 217 Joseph BADER 33 Farmer 218 William IMMEL 18 Farmer 219 Henry C. JONES 18 Farmer enlisted after roll made out 220 Stephen SAPPINGTON* 24 Farmer 221 John ? 24 Farmer exempt,nearly blind State of Indiana, Tippecanoe County I, Edward F. Sheetz, Deputy Commissoner of Shelby Township in said County make oath and declare that the annexed section of the Militia within and for said Township is correct and contains a full list of all able bodied male white persons resident in said Township liable to do Military duty. Signed: Edward F. Sheetz Subscribed and sworn to on this } 28th day of August 1862 } William R. Ellis, Clerk T.C.C. L. R. Brown def. I hereby certify the foregoing to be a correct copy of the enrollment of the Militia for Shelba(sic)Township in Tippecanoe County and the same was made by Edward F. Sheetz, Deputy Commissioner for said Township appointed by me as appears from the original roll now in my possession. In testimony of which I, Mark Jones, commissioner for Tippecanoe County hereunto set my hand this fourth day of September 1862*. Signed: Mark Jones Commissioner If you have questions or comments please contact: Adina Dyer < adyer@nfe.com > © Adina Dyer, 1998 Copying is permitted for noncommercial, educational use by individual scholars and libraries. This message must appear on all copied material. 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