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Muster-roll of Captain Willie B. Watkins’s company
of Tennessee volunteer mounted militia, ordered into the
service of the United States by Governor Newton Cannon.
Enrolment
When. Where. By whom. Period.
June 18, 1836 - Shelbyville, Bedford county - Capt. Watkins - 6 months.
No. Names-present and absent. Rank.
1 Willie B. Watkins ---------- Captain
2 George W. Hudlow ----------- First lieutenant
3 John Galbreath ------------- Second lieutenant
4 Thomas Hollond, jun -------- Ensign
1 Isaac A. Anderson ---------- Private
2 John S. Burdett ------------ First sergeant
3 Joel B. Burdett ------------ Private
4 Thomas Brown --------------- -- do
5 William Buffaloe ----------- -- do
6 Willis Cochran ------------ -- do
7 Henry Coats --------------- -- do
8 Hosea G. Cardwell --------- -- do
9 William S. Chapman -------- -- do
10 John J. Frigud ------------ -- do
11 John S. Green ------------- -- do
12 James Green --------------- -- do
13 Martin J. Gray ------------ -- do
14 H. H. Greer --------------- -- do
16 Michael Green, jun -------- -- do
16 Dawson Goodrick ----------- -- do
17 Michael W. Green ---------- -- do
18 Hugh O. Hurst ------------- -- do
19 Wm. A. Hartsfield --------- -- do
20 G. G. W. Harmon ----------- -- do
21 Lackin Humphreys ---------- -- do
22 Labourn, Hancock ---------- -- do
23 Joseph M. Harris ---------- -- do
24 Leander W. Harvey --------- -- do
25 William S. Hughes --------- -- do
26 Israel Harris ------------- -- do
27 James Higgins ------------- -- do
28 John E. Harrison ---------- -- do
29 Low S. Harmon ------------- -- do
30 David W. Head ------------- -- do
31 John S. King -------------- -- do
32 J. L. IjacEy -------------- -- do
33 Robert Matthews ----------- Orderly sergeant
34: Robert Haddin ------------ Private
35 William D. Maddin --------- -- do
36 Robeit McLoaney ----------- -- do
37 James O. Martin ----------- -- do
38 John Maxwell -------------- -- do
39 James McClintock ---------- -- do
40 Anderson Olive ------------ -- do
41 John Pauldwin ------------- -- do
42 Samuel McKey Patton ------- -- do
43 H. 11. Pre-witt ----------- -- do
44 James Patterson ----------- -- do
45 Larkin B. Pinson ---------- -- do
46 Charles Shanks ------------ Second sergeant
47 Joshua H. Stewart --------- Private
48 James Smith --------------- -- do
49 Joseph S. Shanks ---------- -- do
50 Barnett Stevens ----------- -- do
61 William B. Solomon -------- -- do
62 Joseph Travis ------------- -- do
53 H. L. Thompson ------------ -- do
64 Isaac Van Wee ------------- -- do
65 C. D. Westerman ----------- -- do
66 C. E. Wade ---------------- -- do
57 William Winters ----------- -- do
68 Hampton Winters ----------- -- do
59 William H. Wisner --------- -- do
60 William D. Warner --------- -- do
61 David H. Williams --------- -- do
62 Samuel Winter ------------- -- do
63 Asa W. Young -------------- -- do
64 E. H. Moore --------------- -- do
65 William W. Wilson --------- -- do ---------------
STATE OF TENNESSEE, Executive Department:
I, Newton Cannon, governor of the State aforesaid, do
hereby certify that the officers, non-commissioned officers,
musicians, and privates, whose names are enrolled upon this roll,
were duly called into service, and their services accepted by me
during the summer of 1836, under my proclamation of June 6, 1836,
to meet a requisition from the Secretary of War, dated the 25th
day of May, 1836.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the
great seal of the State to be [L.S.] affixed, at Nashville, the 30th
day of August, 1837.
N. CANNON.
By the governor :
LUKE LEA, Secretary of State.
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I certify, on honor, that this muster-roll exhibits the true
state of Captain Willie B. Watkins’s company of the Tennessee
volunteer mounted militia, under the requisition of the Secretary
of War of May 25, 1836, and Governor Cannon’s proclamation of
June 6, 1836, which was received by Governor Cannon for the period
herein mentioned ; that the remarks set opposite the name of each
officer and soldier are accurate and just.
W. B. WATKINS, Commanding the Company.
Sworn to before me, September 9, 1837.
E. S. HALL, Justice of the Peace.
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Source:
American State Papers, House of Representatives, 25th Congress, 2nd
Session. Military Affairs: Volume 7, Pages 755-756.
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