Black Hawk War Veterans

Black Hawk War Veterans of Peoria County

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James J. Adams is buried in the Walker Cemetery

Avery Dalton is buried in the Elmwood Township Cemetery

Wait Honsinger is buried in the Elmwood Township Cemetery

Abner Harkness Smith is buried in the Elmwood Township Cemetery

CHAPTER XIII.
WAR RECORD.

     Since Americans began to occupy the land of the Peorias in the Spring of 1819, three wars have disturbed the peaceful pursuits of the country — the Black Hawk war of 1832, the Mexican war in 1846-7, and the war of the rebellion, 1861-5. In each of these conflicts the sons of Peoria sustained a gallant and conspicuous part.
     When, on the 6th day of April, 1832, Black Hawk and his followers invaded Illinois from Iowa, there were only seventy-five men in Peoria county, subject to military duty. When this work was commenced it was hoped that the names of these men could be obtained from the old muster rolls, but the hope was a vain one. There are no papers among the county records on which their names were preserved, and a letter of inquiry was addressed to the Adjutant-General of the State, at Springfield, and another to the Adjutant-General's office at Washington, and their names were not to be found on any records at either place.
     Having thus exhausted all official sources of information, recourse was had to the memory of Mr. John Stringer, of Kickapoo township, who was a corporal in the Peoria company that served for two months or sixty days in the second campaign against Black Hawk and his forces, who furnishes the following names from among the seventy-five subject to military duty at that time:

Akin, Thomas
Blanchard, William
Caldwell, Alexander
Caldwell, John W.
Carroll, Steve
Clifton, John
Cleveland, Hiram
Cleveland, John
Curry, Hiram
Coyle, John
Doty, Elisha
Doty, James
DuMont, Peter
Eads, Abner
Ewalt, John
Essex, Thomas
Felton, Joseph
Fulton, Josiah
Hinkle, John
Hines, Jack
Harkness, Ed
Harkness, James
Johnson, John, Sr.
Love, John
Langworthy, Dr. Augustus
Moffatt, Aquilla
Moffatt, Alva
McCormack, Levi
Meredith, Joseph
Nicholson, John
Parr, Thomas
Ridgeway, David
Ridgeway, John
Reed, Simon
Root, Lucas
Read, Thomas
Stringer, John
Sharp, Frank
Stillman, Henry B.
Smith, W. M.
Stewart, William
Thomas, Frank
Trial, William
Van Tassel, Alonzo.
Wright, William
Wren, Aquilla

     Out of the number of men liable to military duty, a company of fifty men was raised under the call of Governor Reynolds for troops to defend the State. As far as remembered, this company was officered as follows:
     Abner Eads, captain; William Stewart, first lieutenant; John W. Caldwell, second lieutenant; John Hinkle, orderly sergeant; John Stringer, corporal; Stephen Carroll, flag bearer; Asahel Langworthy, surgeon.
     This company, a part of the time, was assigned to guard the country between Peoria and the Mississippi and Rock rivers. It was present at the Stillman's Run affair, and among the last to leave that field of disaster.
     The men with horses and guns were allowed one dollar per day. They were mustered out in the early part of June, 1832, and were paid off in January or February, 1833. (The History of Peoria County, Illinois, 1880, page 351-352, submitted by Janine Crandell)

Here is a list of additional names gleaned from the Illinois State Archives database. For more detailed information (brigade, regiment, and company information) about these Black Hawk Veterans, please visit the Illinois State Archives database of Military Veterans.

BRISTOL, JOHN E.
BROWN, HARRISON
CLARK, EBENEZER
CONNER, JOSEPH H.
COOPER, JEREMIAH
COX, JEFFERSON
COX, JOHN
DODGE, JOHN B.
EADS, WILLIAM
HAWKIN, JOHN
JONES, EDWIN S.
LOVE, ELIAS
MENARD, PETER
MINER, HARRIS
MOATS, JACOB
MOORE, SYLVANUS
OWEN, JOHN C.
PHILLIS, JOSEPH
REDICK, GEORGE
REED, SIMON
REED, THOMAS B.
ROSS, DAVID
ROSS, JOHN
SMITH, RICE
STRINGER, JOHN
TALIFERO, JEFFERSON
TEMPLIN, THOMAS M.
THOMAS, HENRY
THURMAN, JOHNSON T.
WEBB, THOMAS
WILMOT, LOUIS
WOOD, WILLIAM L.

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